Streetview new? How they did it in the 1940’s…
Taken between 1939 and 1940, this is a really impressive historical, location referenced photo-archive of NYC – marking the point of emergence for a new world in the coming decades, but shaded with modernism even then. The Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York...
Arts & Business news
Just updated: 17th September 2018 This great exhibition is almost upon us. You can view, print or download the full exhibition catalogue here. We recently ran an article on our pages about the Cambridge Open Art Exhibition 2018. Well the deadline for the submission...
Once Upon A Festival – Suffolk Libraries
We love libraries! In 1851 J.W.Hudson, speaking at the opening of the Mechanic’ and Apprentices’ Library in Liverpool, opined that a visit to the library would, for the reader, lead to them ‘…receiving cultivation, not in reading the latest accounts of...
Making new friends in Europe?
European Week of Regions & Cities Brussels 9-12th October 2017 A wide ranging sequence of workshops and event in Brussels, that will attract academics, poiticians and business organisations. We think there are elemental workshops that those of us, working in the social economy, will find...
Looking for 25 under 25?
Embed from Getty Images Young people developing new ideas… One of our editorial contributors is a member of The Internet Society, which as an organisation is now twenty five years old. We were excited to read his email about the latest prize programme being...
Debating Freedom
25 years of age or under? Thursday, Friday and Saturday – the 6th, 7th and 8th of April 2017. Key dates in the Institute of Ideas calendar. They are also the dates of the Institute’s forthcoming event, designed to attract young people between 18 and...
New Anglia Enterprise Adviser Network
Embed from Getty Images Can you help create business builders for the next generation? Linking Education and Business – A New Approach Continuing our thematic coverage of new ways to support young people and the education and training sector, we were very pleased to see...
Inequality in Education:
a new web presence for change
Here at conversationsEAST we are delighted to be able to donate web hosting, design and content creation services and new media support to this new, nascent movement. Inequality in Education – turning the tide (IETT) is about change in the educational landscape and improving equality...
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Innovation in architecture
- masaki ihara integrates house with tiered foundation into small japanese mountain January 20, 2021the staggered configuration follows the incline of the site, to settle harmoniously within the local topography. The post masaki ihara integrates house with tiered foundation into small japanese mountain appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.Masaki Ihara
- ‘blackstone M+’ music hotel combines traditional shanghai style with art deco elements January 20, 2021classical decorations are well preserved, highlighted with new vitality thanks to the 'trendy' spatial alterations and additions. The post ‘blackstone M+’ music hotel combines traditional shanghai style with art deco elements appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.WJID
- TRAMA arquitetos aligns ‘cork trees house’ with the landscape of northern portugal January 19, 2021the dwelling has been designed to benefit from sunlight throughout the day, and to take in the sweeping views across the mountains and valleys that surround the site. The post TRAMA arquitetos aligns ‘cork trees house’ with the landscape of northern portugal appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.philip stevens I designboom
- studio APL + tai-yi associates turn a military bunker into a multimedia gallery in taiwan January 19, 2021the bunker is now a place for people to re-experience the horrors of war and to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives. The post studio APL + tai-yi associates turn a military bunker into a multimedia gallery in taiwan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.APL Studio
Women, reading and writing in Glasgow
- January Covid-19 Closures January 6, 2021In line with current Scottish Government law and guidance relating to Covid-19, the Glasgow Women's Library building will now remain closed until at least 31st January 2021, but we'll continue to deliver online events and bring you ways to get involved with our work digitally.GWL
- GWL’s Winter SurThrival Kit December 16, 2020GWL’s Winter SurThrival Kit With our building now closed for the festive season we wanted to find a way to bring some of that feel-good GWL warmth and cheer into your homes. So, we’ve put together a holiday hamper of sorts, something which we are calling our Winter SurThrival Kit. We hope that this toolkit helps you to […]Naomi Brown
- Best feel-good books: comfort reads you can enjoy over the winter months December 15, 2020It might be cold, dreich and dark outside but there’s plenty to love about winter: the chilly, grey days are the perfect excuse to stay inside and indulge in one of our favourite pastimes, reading. The Danish concept of hygge is still having its moment, and for good reason: it encourages us to indulge in […]Naomi Brown
- Documenting the New Normal: a small selection December 15, 2020Since the initial lockdown began on 23rd March, several of our wonderful Glasgow Women’s Library volunteers have been sharing weekly reflections, diaries and creative writing. As well as being fun, this has been a great way of checking in with each other. Each piece of writing provides a different perspective on the pandemic. We’re delighted to share a selection of these […]Naomi Brown
- Nature Writing Activities December 14, 2020Here are some activities you can do while spending time in your local park, woods, nature reserve, or any natural place, to help you do some creative writing. You can respond to these in any language (or combination of languages), and there’s no wrong answers. You can adapt these to do inside your home or […]Naomi Brown
Hyper Allergic to the arts?
- Chicago Promises $2.5 Million in Grants to Artists and Art Organizations January 20, 2021The city will allocate $500,000 to commission up to 10 public artworks; $250,000 for small local projects; and $1.7 million for nonprofit arts organizations throughout Chicago.
- The Story of the Scorched Melania Trump Sculpture in Slovenia January 19, 2021In 2018, Berlin-based US artist Brad Downey commissioned Slovenian artisan Ales “Maxi” Zupevc to create a sculpture of the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump. It was the first time Zupevc had ever been asked to do something for a contemporary art context, as he’s normally commissioned by locals to create smaller carved […]
- Trump Executive Order Ironically Includes Statue for Banality of Evil Author Hannah Arendt January 19, 2021The order also decrees new monuments for figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Alex Trebek, and Aretha Franklin.
- A Nigerian Art Gallery Opens a Los Angeles Outpost With a Show on Women Artists January 19, 2021“I wanted to present women creating from a different perspective than the US audience might be familiar with,” said the founder of Rele Gallery.
- Films That Center and Celebrate the Might of Black Women January 19, 2021On the eve of Kamala Harris’s historic inauguration, Protect Black Women highlights the lives and interiority of those who have “historically been the most vulnerable.”
Digital Art – the news
- Why Clearpay created its own Pantone colour October 21, 2020Bondi Mint was created by Pantone to link Clearpay back to the company's Australian heritage.Geoff Seeley
- Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with social media tools, more August 25, 2020New version 10.4.9 of Apple's video-editing software now available for download from the Mac App StoreMikael Markander
- Marco Oggian's Dreams and Nightmares explores our global anxiety in 2020 August 6, 2020Dreamlike visions come to life for real world exhibition.Giacomo Lee
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Into the library vortex…
We have, with our new Libraries news-feed page, given our readers the opportunity to keep up with latest news from across the UK. We are rotating our topical feeds across University libraries, feminist collections and featuring, as we must, the go to public library resource, PLN. Library image by Jaredd Craig... Read more hereDid you see this too?
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Michael Morpurgo at Seven Stories
Continuing our theme of ‘Northern Energy’, we were in Newcastle upon Tyne this week and, on Friday afternoon, took time to visit Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books. They have an important exhibition and research project into the donated archive of the writer Michael Morpurgo. Below is what we thought. Read more here…
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