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Living Canvas by Fara Peluso - Exhibition Opening and Algature Workshop
Living Canvas - Fara Peluso
Exhibition Opening and Algature Workshop
January 28 2019
Algae are our main oxygen producers on earth. They exist in nearly every ecosystem and contribute to the most fundamental biological processes on our planet. How can we as a society approach living organisms like algae beyond a mere scientific understanding but through their economic, political and creative potential? Which opportunities do algae thereby offer already today for an environmentally sustainable future? Are we ready to change our everyday conventions to face fresh and sustainable alternatives instead?
In the second exhibition of Field Experiments, STATE Studio presents the artistic research project Living Canvas composed of the installation Living Canvas and the workshop Algature by artist and designer Fara Peluso. Over the past two months, Fara Peluso worked closely with Solaga, a Berlin-based startup specialized in the use of algae for clean air, energy, as well as a range of sustainable design systems based on algae biofilm. Due to their effective CO2 assimilation and their ability to absorb indoor light, the microalgae organisms photosynthesize far more efficiently than plants and are hence regenerative energy systems. Supported by Solaga, Fara Peluso recontextualized this innovative biotechnology into a speculative design object. Presented as part of transmediale Vorspiel, Living Canvas is an experimental and prototype project which cultivates an energy-generating algae biofilm within a quadratic glass frame. Through the cutting-edge light and irrigation technology of the wall-mounted installation, the algae biofilm grows and metamorphoses in real-time in an open-ended three-month long experiment.
Fara Peluso’s work reflects a new social consciousness based on principles of sustainability and speculative design: “As part of a new design movement that has the power to influence society, I approach topics such as industry, nature and the environment with speculative design. I choose to practice speculative design because our ways of living in a possible future already tell us what kind of future we want.” During the Living Canvas installation, the algae biofilm is in porous interaction with the environment of the exhibition space and natural light and temperature cycles influencing the chlorophyll photosynthesis of the organisms. The organic process of Living Canvas produces a spectrum of aesthetic effects regarding size, color, pigmentation and other tangible qualities of the metamorphosing algae beyond its natural superpowers.
Living Canvas provides an opportunity to witness existing technical possibilities of integrating natural biological process into our consciousness that can inspire and orient our actions towards sustainability. In the participatory workshop Algature, Fara Peluso invites us to turn from being observers of biotechnological processes into their inventors and experimenters. Combining a DIY biology laboratory and a speculative design approach, participants in Algature are introduced to the Spirulina algae and learn about methods of creating not only speculative, but readily possible futures that involve new and emerging biotechnologies that immediately change the ways we understand regenerative processes today. The artistic research project encourages fresh-air-breathing participants to reflect upon previously unused regenerative powers. By raising awareness regarding the potentials of algae biofilm, the project also provokes participants to turn their imaginations towards more sustainable possible futures involving new biotechnologies.
The project is developed in partnership with Solaga and supported by innogy foundation.
Living Canvas Vernissage with an introduction by the artist, innogy foundation and Solaga engineers, 25 January 2019, 6:30 pm
Algature Workshop, 29 January 2019, 6:30 pm
Living Canvas, Saturday 26 January, 12 - 5 pm, 28 January - 15 April 2019, Tue - Fr 12 am - 7 pm
Living Canvas Finissage and Artist Talk, tba
More information about the opening, workshop and upcoming events will be announced at https://www.state-studio.com
About Field Experiments
Living Canvas forms part of Field Experiments - Exhibition Laboratory for Science, Art, and Society, the ongoing exhibition series at STATE Studio. Field Experiments stands for the curated presentation of artistic positions of emerging technologies to display their relevance and impact for the broader societal realm. Speculative, current and controversial prototypes are tested in their anticipated environment: amidst society. Field Experiments showcases inspiring works of artists and designers in tandem with prototypes from international research institutes and laboratories, exploring the creative friction between cutting-edge research, artistic expressions, and societal discourses.
The mixed media exhibition displays both the work of artists and researchers, including Fara Peluso (IT), Emilia Tikka (FI), onformative (DE), and Veronika Natter (DE) in tandem with the artistic research project Farming the Uncanny Valley and Imagine Science Films with short films by Timo Wright (FI) and Franz Milec (SK).
Curation: Johanna Teresa Wallenborn, Dr. Christian Rauch
Curatorial Assistance: Christina Hooge
Concept: Fara Peluso, Stefanie Greimel
Technical Production and Engineering: Benjamin Herzog, Jacqueline Mueller,
Event Production: Veronika Natter, Christina Hooge
Production Assistance: Veronika Cerkeza
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. The curators, the artist and the involved engineers are available for interviews.
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Johanna Teresa Wallenborn
The Berlin-based artist and designer Fara Peluso graduated in industrial and graphic design at Architecture University 'La Sapienza' in Rome. In her research Peluso focuses on a speculative approach that allows her to visualize ideas of possible futures where both the matter and procedural aspects play fundamental roles. Working with geometric decomposition and new morphologies, her criticals designs always reveals the existence of hidden geometries. Since 2014 Fara Peluso focuses on algae experiments. By exploring the relationship between humans and other living organisms, she questions our awareness of ecological systems that involve a potential for self-sufficient sustainability.
Peluso’s artistic concept integrates interdisciplinary cooperations with scientists and research institutions. Thus, the artist and designer creates hybrid artifacts that combine aesthetic codes and innovative know-how at the interface of social consciousness and novel biotechnologies.
Her design and artworks have been exhibited at DDW17 in Eindhoven and at Futurium Berlin. She is currently a resident artist at the Institute of Biotechnology at Technische Universität Berlin.
STATE is a Berlin-based initiative for open science, art, and innovation. Founded in 2014, we connect people with science in a new way: participatory, interdisciplinary and inspiring. Integrating research, technology, and culture in its thinking, STATE explores current developments in science where cutting-edge research transforms society.
STATE Studio is supported and developed in partnership with Wissenschaft im Dialog, the initiative for science communication in Germany, and JOHANENLIES, a Berlin-based upcycling furniture designer.
innogy Foundation (for Energy and Society)
The foundation supports projects related to the theme of energy and aims to raise awareness for the topic throughout society. The efforts of the foundation are intended to help make future energy supply systems sustainable. In its activities, the foundation emphasizes three areas: energy and education, energy and culture, energy and social innovation.
Solaga is a young, Berlin-based startup working with extraordinary biological structures: algae biofilms. Carefully and with great attention to detail, Solaga has developed an indoor air filter based on algae. ALWE, the air filter, is a "living image" that brings a natural green to lifeless, grey walls. At the heart of ALWE are microalgae which can render air pollutants harmless. But the algae can do much more. They produce material that can be used to produce biogas and support our future green living.
Wissenschaft im Dialog
Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) aims to arouse and strengthen interest in science among people of every age and background. We aim to achieve this by organizing discussions, education projects for schools, exhibitions, and competitions – all focused on science and research. We develop new formats for science communication and run events across Germany to reach diverse target groups. Our goal is for as many people as possible to be involved in discussions about research, including its controversial aspects. WiD is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by the major German science organizations on the initiative of the 'Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft'. WiD also has several foundations as partners and receives significant support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.


