Sunday, March 25 2012
City Beautiful Movement: The Ghost of Monuments and Aspirations of the Past
Meredith Wing shares her reflections on nineteenth century architect Daniel Hudson Burnham's famous quote “Make no little plans" and the aspirations of the Andrew Freedman's Home. more
Wednesday, February 29 2012
Changing The World One Step At A Time
Youth Docent Maya Wahlen-Kipp (2011) shares her take on NLE´s way of experiencing art: "At times we may find ourselves ashamed to be members of the human race. Bombarded by political scandals, corporate greed and atmospheric pollution, it is easy lose sight of the beauty we are capable of producing. Changing the world first requires that we first modify our own behaviors as individuals; altering each piece will correct the whole". more
Tuesday, February 14 2012
Of Other Spaces and the Andrew Freedman Home
To Michel Foucault, heterotopias are the spaces that result when individuals move their utopian plans from their minds into real life. The self-made millionaire, Andrew Freedman, had some visions for his own utopia. more
Monday, January 16 2012
"A Caravan of Culture" by Dalia Wolfson
The other day, I walked into one of my favorite bookstores and noticed a strange colorful, collection of volumes: The Art of the Novella series by Melville House Classics. And though I’m now working my way through my fourth novella, my first was “Parnassus on Wheels”, by Christopher Morley. The novella tells the tale of a Professor and his horse-drawn bookmobile Parnassus, as they putt-putt their way through the American countryside, spreading literacy and preaching the beauty of the written word. Early on, he picks up an old-fashioned governess who joins him on his quest. more
Wednesday, December 28 2011
Make Art (In) Public
Through March 2012 the Children’s Museum of Art (CMA) asks the public to send in their photographs of art in public places to a public online photo library www.makeartinpublic.com. more
Friday, December 16 2011
The Meaningful Gift
Public art enriches our communities. It creates a sense of place, a sense of history and promotes the ideals that our community holds dear. It draws people into your community. It inspires different thoughts and ideas. It makes your community a better place, a better experience (publicart.org). No Longer Empty is public art. Read why we want you to support No Longer Empty and its upcoming exhibition in the Bronx. more
Wednesday, October 26 2011
Beyond the Pop-Up Phenomenon: Creating an Infrastructure for Transience
When passers-by come across the site of a No Longer Empty exhibition, the term “pop-up” is a frequently uttered categorization of what they see before them. This is half true and half false, for the organization operates in a place somewhere between transient pop-up and permanent cultural space. Read more on Patra Jongjitirat's reflections on creating cultural infrastructure. more
