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  • Art museum offers healing to families hurt by addiction

    December 03, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    The Currier Museum of Art began offering the "Art of Hope" program to families living with addiction. In group sessions, a docent guides discussion around works of art in the collection and then everyone participates in a hands on activity. The sessions build community among people living with addiction and create a safe space to reflect.

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  • Reimagining Norman Rockwell's America

    November 08, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the midst of a seemingly increasingly divided political and racial landscape, some artists of color are pushing back to create art that represents their own non-White communities. Some artists have chosen to do this by recreating Norman Rockwell’s paintings, which in the earlier part of his career mainly showcased White people. “The image haunted me because of the world we live in,” the artist said, referring to today’s divisive political climate. “I wanted to imagine what it would look like today.”

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  • This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery

    October 02, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology has hired Syrian and Iraqi refugees living in Philadelphia to be docents for exhibitions of Syrian and Iraqi antiquities. The docents are able to share their memories of the cities relevant to these objects and answer with authority questions about the region or the objects place in a western museum.

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  • Alternative museum tours explore colonial loot, biased narratives

    September 16, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: England, London

    Uncomfortable art tours, long-term loans, and code of conducts, are all methods Europeans museums are using to confront the racist history behind paintings and artifacts in their exhibitions. They’re also trying to confront the unjust methods in which some artifacts have been taken from non-European countries. “While museums continue to argue that they are neutral spaces, the fact is that they are not. There is always one side of the story that has been privileged over the other in these spaces, and we need to be more honest and open about that.”

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  • This Street Artist is Using A.R. to Challenge What Graffiti Can Be

    August 30, 2018 |

    Artsy |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Through augmented reality (AR) effects, street artists have created surprising, novel experiences in museums and in public. Using an app, viewers can see murals in motion, art floating in the air, and new ‘additions’ to a museums holdings.

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  • A New Orleans Museum Is Now Mobile, Transforming How People See Art

    August 28, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The New Orleans Museum of Art is taking its holdings out of the museum and into public space through the use of a custom-built trailer. Called NOMA+, the trailer’s walls fold out creating walkways while interior walls create an exhibition space for an intimate, self-contained way for the public to engage with the art.

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  • Conserve the Sound, an Online Museum Preserves the Sounds of Past Technologies–from Typewriters, Electric Shavers and Cassette Recorders, to Cameras & Classic Nintendo

    August 28, 2018 |

    Open Culture |

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    Response Location: Germany

    An online German museum is collecting and creating access to the sounds of obsolete technology such as portable cassette players, modems, and rotary phones. Through this collection, the museum preserves a tangible physical history that would be otherwise lost.

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  • Uffizi Gallery's Vast Sculpture Collection Goes Online in Interactive 3D Scans

    August 15, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: Italy, Venice

    A partnership between Venice’s Uffizi Gallery and Indiana University is providing new access to the Uffizi’s collection of ancient sculpture. The Uffizi Digitization Project provides a web interface for visitors to see the work in interactive three-dimension scans.

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  • What's Behind Buffalo's Public Art Boom?

    August 09, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery created the position of public art curator in 2014. Since then, a combination of public and private funding has created site-specific public art across the city bringing prominent artists to Buffalo as well as involving local artists and community members.

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  • A New National Portrait Project Will Send 50 UK Artworks to the Cities and Towns That Gave Them Life

    July 25, 2018 |

    Artnet |

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    Response Location: England, London

    In order to share jewels of its collection as well as place artwork in locations tied to its content, the National Portrait Gallery has initiated a new project to loan work to museums around England. The piece selected to loan is one that the artist or the sitter has a specific relationship to the museum or the place where the work will reside.

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