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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 12, 2018, congratulated ISRO team for the successful launch of its 100th Satellite.
“My heartiest congratulations to ISRO and its scientists on the successful launch of PSLV today. This success in the New Year will bring benefits of the country’s rapid strides in space technology to our citizens, farmers, fishermen etc. The launch of the 100th satellite by ISRO signifies both its glorious achievements, and also the bright future of India’s space programme. Benefits of India’s success are available to our partners! Out of the 31 Satellites, 28 belonging to 6 other countries are carried by today’s launch,” the Prime Minister said, according to a PIB release.

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Jam from zucchini is becoming more and more popular every year, because its cost is lower, and even a beginner can cope with preparations from zucchini. Zucchini jam is usually prepared with some additional ingredient, especially excellently combined with citrus fruits. But how to cook jam from zucchini so that it turns out to be sweet, tasty and fragrant, I will tell you step by step in this recipe.
- Zucchini - 1 kilogram;
- sugar - 800 grams;
- lemon - 1 piece.
A step-by-step recipe for zucchini jam for the winter
- Clean the zucchini. Any zucchini, even with dark skin, is suitable for jam from zucchini. So peel the zucchini, cut it into cubes, fill it with sugar and leave it for 10-12 hours.
- Wash the lemon, remove the skin, and finely chop the flesh of the seedless lemon.
- After zucchini has started juice after 10-12 hours, put them on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes, add lemon and boil for another 15 minutes.
- Then remove the jam from the zucchini from the fire, and place in sterilized jars, immediately cork.
- Let it cool in the air.
This is the most popular zucchini jam for the winter. You can play with its taste by adding various spices, dried fruits or berries.
Delicious to you preparations, and bon appetit!

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The Senate on Thursday evening voted 59-34 to avert looming Medicare cuts to providers, sending the legislation to President Biden's desk for signature.
The highly-anticipated vote comes weeks before the cuts were set to take effect, putting providers on edge as lawmakers hammered out a final deal.
The bill, which passed the House earlier this week, will delay 2% cuts to Medicare rates through March 2022 and punt a separate round of 4% Medicare cuts totaling about $36 billion to 2023.
The 2% cuts derive from the 2011 law that created budget sequestration, requiring spending reductions across the federal government beginning in 2013. Congress paused the cuts last year in response to COVID-19. The bill that passed Thursday would keep that pause in place until April 1, after which providers will see a 1% cut until June 30 and a 2% cut until sequestration expires in 2013.
The 4% Medicare cuts are the consequence a budget law known as PAYGO that requires increases in the deficit be offset by raising revenue or reducing spending. The COVID-19 relief package enacted this year resulted in a larger budget deficit, triggering spending reductions.
The bill also includes a 3% increase in pay for providers paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, partially mitigating some cuts that are set to take effect next year.
Providers have urged Congress all year to avert the cuts, arguing they are still struggling financially under COVID-19.

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Children with autism spectrum disorder do not have a natural learning process. They cannot learn behaviors with their own experiences. Many experts believe that this disorder can be rehabilitated, although it does not have a cure. Behavioral patterns that other children learn with their own experiences and learning abilities can be acquires by children with autism with rehabilitation.
Role modeling and imitation are important elements to learning processes of children. Every child has a role model. However, imitation skills and role modeling is much more important for children with autism. Hence, for children to be able to acquire certain behavior, they need to imitate. Children with autism struggle with understanding abstract information, but they can successfully imitate behavior they are shown during their learning process.
Categorizing Imitation Skills
Imitation skills are categorized depending on wanted skill and behavior. For this purpose, first the skills that the child needs to acquire should be determined. Many children with autism have speech disorders, for instance. They are not able to acquire speech practice by themselves. Sound imitation method should be used on these children.
If the child is lacking behavioral rather than speech abilities, functional practices should be involved. However, complex actions like holding fork-spoon may take time. Main purpose of functional actions is to help children acquire motor skills. The sooner the autism is detected and rehabilitation starts, the more successful the results of functional actions will be.
Imitation skills are categorized as follows.
1. Depending on place it shows on body
- Object imitation
- Motor imitation
- Sound imitation
- Verbal imitation
2. Depending on duration
- Immediate Imitation
- Deferred Imitation
- Generalized Imitation
3. Depending on the function type
- Goal-oriented Imitation
- Selective Imitation
- Rational Imitation
- Cognitive Imitation
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Importance of Acquiring Imitation Skills
Operant conditioning has an essential place in education and rehabilitation process of individuals with autism. Rehabilitations in this principle enable the child to be positively motivated and the learning process to accelerate. This principle is also important in imitation skills. When the child completes an action that he is wanted to imitate he is rewarded, and when he does not, his behavior is corrected.
As stated, children with autism do not have normal educational activities. It may not be possible for them to learn certain functions, behavioral patterns, language and information by themselves. Thus, they need to have a role model. This is the purpose of imitation skills. Children are presented with a role model and this way they acquire certain functions and skills.
Social Function of Imitation
Imitation is an essential for every child’s learning process. It also enables socializing besides learning language and certain behaviors and functions. Imitating behaviors of parents and reactions of parents towards them are infants’ first social experiences. This is how they build relations with others in the first place. Imitation does not only accelerates the learning process. It also enables a social relation with therapist and contributes to socialize. In group imitation sessions, social development of children should be efficiently handled. Individuals that are rehabilitated through imitation skills are known to develop communication skills.
Learning Function of Imitation
Imitation is an efficient way of learning. Not only in childhood, it is also an effective method to acquire various skills in adulthood. Children with autism can acquire their behaviors by imitating their role models. When imitations become constant, language and motor skills will be permanent. Also, it would be much more easier for children that learn by imitation to discover the world.
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Following a sketchy headline performance at V Festival on Saturday night, it looks like Justin Bieber is giving up music to forge a career as a footballer.
According to reports, the Bieb is following in the footsteps of fellow pop sensation Harry Styles and making a move towards Hollywood, with a role in a new film about an American football (or soccer, as they call it) player who travels to Europe to fulfill his football dreams as a player for Real Madrid.
But it looks like the A-list celebrity isn't the only one following a new career path.
Real-life footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is also said to be in negotiations to star opposite the singer in the new Harvey Weinstein production.
What is happening to the world?
With filming due to start next March, the Spanish football team will reportedly allow film crews to shoot inside the world famous Bernabeu stadium in Madrid during matches and when the stadium is empty.
With less than a year to prepare for his role, Bieber will need to put a lot of over-time to perfect his penalty shoot out and corner kicks.
However, it looks like his previous experience on the pitch might come in use as the singer has already trained with the Barcelona team and enjoyed a kick about with Neymar (who recently secured Brazil's gold medal win in the Rio Olympics).
We hate to admit it but we'll be sad to see Bieber go.
Is it too late now to say sorry?

