Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud

Posted: Saturday, 23 March 2013 by Joseph Vancell in
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Dr. Sugata Mitra has been awarded a $1 Million Dollar prize from TED!  The annual award provides an "exceptional individual" the opportunity to "conceive and launch a high-impact project."




Famous for his "hole in the wall" project, Sugata spoke at the TED awards conference to reveal his new project:  "My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together."

"Help me build the 'School in the Cloud,' a learning lab in India, where children can embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting with information and mentoring online."
Mitra's toolkit, "How to Bring Self-Organized Learning Environments to Your Community," can be found at http://www.ted.com/pages/814.  

Pablo Picasso

Posted: Sunday, 24 February 2013 by Joseph Vancell in
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Born October 25, 1881, Malaga, Spain, Pablo Picasso, became one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism. A Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, Picasso was considered radical in his work. After a long prolific career, he died April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France.

 Read more at http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-944002.



Van Gogh's self-portraits

Posted: Wednesday, 13 February 2013 by Joseph Vancell in
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The Hyper-Real sculptures of Sam Jinks

Posted: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 by Joseph Vancell in
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Sam Jinks' sculptural work sustains the briefest and often most private moments in time. Emotional vulnerability is both the subject and result of his work and moves audiences in a way not expected from contemporary art. For Jinks, his works are not literal representations, but are based on the combination of different stages of life.
Jinks uses these themes of old and new to suggest unrealized potential: the figures are frozen in time, simultaneously at the beginning and end of life. This can be interpreted either as a melancholy reflection of loss, or as the experience of generations standing together with the awareness of life cycles and different stages of development. His hyper-real sculptures have been described as 'poignantly beautiful' as his works create a dialogue on both a technical and emotional level through a strong sensitivity to detail. Created from silicone, fiberglass, resin, calcium carbonate and human hair these works contain a profound sense of the vulnerability and are remarkable in their striking portrayal of the human condition.

From http://www.samjinks.com/


Sam Jinks / Sculptor from Bandit Films on Vimeo.

The Starry Night by Van Gogh

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"This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big," Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, from France. Rooted in imagination and memory, The Starry Night embodies an inner, subjective expression of Van Gogh's response to nature. In thick, sweeping brushstrokes, a flamelike cypress unites the churning sky and the quiet village below. The village was partly invented, and the church spire evokes van Gogh's native land, the Netherlands.