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When ‘Taking Our Country Back’ Led to a Massacre

Edit The Daily Beast 30 Jul 2016
Banks to “give us a free-state re-organization of Louisiana, in the shortest possible time.” Early in 1864 General Banks ordered new elections for state offices and constitutional convention delegates ... And when elections were held in 1864, voting was restricted to white males who swore a loyalty oath ... before being elected governor in February, 1864....

Antioch University Santa Barbara Receives Continuation of Title III Grant (AUSB - Antioch University Santa Barbara)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
In addition to one-on-one ... Bachelor of Arts students at AUSB who participate in the program gain substantive résumé-building work experience in their field of study and are assisted in development of a long-term career plan ... All domestic students in the AUSB Bachelor of Arts program are eligible to participate in the College-to-Career program....

Today in History

Edit Seattle Post-Intelligence 30 Jul 2016
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Confederate defense lines; the attack failed. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women's auxiliary agency in the Navy known as "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service" — WAVES for short ... In 1956, President Dwight D....

Marta Jakimowicz chosen for Sameeksha’s Art History Award

Edit The Hindu 30 Jul 2016
Veena Shekar Award for Art History 2016 instituted by Sameeksha Art Research Media for her lifetime achievement in the field of Art History ... Having studied art history informally, she initially wrote books in Polish on classical Indian art and mythologies, besides translations from Sanskrit....

Google Docs add-ons make the jump from desktop to Android

Edit Digital Trends 30 Jul 2016
Google is bringing Google Docs add-ons, plug-ins that add third-party functionality to search giant's productivity tools, to Android. They may come to iOS in the future, depending on "demand.". The post Google Docs add-ons make the jump from desktop to Android appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....

Awesome Art Picks: Wonder Woman, Stranger Things, Mr. Freeze, and More

Edit Gamespot 30 Jul 2016
Each week we search and gather up the coolest comic book art you won't see in actual comics ... Skottie Young posted some art from the Netflix show, Stranger Things, on his Tumblr. Denis Medri also posted some Stranger Things art on his Deviant Art page. Chrissie Zullo posted more Overwatch art and commissions from San Diego on her Facebook page ... Kevin Wada posted new art on his Tumblr....

Brian Dawkins joins Philadelphia Eagles scouting staff through fellowship

Edit Penn Live 30 Jul 2016
"In this role, Dawkins will study and work closely with all phases of the scouting and football operations departments," the team said in a press release. The Eagles drafted Dawkins in the ......

Birel ART India signs karting prodigy Ruhaan Alva

Edit The Times of India 30 Jul 2016
Italy's iconic kart manufacturer Birel ART marked their entry into India by signing up 10-year old sensation Ruhaan Alva, who is currently placed second in the JK Tyre Rotax Max National Championship. Bengaluru-based Ruhaan will race for Birel ART India in the current JK Tyre Rotax Max National Championship besides a few select races in Europe in 2017 ... "Birel ART has arrived this year in India, and they are the best and coolest team....

New Southern Utah Museum of Art at SUU provides opportunities for community, students

Edit Deseret News 30 Jul 2016
Thanks to Jones' seed money and paintings, his dream has come true seven years after his death in the form of the Southern Utah Museum of Art, “a student-centered experiential learning environment that collects, preserves and exhibits the visual arts of southern Utah and surrounding Colorado Plateau,” according to information from SUU....

Artprice: After Recovering Top Position, is China Preparing the Final Attack with Sothebya s...

Edit Topix 30 Jul 2016
In the H1 Art Market report published in collaboration with Chinese institutional partner, the Artron Group and AMMA [Art Market Monitor by Artron] headed by Wan Jie, Artprice announced that, defying all forecasts, China had upped 18% and recovered top position from the USA. Mainland China's art market is still undergoing substantial readjustment....

Cause & effect

Edit Deccan Herald 30 Jul 2016
On his formal training in arts at Yale University, USA. Yale was one of my most memorable experiences, as it was the first time I had a formal training in art ... On the art scene in Sri Lanka. The art scene in Sri Lanka is limited, as we do not have a big art clientele; there is also no support from the state ... A career in art is a long and lonely road with no short-cuts to success....

Harlem burgeons as an art gallery district

Edit Springfield News-Sun 30 Jul 2016
It also was another small step in the development of Harlem as an art gallery district. The neighborhood is still a long way from replacing Chelsea or Brooklyn as the epicenter of the city's art scene, but Harlem is now home to about a dozen galleries and in the fall, two more big-name galleries are slated to open ... the street, which opened in 2011....

Hyundai Motor Presents ‘MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2016: KimSooja - Archive of Mind’ (Hyundai Motor Company)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016
KimSooja-Archive of Mind', will be the latest in a 10-year collaboration between Hyundai Motor and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea ... MMCA Hyundai Motor Series is the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's 10-year long project inaugurated in 2014 in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company to support solo exhibitions of distinguished Korean artists....
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