From Street To Mainstream: The Graffiti Art Movement

By Josh DeBets

Graffiti has come along way over the years, evolving from rebellious street vandalism and gang identification to valuable art worthy of museum exhibition.

University of Florida, Gainesville Blue Tree Exhibit

By Jessica Thomas

UFG is the first university to commission a Blue Tree exhibition from Konstantin Dimopoulos- the installation artist that draws attention to global deforestation.

Light Painting

By Jessica Thomas

Light painting uses a photographic technique to create exposures by using a hand-held light source with a camera shutter. An artist willing to make mistakes during years of practice and suffering from perfectionist tendencies would find this hobby ideal.

Marie Wengler: A Gen Y Pioneer in Digital and Fine Art

By Jessica Thomas

Faced with the pressures of economic woes and struggling with independence, Marie Wengler, 20, portrays her own insecurities about the future in her digital manipulations series "Generation Y."

The Wax Chamber

By Xhiljola Nano

An interesting look inside the golden wax chamber, designed by german artist, Wolfgang Laib. With one light bulb on the power of the golden wax takes on a role of itself.

Bloody Creative

By David Itzkoff ... via New York Times

The painting made with the blood of Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse as finally been sold at an auction in London. The illustrations of the painting are made from a cut fingertip and the painting was initially called “Ladylike”. The painting was sold at 35,000 pounds, which was a much lower price than expected.

The Psychology of Color

via PaintersOfLouisville.com

Learn how each color of the rainbow affects our lives and what each color represents emotionally, physically, and professionally.

Lifehacker's Guide to Learning Photoshop

by Adam Dachis...via Lifehacker.com

Want to learn how everything works in Photoshop? We'll help you make your photos better, draw vector graphics, and design a web site.

The Book Surgeon: Brian Dettmer

via KaranArora.posterous.com

Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.

1000 Stickers + 1000 Kids

Artist Yayoi Kusama has constructed an incredible installation, allowing the smallest of artists to collaborate in the transformation of space, turning a solid white room into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color.

Tall Painting

via DesignBoom.com

Holton Rower's 'pour' series is created by dripping paint onto three-dimensional objects. Watch this amazing video as New York multimedia artist Holton Rower directs and collaborates with the forces of nature, leaving an element of the artistic process to the effects of gravity.

Gen Y Artist Profile: Alexa Meade, Painter

via AlexaMeade.com

Painter, Alexa Meade is a 25-year-old artist whose work lies at the intersection of painting, photography, performance, and installation. Watch this incredible video to see how she does it!

Gen Y Artist Profile: Brooke Shaden, Photographer

via TheNextGreatGeneration.com

Brooke Shaden has taken photography to a new level. Watch Behind the Scene footage of how she captivates her surreal moments.