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Throwback Thursday: Green Lake resident shares info on man behind trick photography | News
This altered photograph, offered for sale as a postcard, shows an early bi-plane flying over Ripon’s 1885 City Hall. City Hall was located at 200 Watson St. submitted photo The Oct. 1, 2021 Now & Then in Ripon column featured two postcards from the early 1900’s of Ripon with “trick photography.” One was of Watson Street with a street car that never existed and the other was the same photograph showing a “skyscraper,” where Patina Vie is now located at 205 Watson St., that was never located in Ripon. Diane Egbert of Green Lake and author of “Dartford Days, A Postcard History of Early Green Lake, Wisconsin” contacted…
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Green News | Arts & entertainment
FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL RECEIVES SUSTAINABILITY AWARD The Frederick Arts Council’s Sky Stage was recognized for its environmentally friendly design and practices by the Frederick County Sustainability Commission with a 2021 Sustainability Award in the category of nonprofit. Each year, the commission recognizes individuals, nonprofits and commercial businesses across Frederick County who are making great strides in helping the county achieve improved sustainability. Awards take into account leadership, innovation and success in sustainability for efforts including energy efficiency, renewable energy, air and water quality, reuse and recycle, quality of life and more. Sky Stage, designed by artist Heather Clark in collaboration with the Massachusetts of Institutes of Technology’s Digital Structures research…
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Julie Green, artist who painted prisoners’ last meals, dies aged 60
This post was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial companion of CNN Design and style. The painter Julie Eco-friendly died previous Tuesday, October 12, aged 60, after a struggle with ovarian cancer, the artist’s gallery, Upfor, confirmed. A professor of artwork at Oregon Condition College, Eco-friendly made a poignant legacy that highlights the odd and soulful ritual for condemned prisoners on dying row as a result of “The Very last Supper,” a series of blue-on-white ceramic kiln-fired dishware with painted images of inmates’ final evening meal requests. In September, Inexperienced finished the challenge, which spanned 21 several years and 1,000 plates, to illuminate the intricate emotional decisions of…