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Columbus Circle⎯home of the tourists, swindlers, and major retailers our city knows so well.  Located on the southwestern most corner of Central Park, the circle is almost always packed with visitors.  However, not all people go to this traffic-prone circle for the overly priced shops and restaurants; some people visit this New York City hub for its art appeal.  If you do visit Columbus Circle and look toward the towering Time Warner Center, you can see a building out of the corner of your left eye.  Past the perpetual commotion, inflated price tags, and flashy lights of the Circle’s shops, there lies a quiet museum with the most riveting artwork in the city. The museum utilizes the same ingenuity the shops use in their promotions, but with a tad bit more eloquence.  Innovation is essential for the success of any organization in New York, and is the foremost characteristic of the Museum of Arts and Design. [Read more →]

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Everyday ordinary objects are turned into works of art, giving them a “Second Life”, as the title of an exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design states. The innovative designs show the creative artwork held, making it a valuable experience if one wishes to view unique artwork. A common result is the production of uniquely styled furniture. These are scattered throughout the museum and particularly caught my attention because of the creative way they transformed the intended purpose of an item into something else. In a society in which natural resources are used to produce objects that are then thrown away, recycling and reusing materials helps our environment. [Read more →]

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New Bamboo Podcast

Everyone knows what bamboo is – you know, that tall, green, leafy rigid stalk plant that is almost weed-like in how fast it grows. When I think of bamboo, the first three things that come to my mind are China, panda bears, and my failed 2nd grade plant experiment (which totally wasn’t my fault). My association of bamboo with art pretty much extended only to those Chinese ink paintings of bamboo forests, and maybe bamboo flutes at a stretch. It’s certainly no surprise, then, that the exhibit “New Bamboo” at the Japan Society gallery completely blew away all my expectations of what “bamboo art” could be.

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