This summer military families can visit over 600 museums free from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The National Endowment for the Arts has partnered with noted art museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago and New York’s Museum of Modern Art, as well as science centers, children’s museums and other sites in all 50 [...]

For one autistic kid, art gets him talking. Seven-year-old Jalyn Weston loves sharing his artwork with anyone who wants to see. This summer, one of his drawings will be displayed in a national traveling exhibit with the 2010 International VSA festival, The International Organization on Arts and Disability. His mom Pam explained the importance of [...]

  Ines Lozano, principal of the International Christian School, knows the healing power of art. That’s why he helped put together “Through the Eyes of a Haitian Child,” a project that has him and three other educators visiting Haiti to teach art and photography to homeless and orphaned children. “Art could be a great therapy [...]

Last June, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wanted to raise the profile of arts in the city. So, he helped create the For Art’s Sake initiative and raised $100,000 within the first week. Talk about putting money where his mouth is. “We are going to promote the arts in a real way,” Johnson said. Since its [...]

They’re like sports trading cards, except they don’t have a picture of a baseball player on the front or any stats on the back. When dealing with these cards, the message is a little less obvious. They’re artist trading cards, miniature works of art that are traded or given away. The movement, which started in [...]