The newest addition to metro Detroit's art scene is also one of the most anticipated. The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) delivers what it promises: contemporary art.

Mosaic is the art of creating images with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral. Small tiles or fragments of pottery (known as tesserae, diminutive tessellae) or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils are used to create a pattern or picture.

Girl foot tattoo is becoming more and more popular with women these days. The foot is definitely one of the most unique place where you can sport a tattoo. Just like any other tattoo though, getting a foot tattoo is a major decision. Here are some important points that you should know about foot tattoos.

Stained glass has had a long history of over 5,000 years throughout Europe, but due to the late discovery of North America the art form has had a rather short run comparatively in the States.

Austin is a town that has chosen as its mantra "Keep Austin Weird". This article looks at one of the places that contributes to this the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture.

The Dreaming is the centre of Aboriginal religion and life and is the most important influence on their art.

Well, we have had a dry technical description of what a scale is ??" but the special thing is that where is the music in it? OK, in musical terms, a scale can be described as a palette of notes that you can choose from to put together chords, accompaniments, harmonies, melodies solos and just about everything. Look at it this way ??" you are in need to acquire any language depending upon your choice e.g. English before you can be a poet. Scales are the language of music, and there are a lot of different means to put them together to keep things entertaining. If you have no understanding of scales you would be a bit like trying to write a verse without employing proper words - it could work and be very cool in some cases, but the chances would be much better if you follow a commonly understood medium, which is what scales/language are. For further understanding - there are many types of scales - minor, major modes etc ??" think it as increasing your vocabulary and learning more ways of showing your thoughts. Why Are They So Significant? Andreas Segovia, the father of modern guitar playing has given fine information about the importance of scales. He maintained that in the briefest space of time most amount of technical ground can be covered through the appropriate learning of scales. And if you think about it, when you are learning scales you are: 1. Learning how to effectively play one note after another. 2. developing the dexterity of your fingers. 3. Make your ears habitual to listen which notes go together in what sequences. I.e. What notes go into what scales. (This is of supreme importance). 4. Providing you with the terrific memory of how the standard notes and tones go from one string to the next. Genuinely you effectively restrict the amount of notes you play by learning to play in a scale. But, no doubt, this is what offers us with distinctive melodic structure. You'll be able to promptly choose something that suits the mood of the piece you are trying to write provided you learn what a wide range of scales sound like. This saves a lot of "fumbling about" in quest of notes in the long run. Sometimes it's interesting to "make up a scale" by picking a set of notes out of the 12 notes accessible for the purpose of more advanced exercise in practice. You'll normally find though that if you search the set of notes you've chosen, that there's probably already a scale which has those notes, but by learning some licks in this new scale, you can jump from something, for instance minor pentatonic, into your new scale for a few seconds, before moving back.

A fire extinguisher: for most of us, nothing but a standard piece of safety equipment, tied to the wall with extinguisher brackets and sealed in an extinguisher box. But for the early filmmakers of a largely pre-narrative Hollywood, a fire extinguisher of the classic pre-pressurized type was just another means of struggling to develop a common language of film.

On the forums, the most discussion able subject is 'Modes'. The frequently asked question is "What is a mode?" and , "What benefit they give?" We'll have a look at both questions in some detail in this article

In fact, think of your home as a canvas - a three-dimensional canvas that needs three-dimensional art. Getting creative means collecting from a wide variety of mediums, and there are none better to decorate empty spaces in your home with than metal art.

Where in the world does a young artist from Hungary go for inspiration? First he explores Italy, France and Germany, three countries whose art histories are among Europe’s most influential - from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Then this young artist crosses the Atlantic into America.

Across every medium in which they work, Picci Designs blends the contemporary, impressionistic and primitive styles that bring their art to life. These influences are on display in everything from the bright, colorful movement in their metal sculptures, abstract paintings, and art deco clocks and mirrors to the vibrantly vivid images captured in their abstract photography and the playfully striking boldness in their African tribal masks.