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There's something fascinating about watching a glass bower practice his art...

I'm sure the communities these talented artist live in appreciate all the money we've just dropped into their local economies. It's not like we needed that money floating around in our communities, right?

There are lessons to be learned from every creature on this planet, and if there is anything that I learned from Faith, it is this: If we are kind, we will find kindness.

The 100 block of West Vermilion in front of Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA), will be closed to accommodate the exhibit this Saturday April 9th, 2016 for the Art Walk.

Character faces painted on faces. Cute!

The 'Big Easel' arts and crafts show will be held at Town Square River Ranch on Saturday May 2.

Thirty artists have been selected for the inaugural Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Competition scheduled for April 11-18

Lafayette Parish art students are having a day of visual and performance art at the ACA on Saturday, May 10.

We had fun last week with 'Draw a Picture of a Bird Day' so I thought it would be fun this week to draw a bunny!

Louisiana Metalsmiths Association is sponsoring "Artmania", an art show/fundraiser, to be held April 12 and 13 at Lafayette's Horse Farm.

The Louisiana legislature opened its 2014 session on Monday, with a full slate of bills to consider. Some are sure to bring spirited debate, like the 15 marijuana related bills. One bill that will likely face little to no opposition is a proposal to introduce a series of license plates honoring Army Rangers, winners of the Distinguished Service Cross and the late artist, George Rodrigue.

This artist has a tongue of talent. An artist in India named Ani K says he has painted more than 1,000 pictures with his tongue, with an eight-foot replica of 'The Last Supper' his prized piece. Like many greats, though, he suffers for his art: After painting with my tongue, I experience pain in jaws, headaches, slight loss of vision and dip in memory power...

Attention, Artists! Each year, a local artist creates a beautiful piece of artwork that is used to advertise and promote Games of Acadiana, the annual fundraiser for Miles Perret Cancer Services. This year's selection will come with a $500 prize for the artist...

Heather Hansen of New Orleans is experimenting with a type of art called "kinetic drawing".  She uses her whole body to make it happen.  Do you like it?

George Rodrigue did something he normally wouldn't do, I call it the Rodrigue, Elvis, CJ connection.

Etch-A-Sketches are one of those childhood toys that never go out of style. If you're like most people, a few hours' worth of entertainment usually produced some pretty bad art, although it never really mattered. But there are the select few who are really good at Etch-A-Sketching. Like, really really good.

There are some things in the art world that flat-out stump us. How the heck does a 'Star Wars' sand castle or banana art come to life? We haven't the slightest clue, but that's exactly what makes this stuff awesome. And as we've recently learned, 3D chalk art fits the same bill.

CJ and I will both be in it and you can be, too! Here's how:

One of the world's most famous paintings will be coming to Louisiana when 'An Adventure in the Arts: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Guild Hall', comes to the Alexandria Museum of Art April 12–June 15, 2013. The Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe will be among the works making the trip to Alexandria...

Every Mardi Gras it's the same thing - 'Let's see how many beads we can catch!', followed by 'what the heck do we do with all these beads?' Some creative artsy-types have found a great use for those colorful Mardi Gras trinkets, as a palette for their artistic endeavors...