Some Questions Concerning Art Education

Some Questions Concerning Art Education

Written By: Ana Lois-Borzi Constellation 16 10.1.11

By Ana Lois-Borzi
1.) Graduate school in the arts: what are the ethical problems faced by art educators? Do we, as educators, depict the “whole” picture to our students?
2.) Why do art schools continue to glorify (read: teach from) a global, exclusive art star system whose work is used in high stakes investment endgames in the [...]

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What American?

What American?

Written By: Ana Lois-Borzi Constellation 10 10.1.10

During the second season of the television series The West Wing, one episode featured a Peters projection map of the world.  The characters Toby Ziegler and C.J. Cregg met with an organization of cartographers who advocated social equality by lobbying for legislation that would support the use of a South-up map with the new projection [...]

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Statement, Story, Unstory

Statement, Story, Unstory

Written By: Ana Lois-Borzi Constellation 05 11.23.09

Patitas (little parts)

The Statement

How do we face the abruptness of death?  How do we capture life’s departure? How do we part?  These drawings engage with the act of leave-taking. They are somewhat ironic and painful reflections imbued with the deeply felt desires for whom and what can no longer be.  By exploring the [...]

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Constellation 19

4.1.2012

Wildly, Erica: Fun With Word Art

In honor of the cruel and foolish month of April, Quodlibetica undergoes autocorrect to emerge as Wildly Erica, an issue dedicated to word play in all forms: cinepoetry and flarf, nano-memoirs and signs of the future, the cacophonous/mellifluous world of sound poetry, nonsense that makes sense, and general frolic on the ragged margin of understanding. Read on here.

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