About Art/TechnologyGet the latest headlines from the About.com Art/Technology GuideSite.Queens Tribune Art Contest- November 26, 2003 The Queens Tribune, the largest weekly newspaper in Queens, is holding an art contest for creative folks of all ages and skill levels across the borough, the city, the country and the world....http://arttech.about.com/b/a/045487.htm Scientific Study Unveils Unedited First Photograph- November 26, 2003 One of the most important images in the history of photography, Joseph Nicphore Nipce's View from the Window at Le Gras was created around 1826 using an early photographic process Nipce called heliography. In the past, a protective closure prevented...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/045871.htm New Critique Day Added to Artistry Painter Retreat- November 25, 2003 Heads up...the December 2003 Artistry Corel Painter 8 Beginners Retreat in Southern California will be including a third day for critiques. On this optional day, December 15, 2003, Karen Sperling will go over student images and provide feedback, including suggestions...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/045471.htm Movie-Based Training: Photorealism with Bert Monroy: using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator- November 24, 2003 Have you ever wondered how a digital artist created an underwater scene or a stormy city skyline You can find out by getting inside the creative mind of digital artist Bert Monroy in a new movie-based workshop....http://arttech.about.com/b/a/045469.htm Seeing Children's Feelings About Diabetes- November 19, 2003 Given the statistics, Type 1 diabetes affects approximately one in every 450 children and almost 65,000 are newly diagnosed each year, it's likely that your child or the child of someone you know has, or will have, diabetes. Non-verbal forms...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/044228.htm Serious Fun: Wacom's Design and Photography Contests- November 13, 2003 It's time to get serious... and have some fun! For starters, you can enter one of Wacom's two new contests: Go Platinum for designers or Go Pro for photographers. The competitions, which coincide with the recent announcement of Adobes Photoshop...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/042574.htm Upcoming Stamp Honors Dr. Seuss- November 12, 2003 The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled the design of its new commemorative stamp celebrating the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and illustrator Ted Geisel known affectionately as Dr. Seuss....http://arttech.about.com/b/a/042195.htm Mario Merz... Dead at 83- November 11, 2003 The 1960s art movement Arte Povera was one of Mario Merz's passions. In the 1970s, Merz began representing the visual poetry of the Fibonacci sequence, visualizing the systematic order in Nature. On November 9th, 2003, Mario Merz died in Turin,...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/042038.htm Peter Max Poster Honors 911 Pentagon Victims- November 9, 2003 In recent years, artist Peter Max, whos been described as America's artist laureate since his debut on the art scene in the 1960s, has focused on a variety of patriotic themes, including the Statue of Liberty and presidential portraits. After...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/040910.htm Online Symbolist Art Show Call for Art- November 8, 2003 Like Shamans, artists have the ability to explore alternative realms. Artists can retrieve healing energy, knowledge, larger truths and ancestral wisdom, to give form to the forces that shape our world. The Artist As Shaman call for art invites artists...http://arttech.about.com/b/a/040927.htm |