Cera PLAYS Art

11/16/2025

*cries in 42yrs is too old*

ArtWorks’ second Gallery Fellowship of the 2026 season is now accepting applications! 🎉

We are looking for artists ages 16-24 to participate in our Gallery Fellowship Program under the guidance of Artist-in-Residence James Marshall, aka Dalek (), creating pieces for a group exhibition titled “Back to Basics.”

In an age defined by complexity and digital dependence, this residency invites artists to rediscover the power of making art with the most essential tools. Participants will work with simple materials, embrace intuition, and explore automatic and instinctive mark-making through drawing, painting, screen printing, and digital illustration using Illustrator. With individual exploration and collaborative group projects, this fellowship encourages community, experimentation, and creative risk-taking, reminding artists that in returning to the basics, we find infinite possibilities.

The application deadline is Monday, December 8. Learn more and apply by clicking here: https://tr.ee/BACK-TO-BASICS

11/16/2025

In the Night - Poems of Parenting

11/15/2025

What if your favorite comic book could change the way you see the world?

This Native American Heritage Month, the American Indians Go Graphic exhibit highlights Indigenous superheroes and storytellers who are reshaping how we see identity and representation.

Learn why these stories matter from Professor Courtney Lewis, then see them come to life at IndigiPopX: https://today.duke.edu/2025/10/going-graphic-six-questions-duke-professor-courtney-lewis-her-superpowered-library-exhibit

Duke University Native American/Indigenous Student Alliance | Duke University Libraries | Kenan Institute for Ethics

11/15/2025

The legendary director talks with Harper's Bazaar about becoming an artist and a parent. Read the full interview at the link in comments.

11/15/2025

Life imitates art and use versa

Every year, scientists from around the world join a unique competition called the Agar Art Contest — where the “paint” is alive.

Instead of colors from a palette, they use real bacteria grown inside petri dishes.
Each microbe creates its own natural pigment:
🟥 Serratia — bright red
🟨 Bacillus — warm yellow
🟪 Chromobacterium — deep violet
🟩 Pseudomonas — teal green
🟦 Engineered E. coli — glowing blue and neon UV colors

Using toothpicks, loops, and tiny swabs as brushes, scientists “draw” on a gel surface — and then wait.
Over the next 24–72 hours, the artwork slowly appears as the bacteria grow and the colors deepen.

The final pieces are breathtaking:
✨ Van Gogh’s Starry Night made of glowing microbes
✨ Portraits and mandalas built from living cells
✨ A peacock created with seven different bacterial species
✨ Landscapes, galaxies, trees — all alive

The best part?
After photographing the masterpiece, the art is destroyed for safety. Nothing lasts forever — not even living paintings.

11/13/2025

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