Visual artist and curator Camilo Pachón discusses using art as a tool to increase connection between people, erase borders, and fight big problems. What does your creative practice consist of? I am a visual artist and I have a social art practice. I’m really interested in working with communities from a decolonial perspective. Have you

A month ago, a trio of abandoned buildings in downtown Los Angeles transformed into a canvas for graffiti art seemingly overnight. In the last few weeks, the luxury apartment high rises across the street from the Crypto.com Arena and LA Live have been systematically claimed by anonymous taggers in the dead of night, with each

At what point did you decide that you’d had enough of hawking and needed to focus on art? Once I started getting the art gigs, I no longer saw the allure in the money that came from the hawking job. It became secondary in the sense that I only used it to pay for my

Global brand Skechers is teaming up with visionary artist Vexx to lend his signature style to Skechers’ latest Visual Artist Series capsule collection. Skechers teams up with Vexx for new Visual Artist Series. – Skechers As part of the collection, Vexx’s vibrant characters will be featured across footwear, apparel, and accessories designed for both men

8×8 To Educate is an art award created by teen Katura Halleday to raise funds to provide an education to girls unable to access school in Mozambique and Tanzania.  The girls enter the scholarship program in grade 8 and are sponsored through to the completion of their chosen university degree. Artists and creatives of all ages

Anthony James is a rock star in the contemporary art world. A trained visual artist, his monumental sculptures – constructed from a mesmerizing combination of stainless steel, glass and LED lights – have appeared on all seven continents and even played a starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster. And now, one of his pieces calls

TOKYO >> Flowers blossoming like pink chiffon, luscious berries and fluttering goldfish make for the delicate but defiant beauty that’s signature Mika Ninagawa. With “Eternity in a Moment,” the Japanese photographer and filmmaker has created an immersive installation where a visitor walks through rooms with various motifs. One is filled with flowers sprouting everywhere like

Matt Sweeney Barbara Ford Grant Matt Sweeney, the inventor and special effects artist who received an Oscar nomination for his work on Apollo 13 and three Technical Achievement Awards during his long career, has died. He was 75. Sweeney died Monday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after a long battle with lung

The Department of Visual & Performing Arts at Loyola University Maryland offers a major in visual arts with concentrations in art history, photography, studio arts, or interarts; and a major in performing arts with concentrations in music, theatre, or a comprehensive concentration (combination of music and theatre). Minors are offered in art history, photography, studio arts, interarts, music,

The Ludington Area Center for the Arts (LACA) invites visual artists of all ages to submit work for ‘Modes of Abstraction,’ an abstract art exhibit taking place April 5-27 in the art center’s main gallery and performance hall lobby gallery. This exhibit is open to all types of medium. Jewelry, prints, textiles, sculptures, ceramics, mobiles,