Category Archives: Art

Do you believe in collaborative creation

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the popular National Novel Writing Month project — which has aspiring writers around the word producing a 50,000 word manuscript in the month of November — Boook.Land is one of the most engaging and original digital writing schemes in a … Continue reading →

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Cats on the Page

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Later this month, the British Library in London will launch a new exhibition celebrating fictional felines. “Cats on the Page” will open on November 23 in the main entrance hall and run through March 17, 2019. The free show was … Continue reading →

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Analysis of the Memoir

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Tom Gauld

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Word on the street : VOTE

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

This past week street artist Joe Boruchow has been encouraging Philadelphia residents to get out the vote with wheatpastes around town.

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A Halloween Thriller

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Word On The Street : NYC

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

H/t to artist Wilson Tseng for his new street art campaign to address the MAGA trash in our cities.

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Now that autumn is upon us

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

You may have noticed that I am a huge fan of Tom Gauld’s brilliant comics. This week, he released a brand new book of fifty postcards of his best literary cartoons titled The Snooty Bookshop.

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Choosing the Booker Prize Winner

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t Tom Gauld  

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There be monsters

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Just in time for Halloween, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto has opened De Monstris, an exhibition exploring the long cultural tradition of frightening monsters that inflamed imaginations and triggered irrational fears throughout history. De Monstris examines scary illustrations and writings from … Continue reading →

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Word on the street: Brooklyn

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

h/t AJ Lavilla  

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