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Released: 13-Sep-2021 5:15 PM EDT
What was really the secret behind Van Gogh’s success?
Northwestern University

In the new study, the research team developed computational methods using deep-learning algorithms and network science and then applied these methods to large-scale datasets tracing the career outputs of artists, film directors and scientists.

   
Released: 10-Sep-2021 8:55 AM EDT
Delve into the World of “Beauty Queens” with a Spanish Course at Chula, Complete with Language, Facts, and Fun
Chulalongkorn University

Chula’s Faculty of Arts invites Spanish language and culture aficionados for practical use in daily life with the first course in Thailand, “Spanish with Beauty Queens” which will take students into the world of women and beauty culture, as well as all facets of the world political economy on a beauty pageant stage by an experienced lecturer.

Newswise: Windgate Foundation Awards UA Little Rock More Than $3 Million in Grants for Art Outreach, Art Acquisition, and Children International Education and Outreach Efforts
Released: 2-Sep-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Windgate Foundation Awards UA Little Rock More Than $3 Million in Grants for Art Outreach, Art Acquisition, and Children International Education and Outreach Efforts
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received more than $3 million in grants from the Windgate Foundation to support art education at the university, acquisition of art from working artists for UA Little Rock’s permanent art collection, and support of UA Little Rock Children International’s education and outreach programs.

Newswise: Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind
Released: 2-Sep-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind
University of Bristol

Medieval manuscript fragments discovered in Bristol that tell part of the story of Merlin the magician, one of the most famous characters from Arthurian legend, have been identified by academics from the Universities of Bristol and Durham as some of the earliest surviving examples of that section of the narrative.

Released: 27-Aug-2021 6:30 PM EDT
Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission
University of Colorado Boulder

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe in 2020, musicians around the world were desperate for the answers to two pressing questions: Can playing musical instruments transmit COVID-19? And if so, what can be done?

Released: 26-Aug-2021 11:25 AM EDT
‘Young, Gifted, and Black’: Nationally traveling exhibition reopens UIC’s Gallery 400
University of Illinois Chicago

The exhibition runs from Sept. 2 through Dec. 11 with multiple events featuring 'Young, Gifted, and Black' artists

Released: 26-Aug-2021 9:20 AM EDT
Clair Global partners with Harrisburg University on concert sound, certificate program
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Clair Global to co-develop production, system integration certificate program at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Released: 25-Aug-2021 5:30 PM EDT
Fungal and Bacterial Biodeterioration of Outdoor Canvas Paintings: The Case of the Cloisters of Quito, Ecuador
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

The journal Critical Review In Eukaryotic Gene Expression has just published an interesting article entitled: “Fungal And Bacterial Biodeterioration Of Outdoor Canvas Paintings: The Case Of The Cloisters Of Quito, Ecuador.”

Released: 19-Aug-2021 3:00 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Breakthrough Cases and COVID Boosters: Live Expert Panel for August 18, 2021
Newswise

Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

Released: 17-Aug-2021 1:55 PM EDT
The Show Must Go On
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

In 2020 and 2021, the CSU’s performing arts programs set the stage for progress, healing and experimentation.

Released: 10-Aug-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Researchers Develop Real-Time Lyric Generation Technology to Inspire Song Writing
University of Waterloo

Music artists can find inspiration and new creative directions for their song writing with technology developed by Waterloo researchers.

Released: 27-Jul-2021 1:10 PM EDT
'Talking Drum' Shown to Accurately Mimic Speech Patterns of West African Language
Frontiers

Musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are considered virtuosos, guitarists who could make their instruments sing.

Released: 20-Jul-2021 8:05 AM EDT
Trailblazing Artist Channels Creative Talents to Raise Awareness of Potential Answers to Climate Change
University of Bristol

An acclaimed Black artist is harnessing her lifelong passion for art to address some of the biggest challenges – and possible solutions – facing humanity and the environment, as the countdown to COP26 continues.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 9:45 AM EDT
Why Britney Feels Like Your BFF: Understanding Social Media and Parasocial Relationships
Wellesley College

Parasocial relationships are generally defined as imagined, one-sided connections with celebrities or media figures. Tracy Gleason, professor of psychology at Wellesley, has researched the nature of parasocial relationships in adolescence.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Wellesley Students Recover the Women of the Divine Comedy in a Wikipedia Project
Wellesley College

The women in the Divine Comedy, the epic poem by the Italian writer Dante Alighieri, served as symbols and metaphors of political affiliation, intrigue, virtue, scandal, and violence. Centuries later, though, little is known about many of the women Dante included in his seminal work. Laura Ingallinella, a Mellon postdoctoral fellow in Italian studies and English at Wellesley, and her students have worked to change that by writing the women of the Divine Comedy back into history. The project included working with Wikimedia Foundation to use Wikipedia as a pedagogical space. The students researched female characters of their choosing and wrote Wikipedia entries.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 12:30 PM EDT
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Announces 2021 Lineup of Best-Selling Authors
Tulane University

The 2021 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University will kick off its inaugural weekend, October 21-23, with a three-day, in-person literary celebration featuring more than 100 national, regional and local authors, including some of the nation’s most beloved bestsellers.

