“Book Review,”
to mock the glitzy wedding announcements or tackle the crossword. But over the last year of pandemic and political tumult, Dana Clancy has been picking it up looking for pages to paint on.
“I paint only on the Sunday
New York Times, keeping or covering the news as the week unwinds in unexpected, often shocking ways,” says Clancy (CFA’99), the director of the College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts and an associate professor of art. She paints over part or all of each chosen page with blocks of color, adds portraits of people she’s Zooming with, then adds words, usually things those people have said. “Words written over weeks feel like a shared public space the kind of space I’m missing and want for all of us,” she says.
Film
CFA Dean Harvey Young: what to expect and who should win the big honors
April 22, 2021 Twitter Facebook
Hollywood’s biggest night of the year is here. Finally. After a two-month pandemic-caused postponement, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is this Sunday, April 25, at 8 pm. And happily, it will be in person, not virtual (unlike February’s disastrous Hollywood Foreign Press Golden Globes show).
But this year’s show promises to be unlike any other in history. For starters, it will broadcast from two locations, not one, to accommodate for COVID-19 safety protocols: there will be an intimate ceremony at Los Angeles’ Union Station, along with live elements from the Dolby Theatre, the affair’s traditional setting. And forget bleachers packed with screaming fans. Only presenters, nominees, and their guests will be on hand.
Voices & Opinion
“We need wholesale reform, not just piecemeal changes”
April 20, 2021 Twitter Facebook
People in Minneapolis, Minn., celebrate on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images
April 20, 2021 Twitter Facebook
The verdict came quickly. Barely 24 hours after closing arguments concluded Monday in the trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd, jurors on Tuesday rendered their judgment: guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.