Art teacher suspended due to museum trip

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An Art teacher with 28 years experience is out of a job after taking her fifth-grade classes last April to the Dallas Museum of Art. Why? One of her students saw nude art in the museum, and after the child’s parent complained, the teacher was suspended! This infuriates me beyond belief! Why is this a… Read more »

Dale Chihuly expose

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Since first studying his work in art classes during college, I knew that Dale Chihuly produced things differently than the traditional current artists that most people envision. He has a ‘factory’ where ‘helpers’ follow his directions in assisting in creating the glass sculptures. This wasn’t unprecedented, as masters did this type of stuff 100s of… Read more »

Fake gates chases fake park down the river

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Last week (September 17 to 25, from 8 am to 8 pm every day) there was a Floating Island on a tugboat circling Manhattan for all to see. The original concept was dreamt up by Robert Smithson, best know for another of his ‘Earthworks’; Spiral Jetty from 1970. This exhibit was put on by a… Read more »