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QOTD + Photo of the Day

January 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on QOTD + Photo of the Day · Art, Quote of the Day

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald, novelist (1900-1948) (Photo by Steve Rawley)

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Tuesday’s photo

January 24th, 2012 · Comments Off on Tuesday’s photo · Art

Roar! (Photo by Steve Rawley)

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photo of the day

January 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on photo of the day · Art

(Photo by Steve Rawley)

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One of my heroes is gone: Goodbye, Russell Hoban

December 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on One of my heroes is gone: Goodbye, Russell Hoban · Art, Author! Author!

RIP to the man who brought us Frances the Badger. Russell Hoban, illustrator, dies at age 86.

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QOTD: Emily Dickinson & what we’re reading this week…

May 30th, 2010 · Comments Off on QOTD: Emily Dickinson & what we’re reading this week… · Art, Author! Author!, Book Geek

“A word is dead / When it is said, / Some say. / I say it just / Begins to live / That day.” — Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886) I love that the New York Botanical Garden has put up an exhibit based on Dickinson’s gardens. Talk about bringing poetry (through flowers) to life. I’ve […]

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“Teaching Creativity”

May 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on “Teaching Creativity” · Art, Education

Here is a link to a great episode of Oregon Art Beat, “Teaching Creativity.” It aired May 27, 2010. The episode features Michael Geisen, an award-winning teacher at Crook County Middle School in Prineville; John Baker, Choir Director at Rex Putnam High School, who has been teaching choirs to soar musically for nearly three decades; […]

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