Stop by the Kids' Chalk Art Project blog to learn more about this amazing project to create the world's largest sidewalk chalk drawing this June, 2008 in Alameda, California. The group is raising awareness about the importance of art in children's lives. They hope to break the current Guinness World Record and have a satellite photo taken.
Book By Its Cover is a wonderful blog that features small press books and personal sketchbooks all artfully produced, and oh, are they beautiful. Julia Rothman has put together a fabulous selection of books with lots of inspiring illustrations -- each with a link to yet another captivating artist's website. Divided into sections, Comics, Children, Design, Fine Art, Handmade, and other, one can spend hours enthralled.
Born Magazine is one of the most innovative poetry sites out there. A quarterly journal, Born uses collaborations between poets, composers, and artists to produce flash animated version of the poems. The result is a multi-media experience of the text -- often employing interactive features which further engage the viewer-reader. This is a rich site with ten years of terrific poetry and art. To learn a bit more about Born Magazine and some of its highlighted pieces, click here.
BibliOdyssey is an award-winning site, featuring some of the most astonishing archival images found on the internet from library databases and private collections. BibliOdyssey's author, P.K. not only presents these visual treasures, but also provides detailed description of the history of the pieces and links to other informative sites. These brief art history lessons become a treat for the eyes and the mind. And happily, BibliOdyssey has now published a book of selected archival images found on the blog. For more information on the Aztec image above (and to see more like it) go here, and for more of the Commedia dell'arte images below, go here.
