High school students nationwide will get another opportunity compete for $50, 000 for their school arts program when the VANS Custom Culture competition kicks off this Spring.
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COOL MLK DAY DRAWINGS FOUND ON INSTAGRAM (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure, News on January 21, 2013 at 11:41 am
In honor of MLK Day we thought we’d troll Instagram for cool art honoring the slain Civil Rights leader (and alleged ladies man) whose memorial and national holiday also happens to be Barack Obama’s Inauguration.
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MRKT DIARY: I WIN (LETTER TO MICHELLE) 2013 BY MARY A. VALVERDE (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Latino on January 20, 2013 at 2:33 pm
I taught the last class of the semester a few weeks ago at Hunter College, and in looking at my course notes I remembered sharing one of my favorite books with my students. It was through an exercise for a lesson on “Text & Performance.” Among other material, I handed out my personal copy of Zora Neale Hurston’s, “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” It was only after the student read from the text that I realized I had given up and shared a very vulnerable part of myself.
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STEAK, LOBSTER & OLIVE CONSTITUTES DEATH ROW LAST SUPPERS (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure on January 18, 2013 at 6:11 amA single olive, a bowl of ice cream, KFC, a pound of strawberries, nothing. That’s what some death row inmates requested for their last meals on Earth before being electrocuted or injected with poison.The final meals of mass murderers John Wayne Gacy, Timothy McVeigh and more were pulled from Imgur and were recreated by Brooklyn fine artist Henry Hargreaves.
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KAWS & MEDICOM NO LONGER COMPANIONS IN ORIGINAL FAKE (DETAILS)
In Arts & Cutlure, Lifestyle, News on January 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm
About an hour ago artist and designer Kaws announced on Instagram the dissolution of Original Fake, the store and line he created with Japanese toy powerhouse Medicom. The announcement came a few days after the sought after artist, born Brian Donnelly, posted images of his latest Companion Boba Fett, scheduled for sale only in Japan at the Original Fake store on January 26th.
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COLOR BLIND ARTIST LUKE JERRAM MAKES GIANT GLASS VIRUSES (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure on January 16, 2013 at 9:48 amUK artist Luke Jerram is color blind and has a way with glass. For several years now the award winning artist, best known for his traveling piano project, seen around the world by as much as 3 million people, created large outdoor sculptures playing with space. Recently, however he’s turned his attention to the microscopic world of viruses, creating large glass sculptures of the world’s deadliest viruses.
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BRUNO BISANG: 30 YEARS OF POLAROIDS OPENS TODAY IN LONDON (PHOTOS)
In Arts & Cutlure on January 15, 2013 at 8:57 amSwiss photographer Bruno Bisang’s “30 Years of Polaroids” show opens today in London at the Little Black Gallery, a space renowned for excellent work by up-and- coming-as-well as established artists. Bisang has shot for GQ, Vogue, Amica and loads of other important fashion magazines in the 80s and 90s, most notably during the height of the supermodel era.
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KAWS BOBA FETT COMPANION IS A JAPAN ONLY RELEASE (DETAILS)
In Arts & Cutlure on January 14, 2013 at 6:53 pm“Boba Fett,” the new Kaws Companion vinyl toy with Medicom, will be available at the Original Fake store in Aoyama, Tokyo starting 9AM on January 26th for approximately $210 each. If you want this in North America or Europe, you’re out of luck! It’s Japan only. Love the battle scuffs.
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: HOME OF FORTUNATE ONES (ESSAY)
In Arts & Cutlure, Film on January 13, 2013 at 6:38 pmOcean to the West. Among hills and sun. Named Fortuna for fortunate ones. Some say businessmen wanted to bring people to this site. The Wiyot named this area of Northern California Vutsuwitk Da’l, “ashes stay”. Read the rest of this entry »
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BEYONCE HATES HERSELF: GRAPHOLOGIST (DETAILS)
In Arts & Cutlure on January 11, 2013 at 10:28 am
With US Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew’s unusual signature still bugging people out we thought we’d take a look at the signatures and psychologies of some people who occuppy our lives: celebrities. Lew’s signature is basically a logo, a representation of a man who, obviously, has to sign many documents. By reducing himself to a series of loops, his signature tells us he’s efficient and dislikes tedium. That’s my take based on what little I know about graphology, the study of handwriting.
GQ SAYS BEYONCE IS THE SEXIEST WOMAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY (PHOTO)
In Arts & Cutlure, Sports, Style on January 8, 2013 at 8:06 pm
GQ magazine tapped Beyonce for its February 2013 issue, took one giant step further and named the mother of one as this century’s sexiest woman. The issue ties in with the superbowl where Bey will perform at the half time show in February.
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ANGRY BIRDS IS ON A BRANDING RAMPAGE IN FINLAND (DETAILS)
In Arts & Cutlure, TECH on January 7, 2013 at 12:04 amAngry Birds, the breakout mobile game from Finland’s Rovio, is on a branding rampage in Finland, virtually taking over the frosty Scandinavian nation. Since it colonized the world two years ago, the good folks at Rovio decided to slap the Angry Birds tag on everything they can think of. Need an Angry Birds bike, pencil, board game, coffee mug, notebook?
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