A U.S. District Court judge struck down as unconstitutional a California law on Thursday that gave artists a portion of the profits when their works.
Archive of posts tagged California
Symposium: Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century
Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Latin American Art in the 21st Century | March 11–13, 2011 | More information
Article: Exploratorium and the California Academy of Sciences
Interesting article by Edward Rothstein comparing how the new California Academy of Science and the Exploratorium excite wonder in visitors. He thinks the Exploratorium offers a better experience overall. See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/arts/design/04museum.html Also includes a slide show
Article: Angered UCLA faculty rallies to save arts library
UCLA is considering closing down its arts library and merging the collection with an existing facility because of an overall budget shortfall at the university. Article.
FYI: Where do books come from?
The other day I was reading a New York Times article about how teachers are being encouraged to create lessons that incorporate materials they find online. Of course, in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an initiative that would replace some high school science and math texts with free, “open source” digital versions as a response [...]
