NPR Topics: Visual ArtsNPR explores the visual arts including design, photography, sculpture, and architecture. Interviews, commentary, and audio. Subscribe to the RSS feed.Artist Gives Old Saints New Faces- August 29, 2008 There are exactly 103 roads named after Catholic saints in Los Angeles. J. Michael Walker has spent eight years exploring these roads and avenues, researching their namesake saints and finding connections with the people who inhabit them.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94064077&ft=1&f=1047 PBS Launches An ABCs Offensive With New Shows- August 21, 2008 Television is no longer considered the enemy of education. In the past couple of years, PBS has made a big push to develop shows that help kids prepare to read — but are the kids watchinghttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93835717&ft=1&f=1047 At Beijing Olympics, Photographers Shine- August 19, 2008 Olympic photographers rely on talent, technology and strategic positioning to capture images that become signature moments of the games. Making those pictures happen in a fast-moving track event is a special challenge.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93749562&ft=1&f=1047 Waterboarding At Coney Island: The Thrill That Chills- August 16, 2008 It might not be surprising that waterboarding, the controversial interrogation technique that simulates drowning, would become the subject of satire. But it was shocking to many when artist Steve Powers created an attraction called the Waterboard Thrill Ride.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93654870&ft=1&f=1047 |