Flannery O’Connor is best known as a master of Southern Gothic storytelling, but before writing classics like “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and Wise Blood, she wanted to be an artist. “Her career goals were to become a cartoonist for the likes of the New Yorker,” said Amanda Respess, director of news and media relations at Georgia College & State University.
Read MoreIn 1988, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson told an interviewer to “imagine a world in which there is a blurring between the soul and the chip.” When it comes to humans and technology, I always thought the blurring would be physical. Humans would reproduce with robots, or we’d get chips implanted into our brains. After eighteen pandemic months in which I’ve spent so much time on the internet that I can’t tell the difference between my own inner monologue and that of the people I follow on Twitter, I realized there’s no robot sex necessary. The Internet has insidiously taken over our visual and verbal language.
When you work in social services, using the right language is essential.
Read MoreFor non-profits and social service organizations working in the career training and workforce development space, offering apprenticeship programs is a great way to ensure that entry level workers and career changers alike can overcome the pressing challenges of today’s economy.
Read MoreIt has been an eventful couple of years for the art and legacy of Philip Guston (1913-1980).
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Read MoreWhat do a former factory in Venice, Italy, a shopping mall in Rhode Island, and a deconsecrated church in Bedford, England have in common? They were all in danger of demolition, and instead have a new lease on life, thanks to adaptive reuse.
Read MoreFriday, March 13, 2020 was the day the music stopped for violinist Cody Geil, who toured with a variety of classical and pop acts prior to the pandemic. “I saw my whole schedule for the year just clear up, evaporate,” she says.
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Read MoreAn industrial design studio challenges Pratt Institute students to identify what’s missing in medical care and create solutions.
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Read MoreHis portrait may be on the back wall of the gallery, but the heat of blues legend John Lee Hooker’s stare in Alex Harsley’s portrait of John Lee Hooker (1980) is enough to make a viewer think they did something to piss him off. Everything about the composition makes Hooker seem poised for a fight: the downward angle of both his gaze and hat, how he sits at a slight diagonal, his fist raised over his guitar. That fist’s intensity may be slightly dulled by motion blur, but I still hoped the photographer wasn’t on the receiving end of it.
Read MorePublic art has long been an essential source of creative expression outside of galleries and museums and even more so during the pandemic, as many of these spaces temporarily closed their doors. Even as they welcome visitors once again, public art remains as vital as ever for bringing people together, raising awareness for social justice issues, recognizing healthcare workers, and adding beauty to cities after a long year.
Read MoreAs New York City rebuilds in the aftermath of a long pandemic year, Pratt students are partnering in the local Brooklyn community and beyond to support a better, more equitable future with innovative solutions.
Read MoreLike other social activities best enjoyed in close proximity to other people, going to live music shows all but ground to a halt during lockdown. But the wheels are once again turning.
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Read MoreFall is usually a season of rebirth: new school years, new projects, new energy. 2020, as we’re all too aware, had other ideas.
Read MoreWhile it may feel like it’s been March for the past six months, the calendar says September.
Read MoreThe twin stressors of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and economic turmoil have touched every corner of daily life for New York City.
Read MoreAs stores begin to reopen, the future of these artworks remains in limbo but one thing is certain: for the first time in decades, the Manhattan neighborhood is teeming with art again.
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