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Provoke laughter, surprise and contemplation with temporary public art
“My hope is that the piece will shift viewers out of their everyday space and into a sense of wonder, make them think about things in a different way."
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Passing Storms Installed at the Oregon State Hospital in Junction City, Oregon
“Passing Storms” portrays the changing weather as metaphor for unpredictable and shifting states of mind. As the residents and visitors move through the hospital courtyards, they see the cloud and rain sculptures subtly change depending on the angle of the light and the color of the sky.
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Relevance is a Moving Target for Content
Nina Simon's book, The Art of Relevance explores how mission-driven organizations can matter more to more people. The book is packed with inspiring examples, rags-to-relevance case studies, research-based frameworks, and practical advice on how your work can be more vital to your community.
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A Factory Lost & Found in Pittsburgh
The “Lost & Found Factory” tapped into our personal memories of singular connections we have to special things. These objects may be small or large or abstract and unwieldy, and yet somehow they all have been etched onto our minds. They act as symbols for relationships, relics of important moments, or as souvenirs that take use back to places we have experienced.
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Engaging the Humans: Fraley’s Robot Repair Offers Airport Travelers Fun, Creative Respite
If robots are plotting to take over the world, they’re starting with Pittsburgh International Airport. And they’re succeeding.
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Out of Many, One: Cultural Equity as the Foundation for a More Perfect Union
Arts organizations play a crucial role in working toward cultural equity by supporting artists and engaging people in arts-related activities. This is nothing less than a part of the foundation we need to become a more perfect union. Together, artists and arts organizations bring the transformative power of the arts to the people and help lay the groundwork for change.
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Here, Once Again, the Best Ten Businesses Supporting the Arts in America!
From exhilarating live performances to extensive corporate art collections to engaging community outreach programs, businesses all around the United States enrich the lives of their employees and people in their communities by partnering with the arts. But each year, ten companies go above and beyond—the BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America.
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Back To School: Getting StARTed
Teachers the world over have an opportunity to embrace the freshness—the newness—of yet another school term. It’s a time of invigoration and inspiration as students prepare to enter classrooms ready to see old friends and meet new ones. It’s in this spirit that I remind each of us of the importance of arts education, as I believe it has the opportunity to be a salve for many of our society’s wounds.
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“Not Just a Patient”: Arts and Healing in Pediatric Clinics
Access to hands-on arts experiences and creativity-boosting activities helps to positively transform the healthcare experience for children and their families. By providing educational visual art, music, and creative writing lessons to children and teens while in the hospital or clinic, Arts For Life is nurturing their minds and spirits and helping keep them active and engaged in life.
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Lieutenant Governors Leading the Way for the Arts
Over the past ten years, Americans for the Arts has developed a close working relationship with many of the nation’s lieutenant governors, their staff and the staff at the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA).
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Working Together, and Knowing Each Other
I think it’s important that we’re working within Americans for the Arts to be better, more connected. For me, that process has been a lot about identifying all of my privileges, and understanding that there’s always something more I can do.
