Bill Waterson - art for parkinson's, after 16 years

Bill Waterson, of Calvin and Hobbes fame, painted a 6x8 oil-on-board of Richard Thompson's character Petey Otterloop from the comic strip Cul de Sac. The piece is Waterson's contribution to Team Fox's fundraising project for parkinson's disease.

“I didn’t get my hopes up that [Watterson] would contribute,” says Caty Neis, a book editor at Andrews McMeel Universal — the parent company of Watterson’s syndicate — who has been spearheading the Team Cul de Sac effort. “Just the fact that this is first art that we have seen from him in 16 years is just so exciting, and what a great cause.”

MOCA - Art in the Streets

artist: Eddie Colla

New Banksy's and More at MOCA's Art in the Streets via mymodernmet.com

MOCA's 'Art In The Streets' Exhibit Invites Unwanted Graffiti via the huffington post

Ai Wei Wei - Update - PBS coverage

The below Link is the PBS coverage of Ai Wei Wei as reported by freelance journalist and film-maker Alison Klayman. She coverages life from his installation art to his fight against the Chinese government for social and civil liberties.

Original Video - via: PBS.org

additional link - via Peter Hill Museum of Contemporary Ideas:

Ai Wei Wei - via: Peter Hill

Artist Ai Wei Wei missing after detained at airport

Prominent Chinese artist, Ai Wei Wei, know for his exhibitions and architecture work on the Bejieng National Stadium, was arrested at an airport on his way to Hong Kong and is continued to be missing. Officials are silent to inquiries to Ai's whereabouts and condition.

Ai is known for his outspoken critiques of China's Communist state and organizing human rights organizations.