Look Into My Owl
Look into My Owl is a great blog that has posts on graffiti. Check it out.
December 2011
Top Ten Ted Talks
Here is a public service announcement for artists:
Best Colleges Online has posted an article that could be of interest. It is called “20 Amazing TED Talks for Art Majors”. Here is a sample video. I think this article is worth a look.
The First Graffitists? The Romans
We all may think that street art and graffiti are modern phenomena but graffiti has a long and storied history - maybe even from cave paintings. Some of the more interesting graffit still exists on the walls in Pompeii. To better understand the ancient Roman world, one archaeologist looks at the graffiti, love notes and poetry alike, left behind by Pompeians
Want to learn how to do it yourself? Try reading Ancient Graffiti in Context (Routledge Studies in Ancient History)
The Little People of London
The Web Urbanist has captured the work of Slinkachu who adds his innovative flair to the world of creative urban street art. These photographs, taken around town in London and even shown in galleries, are just a small portion of his “little people” collection.
Please Help Support an Artist - James Rose
James Rose is a painter living in NYC and has been painting life on the street, in the parks and on the subways for several years. Since the begining of October he has been drawing the Occupy Wall Street Movement in Liberty Plaza. He has also become an active member of the Arts and Culture Working Group of OWS.
He needs to do a fundraiser to accomplish his new project which is to make a large oil painting of Liberty Plaza set before the 11/15 police raid and eviction. It will document the energy of the park and the 24 hour buzz that existed there. The fund raiser will cover oil paint and supplies and also the printing costs of color reproductions of the painting.
His kickstarter link is: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1930846724/liberty-plaza-painting
Please help support this project.