Outdoor mural dispute ends ruff-ly for dog daycare owner - WTOP
24 May 2012, 3:37 pm
SHIRLINGTON, Va. - Kim Houghton has three options for handling the mural she had painted on the exterior wall of her business: Paint over it with pictures of anything other than dogs, whitewash it or top it with a 5-foot-tall phrase. Houghton owns Wag More ...

UC San Diego researchers in Florence explore new ways to search for lost Leonardo mural - phys.org
22 May 2012, 7:39 am
(Phys.org) -- In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence. Fast forward 60 years: As artist Giorgio Vasari ...

mural re-creates history under NoDa bridge - CharlotteObserver.com
18 May 2012, 5:50 am
A 14,000-square-foot painting on the underside of a NoDa bridge will be unveiled Saturday, marking the latest in what arts boosters hope will be a series of gussied-up city underpasses. The painting, created by Charlotte artist William Puckett ...

A West Village mural Weighs Gay Rights in the Middle East - New York Times Blogs
17 May 2012, 5:54 pm
Even before the new mural at 111 Leroy Street in the West Village was completed, the mud was flying. On Queerty.com, an online magazine that covers gay issues, the mural was characterized as “heavy-handed” and worse. “Completely pointless ...

Artist etches mural for Horseshoe Casino - msnbc.com
17 May 2012, 12:43 am
George Vlosich III is known for his amazing talent with an Etch A Sketch not just here in Cleveland, but around the country. Vlosich has been featured on dozens of shows including Oprah and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Since 1989, at just 10 years of age ...

mural at I.S. 259 Teaches About 9/11 Attack - New York Times
16 May 2012, 10:27 pm
Leslie Rodriquez was 2 years old on Sept. 11, 2001, when she was sent home from day care in the swirl of the day’s catastrophic events. In the decade since, that day meant little more to her than a hazy historical reference. “In fourth or ...

CCSU Professor Says mural Artists Are Being Harassed - Hartford Courant
15 May 2012, 1:53 pm
A Central Connecticut State University art professor who says he has long been the target of "low-grade harassment" by the university went public Tuesday, citing an incident with campus police that he said interrupted his students' work.

Trayvon Martin mural defaced in Elmwood Park - NJ.com
14 May 2012, 2:16 pm
ELMWOOD PARK — A mural created as a tribute to slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin was defaced over the weekend, according to one of its creators. A photograph provided by Carmelo "Snow" Sigona shows a portion of the mural depicting a faceless ...

Unprecedented Maya mural Found, Contradicts 2012 "Doomsday" Myth - National Geographic
10 May 2012, 2:35 pm
In the last known largely unexcavated Maya megacity, archaeologists have uncovered the only known mural adorning an ancient Maya house, a new study says—and it's not just any mural. In addition to a still vibrant scene of a king and his retinue, the ...

Graffiti artist takes swing at 'Fast Life' mural controversy - Herald Tribune
3 May 2012, 2:21 pm
SARASOTA - City officials and residents of the Central-Cocoanut neighborhood are finding out what happens when you get into an art debate with a guy who spray-paints for a living. "I never minded about 'fast life' being erased. Public art is art ...