Fleur Childs

Young Australian artist Fleur Childs was "staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people." Childs is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts. Her exhibition, "Boxing Day," is …

Birdhouses by Stephane Barbier Bouvet

Here's a comical twist on the traditional birdhouse by Lausanne-based designer Stephane Barbier Bouvet. Check out some of his latest projects on his site or at Gallery 1m3, of which he is a founding member. via swissmiss

Dearraindrop: Concrete Trees, Glass Grass and Cream-Filled Stones

Opening today, 20 October 2006, at the Galleri Loyal is a solo exhibition of new work by Dearraindrop that runs through 25 November 2006. The exhibition includes large-scale paintings, drawings and other major interactive works by the Virginia-based collective. Visual artists Joe Grillo, Laura Grant and Billy Grant make the collage-style works, which are then synthesized by multimedia artists Owen Osborn and Chris Kucinski. The …