Source Design You Trust  Hannah Bullen-Ryner, an earth artist, uses natural materials found in forests to “paint” intricate animal images, creating art through a unique collaboration with nature. Describing her work as a partnership with Mother Nature, she gathers her palette seasonally and finds inspiration in the wildlife that accompanies her, including a robin who…

Source Colossal   We’re more selective these days about how we use the word “meta,” but when it comes to OK Go’s latest release, the band has created—bear with us here—a music video using phones about videos made with phones. Known for elaborately choreographed music videos that bring pop songs to life through playful, chromatic, even…

Source Colossal   In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its English requirements. As a result, many young people can no longer read or write in cursive. But if you can—or are willing to learn—a…

Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy the exquisite color and dynamic movement in featured artist Percy Armando Rivera’s dynamic portfolio. The post Featured Artist Percy Armando Rivera appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Own Alone starts with text. The title and inspiration of Owen Fu’s show at P.P.O.W is Pai Hsien-yung’s 1983 novel Crystal Boys, what is known as the first Chinese novel to center on themes of homosexuality. As the gallery notes, “the story follows an adolescent boy’s journey to find a…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Swiss-born, New York based artist Angela Santana presents her second solo exhibition at Saatchi Yates in London that redefines the representation of the female form in contemporary art. Known for her vibrant large-scale oil paintings, her work examines the historical representation and depiction of the female body…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  There is something gothic, supernatural to the show Morning Star, Cathleen Clarke’s new exhibition at Night Gallery in Los Angeles. The series offers a profound exploration of transition and transformation, akin to witnessing the sky’s embrace of a new day, full of promise and replete with uncertainty. And…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  What a time to be alive. Really, what a surreal time to be alive. History is repeating, and yet in some ways, we are expanding. I am the guest judge this year of Surreal Salon 17 at Baton Rouge Gallery, and here is what I have to…