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North America Music Festival Preview For August 2025 | MFW
North America Music Festival Preview For August 2025 By Vito Valentinetti / July 18, 2025 August in North America means long days, warm nights, and a nonstop blur of festivals. Whether you’re chasing open-air stages in the mountains or massive, star-studded shows in the city, the month delivers a full spectrum of sound. Expect genre-hopping…
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Rethinking the role of Japan’s librariesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS – YouTube
But innovative solutions are giving libraries new roles in communities. #japan #children #art #culture #business #library More stories on business … Read MoreGoogle Alert – (library OR libraries OR librarian OR librarians) OR "public library"
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Column: Fascists like Trump love art — for all of the wrong reasons
“By policing what these institutions can talk about and trying to influence the kind of art that is and isn’t acceptable, President Trump is leveraging art as a tool of authoritarianism.” Source Links: Column: Fascists like Trump love art — for all of the wrong reasons
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The Art of the Book | Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos
September 12, 2022 by Kristi Finefield Join curators Adam Silvia and Sara Duke as they highlight photographically illustrated books as well as graphic illustrations for books in the Prints & Photographs Division collections in two upcoming virtual presentations. Read on for a preview of some of the images and volumes they will share. Photographically illustrated…
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The staggering lack of female artists in America’s museums | Axios
By Anna Braz, Nicki, Camberg, Victoria Ellis, Sept 10, 2022 – Science Women are the muses of the art in our museums, but rarely the creators. Why it matters: Female artists’ work is a fraction of what’s displayed in museums, but that’s not due to a lack of women in art. By the numbers: A…
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When Art Inspires Agency: On Fictional Characters Who Find Motivation in Beauty ‹ Literary Hub
By Jill Bialosky, September 6, 2022 In my own forthcoming novel, The Deceptions, the Greek and Roman statues, and their representations, give my character agency and move the narrative forward. Here are five novels, all from different milieux, that use art— whether in a museum, a church, a city, a drawing room, or a catalog—to inspire a…
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Vintage Typewriters Are Reassembled into Amazing Metallic Bird Sculptures by Jeremy Mayer | Colossal
By Grace Ebert, June 9, 2022 Jeremy Mayer challenges the notion that typewriters’ creative output is confined to the written word. The artist scours shops and trash bins near his Bay Area studio for analog processors in disrepair that he then disassembles, sorts, and reconstructs into metallic sculptures. His previous works include symmetrical assemblages, anatomical…
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Summer Beauties: The Golden Age of Travel Posters | Library of Congress Blog
August 19, 2021 by Neely Tucker Jan Grenci, a reference specialist in the Prints & Photographs Division, wrote a short piece about travel posters in the July/August issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. It’s been expanded here. Some of the Library’s most popular Free to Use and Reuse photographs and prints are the travel…
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UC San Diego Library Launches New Art of Science Contest
The UC San Diego Library is hosting the inaugural Art of Science contest, which aims to celebrate the beauty that can emerge during scientific exploration and raise awareness of the Library’s data curation services. Data curators at the UC San Diego Library have the privilege of working with researchers from a wide range of scientific…
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How To Talk About Art History – It’s easier than it seems.
Art historian who wants to make art history more accessible and understandable to everyone. Ask me any question about art history and I’ll answer it. Source: How To Talk About Art History – It’s easier than it seems.
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How Audiobooks Are Becoming an Art Form Unto Themselves
Audiobooks are here to stay—and that’s good news for readers. Source: How Audiobooks Are Becoming an Art Form Unto Themselves
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‘Dream of a House’ tours the eclectic home of writer Reynolds Price – LA Times
“What can things — furniture, everyday objects, art — really tell us about someone? If this book is any indication, plenty. What Price chose to surround himself with tells us about his obsessions, his affections, and perhaps even his perception of himself.” Source: ‘Dream of a House’ tours the eclectic home of writer Reynolds Price…
