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The American Academy of Arts and Letters inducted 22 new members Wednesday, including director Francis Ford Coppola, actress Frances McDormand, artist Shirin Neshat, and author Everett Percival, the Chicago Tribune reports.
One of those new members was Chicago Department of Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox.
"Maurice is a real humanist in his approach and conviction that architecture can transform communities and that good design should be accessible to everybody, not just the elite few," says Arkansas architect Marlon Blackwell, an Academy member and American Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient.
"The impact is on society as a wholethe entire citiesrather than a singular building or project."
Cox's work "has impacted millions of lives across this country," Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says. Read the Entire Article
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Massachusetts' Fitchburg State University is adding two new majors this fallone in creative arts therapies and one in creative arts enterprisemaking it the first public institution in the state to...more
Frances Bronet, president of New York's Pratt Institute, has been named chair of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a group "dedicated to strengthening creative institutions,...more
The Oklahoma Arts Council has released its annual list of grant requests, and it's a doozy. This year's list includes a call for artists to "bring the arts to other statewide organizations," as...more
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A 14-year-old girl in the UK got the chance of a lifetime this week when she appeared on a show hosted by the son of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, the BBC reports. On Cooking Buddies, 14-year-old...more
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