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The Perfect Classroom, According to Science

Sarika Bansal

March 31, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The physical classroom environment can have profound effects on a student’s academic performance, sense of belonging, and self-esteem. What would the Platonic ideal classroom look like, illustrated? It might include more greenery, fewer visual distractions on classroom walls, and some tweaks to light sources.

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Creating Spaces for Peace, Dialogue and Coexistence in Venezuelan Cities

Tere García Alcaraz

March 16, 2015 |

This Big City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Venezuela, Caracas

Last year, Venezuela became an urban laboratory for architects and urban designers who believe in the implementation of participatory processes and collaborative design techniques in order to change communities who live under threat. This initiative activated urban processes of physical and social transformation through architecture, using self-building techniques in public spaces located in conflictive urban contexts.

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Asia Art Archive's Mobile Library travels to Myanmar

Enid Tsui

February 10, 2015 |

South China Morning Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

After decades of government repression and censorship, Myanmar’s civilian government has allowed for freer creative expression. The Hong Kong based Asia Art Archive is helping to develop the infrastructure of an arts community through workshops, meetings, and their “Mobile Library” of art books.

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Delta Blues: Water and Climate Change from the Mississippi to the Mekong

Jesse Hardman

January 27, 2015 |

New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Climate change is playing a major role in the way floods are impacting cities. In Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, residents are routinely threatened with the wet season, oftentimes finding that the only solution is to raise the level of their homes. An architecture firm, however, has invented a possible solution that incorporates trees and plants in the design of houses, which work to collect rainwater instead of deflecting it.

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From the Deep South, an Overlooked Chapter in Art History

Edward M. Gomez

January 24, 2015 |

Hyperallergic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

In the absence of attention from the art world, Bill Arnett took it upon himself to collect, document, and build scholarship around the work of self-taught African American artists living in the South. The organization he developed for this purpose, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, has now negotiated a donation of 57 works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tattoos: Healing power for breast cancer survivors

Stephanie Anderson Witmer

October 11, 2014 |

USA Today |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

P.ink, or Personal Ink, is a non-profit that curates a Pinterest page where women considering mastectomy tattoos can browse designs, find bios of vetted tattoo artists, and get help connecting with local artists. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the group hosts a mastectomy tattooing event called P.ink Day, where they also raise money to help survivors around the country pay for mastectomy tattoos. Using their mobile app, women can “try on” tattoos by overlaying the image onto a photograph or ordering a temporary tattoo of the image. For some women, covering scars with artwork helps emotional healing.

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Tiny Houses: A Big Idea to End Homelessness

Linda Federico-O'Murchu

February 26, 2014 |

NBC News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

While billions of taxpayer dollars are allocated each year to support shelters and social service initiatives, homelessness remains a persistent problem in the U.S. - in 2013, an estimated 610,000 people slept without shelter every night. All over the country, people are building "tiny homes" to give to the homeless, providing them with shelter, a bathroom, and a kitchen for less then the cost of a shelter.

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As Detroit Flounders, Its Art Scene Flourishes

Courtney Balestier

August 06, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

In 2013, Detroit filed for bankruptcy because of a poor economy. While the city’s industrial businesses have floundered, the art scene has thrived, bringing in new sources of income through art galleries and investments in contemporary art. This new art scene is one factor to measure Detroit’s recovery and prospects of growth for the future.

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The pop-up designs changing the city landscape

Rowan Moore

August 03, 2013 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Pop-ups, temporary constructions intended to enliven public places, can often be used as temporary structures and events as marketing tools, and as camouflage for their larger and less charming permanent developments. But young architects in London, their talent and energy outrunning their employment opportunities, initiate, design and build pop-ups as glimpses of what a better city – more open, more social, more pleasurable, more surprising – might be

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Seniors Flex Creative Muscles In Retirement Arts Colonies

Ina Jaffe

July 05, 2013 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Dissatisfied with the opportunities for residents of assisted living facilities to engage in creative pursuits, Tim Carpenter developed senior ‘art colonies’ that provided writing, performance, and visual arts classes. Equipped with studios and a performance space, artists work in the facility and double as instructors to residents. Residents are encouraged to set goals, take risks, and commit to learning new skills.

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