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Many goals were set at the start of the year and in reaching for the stars my practice has attained new heights of which I had yet only dreamed. With no fear of failure (yet experiencing it very often!) I put my work out into the world and have seen the return with acceptance into 2 juried encaustic shows (Thank you Conrad Wilde Gallery & IEA!), inclusion in 3 group shows, sales and commissions all the way from Dubai, London and France to locally here in Los Angeles. These small wins make the countless losses all worth while. For any who have a dream, cast your net wide and high and you WILL catch something good. Let’s see what the rest of 2017 has to offer!
2017 has me brimming with new ideas and happy to be creating. My goal for the year is to be more disciplined in working in a series and to participate in more shows… engaging my work in more events off the internet and out in the real world. I Hope all of you are enjoying the beginnings of a new year 🙂
Spring in Winter 24 x 24 Encaustic on cradled wood
Beauty Is 12 x 9 Encaustic on cradled wood
As another year draws to a close I reminisce on some favorite pieces and all the new experiences my artwork has allowed for me. 2016 was a year filled with new opportunities for my practice and I am ever grateful for all of it. I send that gratitude out to all who have helped make it happen and carry a full heart into 2017!! The best and happiest of new years to you all!!
How busy I have been!!! Working large, exploring and just discovering! Stepping out of my comfort zone and putting the work out there into juried competitions, festivals, and gallery submissions. So far the results have been a mixed bag of being completely ignored and winning some awards. I’m ready to take the many losses needed for the few hard won wins!
I have found a happy groove working with the wax …Some pieces are on wax coated with shiny metallic pigments that add the sense of magic and otherworld-ness I look for in my work 🙂 Happy to be painting!
Halycyon Days 16.5 x 21.5 (metallic gold pigment, oil and encaustic
Blushing Ways 10x1ox1.5 (pigmented wax)
Always Believe 10x10x1.5 (pigmented wax)
Rhapsody 18x24x2 (pigmented wax)
Songbird 12x12x1.5 (metallic silver pigment, oil and encaustic)
After a Summer and Fall of playing and experimenting with wax and the variety of mediums it is compatible with, I feel I may have finally found the vehicles to work with wax in a way honest to my creative way and artistic self. These are the results I am hoping to carry further into 2016. So happy to have this sense of direction with my encaustic practice as we close out another year 🙂
1. So Many Blessings 12 x16 (pigmented wax & Pan pastels)
2.Blessed Days 12×16 (pigmented wax and Pan Pastels)
3.Beauty Reign 27×40 (pigmented wax, cold wax and oil)
Back to working small as I try out new techniques. Learning as I play ~ mixing and mashing the old with the new. The hot California summer sun has played a role in all these pieces. Fingers crossed they translate as large as I dream them to be!

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Selling price of an older HDB flats is 65% lower in price!
Referring to the article “Owners worry older HDB flats a depreciating asset” (Sunday Times, Apr 15)
It states that “The buyers were reacting to National Development Minister Lawrence Wong’s remarks about people buying old HDB flats in the hope that they will be chosen for the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers).
Mr Wong had cautioned in March last year that not all old HDB flats will be eligible for Sers and those not selected will eventually be returned to the state when the 99-year lease matures.
In general, the value of most older HDB flats starts to depreciate more steeply after the 40-year mark. Want to know why? Click HERE to understand.
About 70,000 flats, or 7 per cent of the total stock of around one million, are over 40 years old.
By 2030, more than 400,000 HDB flats will be left with a remaining lease of 59 years or less, property analyst Ku Swee Yong said.”
As to “For four-room flats in Toa Payoh, the price gap can be as high as 65 per cent, according to OrangeTee” – there is an urgent need for the HDB to review their policies, as the HDB flat may generally be the biggest asset of many Singaporeans.
Arguably, recent policy changes to HDB and the use of CPF for HDB policies, and remarks by politicians may have literally caused a crash in the prices of older HDB flats.
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Practicing designers, engineers, physicists and research scientists - those new to the field and those experienced will find this conference very beneficial for learning as well as providing opportunities for international networking. The international contributors come from universities and industries in USA, Austria, Canada, Japan, China, France, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom and other countries. These papers provide the attendees with up-to-date information on a wide range of subjects that makes this conference so attractive to the practicing engineer.


