Grass Portraits, Living Paintings, Twitter Makeovers, And More!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Photosynthesis Makes Grass Portraits Photosynthesis uses light to produce glucose while photography uses light to produce images. Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey bring the two processes together in their living grass portraits, using chlorophyll as pigment. LIVING PAINTINGS The Twitter Bird Gets A Makeover How Much Do The Arts Really Inject Into Local Economies? David Shrigley's 'Brain Activity' Is A Hilarious Mystery BLOG POSTS James Franco: Saturday in New York: Bess, Wiseman and Clybourne Park Because school is out and I don't have any major obligations, I decided to take in as much of New York as possible on Saturday. David Galenson: Paris' Village Voice Is Closing A beloved Paris institution, the Village Voice Bookshop, will go out of business at the end of July. The Voice has been one of the best English-language bookstores not just in Paris, but in all of Europe. Robert L. Lynch: 'Arts & Economic Prosperity IV' Proves That the Arts Industry Is Resilient, Even in a Down Economy The point of the arts is obviously not to create jobs; the point is to help us communicate in new ways about what it is like to be human. But isn't it great to know that the arts are also a robust industry hat helps fuel America's economy? Jane Chafin: Short Takes: Paint in Motion (VIDEO) Michael Giltz: Theater: Storefront Church Testifies! Can I Get an Amen? John Patrick Shanley's new play focuses on storefront churches -- those optimistic, home-grown, sometimes shady, often ramshackle but sincere houses of worship that spring up in poorer neighborhoods.

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