Web Sightings for May 2010

Let’s start this month’s collection of websites with The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum‘s new online database that contains images of the artist’s work, photographs, and correspondence from the museum’s collection and research center archive. In addition to browsing or searching the database, you can also save items in a “my favorites” file for later retrieval.

Make History . . . → Read More: Web Sightings for May 2010

Reflections on NAEA 2010

Hood ornament on Art Bus outside of American Visionary Art Museum

Got back last night after a long plane ride home from the NAEA conference. My early morning flight out of Baltimore was canceled and I had to wait in the airport 5 hours for a later flight. I know it could have been worse, . . . → Read More: Reflections on NAEA 2010

Season 5 of Art21 Starts Tonight

Season 5 of Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century starts tonight and will air every Wednesday on PBS throughout October at 10:00 pm (Check your local listings). The above video clip of Cindy Sherman is from an episode airing later in the month on . . . → Read More: Season 5 of Art21 Starts Tonight

Web Sightings for October 2009

Here are ten October treats:

1. With Halloween coming up at the end of this month, check out Mark Newport’s knitted super hero costumes at the Greg Kucera Gallery. (See Q&A with Newport on Smithsonian.com)

2. Also, don’t miss Nick Cave’s embroidered “sound suits” at the Jack Shainman Gallery, which are embellished with materials like twigs, socks, and . . . → Read More: Web Sightings for October 2009

Exploring Point of View

Photo by Burning Image. CC Attribution License

Of all the concepts or topics that we might teach about in the art classroom, “point of view” has always been a favorite of mine. In a world becoming splintered by opposing cultural, political, and religious points of view, fostering students’ understanding and respect for differing points of view . . . → Read More: Exploring Point of View

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