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• Design

  

  When Is Public Art Not Public? When It Stars in a Movie

  A Los Angeles museum charged the recent Natalie Portman-Ashton Kutcher film a fee to shoot under a famous public artwork by Chris Burden.

  by Alissa Walker

• Culture

  

  Google Art Project: Street View for Museums

  You can now take a stroll through New York's Met, Prague's Kampa, and a host of other art repositories with a mere click of a button.

  by Patrick James

• Education

  

  Should Public Schools Open Their Playgrounds to the Public?

  A recent piece from in Miller-McCune makes a case that a public school can do more than just educate its students: It also provides a possible...

  by Nikhil Swaminathan

• Culture

  

  Must-See for Amateur Auteurs: Robert Rodriguez's 10-Minute Film School

  Some great tricks from Robert Rodriguez to make a good film on the cheap.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Design

  

  Zoom Out: Jenny Odell's Google Satellite View Art

  Jenny Odell uses the technology of Google Satellite View and Google Street View to make art.

  by Alissa Walker

• Education

  

  The Last Free Speech: Street Art at Manual Arts High School

  World renowned artists are heading to South Los Angeles to collaborate with students and visually give voice to social and political issues.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Education

  

  Yellow School Bus on the Loose: A Cross-Country Trip to Save Public Schools

  Four young entrepreneurs are on a 10,000-mile journey to learn how they can best help schools before giving money.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Design

  

  Public Art Large And Small

  New York City has just announced its latest public art blockbuster. Four giant waterfalls, ranging from 90 to 120 feet high, will fall from...

  by Andrew Price

• Culture

  

  Simple, Effective Public Art About Military Suicides

  Last year, more soldiers committed suicide than were killed in Iraq. Artist Sebastian Errazuriz wanted to tell people about it.

  by Will Etling

• Culture

  

  Public Art Initiative Rediscovers the Bronx's Lost Treasures

  Next Wednesday, a long-forgotten shabby-chic retirement home opens to the public.

  by Zak Stone

• Environment

  

  Did Boston Cut a Secret Deal to Close 13 Public Schools?

  It looks like Boston cut a secret deal with charter school operators, handing them 13 of the city's traditional public schools. People aren't happy.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Culture

  

  Want Free Art? All it Takes Is Some Art of Your Own

  A new website makes it easy to trade your art for another artists. Free art!

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Education

  

  Superb Idea: Hire Teachers for Public Schools the Way We Hire Them for Private Schools

  Districts like Washington D.C. are changing their hiring practices to ensuring only the most talented applicants get in front of kids.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Culture

  

  Starbox: Where Our Obsession with Fame Meets Mysterious Public Art

  Good science is all about cutting out variables—so what happens if that approach is applied to celebrity? The playwright Mattie Brickman and the...

  by Theo Schell-Lambert

• Culture

  

  A Public Art Project Symbolically Reverses Detroit's 'White Flight'

  Public art with a purpose: Mike Kelley's mobile tract home flees for the city.

  by Zak Stone

• Cities

  What City Has the Best Public Transportation? The Community Answers

  by Hillary Newman

• Culture

  

  Kulturpark: An Abandoned Amusement Park Becomes a Public Art Space

  This June, a group of creatives based in Berlin plans to sustainably revamp and reestablish an abandoned amusement park called “Kulturpark.”

  by Julie Ma

• Culture

  

  Community Arts Organizations Get Their Bailout Money

  A pop-up dinner series is connecting art lovers with organizations who need funding.

  by Zak Stone

• Culture

  

  See Venice Beach's Art Community, on Skateboards and in Studios

  The Venice Art Walk and Auctions feels like a charming gathering of neighborhood talent—it just happens to be one extremely talented neighborhood.

  by Alissa Walker

• Education

  Should Teacher Names and Student Achievement Data Be Made Public? The Community Answers

  by Hillary Newman