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Everybody hates it when something’s really great,” says essayist and art critic Dave Hickey. He is famous for his scathing critiques against the art world, particularly against art education, which he believes institutionalizes mediocrity through its systematic rejection of good ideas. Art is going through what Hickey calls a “stupid phase. Creativity is rejected: Teachers…
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RISD’s John Maeda Joins Silicon Valley
RISD’s John Maeda Joins Silicon Valley creativeintelligencebook: Nothing proclaims the growing importance of creativity and design to entrepreneurship than the move of RISD president John Maeda to the key Silicon Valley venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins where he will become the first Design Partner. At the same time, John will chair the Design Advisory…
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Runaway innovation is insatiable. It captures the imagination of individuals and empowers customers and employees alike to challenge the status quo — leaving organizations to catch up CEO insights from the Global C-suite Study Reinventing the rules of engagement This CEO point of view report delves into the perspectives of the 884 CEOs interviewed during…
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State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax
State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax hangingfire: Conservative groups across the US are planning a co-ordinated assault against public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, workers’ compensation and the environment, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal. The strategy for the state-level organisations, which…
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blakegopnik: DAILY PIC: Yet another picture from my week-long study of the Black Paintings of Ad Reinhardt, now being celebrated at David Zwirner in New York. This canvas was painted in 1960. So far this week, I’ve been stressing the conceptual, even anti-retinal side of Reinhardt’s project, but it would be crazy to go too…
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artandsciencejournal: The Bees of Sarah Hatton The work of Ottawa-based artist Sarah Hatton is a strong political piece, specifically raising awareness of the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) happening to honey populations worldwide. Early this year in Chelsea, Quebec, two whole hives fill of bees died from frostbite. The artist jumped at the chance to not…
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Mt. Hebron Middle School Programs Finch Robots (by Ursula Wolz) As part of preparation for CS Ed Week (Nov. 9 – 13), Birdbrain Technologies (http://www.birdbraintechnologies.com/) lent 52 robots to Mt. Hebron Middle School in Montclair, NJ. Using Snap! (http://byob.berkeley.edu/) students are building activities that integrate programming with art, dance, music, poetry, science, and soccer. Their…