A good school district, desirable homes and appealing surroundings have helped increase the value of Murrysville homes in recent years.
While the 2006-07 median sale price of Westmoreland County houses has risen by 1.6 percent over last year, Murrysville home prices are up 9 percent for the same period.
And since 2003-04, the median sale prices [...]

Because of its size and diversity, the United States has many types of design that reflect regional identities. Every so often, one of these styles becomes popular nationwide but soon fades as a favorite look — a victim, possibly, of its own success.
The Southwestern style captured the American imagination 15 years ago or so and [...]

To kick off its latest series of Art in the Kitchen installations, Arclinea Boston brings the work of Puerto Rican-based artist Diego Jacobson to its showroom, located on St. James Street in the city’s Design District. The exhibit, called “Soul Transcendence,” will begin September 7 and run through October 4. The artist’s work will then [...]

It’s nearly impossible to see all the 150,000 pieces of folk art, artifacts and Americana at Shelburne Museum in one visit.
Visitors can wander through the old New England homes, barns and buildings and view American folk art, decoys, Impressionist paintings, quilts and furniture.
They can inspect a 4,000-piece miniature circus parade carved out of wood that [...]

“Art Leads to Innovation” inspired 30 high school students from across the U.S. to create their own vision of what innovation means in the 2006 Poster Design Scholarship Competition, sponsored by The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts. Budding artists with an interest in graphic design created original poster artwork reflecting the theme “Art [...]