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Contemporary Art And Historical Archives: Collaborations And Convergences In A Digital Multicultural Age, Suzanne S. Lapierre
Contemporary Art And Historical Archives: Collaborations And Convergences In A Digital Multicultural Age, Suzanne S. Lapierre
School of Information Student Research Journal
Literature illuminating the relationship between contemporary art and historical archives around the turn of the twenty-first century and how these interactions inform the evolution of archives in a digital multicultural age is the topic of this review. The literature reveals the extent to which art has been a means for members of marginalized groups to address their representation in historical archives, and also a means for archives to connect with a broader audience. Collaborations between artists and historical archives add new dimension to the debate about the nature of the archive as a creation in and of itself, and in …
A Fine Arts Marketing Elective: Justification Of Need And Proposed Course Content, Kimball P. Marshall Ph.D., Rene Desborde, Sharon Thach
A Fine Arts Marketing Elective: Justification Of Need And Proposed Course Content, Kimball P. Marshall Ph.D., Rene Desborde, Sharon Thach
Atlantic Marketing Journal
This paper explains the need for a marketing elective course that would address the business field of fine arts marketing with an emphasis on visual arts including painting in various media including drawings and print reproductions, photography, and sculpture. The proposed course would be intended for general business students, marketing majors, and fine arts majors. The paper first reviews the overall business impact of fine arts marketing from a global business and United States perspective. The paper then suggests major topics and readings that would be included in such a course and the order in which these topics might be …
Regionalism And Contemporary Artists In Maine: Opportunities And Challenges, George Kinghorn
Regionalism And Contemporary Artists In Maine: Opportunities And Challenges, George Kinghorn
Maine Policy Review
George Kinghorn, executive director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art, discusses the notion of Maine’s regionalism and the challenges and opportunities of sustaining a career as a contemporary artist in Maine with three artists (Lauren Fensterstock, Philip Frey, and Anna Hepler) and a curator (Suzette McAvoy).
Pity The Poor Artists, William E. Hickson
Pity The Poor Artists, William E. Hickson
Manuscripts
Sometime, when I have a few years to spare, I am going to run down the fable that has grown up around artists. I always wondered just when and where the idea started that artists were a people set apart, not just a section of our race in general. Being an artist myself, I resent both the idealism and the degradation that the world has endowed upon this simple everyday man who has chosen art as a profession.
Library Home Page Design: The Artist-Librarian Perspective, Virginia C. Feher
Library Home Page Design: The Artist-Librarian Perspective, Virginia C. Feher
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article focuses on a library home page that is designed from the artist-librarian perspective. It cites the need to include promotional features on a page to advertise resources available from the Web site and sponsored events. It notes that the application of the basic principles of art such as emphasis, harmony and movement is important for a successful composition of the page. Also stated is the use of color on a home page which, according to the author, can result in a page that is vibrant while supportive of the delivery of information.
Gwinnett Names Design Contest Winner
Gwinnett Names Design Contest Winner
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article announces the winners of the Gwinnett Reading Festival Design Contest, including Nhiani Halim and Linda Hunt Nay.
Painting The Words: Language And Literature In The Visual Arts, Stephanie Lawrence
Painting The Words: Language And Literature In The Visual Arts, Stephanie Lawrence
Undergraduate Review
In his essay, The Poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson writes: “The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty. He is a sovereign and stands on the centre. For the world is not painted or adorned, but it is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe” (1182). He goes on to say, “The poet has a new thought; he has a whole new experience to unfold; he will tell us how it was with him, and all men will be richer in his fortune. For, the experience …
Artist And The Community, Stuart Scandron-Wattles