Current Design Arts News Today
Design loves a Depression (International Herald Tribune)
Few of the arts benefited from the late economic boom more than design, but a little austerity could give designers a new sense of relevance.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:46:15 GMT
PHOTOS: 110-year-old Jersey City design business celebrated (The Jersey Journal)
The exhibit "Celebrating 110 Years of an American Family Business: The Rambusch Company'' pays homage to the historic Jersey City design company through Jan. 15 at the National Arts Club in Manhattan. Founded in 1898, the Rambusch Company has...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:43:55 GMT
Grand Rapids eliminates arts-themed school, but adds students to other specialty programs (The Grand Rapids Press)
GRAND RAPIDS -- The city schools are eliminating an arts-themed school-within-a-school at Union High, but expanding three other career-themed programs to include ninth-graders. Educators said it is difficult to infuse the state's tough new graduation requirements into classes for Union's...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:15 GMT
I heart design - the year ahead (The Vine)
Architecture and design are the only arts to bemanufactured, they have a real monetary worth, and as such, aresusceptible to events like, oh I don’t know, a global financialcollapse. Therefore, expect to be hearing words like frugality, modestyand restraint.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:11:34 GMT
Works by a dozen artists will show an eclectic array at Watchung Arts Center (Echoes-Sentinel)
WATCHUNG – The art show, “New Year = New Yearnings,” featuring original artworks by 12 New Jersey fiber artists from Essex, Middlesex, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties, will be held throughout Januaryat the Watchung Arts Center, on the Watchung Circle.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:06:13 GMT
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