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Postcard from North Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia (Part Two)

May 18, 2012 by Rocco Landesman Carlton Turner of Alternate ROOTS and I spoke in front of a group of about 450 when we chatted about creative placemaking at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Photo by Jhai James, Georgia Council on the Arts Here’s part two of my southern arts adventures. (You can catch up […]

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State of the Arts: Georgia edition

January 23, 2012 by Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, First Lady Sandra Deal, and Georgia Council for the Arts Director Karen L. Paty at the Council’s strategic plan kick-off event in Atlanta. Photo courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts My wife Sandra and I were brought up influenced by music […]

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Random Acts of Culture™

Throughout the country, many performing groups have taken to public forums to display Random Acts of Culture™ (supported generously by the Knight Foundation) covering all art forms including music, dance, and theater. Just a few weeks ago, the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte captured this dance performance from their local airport: But there are […]

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Doctors use their hands for more than healing

This painting shows surgeons at work on a patient. It will be on display at the Albany Museum of Art until December 30th. This painting shows surgeons at work on a patient. It will be on display at the Albany Museum of Art until December 30th.

“The hands that heal can also be the hands that create.” Medicine is one of the most rigorous areas of study that a person can take up. And it would seem to have nothing to do with art. But medicine deals with the human body, and so it has often been the subject of artists. “In the Renaissance, physicians and artists started working together to really do a scientific study of the human body.” says Nick Nelson, Director of the Albany Museum of Art.

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