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  • The searing photos that helped end child labor in America

    Jessica Contrera

    September 03, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In the 1900s Lewis Hine posed as a bible salesman so he could get inside factories and take pictures of child workers. At the time children from 10-15 were put to work, and had no legal protections. Years later his pictures became a catalyst for passing child labor laws.

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  • What If All Community Development Started with Local Arts and Culture?

    Jared Brey

    August 30, 2018 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

    An Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania art project "gently" demolished a historic, vacant building and reassembled it as a communal space. This is an example of "creative placemaking," a method to both preserve the character of a community and help address vacancies and the need for development.

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

    Jacqui Palumbo

    August 30, 2018 |

    Artsy |

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    800-1500 Words

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

    Josh Jones

    August 28, 2018 |

    Open Culture |

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    Under 800 Words

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

    Erica Rawles

    August 28, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    800-1500 Words

    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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  • This Tactical Urbanist Is Pasting Narratives of Enslaved People All over Richmond

    Gregory Scruggs

    August 27, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Untold RVA, a project developed by ‘tactical urbanist’ Free Egunfemi, intervenes in public space to foreground the history of slavery and the lives of the enslaved in Richmond. While work is being done to dismantle Richmond’s commemorations of the Confederacy, Egunfemi and other activists are working to ensure the people survived unimaginably oppression are not forgotten.

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  • Why your favorite bench might be there to thwart a terrorist attack

    Katherine Shaver

    August 27, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    How do you make a public space inviting so people will gather, but also safe from the growing danger of attackers using vehicles to ram large numbers of people? Many cities have responded to such attacks with concrete bollards and other barriers. But designers and architects are increasingly innovating other options that protect people via planters, fountains, trees, bike racks, steps and traffic calming designs to stop or slow down vehicles.

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  • This Artist Residency Is Specifically Designed for Artists with Children

    Alexxa Gotthardt

    August 22, 2018 |

    Artsy |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Momm and Popp is a Detroit-area artist residency built to support artists with young children. Supports provided by Momm and Popp include access to child care, activities for children, and a financial stipend.

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  • 'Dance has done so much for me': the leader of Kenya's slum ballet school

    Danielle Stephens

    August 22, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Mike Wamaya opened a ballet studio for underprivileged children in Nairobi. Through dance, the children learn a skill, have a means to express often difficult things about their lives, and learn solildarity across tribal lines.

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  • The "Black Art Yearbook" Is Helping Contemporary Black Artists Make History

    Rikki Bird

    August 21, 2018 |

    Artsy |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Dario Calmese’s Black Art Yearbook captures candid portraits of curators, collectors, dealers and other people who support the creation of black art. In this way, Calmese is making a historical record of an exciting moment as well as commemorating people that are often marginalized or erased by the creation of ‘official’ art history.

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