Hyattsville’s next piece of public art will be a former satellite dish. According to the Hyattsville Life and Times, a satellite dish that once belonged to Prince George’s County’s first cable TV franchise will be converted into artwork by Mount Rainier … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting mini-documentary on the Gateway Arts District which we just ran across that features some local artists and civic leaders.

Clarke Bedford’s medium is cars. The Hyattsville resident, who works at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, was recently featured in a spread on art cars at the Artscape festival in Baltimore. One of his pieces, Vanadu, features a bust of … Continue reading →

Other than the Little Free Library, we were curious to know what else was new at Hyattsville Elementary School. Earlier this week we caught up with Julia Burton, who is coming up on her one-year anniversary as principal of the … Continue reading →

Michael William Kirby’s medium is the streets. The Baltimore artist has long painted street murals and made other outdoor art. His latest piece, “Fashion,” was installed on the side of the former Professional Coffee Shop building two weeks ago. Kirby … Continue reading →

A small town in Minnesota still sells posters of a University Park artist’s long-destroyed mural from their local post office. In 1936, David M. Granahan painted a mural of farmland around the town of Hopkins, Minn., for the Works Progress … Continue reading →