"Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path To College Degree." Guest blogger Johann Neem is Associate Professor of History at Western Washington University and author of the book "Creating a Nation of Joiners" (2008). During the last legislative session in Washington state, faculty[...]
Posts Tagged ‘art’
June 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm § in Misc.
Visiting Boston .. What did we find ^$ **%$$ Chihuly at the MFA
What a downer. This WAS a great ART museum! I guess the next step will be pet rocks, crotch shots of Weiner, and toys based on AVATAR III.[...]
US Cultural Cowardice: Art World Condones Chinese Censorship of Art
….from the Wall Street Journal:(excerpts) And what is the art world doing about China’s imprisonment (of world famous artist Ai WaiWai)? Not much. “We are aghast that this has happened and intend to protest as best we can,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.director Hugh D[...]
PETITION: Free Ai Weiwei
On April 3, internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained at the Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong, and his papers and computers were seized from his studio compound. Now the Guggenheim Foundation is leading the call for his release. Update: The Museum of Contemporary Art[...]
UPDATE: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei arrested in latest government crackdown
UPDATE April 7: Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China — saluted Ai, jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and others who “challenge the Chinese government to serve the public in all cases and at all times”. “Ai Weiwei is under investigation on suspicion of ec[...]
February 25th, 2011 - 9:17 am § in Schools & Colleges
Who OWNS what UW faculty create?
All faculty need to understand that we DO have a contract and that contract, the Faculty Code, effects a lot more than “just” free speech or due process. The Code effects YOUR rights to work you produce, even if that work is on “your own time.” Stanford University has asked[...]
January 18th, 2011 - 7:01 pm § in Uncategorized
Censored: Fire in my Belly by David Wojnarowicz
Pulled From Smithsonian at Request of Republican Leaders[...]
January 1st, 2011 - 6:42 pm § in Misc.
Photography: Work by Paul Berger and Others
One of the most amazing things about the UW, is its invisibility! Browsing through the campus I found this remarkable ‘show” of work by photographers .. students and faculty. See more here.[...]
December 18th, 2010 - 12:52 pm § in Misc.
Video Venue: Allegro non Tropo
Spoof of Fantasia. To the music of Bolero. added to Video Venue by Rhapsody History of life starting with a bottle of Coca Cola Allegro Non Troppo is a 1976 Italian animated film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. Featuring six pieces of classical music, the film is a parody of Disney‘s Fantasia, t[...]