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Avant/Garde Diaries Sights Blind Photographer Pete Eckert

by Ian Marshall on July 11, 2013
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Any talented photographer has been told he or she possesses a “good eye.” For Sacramento-based Pete Eckert, an artist blinded by Retinitis Pigmentosa, this is certainly still true. In a new short from Avant/Garde Diaries, Eckert discusses his journey into blindness and how he uses photography to continue to make art.

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Five Jobs: Bookworm Edition

by Ian Marshall on July 10, 2013
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This week for Five Jobs, we bring you full-time careers related to books be it designing them, publishing them, or selling them.

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[Updated] New Affidavit Again Throws Met’s Entry Fees into Question

by Ian Marshall on July 9, 2013
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Thanks to a sworn affidavit from a former employee of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, a lawsuit against the museum from November 2012 has reentered headlines.

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Surreal Installation Grabs Attention of Avant/Garde Diaries

by Ian Marshall on July 2, 2013
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With the current popularity of MoMA’s temporary rain room, 2013 seems to be shaping up to be a good year for weather-based art installations. Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde, featured in a new segment from Avant/Garde Diaries, practices his own weather-inspired installation by creating small clouds in interior spaces.

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Five Jobs: Experienced Edition

by Ian Marshall on July 2, 2013
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In this week’s Five Jobs, we bring you the “Experienced Edition”: jobs for those of you who have been around the block, and are now seeking permanent and full-time employment in the arts.

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“XFR STN” at The New Museum: Liberate Obsolete Formats With Digital Technology

by Ian Marshall on July 2, 2013
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Got some old video you want digitized? The New Museum’s got you covered. XFR STN (pronounced “transfer station”), a new initiative in collaboration with their digital media affiliate Rhizome, offers video artists the opportunity to digitize their original works. Pieces long trapped in VHS tapes or other obsolete formats like U-matic or audio tapes will forever be free! Every digitized work from XFR STN will be made available immediately after transfer for free, public download in multiple formats on archive.org.

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The Bargain Hunter Paradise at a Closing Art Store

by Ian Marshall on June 25, 2013
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Good fortune has fallen upon New York based artists looking for deals on art supplies. The Pratt Art Store (located at the corner of Myrtle and Emerson) will continue its outrageous liquidation sale, offering up art supplies at 80% off (!). Closing this Friday, June 28th (a full two days earlier than originally announced), a lot of the higher-end items have already been snatched up by more frugal shoppers, so don’t come looking bargain deals on Belgian linen or stretcher bars. Do come looking for paper, frames, and spray paint. Also, brown tempera paint, styrofoam balls, and a rainbow assortment of yarn. We took pictures of everything notable still in stock, so you know what you’ll be getting into at Pratt.

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