Los más recientes acontecimientos, sobre todo los relacionados con la crisis migratoria de los últimos meses en nuestro país, han provocado gran confusión respecto al Censo poblacional 2020, un esfuerzo que ocurre una vez cada década para contar a todas las personas de los Estados Unidos, no solo a los ciudadanos, sino a cualquiera que viva acá. Los fondos federales […]
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Recent events including changing immigration policies have led to significant confusion surrounding the 2020 Census, which is a once-in-a-decade effort to count all the people living in the United States—not all the citizens, but all the people living here. Both congressional representation and federal funding for a range of social programs are pegged to the number of inhabitants. And Cleveland […]
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(from a phrase in Animal Farm, by George Orwell) Let’s Count Together Once again, we, the inhabitants of the United States, are going to be counted. The government assigns an extraordinary amount of resources to make sure the census officers reach even the most remote places. Officially, Census 2020 began this past January 21 by counting people who live in any […]
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(De una frase de La granja de los animales, de George Orwell) Contemos juntos Una vez más nosotros, los habitantes de los Estados Unidos, vamos a ser contados. El gobierno asigna una extraordinaria cantidad de recursos para asegurarse de que los oficiales de Censo lleguen hasta los más remotos parajes. Oficialmente, el Censo 2020 comenzó el pasado 21 de enero […]
Read moreEste año los Estados Unidos llevarán al cabo su censo poblacional número 24. El objetivo es contar al total de individuos que residen en este país. Pero los números fuera de contexto, sin una explicación, significan muy poco. Por otra parte, cuando consideramos grupos específicos, los números tienen una historia que contar. Tales grupos pueden ser considerados a partir de […]
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This year the United States will undertake its 24th census. The goal will be to arrive at a total number of the individuals who live in this country. But numbers without context, without narrative, mean very little. On the other hand, when considered in contextualized groups, numbers have a story to tell. Such groupings can be based on geography or […]
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The artists in Trade Marks II bring their creative energies to the workforce and rarely get the chance to shake off their “day jobs”—until now! Bruce Buchanan restores stained glass windows in churches, Jamal Collins teaches design-thinking and Photoshop to kids, Karen Beckwith is a Tamarind-trained master printer, Claire Campbell is an art therapist and helps people understand their life’s […]
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This spring, Valley Art Center is pleased to present Intimate Regard, a retrospective of the work of Roger Anliker curated by Dr. Kirsten Jensen and Dale Roberts, on display from March 20 to April 29. Intimate Regard celebrates the work of Akron native and CIA graduate Roger Anliker (1924–2013), an influential teacher and artist whose body of work is remarkable for its […]
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Anthony Van Rooy’s work spans decades and the ongoing installation at 818 Studios showcases work created between 2003 and 2019. The exhibit is ever-changing as we continue to document and display his massive repertoire. His figurative abstract work at 818 Studios is part of a huge body of work not seen by the public in ten years, and in many […]
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In America, active papermaking studios are few and far between. Consequently, artist residencies with access to papermaking equipment are also rare. The Morgan Conservatory’s residency program is vital to the survival of this artistic medium and has been receiving more out-of-state and international applications every year. “Hand papermaking hasn’t been part of art school curriculum study for a long time. […]
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