I had the pleasure of attending Nic Rad's PeopleMatter show at RARE gallery in Chelsea. Nic is a Brooklyn-based artist and admitted media addict hosting his second solo show at RARE. Rad is showcasing his 18-month long project PeopleMatter, a collection of 99 painted portraits that capture a moment in the history of communication. Subjects include bloggers, journalists, and Internet "micro-celebrities," selected using various digital tools.

Famous When Dead, hailing from the UK, has a delightful gallery of graphic prints and tees available for purchase as well as an extensive gallery of painted and illustrated works for your viewing pleasure.

As school has come to an absolute beginning, I have immersed myself into new territories of fashion and art while accepting my fate of sleeping far less than eight hours a night. Through one of my classes I have come across what will certainly be a PARALLELS classic that should be noted to all Terregalia readers as a wondrous example of fashion as fine art.

Fashion Illustration has been said to be among the soon-out in the next coming years. Those using it now are largely among the fashion houses that have the time, and the extra dough.

At Mixed Greens Gallery in the heart of Chelsea's gallery district, Zane Lewis has unveiled his 2nd solo show entitled "Watch Me Slowly Death"

Parallels between fashion and fine art are plentiful in the cultural mecca that is New York City. While many of the individuals deeply ingrained in either of these two highly similar, yet disparate industries look upon each other as distant cousins-there are instances of pure sibling rivalry that create an inspiration of great sorts to the young designers and artists of today.

Ryan Brewer is a bright young star in the Fine Arts department at Parsons the New School for Design, his driven personality and impressive background in commercial and fine art installations put him in a league above his peers and even many career artists.