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Painted on a hot, hot day in Clairemont.
I painted this after a frustrating day at the hospital. Turned out to be whooping cough! Ugh. Painting always relaxes me when I’m stressed. I just drove into a neighborhood, parked, and walked until I found an enticing spot.
Painted this one day after work in La Jolla.
Found this one by accident one afternoon and it was still up under gray skies the next morning when I had some time to paint.
Reception: Friday June 29, 5-9 PM.
Please join us for “Tents,” a collection of my paintings of fumigation tented buildings from 2017-2018. This is the first time I’ve shown such a large group of pictures from this series.
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This area is called Allied Gardens, one of San Diego’s postwar suburbs. It has curving residential streets and culdesacs that branch off a busy road lined with strip malls. There are suburbs like this all over the country, places that once offered an idea of safety and a particular way of life and to some extent still do.
I have grown interested in this type of area recently. They really say a lot about American culture.
I am happy with this little painting, done as fast as possible. The trash guys dumped the tree out of the trash can into the street. I loved the passive aggressiveness of that.

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Husband, 25, dies after tree collapses while putting up hammock for his wife
A businessman was crushed to death by a rotten tree after it catapulted out of the ground while he was setting up a hammock-style tent in a wood, an inquest heard.
Ryan O'Carroll, 25, died of massive head injuries when the 20ft ash tree fell directly on top of him.
The coroner heard he had put up his aerial tent 4ft higher than the manufacturer's recommendations.
This caused the tree to uproot while his wife and 11 year old brother were inside.
The inquest was told business owner Ryan, his wife Stephanee Leal-Sanchez and his 11-year-old brother Nick travelled to Cornwall from Southampton on August 10 last year for a surfing holiday.
They had planned to attend the nearby Boardmasters Festival in Newquay.
The jury was told they arrived at East Lodge car park at Tehidy Country Park at around 11pm and decided to suspend a tree tent between three trees just off a footpath.
Using only the light of a phone torch, Ryan attached the tent. His wife said he pulled at the corners to ensure it was secure and "sturdy".
Nick got in it, followed by recruitment consultant Stephanie.
But as she was halfway in, being supported by Ryan, she remembers falling to the ground and being knocked unconscious.
Nick ran for help and got the attention of Natalie Jupp who was driving from Hayle in Cornwall, with her son Daniel, 19, daughter Amelia, 12, and youngest son Marley, 6.
The family drove past and noticed a flashing light.
She stopped the car, Daniel got out and started shouting: "Mum help me now, it's a little boy."
Daniel picked the boy up while Natalie drove into the car park. She could hear Daniel shouting and a woman screaming.
She told her younger children to stay in the car as Daniel told her: "Mum, it's a tree. You need to help get it off him."
She says she saw Ryan lying on the floor with the tree covering his body and face.
She rang 999 and said the fire brigade would also be needed to lift the tree.
Natalie said she noticed the tent had been attached to three trees in a triangular fashion by ratchet ties at around 9ft high.
When one of Daniel's friends, Timmy Kneebone arrived to help, they were able to lift the tree off Ryan.
Natalie said he was unresponsive and there was no pulse. She carried out CPR and helped paramedics when they arrived, until they found a heartbeat.
Ryan was taken to Treliske before being transferred to the major trauma unit at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth but died on August 12.
The causes of death were given as multiple organ failure, cardiac arrest and dramatic brain injury. The inquest heard Ryan's injuries were unsurvivable.
A jury inquest had to take place under law because a government agency, in this case Cornwall Council, had investigated the incident.
Sean Oates, the investigating team's manager, told the inquest that public camping wasn't permitted at Tehidy and there were notices saying as much in the car park.
The 30-year-old ash tree was not recorded as a hazard.
Two countryside officers, who covered Tehidy, were aware the tree had been dead for at least three growing seasons but it was deemed a low risk and not a subsequent danger.
The Forestry Commission advises that all dead trees not seen as a risk should be allowed to stand. This assessment had not considered anyone erecting an aerial tent on the tree.
The tent's ratchet straps put pressure on the leverage of the rotten tree.
The inquest heard that there was nothing wrong with the tent, which was made by Tentsile Tree Tents and Hammocks.
The jury recorded a verdict of accidental death. No family attended the inquest.
Ian Arrow, senior coroner for Plymouth, said: "I'd like to pay tribute to members of the Jupp family who assisted on the night. It must have been very stressful for them.
"It must have been a terrible shock to Ryan's family and I send them my condolences."
Ryan was a director and co-founder of award-winning firm Yo Telecom.
Shortly after his death his wife Stephanee paid tribute and said: "You changed my life, I became a better person because of you, you loved me unconditionally and you inspired me everyday."
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But the fun’s not over yet. Each month we will release new targets! Collect them all, head to the range, and share your pictures with us!


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We dyed Easter eggs on Saturday. We dyed the first batch of 12 with PAAS and next, we'll be doing some with natural dye during the week. We can't wait!
After the fun was over, we were left with lots of dye. I didn't want to waste it, so we saved it and decided to create something pretty. We tried dyeing rice with it and the color came out great and the rice doesn't smell like vinegar. It's a win!
We started by filling a take out container with rice.
Next, we chose our color.
Third, Lucy poured the color into the takeout container.
Pop the top on and shake, shake, shake!
Finally, dry the rice on a baking sheet!
Super simple and it comes out SO pretty! We like to use dyed rice in the sensory bin and for art projects.
You can also dye cooked pasta for the sensory bin, make colored foam by adding soap in the blender, or make tie dyed fabric. The sky is the limit!
What will you do with it?


