Fashion Photographer Reframes Beauty Focusing on Genetic Conditions

Award winning fashion photographer, Rick Guidotti, worked in Milan, Paris and New York shooting pictures of the world's most beautiful people, until a chance encounter on a Manhattan street changed everything. Rick saw a stunning albino girl at the bus stop. He realized that he could help redefine beauty for these kids and adults with genetic differences everywhere.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 June 59 Views

World Smile Day Today Honors Artist Behind the Smiley Face

The bright yellow smiley face is one of the most recognizable, iconic symbols across the globe. What many people don't know is that the original smiley face - which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year - was actually created, not in the way depicted in the humorous 1994 Forest Gump scene, but in Massachusetts by local artist, Harvey Ball.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 October 57 Views

Video Gamers Raise Thousands for Animator's Surgery After Insurance Co. Rejects Claim

Creators of a podcast for video gamers were shocked after their illustrator suffered a shoulder injury and her insurance company refused to pay. With her drawing ability in jeopardy, the show's creators humbly asked their viewers for donations and in two days had already collected $64,000 -- more than four times their original goal.

By Cindy Peake

01 July 65 Views

Pledges on Kickstarter Topped $320 Million In 2012; Site Names Year's Top Projects

Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site that pairs indie-minded inventors, filmmakers and entrepreneurs with online investors, fully funded more than 18,000 projects in 2012. The website's year-end analysis shows that more than 2.2 million people pledged a total of nearly $320 million. 17 projects raised more than $1 million each

By Jeanne Goddard

12 January 59 Views

Facebook Riches for Artist Who Painted Headquarters

The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network's first headquarters made a smart bet. The shares owned by the artist, David Choe, are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year.

By Cindy McDaniel

02 February 57 Views

Eco-friendly Chinese 'Amateur' Wins Most Prestigious Architecture Prize

An architect who uses recycled building materials from historic buildings torn down to make way for China's megacities has won architecture's most prestigious international award, the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize. For myself, being an artisan or a craftsman, is being an amateur or almost the same thing, Wang Shu, 48, said in a press release, using the word in its true meaning as one who does something for love rather than money or professional accolades.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 March 63 Views

Intimate, Spontaneous Moments Win Cell Phone Photo Contest

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announced the winners of their first Cell Phone Photo Contest. The call for entries attracted intimate family portraits, spontaneous street shots, and avant-garde imaginary that demonstrated the creativity of artists from 42 countries.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 October 59 Views

Giant Slip 'n' Slide Turns City Street into Boulevard of Fun (Video)

Luke Jerram, the English artist who inspired street pianos in England and New York City has created a day of unforgettable fun for the city of Bristol — a massive slip n' slide water ride down the middle of Park Street, using 300 feet of hillside.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 May 58 Views

Blind Artist Amazes With Color and Talent (Video)

His fingers are now every bit as perceptive as his eyes once were. The artist, whose oil paintings are known for their brilliant color, started painting after he lost his sight at age 30.

By Jeanne Goddard

10 May 62 Views

Preteen Designer Hailed at Fashion Week for Style — and Brains

Fashion prodigy Isabella Rose Taylor isn't just an artist, painter and designer, the pre-teen girl from Austin is a super student who just started college. But she is being celebrated this week for her style line at this week's NY Fashion Week.

By Jeanne Goddard

13 September 56 Views

6th Annual Peep Diorama Contest Winner: Marshmallows 'OccuPeep' DC

After six years, the Washington Post's annual Peeps Diorama contest has become a survey of all that touches and taunts our collective consciousness, displayed through malleable marshmallow rabbits and chicks. The Occupy D.C. theme took first price with OccuPeep DC, a diorama from artist/painter Cori Wright, 38, of Falls Church, VA.

By Jeanne Goddard

29 March 60 Views

Little Sisters With Big Hearts Use Origami to Fund Water for Africa

In the last 15 months Isabelle and Katherine Adams have made life immeasurably better for villagers they've never met, in lands far away from their own home in Dallas. The young sisters, ages 6 and 9, have raised $120,000 for clean-water projects in Ethiopia and India, all through selling origami ornaments they create themselves.

By Jeanne Goddard

19 February 57 Views

Disabled Find Outlet to Create Artwork Worth Thousands

Instead of staying at home and sitting in front of the television, adults with developmental and physical disabilities can express themselves at the Creative Growth Art Center, a huge professional studio provide in a social setting among peers. An added benefit for some of the artists is the amount of money being made through sales of their distinctive artwork.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 March 58 Views

Disabled Find Outlet to Create Artwork Worth Thousands

Instead of staying at home and sitting in front of the television, adults with developmental and physical disabilities can express themselves at the Creative Growth Art Center, a huge professional studio provide in a social setting among peers. An added benefit for some of the artists is the amount of money being made through sales of their distinctive artwork.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 March 61 Views

125,000 Masterworks Available for Free Reproduction by Anyone

Many museums post their collections online, but the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has taken the unusual step of offering downloads of high-resolution images at no cost, encouraging the public to copy and transform its artworks into stationery, T-shirts, tattoos, plates or even toilet paper.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 June 63 Views