When it comes to the hit Fox television series "American Idol," the state of Oklahoma has been well-represented. Season 7 winner David Cook has ties to Tulsa and, of course, Checotah-native Carrie Underwood is a country music superstar. Is there a chance we can add to that list...

from About.com contributor, Ken Gradomski:Up close or far away? These are the two most basic approaches of how to engage with visual Art. For those of us classically trained, the teaching was to 'stand back' from a painting and look at it as a whole, not in pieces... (still good...

If you're an artist looking for something to create, here's a great opportunity for you. The National Endowment for the Arts is currently accepting proposals of a new logo design for Art Works. Here's the info from the website: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) invites contractors to submit proposals...