Soulard Art Market, located in the heart of historical Soulard, features fine art by 12 of St. Louis Missouri local artisans.
THE JOAN & IRWIN JACOBS BUILDING AND THE DAVID C. COPLEY BUILDING
The expanded MCASD Downtown provides San Diego and the binational region with a new dynamic cultural venue, allowing the Museum to serve many more visitors with contemporary art exhibitions and public programs for adults as well as children.
The swamps and wetlands of north Louisiana and southern Arkansas have always held me in their magical spell. The environment is eerie yet inviting, relentless yet forgiving and a special place to watch the sun rise or set.
The images I have added were all shot within 100 miles of Ouachita Parish Louisiana USA.
Pieces of San Francisco Mural Project; Created by youth from Glide Memorial, Youth With a Mission, Golden Gate YMCA and Hamilton Family Center in collaboration with Amnesty International.
The Drik Gallery was opened in August 1993 with the first showing of World Press Photo in Bangladesh. It is one of the finest galleries in South Asia and the largest private gallery in Bangladesh.
A great book store in the Los Feliz area of LA. The have a massive selection of oddball design books, hot rod decoration books, pin up girl collections, and fashion books.
Just outside of the citycentre of the capital of Lithuania lays a quarter called Uzupio.
This, rather rundown, part of the city has been declared independant many years ago by the poets, artists and squatters that lived in that part of town.
On a crumbling wall, Uzupio's 41 constitutional rules are stated.
These rules vary from 'Every cat has the right to be a cat' to 'Everyone has the right to be misunderstood' and even 'Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation.'
On normal days you can walk in and out of Uzupio without any problems but on april the first, fools day and independance day for Uzupio, guards in clownesque outfits smiley-stamp your passport when you want to enter the freestate.
The area has a nice atmosphere and there is a free vibe with people walking around with instruments and artwork, a lot of colourful graffity on the walls a number of galleries and many houses that have artistic amendments.
The artist proudly exhibits his work at this trendy market open only in the summer months between June and October. If you are fed up with the tacky souvenirs that have mercylessly invaded every destination, then it's worth going for an origianl work of art which as I discovered does not have to cost the earth.
The first thing that comes to mind when mentioning typical souvenirs from Jordan would be the sand art bottle. Whilst I’m not that keen on souvenirs, I do appreciate the work and time involved in creating these decorative bottles.