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MONTPELIER, Vt., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Vermont College of Fine Arts is excited to announce the conferral of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to Cheryl D. Miller. The public ceremony honoring Miller s life and work will be
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Cheryl D. Miller is a designer, author, and theologian best known for her diversity, equity, and inclusion advocacy for Black graphic designers. An accomplished, award-winning designer and businesswoman, she established one of the first Black-women-owned design firms in New York City in 1984. Cheryl D. Miller Design Inc. provided corporate communications services to Fortune 500 clientele, including BET, Chase, American Express,
Lynne Menefee, new publisher of MD Theatre Guide.
On February 1, Mark Beachy, publisher and founder of MD Theatre Guide, hands over the reins to Lynne Menefee, a longtime writer, review assignment scheduler, and assistant editor for the guide. She is thrilled and honored to be taking over as publisher of the MTDG. Lynne looks forward to continuing and expanding its legacy of supporting theater and performing arts locally and beyond. MD Theatre Guide will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this June.
With its stable of great reviewers, MDTG has continued to cover not only local productions, but those around the world thanks to streaming and the many innovative ways theaters have adapted during these challenging times. Like all of us, Lynne cannot wait until we can sit together in a theater or concert hall and enjoy live performance again.
Top 10 Art Education Programs in the United States
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High schoolers who want to study an art-related subject at university usually feel stuck or unsure of how worthwhile obtaining a degree may prove. The humanities don’t carve instant paths to a specific job like STEM majors often do. However, certain art education programs in the U.S. provide the necessary practical guidance to establish oneself as a working artist, including their proximity to artsy cities, tuition costs, graduation rates, art programs and notable alumni. Many colleges actually offer pretty specific courses and majors for one looking to work in animation or something like furniture design,
January’s “Presidential Trappings” series, presented by New Canaan Library and the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, concludes on Tuesday, January 26 at 7PM EST. Alicia Yin Cheng, founding partner of MGMT. design and author of This is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual History of the Printed Ballot will take the audience through a fascinating history of some of the unique designs of ballots in the past. Please register at newcananlibrary.org; Zoom info will be provided upon registration.
The humble ballot has a long and storied history, and has, in fact, not always been so humble in design. Ms. Cheng will discuss her recently published book, This is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual History of the Printed Ballot, which illuminates the noble but often flawed process at the heart of democracy. In her discussion, Ms. Cheng will cover the book’s exploration of US ballots from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, examining the unregulated, ornate, and at times