How Ed Balda — a once surfer, wannabe rockstar — ever ended up in a small corner of Hayden Catholic High School is relatively simple. The old teacher has just never felt like quitting. But like most ...

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A new study has found that electronic stimulation to a certain part of the brain could help you appreciate art better. Science! What Cattaneo and team found is that the electronic brain stimulation ...

Art isn’t a puzzle you’re meant to solve; it’s supposed to be an experience. You just need curiosity, a bit of patience, and the willingness to actually look. You know that feeling when you’re dragged ...

It seems like every day another artist faces a lawsuit or posts some thought that should have stayed in their drafts. There is no shortage of scandal among celebrities, from R. Kelly’s 20-year prison ...

Children want to make and consume art naturally. They scribble with crayons and paper, play different roles in their pretend, sing, and dance to music. Children have their own version of aesthetic ...

Among the pages of the textbook “Art Through the Ages” by Helen Gardner, Carolyn Brahney learned to appreciate art and inspire others to embrace their creativity. A 1962 graduate of Youngstown (now ...

My daughter was a little over a year old when she first noticed a piece of art. On a family trip to the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, my husband and I relished the ...