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Latin America’s Basilicas: Where Heaven Touches Earth

Catholic worship spaces vary in purpose and hierarchy, from chapels to cathedrals and basilicas—churches granted special status for their historical and spiritual importance. This piece highlights five remarkable Latin American basilicas that continue to serve as pilgrimage destinations and cultural landmarks.

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Arts and Media November 2016

Acclaimed Author, Children's Book Illustrator Visits U of SC

An acclaimed illustrator of children's books is donating her collection of artwork, manuscripts and papers to the University of South Carolina Libraries. Selections from the collection by illustrator Anita Lobel are now on display at the Thomas Cooper Library on the university's Columbia campus. Elizabeth Suddeth, the director of the Library's department of rare books, is scheduled to discuss Lobel's works on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Thomas Cooper Library.

Arts and Media October 2016

New Monument of Sparty Comes to Michigan State University

Michigan State University is getting a new bronze monument to the school's Sparty mascot. The statue at the MSU Union in East Lansing is perched on a bench with his muscular arms extended out. People will be able to sit next to Sparty and pose for photos. An unveiling of the about $150,000 project will take place Wednesday ahead of the weekend's homecoming events. Oregon-based sculptor Alison Brown created a clay rendering used to cast the statue, which weighs more than 1,500 pounds. She noted that Michigan State students helped select her as the sculptor and helped decide on a pose for Sparty.

Arts and Media October 2016

Riverside City College Adjunct Faculty Wins Pierre Cardin Award

Murillo, 31, is being honored for his scenic design work with the Playwrights’ Arena, which is based in Los Angeles and was founded by Jon Lawrence Rivera in order to produce and direct original works by Los Angeles playwrights. Murillo’s work has also been featured at International City Theatre, New Village Arts Theatre, The Chance Theater, Deaf West Theatre, Wallis Anneberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Hollywood Bowl, and Performance Riverside.

Arts and Media October 2016

A dean (and his faculty) turn radio listeners' questions into a book demystifying classical music

USC Thornton School of Music Dean Robert A. Cutietta has been answering puzzling and persnickety questions on Classical KUSC’s “Ask the Dean” weekly radio feature on its Arts Alive show since 2006. Now, he’s compiled and tweaked some 140 of them for a new format. His book, Who Knew? Answers to Questions About Classical Music You Never Thought to Ask, was published this week by Oxford University Press.

Arts and Media October 2016

Tackling bullying in Colorado schools with bilingual Shakespeare and all-female cast

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is taking its all-female, bilingual tour of The Taming of the Shrew to Colorado schools. The Taming of the Shrew is the latest title in CSF’s Shakespeare & Violence Prevention series, which combines live performance and classroom workshops - using the latest bullying and violence prevention research - to empower students to become “upstanders” vs. “bystanders” when they see bullying happen around them. The tour, aimed at third- through 12th-graders, continues through Nov. 4. It will be staged at more than 30 schools and reach about 6,000 students.

Arts and Media September 2016

Curious kids are in for a delightful shock

In lieu of a dry lecture on the wonders of electromagnetism, a team of Rice University students built a contraption that combines elements of an automotive solenoid and a pinball machine for the Children's Museum of Houston.

Arts and Media September 2016

Detroit Museum Loans Prints for Oakland University Exhibit

The Detroit Institute of Arts is loaning 20 prints created by Works Projects Administration artists for an exhibition at the Oakland University Art Gallery. The free exhibition features dozens of prints from the 1920s to the 1940s. The WPA put millions of unemployed people to work in public works jobs and a unit commissioned artists to make prints.

Arts and Media September 2016

Eva Graham Named Institute Diversity Officer at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

Eva Graham was appointed Institute Diversity Officer at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). She will also serve as the Institute’s Title IX coordinator. Her career in higher education has been grounded in the theory and practices for creating access and promoting diversity and student success in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) education.

Arts and Media August 2016

CU Boulder offers graduate certificate in Applied Shakespeare

Beginning in spring 2017, CU Boulder becomes the first university in the nation to offer a graduate certificate in Applied Shakespeare. The hybrid online and immersive nine-credit course will take place in the classroom, on the stage and online. Students will engage in stage combat, script reading and Elizabethan history.

Arts and Media August 2016

Highlands University Gets Big Sheet Music Donation

A sheet music donation to Highlands University is doubling the collection at its music program. The college announced this week that former professor Ron Thielman is giving the school $150,000 worth of sheet music from more than 3,000 scores. Thielman, who retired from New Mexico State University in 1995, says he donated his collection to Highlands because of his fond memories as the school's director of bands.

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