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How we can eat our landscapes

What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of … Continue reading →

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The making of a tree

Watch as Ryan’s Reading Tree is assembled in the Children’s room at the Modesto Library

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600 Years of Mexican Architecture Captured in Large-Format Photos

Internationally renowned photographer Candida Höfer brings her signature large-format architectural photography to New York in a new exhibition. With In Mexico, Höfer tells the story of Mexican architecture through her meticulous interior photographs. As she focuses on the grandeur of spaces devoid of … Continue reading →

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Bodies Flip, Dance, and Stack in Gravity-Defying Images by Rob Woodcox

Fine art and fashion photographer Rob Woodcox works with dancers to create striking images of human bodies pushed past their physical threshold with a bit of creative editing. Impossible feats of the body are achieved in his photography, such as an image … Continue reading →

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Artist Maude White Counts on Squarespace to Showcase Her Stunning Papercut Artworks

Artist and self-described craftsperson Maude White (previously) captures gentle moments of beauty and grace in her meticulously detailed paper cut artworks. White has worked in paper for the last several years, first exploring her signature medium with simple silhouettes and popup … Continue reading →

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Building the Tree for Fences

Long Wharf Theatre Published on 11 Dec 2013 SUBSCRIBE 456 How did we create that tree on the set of Fences? Find out how the LWT Scene Shop completed this amazing feat with this quick video.

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Coloring the Streets of Singapore

Singapore is known for being clean, green and orderly, but that doesn’t stop Zul Othman from painting the town. In fact, the street artist known as “Zero” thinks the city’s disposition makes his work even more interesting. Hit the pavement … Continue reading →

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An Interpretation of the Body’s Circulatory System in Hand Cut Paper by Andy Singleton

“Anatomic”  by paper artist Andy Singleton (previously) is an intricate journey through the body’s interior systems. For the work, the artist used three different hues of paper—bright red, burgundy, and powder blue—to distinguish the elaborate structural networks that are formed from its … Continue reading →

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No Blue Without Yellow

The film opens luring closer and closer to discover the possibility of stepping inside a fantastical sphere. The observer is slowly drifting into Van Gogh’s world, carried by the rhythm of a waltz. Van Gogh’s memories are sculpted within his … Continue reading →

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Twenty Instruments Reconstructed to Play Through the Keys of a Vintage Piano

We’ve all tinkered around on a keyboard that, when a button is pushed or settings tweaked, gives us a chance to play the sound of a flute or drum. When the Ukrainian band Brunettes Shoot Blondes purchased a vintage, albeit … Continue reading →

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Waves Made of 168,000 Straws Highlight World’s Plastic Waste Problem

“It’s just one straw, said 8 billion people.” Source: Waves Made of 168,000 Straws Highlight World’s Plastic Waste Problem

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Crocheted Seafood and Knitted Loaves Top the Menu of Kate Jenkins’s Food-Focused Exhibitions

Brighton, England-based textile artist Kate Jenkins has been recreating veggies, seafood, and other favorite foods in wool for the last 12 years. Jenkins got her start in knitwear design, but has begun to focus on knitting feasts rather than fashions. … Continue reading →

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