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(CSRwire) Emmanuel Hutchinson, a student at Tucson High School, gave up football to attend classes at the Tucson-Pima Arts Council's Multimedia Arts Education Center, a component of the Council's Arts Education Program. He found the environment safe -- other kids didn't try to intimidate him and teachers treated students like adults, with respect and trust. Since graduating from the program in May, he's even returned to do a presentation using posters he created with Microsoft Greetings 2000 software. Thanks to the program, he's also found a career path -- Emmanuel wants to become a computer graphic designer. Connected Learning Community Grants The Multimedia Arts Education Center offers a tuition-free intensive computer mediated arts technology program for lower-income, middle school students who otherwise might not have access to this kind of technology.
Project Row Houses founder speaks for Architecture Lecture Series
Artist Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses in Houston, will speak about his work at 6:30 p.m. April 13 in Room 458 of Louderman Hall as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts' spring Architecture Lecture Series. The talk, titled "Toward Social Sculpture," is free and open to the public. The Architecture Lecture Series is sponsored by the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. Established in 1993, Project Row Houses is an arts and cultural community located in a historically significant inner-city neighborhood in Houston's Third Ward. Encompassing 22 now-renovated shotgun houses, the project is inspired by the work of African-American artist John Biggers — whose paintings celebrated the shotgun house — and combines aspects of neighborhood revitalization, low-income housing, education, historic preservation and community service.
Art Deco tours show the various architectural styles of the era
Modern day South Beach is still a vibrant monument to the Art Deco designs of the late 1920s and '30s. The narrow streets are lined with hotels and buildings designed with curved edges, porthole windows and pastel-colored facades, all touchstones of the style. The Miami Design Preservation League is offering tours of the Art Deco district - guided, recorded and one that can even be done listening on a cell phone. On a recent sun-drenched morning, guide Erika Brigham, who has lived in the area since 1988, kicked off the tour with a lively talk about the architectural history of the neighborhood. She wore palm tree-shaped earrings, a gold-and-black speckled visor and a T-shirt promoting the annual weekend event celebrating Art Deco, which was scheduled this year for Jan.
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