Released: 27-Jun-2021 11:05 PM EDT
Human Voice Recognition AI Now a reality — “Thai Speech Emotion Recognition Data Sets and Models” Now Free to Download
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts have jointly developed the “Thai Speech Emotion Recognition Data Sets and Models”, now available for free downloads, to help enhance sales operations and service systems to better respond to customers’ needs.

   
Released: 23-Jun-2021 2:25 PM EDT
National Partnership Launched to Increase Faculty Diversity in Architectural, Planning and Design Studies
Tulane University

Nine leading U.S. schools and colleges of architecture, planning and design have co-founded the Deans' Equity and Inclusion Initiative to work together to nurture a diverse population of emerging scholars focused on teaching and researching the built environment to advance socio-ecological and spatial justice, equity and inclusion.

Released: 16-Jun-2021 3:45 PM EDT
Computers predict people's tastes in art
California Institute of Technology

Do you like the thick brush strokes and soft color palettes of an impressionist painting such as those by Claude Monet? Or do you prefer the bold colors and abstract shapes of a Rothko?

Released: 9-Jun-2021 1:10 PM EDT
UCI Experts Produce Guide for Defense Attorneys Fighting Use of Rap Lyrics in Trials
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., June 9, 2021 — Criminology and legal experts at the University of California, Irvine have released Rap on Trial: A Legal Guide for Attorneys, to help protect artists from having their lyrics used against them in court. Rap lyrics have been introduced as evidence in hundreds of cases, and a high-profile ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals recently allowed a few lines of rap to help put a man behind bars for 50 years.

Released: 9-Jun-2021 12:35 PM EDT
Stewart releases new book, 'The Poet and the Architect'
South Dakota State University

Blending poetry and architecture has become part of life for South Dakota Poet Laureate Christine Stewart—she combines these distinct creative processes in her new book, “The Poet and the Architect.”

Released: 2-Jun-2021 10:40 AM EDT
Forged books of seventeenth-century music discovered in Venetian library
Penn State University

In 1916 and 1917, a musician and book dealer named Giovanni Concina sold three ornately decorated seventeenth-century songbooks to a library in Venice, Italy.

   
Released: 28-May-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Implications of Dwindling Oscars Viewership and Movie Audience Fragmentation
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

As Oscars viewership has plummeted, positive news for the film industry can be gleaned from the increasing fragmentation of movie audiences, a trend that is paving the way for filmmakers who might have struggled to produce motion pictures that were previously deemed as less commercially viable.

Released: 28-May-2021 8:05 AM EDT
Horror films as a reimagined space for healing
Ohio State University

A new article examines how the depiction of a "final girl's" struggle after survival in a horror film – how she has been vilified and dismissed, but ultimately proven right – might offer trauma survivors the chance to see a bit of themselves on the big screen.

Released: 27-May-2021 11:20 AM EDT
Understanding the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act and a New Era of Racing Regulation
Albany Law School

The journal article discusses the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act . This act was passed by Congress at the end of 2020 and fundamentally changes how thoroughbred racing will be regulated in the United States.

Released: 25-May-2021 11:50 AM EDT
Acting for Digital Arts now offered at Wichita State
Wichita State University

Whether their goal is to be Gollum in “Lord of the Rings” or a character in the next version of “Call of Duty,” Wichita State University students now have the option to specialize in motion-capture acting through a new concentration within the School of Digital Arts.

Released: 25-May-2021 10:05 AM EDT
UCLA to Present Opera: “Veteran Journeys” to Focus on American Veterans and Their Families
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

UCLA to Present Opera: “Veteran Journeys” to Focus on American Veterans and Their Families Music and libretto by Dr. Kenneth Wells, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Semel Institute and David Geffen School of Medicine, to premiere June 3 in honor of Memorial Day (May 31)

   
Released: 24-May-2021 5:40 PM EDT
Ithaca College Graduates Encouraged to Find A Gift in the Losses
Ithaca College

Emmy-nominated television creator and producer Liz Tigelaar told some 1,300 Ithaca College graduates that the beauty in life comes in the questions and the unknowns, and to relish being in a moment where there is so much to discover. A 1998 IC graduate herself, Tigelaar was the main speaker at the college’s 126th Commencement ceremonies held on Sunday, May 23.

Released: 20-May-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Vincent Van Gogh's revolutionary artwork was more than a product of mad genius, according to a mental health expert
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Vincent Van Gogh's struggles with mental illness are often credited as the root of his artistic genius, but a UTHealth psychiatrist says that is just one thing that influenced the work of the world-renowned painter.

Released: 14-May-2021 12:00 PM EDT
UIC’s Gallery 400 and Jane Addams Hull House Museum earn Terra Foundation grants for joint exhibit
University of Illinois Chicago

The grants total over $50,000 for the research and development of a joint initiative as part of Art Design Chicago, a Terra Foundation initiative

Released: 11-May-2021 11:25 AM EDT
Cornell prison education alums work with undergrads on theater piece
Cornell University

Participants in a new class – designed to bring together formerly incarcerated and traditional Cornell University students – have written, workshopped and performed an ensemble theatrical piece that will premiere online May 16.