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Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by captcalhoun, Dec 22, 2011.
Started on V-2 by Richard Harris.
Shadow Lord by Laurence Yep.
Crossed the halfway point yesterday. It’s good, but not great. A little too much renaissance fair/SCA for my taste. Which feels like a weird thing to say, after just reading (and loving) A.C. Crispin’s Yesterday books, which are pretty much “Star Trek on Darkover.” But somehow Shadow Lord just isn’t quite doing it for me.
i just started Star Trek: A Time to Sow by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, continuing my read of the A Time To,,, series.
Thanks for the recommendations, but I'm not a big fan of Turnabout Intruder, and I know the other two pretty well, and I was hoping for one I don't know that well. I might pick one I don't remember that well, like The Apple, which I have absolutely no memory of at all.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. A premise that could make an interesting Trek episode, shades of The Inner Light, but not quite. Anyone read it? Do you like it?
I'm assuming this is not Richard Harris as in Camelot, A Man Called Horse, and the original recording of Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park."
- Mistyped. It's Robert Harris (Fatherland and Enigma) rather than Richard.
Evidently, Tears of the Singers was printed on unusually nasty paper, even by TPB standards (especially the coverstock). Very high acid and lignin. The back cover is self-destructing.
JAGANNATH: STORIES by Karin Tidbeck
An anthology of weird tales (some previously published in the magazine of that title) and short fantasies by Swedish writer Tidbeck, who has translated them into English herself.
Being very short stories – most little more than vignettes – they often end abruptly with more subtext than text, but they’re a good mixture of spooky, funny, folkloric, steampunk, etc. At a total of 130 pages, with such a wide range of tales coming at you in a nice and bouncy fashion, there’s no danger of the book outstaying its welcome.
Variety and brevity for the win.
Tos The Starless world George Elkland
Who can hold the sea (The U.S. Navy in the Cold War, 1945-1960) by James D. Hornfischer.
Ishmael by Barbara Hambly. Hambly has written an excellent book here. On a line-by-line basis, I can’t think of more than a handful of Star Trek novels that I think are better written. The plot is engaging and the characters believable, even if they are borrowed from Here Come the Brides (which I’ve never seen, so they’re entirely new to me.)
And has anybody else ever given the Hokas, Han Solo, Starbuck & Apollo, the Doctor and a female companion (Romana?) walk-ons in a Trek novel?
KULL by Robert E. Howard. Was in the mood for some vintage sword-and-sorcery.
It took me a while to get that Ishmael was a HCTB crossover. Once I realized that, I started watching it in strip syndication, probably on some cable channel. And given that I've read a couple of Bill Speidel's books on the early history of Seattle, I also know about at least some of the historic characters on which the series characters were based (and there are some conflations involved). Incidentally, the song "Seattle" originated as the first-season "open" for the series.
Meanwhile, I've started reading a self-published book that my Yosemite tour guide gave me, his translation of a short work by Fausto Sozzini. It could have used some attention from a better copy editor. And a better typesetter (I just finished the "Forward" [sic; should be Foreword]; the whole book is set in Helvetica bold, and the foreword seems to switch between bold and bold-oblique at random; I'd have set it in Garamond, myself).
I finished Kobayashi Maru. Hated it, giving up on my ENT Romulan War re-read.
Turns out it wasn't just continuity issues that bothered me about them before. Just not very good.
Started on The Midnight Lock by Jeffrey Deaver
Took a short break from Ishmael to read The Gold Archive 001: The Return of the Archons by Brian J. Robb. Weirdly, I just don’t have much to say about it. It might work better for someone who hasn’t been an active Trek fan for half a century. Or, maybe, if it was dissecting a better episode. Robb talks about the many drafts the story went through. I wish he had access to/provided excerpts from more of them.
Westwind by Ian Rankin
Growing up in Seattle in the seventies, that song was ubiquitous: on the radio, high school concerts, marching bands, etc.
The HCTB open version is almost identical to the refrain and second verse of the published version (it apparently skips the first verse), up through "Scent of pine trees in the air." It then departs from it: where the published version has
the HCTB open version has
Ironically, although I did watch the series in strip syndication for a while, I've only seen and heard the vocal version of the open online: every episode I actually saw had an open set to a purely instrumental variation on the theme (heavy on the pizzicato strings).
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SEOUL (South Korea) — North Korea said it fired what it called newly developed long-range cruise missiles. This was its first test firing in months and a clear indication of how it is expanding its military capabilities despite a deadlock in nuclear negotiations with the United States.
The Korean Central News Agency reported Monday that the cruise missiles, in development for two years now, hit targets at a distance of miles during flight tests conducted on Saturday and Sunday. The North described its new missiles to be a “strategic weapons of great significance”, which meets Kim Jong Un’s call for greater military might.
The South Korean military did not immediately confirm the North Korean tests.
Kim at a Congress of the ruling Workers Party in January doubled his promise to strengthen his nuclear deterrent against U.S. pressures and sanctions. He also issued a long list of sophisticated assets including intercontinental ballistic missiles with longer ranges, nuclear-powered submarines and spy satellites as well as tactical nuclear weapons.
Talks between the United States of America and North Korea stalled after the collapse of a summit between Donald Trump and Kim in 2019,, when the Americans rejected North’s request for major sanctions relief in return for partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities. Kim’s government has rejected the Biden administration’s attempts to have dialogue and demanded that Washington end its “hostile” policies first.
North Korea reopened a yearlong pause for ballistic testing in March with two short-range missiles fired into the sea. This continued a tradition of testing new administrations using weapons demonstrations to measure Washington’s response, and to negotiate concessions.
But, there weren’t any test launches for several months afterwards as Kim concentrated national efforts on fighting the coronaviruses and salvaging an economy that was further damaged by the pandemic border closings.
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May 20, 2020
Garrison Keillor hits Las Vegas with a new solo show!
April 18, 2020
Garrison Keillor comes to the Rochester Civic Theatre for a night of stories, songs, poetry, and humor. Tickets $50 and up
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by Maxine Kumin
Me in my bugproof netted headpiece kneeling
to spread sodden newspapers between broccolis,
corn sprouts, cabbages and four kinds of beans,
prostrate before old suicide bombings, starvation,
AIDS, earthquakes, the unforeseen tsunami,
front-page photographs of lines of people
with everything they own heaped on their heads,
the rich assortment of birds trilling on all
sides of my forest garden, the exhortations
of commencement speakers at local colleges,
the first torture revelations under my palms
and I a helpess citizen of a country
I used to love, who as a child wept when
the brisk police band bugled Hats off! The flag
is passing by, now that every wanton deed
in this stack of newsprint is heartbreak,
my blackened fingers can only root in dirt,
turning up industrious earthworms, bits
of unreclaimed eggshell, wanting to ask
the earth to take my unquiet spirit,
bury it deep, make compost of it.
“Mulching” by Maxine Kumin from Still to Mow. © W. W. Norton, 2007. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)
The hall was packed. Beethoven himself conducted, rather dramatically, stretching to his full height, then crouching down to the floor, flailing his hands and feet. He was deaf and so he was several measures off and a man named Louis Duport stood off to the side and conducted, and the musicians followed him instead. Beethoven got five standing ovations.
It’s the birthday of a woman who — when she was only 28 — wrote a famous poem about growing old: Jenny Joseph, born in Birmingham, England (1932). She wrote:
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
The poem, “Warning,” was discovered 25 years later by an aide to Lady Bird Johnson, widow of Lyndon Johnson. Ms. Johnson quoted the poem in Reader’s Digest and it was printed in anthologies and on T-shirts, greeting cards, and it led to the creation of the Red Hat Society, groups of women over the age of 50 who get together for tea parties, wearing purple clothes and red hats.
On this day in 1718, the French Canadian Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville discovered the Crescent City, New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, Harry Connick Jr., and Wynton Marsalis.
On this day in 1952, Geoffrey Dummer first presented the concept of the integrated circuit, also known as the microchip, which was made up of a set of components — a transistor, a resistor, a capacitor, and a diode — linked together in a variety of ways.
Geoffrey Dummer was a radar scientist working for Britain’s Ministry of Defence when he got the idea of making the various parts out of a single piece of silicon, which would speed up the signal, and fit into much smaller devices. He presented his paper at the U.S. Electronic Components Symposium; Americans were willing to take a gamble on the idea, but the British government wasn’t, and it was years before the United Kingdom had a semiconductor industry.
Today we rely on integrated circuits to run our computers, our phones, our watches, and our calculators. They’re also in microwaves, TVs, cars, refrigerators, and implanted in pets’ and farm animals’ skin as location devices. Pretty much anything you plug in is going to have at least one microchip in it.
Today’s the birthday of Angela Carter, born in Eastbourne, England, in 1940. A novelist who moved from magical realism to science fiction to gothic horror whose book The Bloody Chamber (1979) was a feminist reinterpretation of classic fairy tales.


