olympic spirit The Art of the Olympic Spirit: 5 Inspiring Moments From Tokyo The Olympic sprit was on full display in these five beautiful moments from Tokyo. We asked our team of artists to reimagine five inspirational moments through the eyes of their favorite artists.
teachers How a Single Mother Overcame Homelessness and Inspired a Community 'This is the reality of our situation: I’m a mom, and I’m going to fight for our kids, and I’m going to fight for my education.'
teachers Meet the High School Teacher and Formerly Homeless Single Mother Who Inspired Her School Crystal Allenton never expected to be featured on a mural. But the single mother of three became the subject of a portrait emblazoned with the words “Ambition Never Rests” after her journey from homelessness to a college degree inspired her alma mater to honor her. Allenton, who is now a high school teacher in Pennsylvania, shared her story with NBCLX...
murals Activists Fight to Preserve Street Art Made in the Wake of George Floyd's Death In the weeks and months following George Floyd’s death, art served as a form of protest and remembrance — first in his home city of Minneapolis and then around the world. Today, activists are fighting to preserve some of the impromptu works of street art painted on the plywood that boarded up businesses around the city during the protests. NBCLX...
crime How a Master Counterfeiter Went From Prison to the Hollywood Art Scene Arthur Williams Jr. did something thought to be impossible when he replicated the "counterfeit-proof" $100 bill.
crime ‘I Printed Money for the Mob': A Master Counterfeiter Tells His Story Arthur Williams Jr. is a master counterfeiter. After he found a way to successfully replicate more than $10 million in what were thought to be “counterfeit-proof” $100 bills, he was considered by some to be the best in the world. But it all came crashing down when Williams was sentenced to prison for 105 months — for what he admits...
endangered species Meet a Muralist Trying to Save Endangered Animals With His Art Nearly 1 million species are at risk of extinction around the world, including about 300 in California alone. Jonathan Martinez is trying to raise awareness of these endangered species through his art, and has so far painted more than 30 murals around California to show people what our planet may lose forever.
nfts How NFTs Are Revolutionizing the Way We Think About Art You’ve probably heard of blockchain in the context of cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. But did you know that collectors are now dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars on something called crypto art that also lives on a blockchain? NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez deep dives into the world of NFTs, blockchain and crypto art.
jessica haas ‘Together We Rise': An Artist's Portrait of 2020 Speed painter Jessica Haas joined LX News on Election Night to create a portrait of the year 2020 as the results came in.
I Voted This 'Spider-Verse' Art Director Made an ‘I Voted' Sticker For a Country That's More Than Just Red or Blue James Ramirez, an L.A.-based freelance art director for movies and TV, designed an “I Voted” sticker to illustrate that our country is not as divided as it seems. To find and share a digital version of his sticker on social media, search "LXtion2020" on Giphy.
