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Writing and Weaving

In the pre-visits we explored fiber alongside words to think through literature,specifically identity, oppression, community, the writing process, media influence, feminism, the line between fine art and craft… Students are […]

Mitch Epstein website

http://www.mitchepstein.net/index.html Biloxi, Mississippi 2005Т is a warm-hued image of total devastation: an upended car, battered and bent, lies behind a huge tree that is covered in rags, blankets and remnants of […]

Mobile Photography exhibit at the CMA!

I think this is the biggest mobile photography exhibit – anywhere – yet. http://www.columbusmuseum.org/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/ photo: Rob DePaolo

Knitting!

Very cool video about a knitting installation at MassMOCA I wasТ lucky to see a few years back! Т http://vimeo.com/28618663 photo: cover-magazine.com

On Fiber, Text, and Commentary

Beryl Korot, “Text and Commentary”, 1977Т ТТFiber: Sculpture 1960-ТТpresentТТ is the first exhibition in 40 years to examine the development of abstraction and dimensionality in fiber art from the mid-twentieth […]

Additional Publishing Opportunity for Students (Emerging Writers)

We will see the performance American PowerТ Т in late February, and this is a submission opportunity for unpublished writers to submit creative writing that deals with the subject of fracking. It’s […]

“These woven fragments are the ‘words’ I use…”

“Weaving linen and cotton together creates the perfect surface: a clay-like cloth that is the basis of the strips which are, in turn, the cornerstone of my work . I […]

Preparing a Portfolio for College Applications

Please pass along to any high school students interested in portfolio/college prep with Master of Fine Arts student Maria DiFranco and Ken Aschliman. Itтs free and there are still open […]

A Nod to Being

The text of the piece A Nod to Being reads: In a subconscious nod to my… [existence] …I went through brief phases of being. It seems we’re in a constant […]

Poet Jamaal May Performing in Columbus, This Friday

Jamaal May will perform a reading of his work on Friday, January 16 at 7pm in the OSU Barnes and Noble (1598 N. High Street) in the Gateway Complex. Jamaal […]

Risk Taking

After we viewed the documentary,Т Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Laptop.Т The film featured three women bloggers Т in Cuba, China and Iran who write about social injustice in […]

A Musing on the Museum

This, from Neil Postman’s The End of Education, might make for an interesting discussion, activity, or research assignment. (Postman’s language is quoted; mine is italicized.) “I recommend a subject that, […]

“When it comes to free speech, journalists should be activists”

Dan Gillmor writes an interesting piece on issues pertaining to Forbidden Voices in an article you can find here:Т https://medium.com/backchannel/when-journalists-must-not-be-objective-fad5aadd8cb3 He starts by discussing how The New York Times recently took […]

Human Rights and Free Speech: Integrating ‘Forbidden Voices’

Human Rights and Free Speech: Relating your Curriculum to Forbidden Voices Many of you are doing great work integrating the PAGES media arts experience, the documentary film ‘Forbidden Voices’.Т Listed below […]

Forbidden Voices (Class Word Cloud)

After viewing the documentaryТ ForbiddenТ VoicesТ (and returning to an empty school without electricity!) we created Т class word clouds using wordle.net. We wanted to share them. (We copied down words that came to […]