The act of creating art serves as exercise for the brain and is integral to physical and mental health. hzechphotography/Moment via Getty Images When you think about the word “art,” what comes to mind ...

Simon Beck works alone, using a compass and a pair of snowshoes to create intricate patterns as large as three soccer fields.

Four years ago, at the beginning of my watercolor journey, I wrote about how making art can be helpful to people living with chronic illness. In my own experience, these benefits have deepened and ...

“The Vision” (left) by Joe Nalven and “The Practice” by Jill Rowe. (Courtesy of the authors) When we were already making art, the digital world was still a novelty. Questions abounded on whether and ...

One of an artist's greatest tools to communicate life in a drawing is gesture. It's the movement from one form to another.

In 1987, artist Gretchen Bender created the installation “Total Recall,” a wall of televisions and projection screens emitting a barrage of nonstop flashing images and sound. As a critique of digital ...

LASTED WELL INTO THE NIGHT. A SPLATTER PAINT ART STUDIO OPENED IN BUTCHERTOWN. IT’S REALLY ENCOURAGING YOU TO MAKE A MESS. I THINK THE KIDS WOULD LIKE THIS. I THINK SO TOO. YOU’RE ALSO MAKING ART ...

One of my favorite sayings comes from David Thoreau: “My life has been the poem I would have writ / But I could not both live and utter it.” It speaks to the way that life and art are intertwined, and ...

When you think about the word "art," what comes to mind? A child's artwork pinned to the fridge? A favorite artist whose work always inspires? Abstract art that is hard to understand? Each of these ...