John R. Blakinger
@johnrblakinger.bsky.social
Endowed Associate Professor of Contemporary Art @uarkansas.bsky.social | formerly @ox.ac.uk | PhD @stanford.edu | BA @wes-alumni.bsky.social | book @mitpress.bsky.social | views my own
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"You’ve got to go out of your mind to use your head."
Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96
An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"You’ve got to go out of your mind to use your head."
Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...
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Kickstart the weekend with a daytrip to Crystal Bridges on a new free shuttle service!
Open to students, faculty & staff, the shuttle departs campus at Lot 320 10:30 a.m. every other Fri during the Spring semester (2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 3/21, 4/11, and 4/25).
Sign up for the shuttle at art.uark.edu
Open to students, faculty & staff, the shuttle departs campus at Lot 320 10:30 a.m. every other Fri during the Spring semester (2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 3/21, 4/11, and 4/25).
Sign up for the shuttle at art.uark.edu
February 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Kickstart the weekend with a daytrip to Crystal Bridges on a new free shuttle service!
Open to students, faculty & staff, the shuttle departs campus at Lot 320 10:30 a.m. every other Fri during the Spring semester (2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 3/21, 4/11, and 4/25).
Sign up for the shuttle at art.uark.edu
Open to students, faculty & staff, the shuttle departs campus at Lot 320 10:30 a.m. every other Fri during the Spring semester (2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 3/21, 4/11, and 4/25).
Sign up for the shuttle at art.uark.edu
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The Arkansas legislature's set to do some good.
Senate signs off on free-breakfast bill — Greg Leding | Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas Senate on Thursday approved SB59, a bill to provide free breakfast to any public school student at their request, regardless of their economic status.
www.gregleding.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Arkansas legislature's set to do some good.
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Last month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized 19 new artist studios, homes, and workspaces, many of which were created by women.
Visit Dozens of Incredible Artist-Built Environments, Homes, and Studios Around the U.S.
Women artists feature in new additions to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program.
www.thisiscolossal.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Last month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized 19 new artist studios, homes, and workspaces, many of which were created by women.
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Albrecht Dürer, Dream Vision, 1525, Watercolor on paper (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). In this haunting sketch, Dürer describes his vivid and terrifying dream of a flood. (See alt text for translation.) #earlymodern
December 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Albrecht Dürer, Dream Vision, 1525, Watercolor on paper (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). In this haunting sketch, Dürer describes his vivid and terrifying dream of a flood. (See alt text for translation.) #earlymodern
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🗞️ Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) has been added to the US's National Register of Historic Places | via @benjaminsutton.bsky.social for @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/17/r... #landart #spiraljetty
Robert Smithson’s famed Land art piece Spiral Jetty added to US National Register of Historic Places
The 1,500ft-long, coiling earthwork in Utah’s Great Salt Lake is arguably the best known example of Land art
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December 18, 2024 at 11:16 PM
🗞️ Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) has been added to the US's National Register of Historic Places | via @benjaminsutton.bsky.social for @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/17/r... #landart #spiraljetty