NPR Topics: Visual Arts

A Black Man Selling Pepsi In The Jim Crow South
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:43:00 -0400
In the 1940s, Pepsi created an all-black sales force in an effort to reach out to black consumers. Allen McKellar was part of the first team to sell the soda in the Jim Crow South.
We Know What You've Been Watching on YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:00 -0400
A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.
A Vintage Photography Flash Lamp In Action
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:41:00 -0400
Jacob Riis, a writer and photographer who exposed poverty in late 19th century New York City, used crude tools to light up his subjects. He ignited magnesium powder with a pistol, and later a frying pan. A vintage photography hobbyist demonstrates a flash lamp similar to Riis'.
Comic Cheech Marin Champions Chicano Art
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:11:00 -0400
The iconic funnyman rose to fame as one half of the pothead duo Cheech and Chong. Over the years, he has acquired one of the largest collections of Chicano art in the world. By sharing his favorite works with the public, he hopes to help people see that Mexican-American art is mainstream.
Broadway's New Kid on the Block: Lin Manuel Miranda
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0400
Young playwright Lin Manuel Miranda is taking Broadway by storm. Miranda's musical In The Heights, which won big at last week's Tony Awards, tells the immigrant story of New York's Washington Heights neighborhood. The multi-talented actor, composer and playwright speaks candidly about his art.
So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:00 -0400
Two comic artists have created a textbook, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, that teaches people the grammar of comic art, from penciling a story ever so lightly on tracing paper to inking a bubbly "The End" to the finished strip.

 

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Alien Art - Alien Art contains the unique images of Ken Means.
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Madriz, Mario - I invite you to navigate without compass in a world where North does not exist, where gravity is ruled by thought's magnetism and the only existing air is the one you exhale.

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Mariotti, Guiseppe - ArtLab - Digital art (2D, 3D images) and traditional forms of visual art, paintings, comics, free web images and animations.
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Markowitz, David - ArtFoundry - art (both traditional and digital), photography, music, and poetry by David Markowitz.
Meta Description: [ ArtFoundry.com: David Markowitz - My music, photography, poetry, gallery of 2D and 3D images, and personal info. ]

Maury Mountain III - Digital art and drawings.

McElhenny, Haze - Online portfolio of digital art.

McMenemy, Sean - Graphics Website that produces 3D animation and effects for Broadcast and Film.
Meta Description: [ 3D Graphics Studio that produces Broadcast Graphics, Logo Animation, Special Effects, Character Design, and Concept Art for video, film or the internet. ]

McMillan, D. Brian - Goal is to use digital techniques to create fine art.

Metahari - Displays digital and scanned artwork.

Miller, Sherry - SherryArt: Where art and technology meet and when they don't, humor steps in to do the job.

Monachello, David - Digital art studio.

Moscona, Arnon - A studio on art on the net. The artist presents his art -- paintings, computer art and photography, as well as selected excerpts from favorite poetry and inspirational texts.
Meta Description: [ This is Arnon Moscona's studio on Art on the Net. The artist presents his art - Paintings, computer art, and photography, as well as selected exerpt from favorite poetry and inspirational texts. ]

Mueller, Tobin James - An artist in many fields, a composer, lyricist, playwright, author, digital artist, director and producer. Here you will find a selection of his 3D art.
Meta Description: [ Tobin James Mueller's Art Gallery, featuring work contributed to the collaborative projects at ArtsForge, including Planet Builders series, The Power of 10, and Discovering the Heavens. ]

Mungur, Linesh - Pictures rendered in Photoshop, Flash animations, and skins. [Flash]

Murach, Mike - Digital paintings painted using Painter 5. Most paintings are printed on Somerset Velvet watercolor paper using an Epson 3000 printer.

Soss - Flash work site of Jamie William Macdonald.