WASHINGTON (AP).- When President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Americans knew in an instant the Gulf oil spill had become a full-blown crisis. His prime-time speech, in a setting that bespeaks the power of t…
Oil-Inspired Spread for August Issue of Vogue Italia Stirs Muck
MIAMI (AP).- The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil. A stirring pho…
Oil-Inspired Spread for August Issue of Vogue Italia Stirs Muck
MIAMI (AP).- The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil. A stirring pho…
Artist Brian Borrello Creates New Print Series Using Actual BP Oil
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery announced a limited unique edition print by artist Brian Borrello that will benefit the expansion of resources and mental health support for children and families affected by the oil spill. Brian Borrello is …
Scientists Say Gulf Diversity Threatened Even Before Oil Spill
WASHINGTON (AP).- The oceans around Australia boast the greatest diversity of sea life on the planet, but the now oil-threatened Gulf of Mexico also ranks in the top five regions for variety of species. And even before the spill, the Gulf was already l…
Robert Redford Wants Artists to Push Government
BALTIMORE (AP).- Robert Redford says notions that the arts are trivial or worthless are driven by “small minds.” The 73-year-old actor spoke Friday to about 900 attendees at an Americans for the Arts summit Friday in Baltimore. He called on them to di…
Fundraising Exhibition of Louisiana Artists Responding to the Gulf Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery announced GULF AID ART: ARTISTS IN ACTION, A Fundraising Exhibition of Louisiana Artists Responding to the Gulf Oil Spill. The benefit exhibition will take place from June 17-19th at the gallery located in th…
Fundraising Exhibition of Louisiana Artists Responding to the Gulf Oil Spill
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery announced GULF AID ART: ARTISTS IN ACTION, A Fundraising Exhibition of Louisiana Artists Responding to the Gulf Oil Spill. The benefit exhibition will take place from June 17-19th at the gallery located in th…