This week, I thought I’d highlight a few online projects/resources that explore this great nation of ours, state by state.
The 50 States Project is an online photographic tour of the country, courtesy of 50 photographers, one in each state. From their website:
Each photographer lives in one of the 50 states and during the year long [...]
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Reading Wyoming: Riverton
Monday, August 17, 7:00-8:30 PM
Riverton Branch Library
Community and the Western Landscape series
Northern Arapaho Experience
Wednesday, August 19, 6:30-8:30 PM
Wind River Casino, Riverton
We invite you to experience Indian Country through the eyes of the Northern Arapaho People. Celebrate our native heritage through song, dance and storytelling.
Reading Wyoming: Sundance
Thursday, August 20, 5:30-7:00 PM
Crook County Library
Family Photographs [...]
I found so much marvelous stuff on Russia last week, that it just had to spill over into another post! So, without further ado, here are two photographers who have documented Russia’s past in interesting ways.
Sergey Larenkov intermingles historical photographs of World War II’s Seige of Leningrad with contemporary photographs of the same locations. Bombed-out [...]
So far, we’ve talked quite a lot about high art. But what about the history of design, say? Or folk art? Or out-and-out kitsch?
Enter The Museum of Online Museums, a clearinghouse of collections big and small. Sure, they’ve got links to heavy hitters like the Rijksmuseum and The Art Institute of Chicago, but they also [...]
Vote online for your favorite classic dog book by March 31, 2009, and be entered in a drawing to win an autographed copy of David Wroblewski’s novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle as part of Canine Companions, a new Reading Wyoming book discussion series from the Wyoming Humanities Council. You can access the voting from [...]