This organization is putting real money in the hands of hundreds of local artists, and plans to sponsor incredible public art projects as well.

Common Grounds seeks to “promote cultural consumption to children at an early age and create the next art lovers and appreciators of the future

Long-gone, unfortunately, are the days when unwedded royals swapped portraits and sized each other up for marriage. Ringlets were ogled and dentures examined before anyone decided anything. And then, only then, were locks of hair exchanged. Now we have Facebook (yep, there was no middle ground there at all) and