Tuesday, June 24, 2008

scribd.com

I just came across a site that will host a wide variety of documents. Stephanie this might be a solution to your large PDF file. Instead of trying to e-mail it you can host it on this site and just send a link to it.


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Monday, June 23, 2008

2nd try for Jed

I believe I have found the article that Anna posted. I couldn't get the link to work, hopefully this one will. If not search for the title; "Postcards from Nowhere".

Postcards from Nowhere by Jed Pearl

Jed Perl article

I have not even finished reading this article but already I think this is a good one for you to read and consider.  Jed Perl, critic for the New Republic,  writes on some current exhibitions.  I think it is important for us to consider ceramics and crafts in the context of the "art" world in general.  Perhaps the reason ceramics is not taken as seriously is that we often to not place it in this context....
http://tnr.com/bookarts/story.html?id+b23ee3a8-6d78-478f-9b95-a5b031d003c5

( I could not get the blog to cut and paste so I hope this address works - if not let me know.  
Anna