Every day we process countless images – from You Tube to the Nike swoosh, news videos to political cartoons. But how much time do we spend thinking about what’s behind them? University of North Texas College of Visual Arts & Design is partnering with Art&Seek to start a conversation on thinking critically about the images [...]
The Dallas Museum of Nature and Science announced what’s believed to be the largest-ever “gift” to a Dallas cultural institution. Groundbreaking for the “PEROT Museum of Nature and Science” will be next year at the corner of Field and Woodall Rodgers in downtown Dallas. KERA Radio’s BJ Austin was there at the announcement was made [...]
Artist/designer Brad Oldham and that juggernaut known as Reel FX Entertainment/Creative Studios have landed the $1.4 million contract to create sculptures for the DART rail station in Deep Ellum, set to open in September 2009. And speaking of big money, how’s $50 mil sound? That’s what the kids of H. Ross and Margot Perot plunked [...]
Christopher Shih, a 35-year-old gastroenterologist from Maryland, has won the first YouTube Contest for amateur pianists sponsored by the Van Cliburn Foundation. He will receive automatic entry into the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, which will be held in Fort Worth in the spring of 2011. Shih, who received a B.A. in biochemistry [...]
You know this story. It’s just the names you may not know. A couple leaves stifling, Prohibition-era America for Paris, where they become friends with the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Sergei Diaghilev. The French are delighted by the young Americans and the fresh new trends they bring — like the cocktails they serve or [...]
This afternoon, the aesthetically pleasing new Art&Seek billboard went up outside KERA World HQ, and we snapped some photos to chronicle the event. Enjoy: First, they took down the rather faded KERA billboard that had been up for several years …
The quality of wine from a particular region or even a single vineyard varies from year to year, depending on the weather and other factors. In Burgundy, where pinot noir is the red varietal of choice, 2005 has been hailed as a stellar, perhaps even historical vintage. In just a few hours, you have a [...]
Scene from “The Key Party” by MediaTech Institute, one of the entries in the 24-Hour Video Race —————————————————- 24-Hour Arty People: Audio version of this story: Scott McCloud’s 24-Hour Comics Page with the origin of the Dare Christian Hill’s Comics Prof site International Documentary Challenge (St. Louis short documentaries made in five days) National Twenty-four [...]
Here’s a list of all the winners of the 24-Hour Film Race and a selection of their work. Each team had one day to complete their 5-minute video. The theme for this year’s race was “twist of fate.” The prop: a key. The location: anywhere a sport is played. And all had to include this [...]
There will plenty to create this Sunday at the African Unity Festival in downtown Dallas. The festival will take place on the 1st floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library from 1 to 5 p.m. Among the many activities planned are jewelry making with cowry shells, palm leaves and gold. Visitors also can try [...]
