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• Ten-Year-Old Graffiti Artist Captures London Art Scene

  This story made me feel really old. Not because the graffiti artist wowing London art critics is only ten (OK, that's part of it). I feel old because I got that stern mommy frown until I saw the spots where the British tween is spray-painting on streets are all perfectly legal. Read More... Posted Feb 18 2009, 11:31 AM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: kid art, art, creativity, london, artists, Jeanne Sager, feeling old, kid artists, graffiti, kid stars

• Can Your Kid Doodle the Google Doodle?

  They've got down Noggin's doodle of the day, so can they doodle the Google doodle? And can you say that three times fast? Google (yes, THE Google) opened up its second annual kids art contest this week to find the American school kid who will draw the logo rendition seen on the site's homepage. With more than one hundred million daily site views, that means your kid could become an artist whose talents are appreciated by, well, one hundred million folks in one day. Read More... Posted Feb 05 2009, 12:31 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: computers, technology, Google, fun, art, dreams, creativity, free, artists, Jeanne Sager, grants, school district, kids' wishes, what I wish for the world, artistry, money for schools

• Santa Reinvented: Decidedly Naughty and Passing for German

  If kids from 1907 were around today, they would be sorely disappointed in the lack of technological advancements Santa has made in the last century. The picture to the right is taken from a 1907 children's book, depicting what Santa would look like in 100 years. Screw the rein deer, our predecessors seemed to think. Santa's gonna be powered by a fan. And forget the sleigh; give the old man what Jezebel has not inaccurately termed a "dildo-shaped blimp." In more inappropriate Santa news, The Guardian asked 10 contemporary artists to "reinvent the image of Father Christmas." Read More... Posted Dec 17 2008, 02:00 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with no comments Filed under: christmas, children, kids, santa claus, children's books, presents, artists, reincarnation, Father Christmas, moby, how santa has changed, reinventing father christmas, juergen teller, future santas, reinventing santa, past santas, modern art, depictions

• Toddler Artist Works in Ketchup

  Freddy Linsky is an acclaimed artist whose works have sold for successfully at various galleries in England.  Freddy is two years old. His mother, who is a teacher at an art school, posted his work on a lark, one which eventually many art collectors took quite seriously.   Read More... Posted Feb 22 2008, 11:06 AM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: art, youth workshops, working in ketchup, artists