National Art League instructor Rhoda Lowinger continually stresses the importance of art in a child’s education. “Many parents don’t realize the overall impact art education has on child development, allowing gains in math, reading and science, as well as increasing cognitive ability and critical reasoning skills,” Lowinger said at a ceremony this month displaying students [...]
They’re like sports trading cards, except they don’t have a picture of a baseball player on the front or any stats on the back. When dealing with these cards, the message is a little less obvious. They’re artist trading cards, miniature works of art that are traded or given away. The movement, which started in [...]
Boston University student Natalie Turturro wants kids to know that “school opens doors,” and her method at getting out the message involves using her own education to do it. For her thesis project, Turturro created an installation art exhibition at the non-profit Ellis Memorial Children’s Center, a settlement house in the South End of Boston [...]
When Brandeis University’s artist-in-residence Michael Dowling built it, people came. His installation “Source/ReSource” featuring a recurring stream of water being pumped into a large triangular pool outside the university’s Rose Art Museum was unveiled this May. “I wanted to animate the space in front of the Rose and lead people to one of the sources [...]
The New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts is made up of local businesses that are committed to supporting the arts and striving to increase arts support within the business community. The non-profit organization believes a flourishing arts community improves the region’s quality of life and is good for businesses. Howard Altschiller of the Seacoast [...]
PANadelphia invites everyone to the party–the ArtParty, that is. Kaley Iacovetta from The Weekly Press writes about PANadelphia and its grassroots art movement that seeks to shatter stereotypes of artists being eccentric, unapproachable and elitist. The group invites everyone to channel their inner artist at ArtParty, a monthly event that supports the community creating together. ArtParty consists of [...]