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Dana is member of the Toni Morrison Society and currently chair of the English Department at Howard University. She served as President of the College Language Association from 2014 and 2016 and was recently appointed to the National Humanities Council. Dana delivered the keynote address at the Seventh Biennial Conference of the Toni Morrison Society and is currently working on Toni Morrison's editing career. Dana will bring her considerable leadership skills, her knowledge of the academy, her great appreciation for Toni Morrison’s work, and her calm and inviting demeanor to this position.
“Service to the Toni Morrison Society in a leadership capacity corresponds to my commitment to continuing the legacy of building institutions that serve the interests of literature and culture.”
Furaha is Associate Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. Before coming to academia she was an Associate Editor at Oxford University Press and Editor at Vintage &Anchor Books and the New Press. She has been an active member of the Society, participating and contributing to Society conferences and events since 2008. Her scholarly work focuses on ethics and selfhood and post-modern readings of Toni Morrison. Furaha will bring her great enthusiasm for the work of the Society and her broad experience in book editing and scholarship in the academy to the Vice President position, which is responsible serving as the Society liaison and organizing ALA panels. She will also work closely with the President to shape and implement the leadership of the Society.
“For more than twenty years, since I first wrote my graduate school qualifying exam on Morrison’s work, I have been challenged, captivated, and driven by the richness and complexity of Toni Morrison’s vision of the world and of human nature. I went on to write my dissertation on self-knowledge and resilience in Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise, and I am currently at work on a comparative book length study of Morrison and George Eliot, with whom I argue Morrison shares common literary and intellectual ground despite differences of time and culture. I am deeply humbled by the honor of having the opportunity to serve the Toni Morrison Society and to work with and get to know the amazing Morrison scholars in the Society. I look forward to doing my small part to continue and sustain the Society’s tremendous and amazing work.”
Sharon Jessee is a retired professor of American Literature at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. At the University, Sharon's research activities earned her the 2011 College of Liberal Studies Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Endeavors. She published several articles on the work of Ishmael Reed early in her career, but has been focused primarily on Morrison scholarship since joining the Toni Morrison Society in 1998. As a Society member, she has served on the Book Prize Committee and the Membership Committee. Sharon’s interest in serving and growing the membership of the Society and the new time she will have to devote to this work since retiring will greatly contribute to her success in this position.
“Serving as Membership officer for the Toni Morrison Society, I would like to work to keep membership records organized, explore with other officers some avenues for increasing membership, and contribute to the communications processes between the Society and its members.”
Gerri Bates is Associate Professor of English, African American Literature, and Women's Literature at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. She is a founding member of the Middle Atlantic Writers Association and author of numerous articles on African American literature. She is also the author of Alice Walker: A Critical Companion. As a long-time Society member, Gerri participates regularly in all Society events and conferences. Her commitment to the work of the Society will be a great asset in her work as Secretary, where she will be required to record the minutes at all meetings of Society officers and the Board.
Theresa has served as treasurer and accountant for the Society since 2009. Her work as a CPA with Palmer and Associates assures that the financial records of the Society as a 501(c)(3) organization are accurate and that filings to IRS and reporting agencies are submitted in a timely manner. Theresa is an active member of the Society attending and supporting many programs and initiatives of the Society.
Lynne is a librarian at Oklahoma State University and a charter member of the Society. For the past eight years as Bibliography Chair, Lynne has completed the research for the annual bibliography for the Society, attended officer and board meetings, and participated and supported many activities of the Society.
Howard is Professor of English at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville where he specializes in Black Poetry and the Digital Humanities. In 2016 he edited a special issue of the CLA Journal on Digital Humanities and has served as curator of other Black Arts and Poetry Exhibits at SIU. He is a member of the Toni Morrison Society and served on the panel on THE BLACK BOOK at the Seventh Biennial Conference of the Toni Morrison Society. Harold will bring a wealth of experience to the work of collecting, archiving, and digitizing the historical records of the Toni Morrison Society.
“I have done extensive work tracking the under-studied organizational histories of African American literary groups and gatherings. My widely read blog entry, ‘Black women scholar-organizers and literary gatherings,’ for instance, describes how a relatively small group of scholar-organizers, including Maryemma Graham, Carolyn Denard, Joycelyn Moody, and Joanne Gabbin, worked with groups to produce a series of important conferences and workshops in the field of African American literary studies over the last 25 years. As the archivist for the Toni Morrison Society, I would be honored to extend and focus this kind of essential preservation work by devoting my energies to organizing the many items that capture the history of the Society.”


