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  • The school beating the odds with music Audio icon

    September 28, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: England, Bradford, West Yorkshire

    An elementary school in Bradford, England has seen a direct correlation between embracing music as part of their curriculum and students' performance in English and Math. The school is in a low-income area with most of its students speaking English as a second language and was doing very poorly before they made the switch. The school is now in the top 10% of schools in England, and students say that school is now energetic and fun.

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  • This building designed to flood is a glimpse of things to come

    September 28, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    At a factory in Mumbai, clever design and “resilient architecture” join together to form the “Concrete Void,” a space designed to hold water during India’s monsoon season. Rather than trying to keep the water out, the architect designed the factory such that this Concrete Void, positioned below the higher level of the factory, holds water in the rainy season. In the off-season, it functions as an amphitheater space for workers to gather. As climate change becomes more of a threat, more types of this resilient architecture are expected to be created.

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  • Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English

    September 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day running 6 laps around the school at each student's own pace) as a tool to get students physically fit and intellectually engaged. In Bradford, England, a failing school centered musical education (with a minimum of 3 hours a week in music class) as part of an overhaul of their curriculum, which has been successful in fulfilling students spiritually and strengthening key skills to use elsewhere.

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  • Alternative museum tours explore colonial loot, biased narratives

    September 16, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, London

    Uncomfortable art tours, long-term loans, and code of conducts, are all methods Europeans museums are using to confront the racist history behind paintings and artifacts in their exhibitions. They’re also trying to confront the unjust methods in which some artifacts have been taken from non-European countries. “While museums continue to argue that they are neutral spaces, the fact is that they are not. There is always one side of the story that has been privileged over the other in these spaces, and we need to be more honest and open about that.”

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  • Between haram and halal: British Muslims explore the grey area

    September 11, 2018 |

    The National |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, Reading

    Popping up in various places around England is a performance space for young British Muslims to create and share their uniquely intersectional experiences with identity. The organization, operated as a non-profit collective, is called Makrooh and serves to bring together Muslim artists for open-mic performances, workshops, and other gatherings. While the location changes, underscoring each space is a feeling of safety and welcoming for all.

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  • Silo art becomes national movement and this is how it all began

    September 09, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Northam

    A project to paint murals on silos across Western Australia has brought artists from around the world for work. These murals--some 36 meters high--have created stunning public art and cultural tourism for often struggling small towns.

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  • The searing photos that helped end child labor in America

    September 03, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In the 1900s Lewis Hine posed as a bible salesman so he could get inside factories and take pictures of child workers. At the time children from 10-15 were put to work, and had no legal protections. Years later his pictures became a catalyst for passing child labor laws.

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  • This Street Artist is Using A.R. to Challenge What Graffiti Can Be

    August 30, 2018 |

    Artsy |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: France, Paris

    Through augmented reality (AR) effects, street artists have created surprising, novel experiences in museums and in public. Using an app, viewers can see murals in motion, art floating in the air, and new ‘additions’ to a museums holdings.

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  • What If All Community Development Started with Local Arts and Culture?

    August 30, 2018 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

    An Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania art project "gently" demolished a historic, vacant building and reassembled it as a communal space. This is an example of "creative placemaking," a method to both preserve the character of a community and help address vacancies and the need for development.

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  • A New Orleans Museum Is Now Mobile, Transforming How People See Art

    August 28, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The New Orleans Museum of Art is taking its holdings out of the museum and into public space through the use of a custom-built trailer. Called NOMA+, the trailer’s walls fold out creating walkways while interior walls create an exhibition space for an intimate, self-contained way for the public to engage with the art.

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