Art News Nonstarving ArtistsArt News and InformationMarch 2008 National Womens History Month Womens Art : Womens Vision- March 14, 2008 Each year, March is designated as National Womens History Month to ensure that the history of American women will be recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities throughout the country. The stories of women's historic achievements present an expanded view of the complexity and contradiction of living a full and purposeful life. The knowledge of women's history provides a more expansive vision of what a woman can do. This perspective can encourage girls and women to think...http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/nwhm The Birth of Blindness and The Dead Smile- March 11, 2008 Two major, large-scale figurative installations by Indian artist GR Iranna, alongside new sculptures and paintings, will be unveiled at Aicon Gallery London this March.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/the-birth-of-blindness-and-the-dead-smile "The Dark Lord of Photoshop"- March 8, 2008 Mexican photographer, Javier S. Sanudo (Frodo 47 on Flickr), balances a trained eye in the classic beauty of portraiture, with his own dark imaginings through the creative use of photo-manipulation.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/Members/jwanamaker/jesse-wanamaker/archive/2008/03/02/th... ASU Art Museum Honors Josh Greene As Second Artist-In-Residence For Social Studies Inititative- March 8, 2008 San Francisco-based artist Josh Greene will be the second artist in residence for the Social Studies initiative of the ASU Art Museum, an exhibition series in which the Museum turns over a complete gallery to an artist to explore their social interactive approach.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/josh-greene Chicago-Area Teenager Wins National Art Contest Sponsored by National Geographic Kids and Xeko- March 8, 2008 Winfield, Illinois, resident Ulises Lopez is the Grand Prize winner of a national drawing contest sponsored by National Geographic Kids magazine and Xeko for an eco-expedition for four to Costa Rica. Ulises and three of his family members will set sail on the National Geographic Expeditions ship Sea Voyager this month.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/chicago-area-teenager-wins-national-art-contest Wax East - Wax West: Two Artist Organizations Join Forces for National Collaborative Show- March 8, 2008 The tandem exhibitions are the first of their kind featuring collaborative work in encaustic media created by member artists paired from each organization. Each artist in the 36 pairings created one half of a two-panel painting or "diptych" then sent the work to the partner artist to answer in visual dialogue and complete the piece. Works completed by IEA artists will debut at the Brian Marki Fine Art in Oregon, and works completed by NEW artists will be introduced at Whitney Art Works in...http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/wax-east-wax-west-two-artist-organizations-join The Vanities Celebrates the Triumph and Beauty of Being Yourself- March 7, 2008 When a high fashion illustrator turns his eyes and hands from advertising to fairy tales, the result is captivating. Terence Lawlor, whose exquisite collages have been featured internationally on posters, brochures and billboards, spent six years creating the illustrations for The Vanities, a lavish retelling of the Cinderella tale.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/the-vanities-celebrates-the-triumph-and-beauty-of Whitney Biennial 2008 Opens Today- March 7, 2008http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/whitney-biennial-2008-opens-today Death For No Reason- March 7, 2008 Are sophistic arguments sufficient defence for artists who gain notoriety by documenting animals deaths Can the capture and starvation of an animal in exhibit be justified by its oblique commentary on society What, if anything, is being said under the cover of art As another show with dubious animal death content opens in San Francisco theres a different question to ask, one that the artists should ask of themselves.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/Members/zaphmann/zaph-mann/archive/2008/03/06/death-for-... Unrecorded at Akbank Art Center- March 6, 2008 The perceptual re-construction of space is a continuous process, generated by diverse inputs such as our senses, memory, history, consciousness as well as technology. It is a process, consisting of momentary fragments, which are impossible to record. They are temporary, augmented, designed, and loaded.http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/News/unrecorded-at-akbank-art-center |