Beautification
I am so pressed for time that I don’t have time to write anything for today, so I’ll post an article that Marty DeVine wrote for the Alexandria Times, regarding the Beautification Awards given by the City of Alexandria, VA this past Wednesday evening. My neighborhood school, Jefferson Houston, where I painted a 50 foot long mural on multiple panels, received the only public school award for beautification. This is the picture that I used in my most recent Casart Fall eNewsletter, which can be downloaded here. It mentions the mural and my new business line. Here’s the clipped article below. Please follow the link above to read the full…
Costumes and Murals (without Political Commentary)
Actually, I’m not interested in the political commentary associated with these murals, only the murals themselves. I came upon them quite by accident — when I was searching for this picture below in the Washington Post of the ballerinas’ costumes — and the online version of the front page featured these murals. Look how they help to enliven this run down area of Steubenville, Ohio and no one would necessarily expect to find them there. I really like this panoramic feature for viewing them as well, especially mute — with no political commentary. It was these NYC Ballet costumes, however, that caught my attention. I really like how the complementary…
