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“Evaluation” by Paige Simmons. Special to the Forum But the transition wasn’t easy for all of her students, notably for a few seniors who had to miss out on track and field in the spring. "Some of my artists that were the strongest in the classroom, like totally shut down. And that was just so defeating, because I've always been able to get everyone going,” Fenske says. For the class, she dug deeper into black and white concepts by sharing the work of venerable photographers like Dorothea Lange, known for the Depression-era pictures she took for the Farm Security Administration.

Published March 31, 2021 at 11:20 AM EDT Listen • 25:02 / “Rainbow Window Stare” by Kathryn Barry, 10th grader at Marco Island Academy. Artist Statement: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have opted to stay inside for their own safety. Yet, many of them long to travel and return to normal life. When I saw my classmate looking out the window wanting to go outside, I was inspired to take this picture. There’s an exhibit called “Forgotten Florida: Photos from the Farm Security Administration” up now at the Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranc...

A number of farmers have had from both genuine callers and less scrupulous strangers to their yards in recent months.

Countryside: The Future and the Past Two recent exhibitions showcase efforts by vastly different visual thinkers to document transformations in rural life. One body of work is determined to remain detached; the other is driven by political commitment. Deborah Gans Countryside: The Future, floor of the street level gallery. [Laurian Ghinitoiu, courtesy AMO] Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures, installation view, Museum of Modern Art © 2020. [John Wronn] Dorothea Lange, Like so many projects and plans in the time of the novel coronavirus, this review is out of sync. It was a year ago that I un...

How the United States Chose to Become a Country of Homelessness Advocates have been sounding the alarms for months—issuing reports, penning press releases, warning politicians as an increasing number of Americans made jobless by the pandemic have fallen behind on their rent. Now, the warnings unheeded, the United States is facing an unprecedented homelessness crisis, one that is as predictable as it was avoidable. I first saw signs of this coming catastrophe on May 26, as the markets in New York City roared—the Dow was up 530 points, and the S&P hit an 11-week high. But in...