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The Alternative Limb Project by Sophie de Oliveira Barata is where art meets science

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After almost ten years working for prosthetic medical providers, Barata started The Alternative Limb Project in 2011 and has exhibited her work at museums, art galleries and events worldwide. During her time as an art student, she also worked at a hospital serving tea and coffee. Photo by R.

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Florence Henri: the forgotten female pioneer of surreal photography

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It is a typical painting influenced by Constructivism (1915–1930) (The Art Story, 2012). Atlas Gallery | Fine Art Photography. The Museum of Modern Art. Bauhaus effects in art, architecture and design. 2012, October 5). link] The Art Story. The Art Story. Www.artsy.net.

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Remembering Bob Gill: “There’s no such thing as a bad client”

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He later studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before moving to New York. In a full-circle moment for the studio, Pentagram led the design on an immersive exhibition for the band at London’s Saatchi Gallery in 2016.

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An Artist’s Tireless Advocacy for Marginalized Women and Girls

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Her three major projects, Blood Speaks, To Conquer Her Land, and Centralia (2010-21) are now part of Eruptions: A Decade of Creation at Side Gallery, Newcastle , the artist’s first major international solo exhibition. Untitled from the series To Conquer Her Land, 2009-2012 © Poulomi Basu.

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Maine Media Workshops Have Taught Generations of Photographers. Now, They’re Celebrating 50 Years. (Sponsored)

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Having recently completed an internship at a New York City art gallery, she spent the summer at Maine Media in Rockport— a campus surrounded by majestic mountains and sunlit blueberry fields. “ Matt Cosby graduated from the Professional Certificate in Visual Storytelling program in 2012.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

In 2012, the elders of the Black Masking community declared that Melancon would then be known as Big Chief Demond Melancon of the Young Seminole Hunters, his very own tribe based in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans where he grew up. I branched out to show them that beading can be contemporary art, can be fine art.

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Photographers Celebrate Black History, from the 1920s to Now

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1924, 5 x 7 inches ©Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Harlem Through the Eyes of James Van Der Zee “Picture it: Harlem, 1918. © The Gordon Parks Foundation, courtesy of the Gordon Parks Foundation and Jenkins Johnson Gallery. James Van Der Zee, Marcus Garvey with George O.