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    Emotionally intelligent signage in the subway

    Published April 21st, 2010

    (Via Arts Journal and Jason Shelowitz)

    Dennis Brutus (1924 – 2009)

    Published December 27th, 2009

    About a quarter of a century ago — when I was a young, impressionable Northwestern student wondering what I wanted to do with my life — I signed up for an upper-level seminar called “Writing Poetry.” It turned out that I was somewhat adept at deconstructing poems — and just plain awful at writing them. [...]

    Is there a hidden message in this painting?

    Published September 26th, 2009

    Art historian Henry Adams thinks so. In a Smithsonian article, as well as in an upcoming book, he claims that Jackson Pollock hid his name in giant letters within the swirls of his famous 1943 Mural. If that seems loony, check out the interactive slide show on Smithsonian.com (you’ll need to scroll down to find [...]

    Is a painting worth a thousand books?

    Published August 15th, 2009

    While I’m absolutely, positively in favor of colleges that assign their incoming freshman class one book to read, I’m intrigued by what the University of Pennsylvania is doing this year.As Real Clear Arts reports, “Instead of reading a common book, to be discussed on campus, freshmen have been asked to study and be ready to [...]

    Web 2.0 meets Music Appreciation 101

    Published April 15th, 2009

    Late last year, YouTube issued a musical casting call. The web video titan asked “professional and amateur musicians of all ages, locations and instruments to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra by submitting a video performance of a new piece written for the occasion by the renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun.” A panel of first-class [...]