"I began as a painter and I walked into a bead store and it was just like a flash in my mind. I just thought, 'My God, that's the most amazing paint I've ever seen," says Liza Lou. She began to ...

This story begins with artist Stephan Wanger challenging himself to double a Guinness World Record. It ends with an art critic's challenge to Wanger. Wanger is Louisiana's premier maker of Mardi Gras ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An exhibition of contemporary bead art with 100 works from Native American and Indigenous artists will open in April in downtown Indianapolis. Radical Stitch is being touted as ...

Nick Cave has traveled all around the world creating and demonstrating how to use his Soundsuits. The wearable art is designed with common material to make elaborate suits that create different sounds ...

You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently, Perler beads ...

Mary Young Bear demonstrates the rich tradition of Meskwaki bead art. Mary Young Bear demonstrates the rich tradition of Meskwaki bead art and the ties the art has to her own ancestors.

There’s strength in numbers. Artist Stephan Wanger knows that. He wanted to make a strong statement with his art, wanted to create sweeping scenes of Louisiana in rich, bright colors and careful ...

After the wigs have been packed away, and the ice chests have been cleaned, you have to face the eternal question: what to do with all those once-coveted Mardi Gras throws. You could recycle them, ...

Bead art is a hidden talent that a 12-year-old Chiefs fan discovered at a very young age. He's hoping that talent will grow into something much bigger."To some people, it could probably be hard. To me ...

Butterflies amid the budding greenery serenade the coming of spring, along with the pastel-colored, floral motifs that begin to appear on women’s attire. Prepare for the new season with some timely ...

If you’re swinging by the Seattle Art Museum to see the big boys — the Michelangelo drawings, on view through Jan. 31, or the Alexander Calder sculptures, up through April 11 — I suggest you find your ...