National PTA Reflections Art Contest
The arts—and the National PTA Reflections program—support student success and serve as a valuable tool for building strong partnerships in your school community. Celebrate arts learning in your school...
View ArticleScholastic Art & Writing Awards Contest – Dec. 17th Deadline
Sign Up! Submissions for the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards will begin on September 15, 2014. To get started, visit our SIGN UP PAGE. Be sure that you have your school zip code handy so that...
View Article30 Art-Writing Cliches to Ditch
It’s a new year, which is a fine excuse as any to ditch old bad habits. Here below, I have assembled a not-at-all exhaustive list of art-writing words that I could do without in 2015. I admit, I’ve...
View ArticleMonkey Selfie Lawsuit
This week, PETA filed a copyright infringement suit against David Slater, the wildlife photographer you may recall from last year’s ever-amusing monkey-selfie controversy. In 2011, during an expedition...
View ArticleNational Portrait Gallery Teen Portrait Competition
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery opens a “call for entries” for the third annual Teen Portrait Competition. Artists between the ages of 13 and 17 may electronically submit portraits to the...
View ArticleScholastic Art & Writing Awards
The time is NOW! The 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are open for entries! You can start your submission process in three easy steps: Get the Info! Learn how to enter and find your local...
View ArticlePhotographer Humorously Imagines Darth Vader with a Daily Routine like the...
Polish photographer Pawel Kadysz imagines that Darth Vader is more like us than we might realize. In his series of selfies called Daily Life of Darth Vader, Kadysz shows that the infamous Sith Lord...
View ArticleWoman Photoshops Herself Into Her Mom’s Childhood Pictures
Here’s an idea for a Throwback Thursday: Photoshop yourself into your mother’s vintage pictures. That’s what 25-year-old Danielle Delph, an art director living in Portland, Oregon, did for a photo...
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