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For the month of May, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum offers an array of engaging and educational programs. From watercolor workshops and exhibit openings to maritime history, there is something for everyone. Kicking off the month is a four-week spring history class on steamers and ferries. Led by research librarian Bow Van Riper, the course covers […]

Todd McGrains series of sculptures pay tribute to North American bird species that have gone extinct in recent history. The pieces are on display at Stanford as part of a national tour.

Artist Todd McGrain’s bird memorial documenting a changing world can now be seen on the Stanford campus. A companion documentary film screening and musical performance are scheduled for Family Weekend.

A striking variety of musicians, writers, and artists will perform on campus this quarter, and many of the events are free.

As the second week of the semester begins, there are various in-person and virtual events Penn Staters can take part in, as well as some in commemoration of Martin Luther

Penn State campuses commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., new exhibits at the HUB-Robeson Center galleries at University Park, and the Sustainability Institute kicking off its Intersection Film Series are among the cultural highlights at Penn State this weekend and next week.

They were once flesh, but now they are bronze.

Fairfield University Art Museum opens an exhibition exploring environmental issues through avian art Emily Eveleth, Cardinal, After Cattelan, 2020, oil on mylar. Lent by the artist, courtesy of Miles McEnery Gallery, NY. © Emily Eveleth. FAIRFIELD, CONN .- Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks features paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and natural history specimens from the early 19th century through the present day. Beyond merely connecting us to the natural world, ...

The Lost Bird Project has landed in the garden surrounding the Bryan Museum in Galveston. The outdoor exhibit features five sculptures representing birds that have gone extinct. A sixth monument stands in Galveston Island State Park. The project is the brainchild of sculptor Todd McGrain. Copies of the memorials have toured the country since 2008. "Forgetting is another kind of extinction," he says in the feature length documentary made about his two-year struggle to permanently place the p...