Dan LoBianco has some advice for those who think a downtown is dead if it's no longer the retail center of a community: Get over it.
"Downtowns are not dead," said LoBianco, executive director of Dubuque Main Street. "If communities try to hang on to what it was like in the 1950s and 1960s when it was really thriving, they're not going to accomplish it."
Dubuque Main Street is committed to revitalizing the downtown area, recruiting new businesses, working with existing businesses to address their concerns and promoting the area. It has achieved success on a number of fronts, including conversion of vacant retail buildings into offices as well as attracting and retaining service retail businesses.
THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
For those who grew up in the first half of the 20th century, downtown was the undisputed center of the American metropolis. It was where they shopped for clothing, went for a checkup at the doctor's office and occasionally took in a matinee at a movie theater.
Downtown, defined in the dictionary as the "central business district," typically was home to one or two department stores, a variety of smaller stores and most government and professional offices.
But that began to change in the latter half of the 1960s when the suburbs began to beckon with tract housing, dual-income households and acres of free parking at the mall.
Department stores such as Armstrong's in Cedar Rapids, Black's in Waterloo, Von Maur in Davenport, and Younker's in Des Moines reacted by opening new locations in shopping malls. Roshek Brothers in Dubuque signaled the future in 1968 when it moved to Kennedy Mall and closed its landmark 10-story downtown store.
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McCabe's, a 114-year-old department store in downtown Rock Island, survived the Great Depression and two world wars, but the economic downturn of the early 1980s and changing shopping patterns hastened its demise in 1984. Nearby downtown Moline lost Montgomery Ward in 1974 when the retailer moved to SouthPark Mall and J.C. Penney when it followed suit in 1979.
That pattern has been repeated in much larger communities nationwide. Harvey's, Castner Knott's and Cain-Sloan disappeared from downtown Nashville, Tenn., their once majestic stores imploded to make way for parking lots.
"You're not going to see downtowns be what they used to be," said Blake Roberts, president of Roberts Planning, an urban planning consulting firm in Davis, Calif. "Downtowns have more of a specialized use that they did before. Their role has changed to providing a distinct living experience with some retail and cultural amenities.
"People are looking to go to a lot of different places within walking distance, rather than having to go downtown to take care of their daily functions."
After the demise of Killian's in November 1982 and the closing of Armstrong's in January 1991, downtown Cedar Rapids began focusing on converting retail space to offices. By the June 2008 flood, the first floors of the former Armstrong's and Killian's buildings were occupied by financial institutions and restaurants, and the upper floors were leased by a variety of office tenants.
Downtown housing also has been a focus with the conversion of adjacent warehouses into the Bottleworks Lofts & Condos and Water Tower Place. The former Roosevelt Hotel has been converted to apartments and the Oak Hill Jackson Brickstones apartments opened last year on Sixth Street SE.
Roberts, an Ames native with memories of Younker's 106-year-old flagship store in downtown Des Moines that closed in 2005 , said downtowns are reinventing themselves by relying on their natural assets.
"Downtown has always been the transportation hub in a community," he said. "There's a lot of movement to put more housing in the downtown area because public transportation is available.
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"We're starting to see business become attracted to downtowns because they offer the face-to-face contact that you don't necessarily experience in a suburban office park."
LoBianco said IBM chose Dubuque from a pool of 320 possibilities to locate 1,300 jobs for several reasons, including the nature of the historic Roshek Brothers building.
"Many of the workers attracted to these jobs prefer upper-story housing," LoBianco said. "That’s one of Dubuque Main Street’s current focuses."
Department stores, however, are not potential prospects for downtown Dubuque, LoBianco said.
"We don't fit into the statistics they use in terms of square footage and the surface parking they need," he said. "That's why we're seeing larger buildings in many communities transformed into office parks and trendy restaurants.
"We used to have a pedestrian mall with lots of tables. The pedestrian mall has been removed, but the tables that remain usually are occupied by employees of IBM and other downtown businesses on their breaks."
The National Trust’s Demonstration Program chose Dubuque for one of seven pilot programs for the Urban Main Street program in 1985. Downtown Dubuque has seen $220 million in new construction and another $200 million in rehabilitation since that time, but LoBianco said that work has required accepting change.
"You have to convince people that the old department store is not going to be a department store anymore," he said. "We have seen department stores become a corporate insurance center and a bank's mortgage lending and trust service center."
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Other downtowns in Iowa have experienced varying degrees of success.
In Davenport, Von Maur closed its flagship department store at Second and Main streets in 1986 and in 1990 moved its corporate headquarters and executive offices to a 200,000-square-foot former outlet mall north of downtown. The Redstone Building, where Von Maur had been located for more than a century, is home to the River City Music Experience, a not-for-profit educational programming organization.
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Davenport has been successful in revitalization, with more than $4oo million invested in the restoration of the Adler Theater, the Forrest Block building and the historic Blackhawk Hotel. With about 250 businesses and more than 865 apartments and condos, downtown Davenport leaders believe the community is positioned to continue its momentum.
More than 80,000 people come to work in downtown Des Moines every day. Downtown Des Moines is considered the “Hartford of the West,” with a number of large insurance and investment companies maintaining a presence there, including Principal Financial Group, American Public Insurance, Wells Fargo, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa and Nationwide Insurance.
Suburban residents who commute into the city each day are being encouraged to buy or rent a condominium in downtown Des Moines. There also are efforts to develop loft apartments in buildings that housed the former Herring Motor Car Co. and Standard Glass & Paint Co. on 10th Street.
Waterloo is trying to attract new retail to its downtown area through the development of an incubator. The strategy previously proved successful with high-tech companies, many of which remained in the downtown area after they "graduated" from the incubator.Downtown Waterloo leaders also are expecting more foot traffic when the Cedar Valley SportsPlex opens in late 2013. Ground was broken in April for the privately financed $26 million, 130,000-square-foot indoor recreation facility that will include a field house, basketball courts, fitness centers and a swimming pool.


