North Carolina artist Luis Franco is heavily influenced by old school hip hop and cultural issues in his incredibly bright colored and extremely cool takes on classic album covers, social issues, and pop culture. His trademark hair pick with a fist ties all the images together. SPONSOR We broadcast our email newsletters with Campaign...
Loch Ness is a freelance illustrator who takes inspiration from comic art, graffiti and music, especially from the 60s and the psychedelic era. His work is prominent amongst the Bristol urban art scene. I love his comic-like characters, his work overflowing with imagination bursting with so much content your mind is sent into another...
Shout (Alessandro Gottardo) is one clever dude. A seemingly inexhaustible stream of inventive, crafty, witty ideas, yet executed with glorious restraint and wonderfully self-assured delicacy (his name is somewhat of a misnomer). Despite his minimalism, muted colours and careful but rough lines, his style is distinctive and playful. SPONSOR We broadcast our email newsletters...
James Francis Drinkwater is an Australian artist living and working in Berlin with his wife and fellow artist, Lottie Consalvo Drinkwater. His work ranges from oil on canvas to assemblage, and his compositions hint at a nostalgic, cubist style. Drinkwater’s body of work is a superbly executed collection, no doubt just the beginning for...
The long awaited follow up to Craig Thompson’s multi-award winning graphic novel, Blankets. Habibi revisits familiar personal themes for the author but set in a foreign land. An epic accomplishment on all fronts, taking close to seven years to complete, it’s an intense visual experience, another moving tale of love and a thoughtful look...
Lola Dupre is a collage artist from Glasgow, Scotland, who produces highly detailed and fractured collage art. Her work is made the old-fashioned way, with paper and scissors. Eye catching and contorted works cover almost every topic: browsing her site you can see celebrity portraits, animals, fashion editorials, political caricature and reworked classical art...
The Carter Center and its Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) are pleased to congratulate three Latin American countries on their recent progress toward eliminating river blindness (onchocerciasis). Today at the sixteenth annual InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis – sponsored by The Carter Center, the Pan American Health Organization, the Lions Clubs International Foundation,...
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, World Health Organization Secretary-General Margaret Chan, and British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development Stephen O’Brien participate in an Oct. 5, 2011, press conference in London announcing £20 million (US$31 million) in major support by the British government to assist the Carter Center’s Guinea worm eradication campaign. Remarks...
According to the Inter-American Democratic Charter, “The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.” In the 10th anniversary year of this important document, panelists discuss the state of democracy in the Americas and the Charter’s reach. They include the Right Honourable...
Christmas is the season to be jolly, so to bring a little bit of laughter to your day, we’ve raided the archives of the cringe inducing but hilarious Awkward Family Photos. Their Christmas collection boasts inappropriate nudity, people dressed as Christmas trees, and classic 80s styling that has become the site’s signature look. Merry Christmas,...
The Art of Dancing is an online advent calendar from Lewis Bullock and Luke Bonner, a dancing duo from Bournmouth. Each day throughout December, they reveal a new dance routine on location, with occasional guest appearances from passers-by and confused onlookers. It’s been reported that they’ve even turned down an approach from a mobile...