Emily Wood
@ebwood.bsky.social
Assistant Curator, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum || ABD in art history || art & architecture of early modern Spain & Italy || she/her || heads up: there will be Red Sox posts
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www.latimes.com/california/s... $600,000. ““Of particular note are the abundantly vibrant colorations, especially in the sky. This was an intentional adjustment that Bob often made when painting on television, in order for the hues to be exceptionally appealing to the viewer at home”…
Bob Ross painted 'happy little trees.' His art sparked a bidding war at charity auction
Three of Bob Ross' 'cheesy landscape' paintings brought in $600,000 at a charity auction to help support public broadcasting following government funding cuts.
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
www.latimes.com/california/s... $600,000. ““Of particular note are the abundantly vibrant colorations, especially in the sky. This was an intentional adjustment that Bob often made when painting on television, in order for the hues to be exceptionally appealing to the viewer at home”…
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Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
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Preservationists sue to stop Trump from painting the Eisenhower Executive Office Building www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Preservationists sue to stop Trump from painting the Eisenhower Executive Office Building www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Just when you think you're about to finally get a little work done, there's always some damn interruption
August 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Just when you think you're about to finally get a little work done, there's always some damn interruption
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"We joke that there are 365 days of the year, and the last day of picking is day 365," Cape Cod cranberry farmer James Ross told WBUR. "Then day one of next year starts."
How cranberries go from Mass. bogs to your Thanksgiving plate
Each year, Massachusetts’ cranberry farmers grow and harvest roughly 200 million pounds of cranberries. Here’s a glimpse at their yearlong effort to bring their crop to your plate in time for Thanksgiving.
wbur.fm
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"We joke that there are 365 days of the year, and the last day of picking is day 365," Cape Cod cranberry farmer James Ross told WBUR. "Then day one of next year starts."
“Many of its nearly 50 grant programs have been paused or ended, according to an examination of its website. About 2/3 of the staff has been laid off and, last month, most members of the scholarly council that must review a majority of grants were abruptly fired by the White House.”
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Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Many of its nearly 50 grant programs have been paused or ended, according to an examination of its website. About 2/3 of the staff has been laid off and, last month, most members of the scholarly council that must review a majority of grants were abruptly fired by the White House.”
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“The nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“The nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
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Pues me acaba de avisar una amiga de que me había reconocido (mis calcetines de Goya) en un reportaje sobre #PradoCotidiano en las noticias de A3.
www.antena3.com/noticias/cul...
www.antena3.com/noticias/cul...
El Museo Nacional del Prado lanza 'El Prado Cotidiano': busca las obras del museo en la vida de sus visitantes
Con motivo de su aniversario, el Museo invita enviar fotos de reproducciones de sus obras presentes en la vida cotidiana, para visibilizar la presencia del arte en diferentes lugares.
www.antena3.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Pues me acaba de avisar una amiga de que me había reconocido (mis calcetines de Goya) en un reportaje sobre #PradoCotidiano en las noticias de A3.
www.antena3.com/noticias/cul...
www.antena3.com/noticias/cul...
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[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
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Trying to find out more about lighting for #earlymodern night/evening entertainments - masques and indoor and outdoor events. Can anyone help?
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Trying to find out more about lighting for #earlymodern night/evening entertainments - masques and indoor and outdoor events. Can anyone help?
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
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slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
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MONDAY! Looking forward to welcoming @rogerleejesus.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social seminar for a talk on "Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia
17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern
17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
MONDAY! Looking forward to welcoming @rogerleejesus.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social seminar for a talk on "Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia
17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern
17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern
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Malicious compliance is a tragically underused tool of resistance.
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Malicious compliance is a tragically underused tool of resistance.
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Exclusive: FIFA will not pay a rental fee for using the Kennedy Center for the 2026 World Cup draw, disrupting the venue’s performance schedule.
The event, moved from Las Vegas to D.C., was influenced by Trump’s relationship with FIFA’s president.
The event, moved from Las Vegas to D.C., was influenced by Trump’s relationship with FIFA’s president.
FIFA will use Kennedy Center free of charge for World Cup event, contract says
The Kennedy Center booked the World Cup draw at President Donald Trump’s urging. It will occupy much of the campus and displace planned performances.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Today's column: An early look at the Obama Center. Not a critique, but "enough has been built to get a sense of what the public will get for giving up 20 acres of historic Jackson Park for a campus of new buildings, gardens, parkland — and the much-discussed 225-foot museum tower."
Obama Presidential Center takes shape after 10 years of delays and construction
"In 50 years, when none of us are here, people will want to pay homage [to Obama's presidency]. This was a crucial time in the history of our country. Therefore, the building needs to have a kind of p...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today's column: An early look at the Obama Center. Not a critique, but "enough has been built to get a sense of what the public will get for giving up 20 acres of historic Jackson Park for a campus of new buildings, gardens, parkland — and the much-discussed 225-foot museum tower."
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I am *thrilled* to say that @wired.com has republished this story from thereengineer.pro, bringing to to an even wider audience! 💪
www.wired.com/story/let-th...
www.wired.com/story/let-th...
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am *thrilled* to say that @wired.com has republished this story from thereengineer.pro, bringing to to an even wider audience! 💪
www.wired.com/story/let-th...
www.wired.com/story/let-th...
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A thread of some of Edward Gorey's decorated envelopes in the collection of the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social.
Art—Nature, 1948
Art—Nature, 1948
February 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A thread of some of Edward Gorey's decorated envelopes in the collection of the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social.
Art—Nature, 1948
Art—Nature, 1948
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A collection of illustrated letters by the likes of Man Ray, Andy Warhol, and Winslow Homer is a time capsule of verbal and visual play, reinforcing connections between long-distance friends, family, lovers, and colleagues.
The Illustrated Correspondence of Artists
Before people were dropping GIFs into Gmail, letter writers were adding illustrations for that emotional or contextual punch.
hyperallergic.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A collection of illustrated letters by the likes of Man Ray, Andy Warhol, and Winslow Homer is a time capsule of verbal and visual play, reinforcing connections between long-distance friends, family, lovers, and colleagues.
Same. These aprons are *amazing.*
and if anyone wants to get a me a Christmas gift, one of these aprons would do nicely
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Same. These aprons are *amazing.*
Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
Extraction de la TAPISSERIE DE BAYEUX - 18 09 2025
YouTube video by Bayeux Museum
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM