Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For artists and creatives with formal training, it may feel like you have everything you need to “go forth and create.” But at the end of the day, there are a few real-world skills artists need — and they don’t teach them in […]
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Ukraine says Russians bombed art school sheltering 400 in besieged city of Mariupol
Lviv, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the embattled port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine’s president said an unrelenting Russian siege would be remembered for centuries to come. It was the second time in less than a week that […]
A famous school makes Westport artists famous
Many long-time Westporters may remember The Famous Artists School on Wilton Road. Founded in 1948 as a correspondence art course by Norman Rockwell, Albert Dorne and 11 other famous United States artists and illustrators, it eventually boasted numerous other important faculty including Westport’s Harold von Schmidt and Stevan Dohanos. During […]
Art Spiegelman calls ‘Maus’ school ban ‘myopic’ and ‘absurd’
Art Spiegelman has gone public about the latest controversy over books deemed inappropriate for public schoolchildren. Speaking to several media outlets on Thursday, the acclaimed graphic artist said he thinks the latest ban of his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1986 graphic novel “Maus” by a Tennessee school board is “absurd.” Earlier this […]
Art School Looked Like a Lot of Fun In the ’90s
To Matthew Atkatz, the college snapshots he kept in shoe boxes in his closet for years raised a koan-like question: “If they are sitting in a box,” Mr. Atkatz, 46, said, “do they have any meaning?” They do, it seems, when displayed alongside hundreds of forgotten snapshots collected from other […]