Tis true and yet, more often than not it is forgotten; art is a science. Science is an art. The study of history is where we start. All the great masters looked to the past and found the future. If only we, or the powers that be, [...]
Moving Photos Show the Not-So-Subtle Effect of Racial Micro-Aggression
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00For her recent Tumblr photo series, Fordham University student and photographer Kiyun took photos of her friends, each holding a poster that describes an instance of racial micro-aggression personally encountered. The results are powerful. Racial micro-aggressions, as defined by Columbia University professor Derald Wing Sue, [...]
Humanae; A Work In Progress. The Gallery
Angelica Dass2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00Humanae; A Work In Progress Humanæ is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme. (PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems of colors, which are represented by an alphanumeric [...]
Humanæ; A Work In Progress Exhibition
Angelica Dass2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00Humanæ; A Work In Progress Exhibition Humanæ is a “work in progress” by the Brazilian Angélica Dass, who intends to deploy a chromatic range of the different human skin colors. Those who pose are volunteers who have known the project and decide to participate. There is [...]
Humanæ; A Work In Progress
Angelica Dass2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00Click to Enlarge. See Story Below. Humanæ; About A Work In Progress Humanæ is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme. (PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems [...]
“The New Public” Tackles Poverty and Education
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:32-05:00By Greg Kaufmann and Elaine Weiss | Originally Published at Bill Moyers and company.November 12, 20013 We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in Poverty” [...]
Education Film Series: “The New Public”
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00Screening Event Details and Registration The award-winning 2013 documentary The New Public chronicles the lives, and daily experiences, of a group of high school teachers and their students in their first and fourth years in an alternative school in the tough Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Director [...]
Film Review; The New Public
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00THE NEW PUBLIC TRAILER from THE NEW PUBLIC on Vimeo. Perhaps, the greatest pleasure is having the freedom to think, say, do, feel, and be as you are and/or as you choose. Yet, this liberty is rarely granted to us. In the United States we might wish [...]
March: Book One – A Review
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:33-05:00John Lewis; March: Book One – The Book Reviewed Reviewed By Robert Kirby | Originally Published at The Comics Journal October 23, 2013 March: Book One is the memoir of Congressman John Lewis (District 5, Georgia) who has had a long and distinguished political [...]