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British officials have denounced the recent vandalism at the Indian High Commission by pro-Khalistani protesters, calling it “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable”.
They have also stated that the UK government will prioritise the security of the mission going forward. The incident, which took place on Sunday (19) involved protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags and attempting to grab the Indian flag flying above the building.
One person has been arrested in connection with the violent disorder.
Officials from the Indian mission reported that the attack on the building had been unsuccessful and that the national flag was now displayed more prominently.
The Metropolitan Police has stated that two security staff members sustained minor injuries and an investigation into the incident has been initiated.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the violent behavior and vandalism, stating on Twitter “There is no place in our city for this kind of behaviour”.
While the British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis described the incident as “disgraceful” and “totally unacceptable”.
Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, Foreign Office minister, expressed his dismay at the incident and affirmed that the government would prioritise the security of the Indian High Commission.
“This is a completely unacceptable action against the integrity of the Mission and its staff,” he tweeted.
According to a statement by the Metropolitan Police, they were summoned on Sunday afternoon in response to reports of disorder, with the incident occurring at the High Commission building where windows were reportedly smashed.
Upon arrival, most of the individuals involved had already left the scene. The police initiated an investigation, and a man was subsequently apprehended in the vicinity on suspicion of violent disorder. The police state that their inquiries are ongoing.
India, on the other hand, expressed its strong protest to the British government regarding the security of its diplomatic presence and questioned the lack of adequate protection at the location.
Videos from the scene show an Indian official grabbing the flag from a protester through the first-floor window of the mission, while the protester is seen hanging off its ledge and waving a Khalistan flag before it is taken away. Also, images of shattered windows and men climbing the India House building were circulating on social media.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA), the senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi, was called in late Sunday night to express India’s vehement displeasure over the activities committed by separatist and extremist forces against the Indian High Commission in London.
An explanation was demanded for the complete absence of British security that allowed these elements to enter the High Commission premises. She was reminded in this regard of the basic obligations of the UK Government under the Vienna Convention, the MEA statement said.
India finds unacceptable the indifference of the UK government to the security of Indian diplomatic premises and personnel in the UK, the statement said.
“It is expected that the UK Government would take immediate steps to identify, arrest and prosecute each one of those involved in today’s incident, and put in place stringent measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents, it said.


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Teams are required to release three injury reports in the week leading up to game day. Teams playing Sunday must report injuries and practice participation reports on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Carolina reported the following from Thursday practice:
Notables: Cam Newton was full participant and limited on Thursday. Looks like they are going to be cautious in not putting too much work on that shoulder. Vernon Butler was full participant in practice for the second day. It would be nice to have the big fella on the field with Shady coming.


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HOW MUCH TIME IT WILL TAKE YOU:
When it comes to museums, the time it takes is mostly up to you! Whether you want to take your time in one or have a full-blown museum day, the choice is yours! To fully see each museum can take between 1.5 (Ex: Art Brut) to 3 hours (ex: Platform 10). All of the museums are around the main city center, so allocate at least 30-40 minutes for transport between museums in total if you plan to visit all three.
WHAT IT IS:
Missing fine art? Want more enriching visuals to look at during the day? Need a date idea? Lucky for you, Lausanne is home to several museums, filled with artwork ranging from local Swiss aficionados to world-renowned artists like Monet and Manet. Some of them specialize in photography, others in sculpture...there is something for everyone! Today, we will only be listing three museums that have a bit of variety but feel free to look into Lausanne’s many other beautiful and historical museums.
Platform 10 will soon be the epicenter for most art in Lausanne. It is already home to the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts. It will soon be the new home of Lausanne’s premiere photography museum, Musée de l'Elysée, in November (if you’re staying until then, you’ll be here for the grand opening!) The museum displays many art mediums: paintings, photography, sculpture, and video! Here you will currently find temporary exhibits from painter Maurice Denis and sculptor Rodin. But hurry fast, these will end on 16 May!
Fondation de l'Hermitage is one of Lausanne’s private (so, never free) museums located in a beautiful and grand historical home in Hermitage Park. This museum often exhibits private painting collections. Currently, they are displaying a private collection that features over 100 paintings, with work from artists like Monet, Matisse, and Modigliani.
Collection de l'Art Brut is Lausanne’s museum for artists that are not well-known in Switzerland. It is meant to show more “outsider” work. The art here tends to be less mainstream so if you are an artist looking for inspiration, maybe this the place for you!
Other notable mentions:
Hand Museum located in CHUV
Olympic Museum near Ouchy
Hope you enjoy discovering the great art Lausanne has to offer!
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HOW TO GET THERE:
Platform 10: Located right next to the main train station. Get off at the metro (M2) stop for Lausanne-gare.
Fondation de l'Hermitage: From the train station: Take the M2, direction "Croisettes", get off at the "Bessières" stop. Take the bus no.16, direction "Grand-Vennes", get off at the "Hermitage" stop. From St. Francois: Take the bus no.16, direction "Grand-Vennes", get off at the "Hermitage" stop.
Collection de l'Art Brut: Bus 8 from St. François, direction Désert , get off at the Beaulieu bus stop.
WHAT YOU NEED:
You will need :
HOW MUCH IT WILL COST YOU:
The organization of this event will cost :
0 CHF if you go on the first saturday of the month. However, since the next one is not until June, here are some of the most affordable options:
- Platform 10: most of their collections are free entrance all of the time; only about two are not. Student price for the non-free will be about 15 CHF
- Fondation de l'Hermitage: 10 CHF for students
- Collection de l'Art Brut: 6 CHF for students
WHO TO CONTACT FOR MORE INFO:
Organizer: Jessica Momorie, email@example.com, Telegram: @JessicaMomorie
Respo Culture: Cecilia Andriantsoa, Telegram: @oh_cecilia