Art School campers learned all about Alice in Wonderland this week.

Urban Art. Street Art. Mural Art. Aerosol Art. Spray Art. Guerilla Art. Tag Art. Call graffiti what you will — but there’s no denying it’s a big part of life in NYC (whether we realize it or not). That sentiment was expounded by painter/photographer Shell Sheddy.

Great art can be very moving, but some student art in Altoona is literally moving.

Marco’s art lovers were out in force Wednesday evening. The last Wednesday of each month brings another Art Walk to the Artist Colony at the Esplanade, and scores or hundreds of patrons braved stormy skies to come out, peruse the work, and cast their votes for the People’s Choice award.

A public art project lets people map where they've felt pain (often freeways) and joy (the Mississippi River).

WARREN, MI--(Marketwire - July 30, 2010) - Art Van Furniture, Michigan's largest furniture retailer, announced today it will open two new stores in Northern Michigan, in the cities of Petoskey and Onaway. This brings the total to 33 locations in Michigan, and means no one in the Lower Peninsula will have to drive more than an hour to visit an Art Van Store.

Not everyone believes going to a gallery should be an intimidating experience; some local art spaces are doing more to welcome in the community On an industrial stretch of South Halsted Street stands a nondescript, red brick building. Its easily passable exterior deceives uncurious eyes. But once inside the Chicago Urban Art Society (2229 S. Halsted St., 773-318-9407, chicagourban artsociety.org ...

Art Van Furniture is holding a company-wide career fair in all of its stores on Thursday, July 29.