Readers were pumped up and fully engaged in casting ballots for their favorite arts places in AmericanStyle’s 2011 Top 25 Arts Destinations competition. It’s the 14th annual edition of our wildly popular readers’ poll.
Read MoreSanta Fe’s House of Glass
Overlooking the grounds of the santa fe opera, the sangre de cristos, this art collectors home is designed to showcase a top art glass collection.
Read MoreVicco Von Voss: Organically Inspired
Trees. For studio furniture maker Vicco Von Voss, they are his teachers and his building materials, the inspiration that links his life with his livelihood.
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Miles Van Rensselaer
Glass flows like water between a series of bronze hands, becomes a smooth tusk in a tribal mask, and intertwines with metal to form the support for a portrait head.
Read MoreStyle Spotlight: Craft Series Continues on PBS
Exploring themes of personal and political expression, the award-winning documentary “Craft in America” returns to PBS this summer.
Read MoreStyle Spotlight: Artists Lend a Helping Hand
A culture rich in creative history has gathered its forces to aid a nation that has long supported its artists, as Native American artists auction works of art to benefit disaster relief in Japan.
Read MoreArts Travel: Airport’s Public Art Takes Flight
Travelers at the San Francisco International Airport’s newly renovated Terminal 2 will be treated to near museum-like experiences.
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Editor’s Note: Have Top Arts Cities Lists, Will Travel
Call them prescient (or just really good guessers), but just under 50 percent of AmericanStyle Facebook fans who answered the “Who do you think should be the Top Arts Destination this year?” question we posted in early April chose one of the top three cities that actually did win in the big, mid-size and small cities categories for 2011.
Read MoreParting Shot: Kanagawa Redux
When artist Ed Bing Lee was approached by Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery to create a work for its 5th invitational “teapots!” show, he jumped at the idea.
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