Museum Spotlight: The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

– Poor Yorick is proud to introduce our partner Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (RAMM) located in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. RAMM’s statement of purpose summarizes the museum’s missions and reputation: The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) is a service of Exeter City Council. It

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Rediscovered Stories: Science and Soul in Sketched Figures

by Catherine D’Andrea – According to Leonardo Da Vinci, force is “a spiritual power, incorporeal and invisible, which with brief life is produced”1. Though just a partial sketch, “Figures to Represent Labor” demonstrates the artist’s understanding of force and anatomy, mass and gravity, vectors and torque. It is not complete and

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Rediscovered Stories: Nance Van Winckel Discusses Her Inspiration and the Process of Creating Visual Poems

A Q&A by Leslie Lindenauer – PY: Your pieces published in Poor Yorick come from a series of digital photo-collage pieces taken from a current project entitled The Book of No Ledge. Can you talk about your artistic statement in this series? NVW: In my dialogue with this encyclopedia (circa

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Rediscovered Stories: The History Behind a Statue’s Desecration

by Rob McMahon – Lauren Rusk’s poem “Sight Unseen” tells the respective stories of Juan de Oñate and his deeds following the battle at Acoma and the small band of American Indians who sought justice for Oñate’s acts. In January 1998, on the fourth centennial of the Acoma Pueblo massacre,

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