Today would have been artist Larry Scott's 52nd birthday. Larry passed away in late 2007, leaving behind a sprawling body of work and many friends and admirers. He is missed.

What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator by Thomas S Buechner. I became a visual artist because of this 13" x 17" x 2" opus that covers Rockwell's entire career. It has over 600 illustrations, including these incredible gatefold pages that open up to over 30" [...]

What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I saw How to Draw a Bunny, the documentary about Ray Johnson’s life. I had been familiar with Ray’s work, and I felt some sort of connection with him. Here’s a guy who could have been as popular as Andy Warhol, a guy who [...]

Brilliant cartoonist Lynda Barry will be at Johns Hopkins this evening, presenting a slide show of her work. Barry's talk and most recent book, What It Is, are based on the "Writing the Unthinkable" workshops she's been conducting around the country. The program—which is free and open to the public—begins at 5:30 p.m. in the [...]

What piece of art changed your life? And how did it affect you?
It was a drawing on canvas by Cy Twombly owned by the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna. I did not understand some curls and asked myself what´s the point of them being presented even in a serious [...]