Look Here! Art for the Taking (The Morning News)

Witnessing a couple of craft artists sell their web site for close to a billion dollars was . . . well an awesome experience!

Look Here! Art for the Taking (The Morning News)

If you're a would-be artist living in Northwest Arkansas, you just don't have an excuse. Opportunities to make art abound -- and anyone can do it!

Blurring Time and Place in Venice (New York Times)

?Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art? is a fabulously eclectic exhibition at the Fortuny Museum in Venice that regularly blurs the line between art and nature.

Timothy Michael Gallery and SOCA: The Shops on Oak Street in Historic Roswell to Host Fund Raising Event for School in ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

The Timothy Michael Gallery and SOCA: The Shops on Oak Street, Roswell's Gourmet, Fine Art, and Design Center, will host a fundraising event on October 20, 2007 to raise funds for a school in Cambodia. Inspired by an Atlanta couple who want to change the face of education in Cambodia, Jennifer and Michael Schwartz were spurred into action this past Valentine's Day when they watched a news ...

Look Here! Art Flourishes on White Lotus Wall (The Morning News)

Deer wander up to the new curved deck, and passers-by stop to see what's going on at White Lotus. The sign on Arkansas 45 says "salon and massage," but the people of eastern Fayetteville already expect Patty Kulish and her business partner, Lee Green, to deliver much more.

Dining Guide (The Charlotte Observer)

AMALFI , 8542 University City Blvd.; 704-547-8651. Amalfi is a gentle surprise, a Neapolitan gem in shopping-center clothing. Bruschetta and mussels in marvelous marinara are among the winners, while the medium-thick-crust pizzas come with seven specialty combo toppings or your choice (including Canadian bacon and Gorgonzola). Lunch Tuesday-Saturday ($3-$5); dinner Tuesday-Sunday ($8-$14); a ...

Look Here! 'Star Wars' Exhibit Soars (The Morning News)

Our sister newspaper, The Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, recently featured a regional exhibit guaranteed to appeal to the geek in all of us: "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination," on show through Sept. 3 at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

Rooms span centuries (The Record)

Something old, something new, something ancestral, something cast in a different hue -- the time-honored bridal custom could easily be adapted into a design mantra for today's living.

Wide variety of fun to be had (The Record)

Just how much sand, surf and supineness can the human vacationer stand? Maybe you've started wondering about this very thing after a week or two at the Jersey Shore. Then again, maybe you don't go to the Jersey Shore in the first place, because your tolerance for the three S's is just about nil.

Art Galleries (Bradenton Herald)

Exhibit listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows.

Laura Kirar raises design to fine art (Denver Post)

Sculptor-turned-designer of housewares and interiors Laura Kirar fuses elegant comfort with the timelessness of fine art, vintage furniture and great architecture.