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May 24th, 2007

The Art At World’s End

Between the special effects, the colorful cast of characters and Johnny Depp’s nose taking up half of the screen in one section of the movie, there’s some lessons to be learned from the art of the latest installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End.
This evening my wife and I caught the first showing […]

By William Lehman -- 2 comments

May 20th, 2007

Nancy Crow: Quilting the seventy-five thousand dollar quilt

Sometimes you catch things reading local news that just throws you for a loop. A Baltimore, Ohio woman named Nancy Crow has made quilts that she has sold for $8,000 - $75,000

While studying fine arts at Ohio State in the late 1960s, she says she wanted to be a potter but became allergic to […]

By William Lehman -- 5 comments

May 17th, 2007

b5media wants “Junk Creation” Bloggers

Description:This is a new blog we are launching within the Arts and Design channel of b5media. This blog will focus on making cool things out of junk, keeping useful things out of landfills and conservation as an art movement. Familiarity with wordpress a plus. This will be a split author blog, but […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

May 1st, 2007

Lame Brain Mice

Well, there have been various studies on the effects of Art by the medical community down through the years. Recently, the study relating to revitalizing the atrophied brain came out in the news. It got me thinking.
Doing art is more than just sitting down to draw something. It’s a form of expression that belies our […]

By William Lehman -- 5 comments

April 22nd, 2007

ArtFlock is Live.

Check it out at www.artflock.com
Ed just sent me this release about an hour ago. I’ll do a more in depth review this week sometime. Thanks for the heads-up there Ed.

Hi William,
Just to let you know that about 5 minutes ago, ArtFlock.com went live!
There are still some more bits that I need to do […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

April 19th, 2007

ArtFlock is coming.

ArtistsOnline, a UK based art site where you can buy and sell artwork is in the process of converting over to an international company.

* Add artwork in US Dollars, Pound sterling and Euro
* Price the delivery cost for specific countries
* Buyers can select to view artwork in their preferred currency
There are also some improvements to […]

By William Lehman -- 0 comments

April 11th, 2007

Digital Photography School joins b5media

I’ve been hoping to write this post for a long time now and today it has finally come to pass. Darren Rowse, the Problogger himself, has brought Digital Photography School to b5media.

Digital Photography School - a website with simple tips to help digital camera owners get the most out of their cameras.

While it’s exciting to […]

By William Lehman -- 2 comments

March 31st, 2007

A Response to the Catholic League about Chocolate Jesus

Now I know there may be a little bit of a flame war on this post. It’s fine. But I decided to write the Catholic League on this particular issue. Below is a screen capture of their site along with my response to their take on the the chocolate crucifix sculpture.

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By William Lehman -- 0 comments

March 31st, 2007

A Milk Chocolate Faith

I have been reading a lot about the “Chocolate Jesus” saga the last few days. As an artist and as a pastor I guess this hits on both sides of the coin for me.
“My Sweet Lord” a sculpture by Cosimo Cavallaro has caused quite the controversy. It is a nude sculpture of […]

By William Lehman -- 1 comment

March 16th, 2007

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Well, it’s that time of the year, where you paint yourself green, eat your Lucky Charms and look for four leaf clovers.
Well maybe not, but I still enjoy this picture of a guy from my church portraying Shrek.
But the Arts and Design channel here at b5media is going green for the day.

Layers Upon Layers
Cyndi at […]

By William Lehman -- 8 comments