Be Prepared to Speak (Erik Beltran) Honorable Mention 2011

How to Host A Card Catalog Contest

By Meredith Schwartz on August 31, 2012 

The Fresno City College Library and its Friends group started its cARTalog contest in 2006. Inspired by the San Francisco Main Library’s three-story display of old card catalog cards turned into art and the University of Iowa’s Adopt-a-Card project that ended in 2006, adding the contest element is what sets Fresno apart.

To get the word out to prospective entrants, the library goes straight to the source, reaching art and poetry students through their classes and instructors through an emailed flyer, as well as making presentations at the Interclub Council and Anime club, and posting notices on campus kiosks and of course, in the library.

-----read more at libraryjournal.com

New piece at the Dia De Los Muertos Show

Hst & Calaveras = New warehouse workspace

So I type in Hst Fresno on Google images and I stumble on this site "Woodland Shoppers Paradise" and find this post about art in Fresno. The guy who posted had found murals on this crazy Google earth map/street views of street art all over the world. Its a cool story with some fresh HDR photos. Check out the links.


"A couple days ago I drove to Fresno in search of street art. I'd spotted a couple clusters on Street Art View and figured I'd have no problem finding my way around. I've visited before - somewhat notoriously back in '01 - yet this place always seems so convoluted to me.

Once I again I found myself cruising Fresno's streets, trying to make sense of a place I barely know. I worked a few main boulevards, finding lots of walls whose graffiti had been whitewashed away. Fresno is clearly struggling to contain its taggers. And who can blame them? The difference between street art and vandalism can be difficult to discern..."       

                        -Andrew Wood

Drawing of a sleeping student at Fresno City.

photo by gares