Released: 10-May-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Meaningful movies help people cope with life’s difficulties
Ohio State University

Watching meaningful films – those that we find moving and poignant – can make us feel more prepared to deal with life’s challenges and want to be a better person, a new study found.

Released: 5-May-2021 1:05 PM EDT
Conrad Prebys Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Support UC San Diego Department of Music Outreach
University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego Department of Music will expand its post-pandemic reach with support from a $500,000 grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation. The grant, which contributes to the Campaign for UC San Diego, helps launch the department’s outreach to both regional audiences, and the international music community.

Released: 5-May-2021 12:45 PM EDT
How a Yale scientist and REM star named an ant for a Warhol 'Superstar'
Yale University

The ant came in a small vial of ethanol, sealed in a plastic bag, and packed in a small cardboard box. It was addressed to Yale's Douglas B. Booher.

Released: 23-Apr-2021 10:20 AM EDT
Connection Between Art and Healing Extends Back Centuries
SUNY Buffalo State University

Frances Gage, associate professor of art history at Buffalo State College, has studied the connection between art and medicine for decades. It began with the Italian physician and art critic Giulio Mancini, who studied the potential effects pictures may have on their beholders. Today, this theory is playing out in hospitals and medical schools across the country that are recognizing how a range of activities can contribute to healing, including listening to music and looking at art, according to Gage.

Released: 22-Apr-2021 4:00 PM EDT
What Parkinson’s Disease Patients Reveal About How Art is Experienced and Valued
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Altered neural functioning, like that experienced in patients with Parkinson’s disease, changes the way art is both perceived and valued. People with neurological motor dysfunction demonstrated decreased experiences of motion in abstract art and enhanced preferences for high-motion art, compared to a healthy control group.

Released: 16-Apr-2021 2:35 PM EDT
Leonardo da Vinci definitely did not sculpt the Flora bust
CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique / National Center of Scientific Research)

"It is machination, it is deception," said the Director General of the Berlin Royal Museums in his defence when criticized for buying a fake.

   
Released: 15-Apr-2021 11:40 AM EDT
Merkt named Director of the South Dakota Art Museum
South Dakota State University

Donna Merkt has been named the director of the South Dakota Art Museum

30-Mar-2021 8:00 AM EDT
Rescuing street art from vandals’ graffiti
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Street art adorns highways, roads and alleys around the world, but sometimes, vandals add unwanted graffiti on top. Now, scientists report an eco-friendly method that quickly and safely removes over-paintings on street art. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2021.

30-Mar-2021 8:00 AM EDT
Making music from spider webs
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate webs. Now, scientists have translated these complex structures into music, which could have applications ranging from better 3D printers to cross-species communication. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2021.

Released: 29-Mar-2021 1:00 PM EDT
Rock Musicians Rufus Wainwright, Lisa Loeb, Tim Reynolds and More to Perform Free Virtual Concert for Colorectal Cancer Awareness
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

The American College of Gastroenterology Invites All to “Tune It Up: A Concert To Raise Awareness of Colorectal Cancer” Free Webstream Event Open to All on March 31, 2021 at 8:00 pm EDT

   
Released: 29-Mar-2021 12:40 PM EDT
Public voting now open to select winners of the Morgridge Ethics Cartooning Competition
Morgridge Institute for Research

The Morgridge Institute for Research launched the fourth annual Ethics Cartooning Competition, and public voting is now open to select the winners out of 17 semi-finalists.

Released: 29-Mar-2021 12:05 PM EDT
UNC Designated as All-Steinway School Thanks to Donor Funds
University of Northern Colorado

The University of Northern Colorado College of Performing and Visual Arts received a total of 96 new Steinway & Sons pianos, with most of them arriving in December of 2018, sealing the School of Music’s All-Steinway School status.

Released: 26-Mar-2021 4:10 PM EDT
New book unveils the hidden role Edith Lewis played in Willa Cather's life and work
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

In "The Only Wonderful Things," to be released April 1 by Oxford University Press, Cather scholar Melissa Homestead details the collaborative partnership and personal relationship between Willa Cather and Edith Lewis. Although the two women lived together openly for nearly 40 years, information about their relationship was suppressed and disputed for many years. Homestead writes: "Willa Cather was no fool, and when she chose to live her life with Edith Lewis, she entered a partnership that enabled her to write some of the most loved and admired novels of the first half of the twentieth century."

Released: 25-Mar-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Comic book researcher: How the Marvel Universe reflects science and society
DePaul University

A new exhibition opening at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry called Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes explores the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s evolution alongside society over the past 80 years. The collaboration between the museum and the genre makes sense, says Blair Davis.

Released: 23-Mar-2021 1:40 PM EDT
$1.7M in grants supports IU Kelley School of Business, Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University

Efforts to foster greater student diversity at the Kelley School of Business and support public performances during the Jacobs School of Music's centennial year received crucial financial support through grants to Indiana University from the Conrad Prebys Foundation.



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