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This series, which I call The Further Adventures of Admiral Dot, combines two sources. One is a set of newspaper illustrations published in 1915 as part of a publication called “How Man Learned to Fly.” (I found these on the PBS website.) The other source is Wonderful Balloon Ascents, by Fulgence Marion, published in 1870. These pages I found on the Public Domain Review website – my go-to place for source materials. … Continue readingExcerpts from THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ADMIRAL DOT, by Nance Van Winckel

Archived, Art & Photography, Nonfiction

Let Evening Blush to Own a Star

February 12, 2018October 16, 2018 Victoria Carvalho

By using form, poetry, and visuals, Joyce Munro’s story moves beyond fact and prompts readers to consider a sculpture and its owner in deeper ways. … Continue readingLet Evening Blush to Own a Star

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Mantis by Brad Garber

November 23, 2015February 24, 2017 jodonnell

Brad Garber’s photograph captures the praying mantis, a species known to kill its own kind at its most vulnerable. … Continue readingMantis by Brad Garber

Art & Photography

Calendar Girl by Roger Camp

October 7, 2015December 5, 2016 jodonnell

Roger Camp’s photographic discovery in an abandoned farmhouse shows us that fragments of our lives survive. … Continue readingCalendar Girl by Roger Camp

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Visual Poems by Nance Van Winckel

February 6, 2015January 26, 2016 CaraP

Nance Van Winckel’s visual poems reframe information and graphics in a 1947 encyclopedia and create a new sense of knowledge. … Continue readingVisual Poems by Nance Van Winckel

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Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an

January 21, 2015September 14, 2015 CaraP

Photographer Holly Gordon illuminates an underground army which has protected an Emperor for over 2,000 years. … Continue readingTerracotta Warriors of Xi’an

Archived, Art & Photography, Interviews

Ian Boyden Transforms 4.5-Million-Year-Old Meteorite

October 15, 2014April 15, 2015 CaraP

The pages of this book, cut from a meteorite millions of years old, stimulate our ecological awareness.
… Continue readingIan Boyden Transforms 4.5-Million-Year-Old Meteorite

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Simply Take A Walk

October 15, 2014March 25, 2015 CaraP

Gina Williams’s photographs show us that sometimes walking the streets in our community is all it takes to spark rediscovery. … Continue readingSimply Take A Walk

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The Synergy of Fragments

October 15, 2014February 18, 2015 gordon093@connect.wcsu.edu

Discarded shards find rebirth in the hands of an artist. Charles Bechtel’s textural compositions invite us to look at elements in a different light. … Continue readingThe Synergy of Fragments