Visual*~*Revolution

This body of work explores a simple question. What does it mean to be poor?

It is not an emotional statement. It is an examination of the choices one would face living at the poverty line. This is an ongoing project, with the first series understanding China, Japan, Nepal and Thailand. We have since expanded this project and have gone to five continents. We are not trying to compare different countries’ poverty, but rather to have a starting point to understand poverty within a country’s context.
One frame. One person. One day.

Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) was one of the greatest American artists associated with the Pop Art movement. Famous from the early 1960s for his Great American Nudes and Still Lifes, he is nonetheless the only one of his contemporaries associated with that seminal twentieth-century art movement who has not yet had a major exhibition in North America. Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, this exhibition will be presented in a Canadian exclusive in Montreal. His interpretation of the history of art and the definition of genres led him, along with Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.

Particularly now, in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, walking around London means being surrounded by brand messages broadcast from every available speck of space.

San Francisco-based illustrator and street artist Nick Mann (aka Doodles) often spends his time traveling around the United States creating complex murals, but we’ve been admiring his electrifying ink paintings on found paper and other mixed media works. The images reveal a host of inspirations that seem to stem from folk art and mythology, occult and mandalic symbolism, and other esoteric sources. Visit Mann’s mystical world of fantastical creatures in our gallery below.

Every time I see Carine Brancowitz’s work I wonder how on earth she managed to do them without getting smudges. These are all made by the simple ball point pen. I’m not the only one to be amazed: her biro illustrations have graced some of the world’s best known mags.

In viewing the philosophy and personas of the the top three social networks — Google+, Facebook and Twitter — all are taking and staking different positions
Here are some valuable tips, resources and insights to how to use Google+ effectively.

Just when you thought Thinglink couldn’t get any better! Well, think again! The developers of this “cool tool” are back—this time with an awesome new feature: nubbins! Yep, not only can users create multimedia images with “hotspots”, but Thinglink now offers colored pins allowing users to differentiate information presented—a concept making this web app a must-have for every teacher toolbox!

The best street art doesn’t just brighten an otherwise drab urban environment (though that’s always appreciated), it also comments on the environment itself.

A series of portraits by Dan Mountford because of the imaginative juxtapositions within each photograph. By using a double-exposure technique, each portrait contains a double meaning. All of the images were created ‘in camera’, which makes them that much more amazing.

Article by Peter Skillen:
Project Based Learning can mean different things to different people, and can be practiced in a variety of ways.
For educators who want to dive in, the good news is that a rich trove of resources are available