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When it comes to the subject of arts advocacy and democracy in general, Steven J. Tepper believes in posing provocative and challenging questions. Tepper is the Associate Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy and professor in the Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. In his recent book Not Here, Not…
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I heard Steven J. Tepper, PhD – Curb Creative Campus – speak last night…
I heard Steven J. Tepper, PhD – Curb Creative Campus – speak last night… It was a non academic audience, so he kept it light, or “lite” actually. He is associate director at the Curb Center at Vanderbilt. He spoke about the importance of creative habits. I’m trying to track down the working definition of…
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mikkipedia: “Writers don’t write from experience, though many are resistant to admit that they don’t. I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” — Nikki Giovanni (via amandaonwriting) Hm. I have mixed feelings about how empathy functions, or how…
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newyorker: Cartoon of the day by Emily Flake. For more cartoons: http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons
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underpaidgenius: Scorching Phoenix Plans For An Even Hotter Future – Peter O’Dowd via NPR I read this piece waiting for the obvious and didn’t hear a whisper of it. Scorching Phoenix Plans For An Even Hotter Future – Peter O’Dowd via NPR The view is bleak from John Larsala’s front drive in West Phoenix. The…
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jtotheizzoe: Help The Oatmeal raise money to buy Nikola Tesla’s old laboratory and turn it into a museum. Can you think of a better place to throw a few dollars? Didn’t think so.
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pri-arts: untitled-mag: Marina Abramovic, “The Artist is Present,” made people hate their snuggies Hilarious. If it makes you curious about Abramovic’s “The Artist if Present,” we have info here.
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museumoflatinamericanart: Joaquín Torres García (Uruguay, 1874-1949) Composición constructiva 1934 Ink on paper Gift of Jorge Virgili in memory of his brother Salvador and all those who have suffered from AIDS M.2010.031
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My son asked me today if the font Chipotle uses in its mark is Gotham. I said, “I don’t think so – the middle crossbar on the capital E is too low”, and then I told him I was the TA for a class wherein Tobias Frere-Jones, designer of Gotham, studied. I got an appreciative…
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edelman8095: Ex-Google executive’s new venture helps students avoid corporate life | Reuters nanotrends: “Part social network, part crowdfunding service in the style of Kickstarter, Upstart provides an online forum where participants post personal profiles with their background and goals in the hope of attracting at least five financial backers. The backers – acquaintances, alumni or…