Mapping the world is not a new thought process. It's fairly simple to track the evolution of world maps, in particular, going back centuries. Humans have always had the urge to explore and illustrate ...

When I was a kid, my father kept a dog-eared street map of the Dallas metroplex in his truck’s glove compartment. As a contractor who spent hours driving each day, this atlas was his North Star — a ...

Artists can develop different sources of inspiration into their works of art which then can bring different interpretations of these works to the art viewer. These inspirations in creating art pieces ...

Julie Jankowski became obsessed with maps-as-art about four years ago, seeing them as an extension of her passion for landscapes. "That’s how I learned to sling paint, so to speak," she said, standing ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. artist Zach Ammerman has an obsession with maps. A self-proclaimed "map nerd," he says he spent hours as a kid studying the fine details of atlases and maps. His day job has nothing ...

When you think about the world of cartography, antique sepia maps are likely the first images that come to mind. But nomadic digital cartographer Robert Szucs saw the potential to turn nature’s ...

What are maps for? Of course, you think you know, and so did I until I found my way to “Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art,” at the Katonah Museum of Art. The works in this terrific ...