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Arts Jun 27

Citywide art project hopes to reveal forgotten history of St. Louis

By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet

Arts Mar 27

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How Houston has transformed its airports into hubs for art

Millions of people travel through Houston's airports each month - making the region one of the busiest for air travel in the country. But while they are traveling, they are also getting a glimpse of one of the largest collections…

By Karla Murthy

Arts Jun 12

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Street artist and designer Tristan Eaton’s global canvas

Next month the Long Beach Museum of Art in Southern California will open “All At Once,” a 25-year retrospective on the work of artist Tristan Eaton. Described as an urban pop artist, Eaton's work moves between guerrilla street art, commercial…

By Christopher Booker

Arts Feb 14

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A new sculpture in the ‘heart’ of New York City symbolizes hope, nods to this past year

In the middle of New York City's Times Square, a new interactive sculpture was unveiled earlier this week as part of an annual Valentine's Day-themed design competition. But this year, in the middle of a pandemic, with so many communal,…

By Ivette Feliciano, Sam Weber

Arts Feb 07

Lady Liberty atop Lake Mendota, seen in February 2019. Photo by Jeff Miller. Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
How a college prank turned into a public art tradition

The inflatable replica that rests on the lake’s solid surface isn’t a political statement, nor a throwback to the ending of 1969’s “Planet of the Apes,” but a decades-long tradition founded on a good laugh.

By Joshua Barajas

Jul 19

Apollo 11 celebration launches from National Mall…with a monumental display

By Vicky Stein

The after-dark light show honors the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that put two astronauts on the moon.

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Oct 09

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Philadelphia public art project ponders the meaning behind monuments

By PBS News Hour

From Benjamin Franklin to Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia is a city rich in public art and monuments. As the nation debates the meaning and fate of Confederate statues, the city is also questioning who should be honored and memorialized. Jeffrey Brown…

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May 06

In a changing corner of Brooklyn, public art teaches kids ABCs

By Corinne Segal

Local artists in a Brooklyn neighborhood are contributing to a public art project aimed at helping kids learn the alphabet.

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Apr 12

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Artist boosts town’s declining population with cut-out villagers

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How do you save a fading rural village? An artist from Taylor, Nebraska, hatched an idea to recreate the town at its boom, when it had double its current population, to draw visitors. Special correspondent Mike Tobias of NET reports.

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Dec 22

‘Alaskana pop art’ mixes cultural heritage with modern style

By Alaska Public Media

He wanted to create something uniquely modern and Alaskan, putting his own contemporary spin on traditional styles.

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