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Monthly Archives: April, 2008

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Less Talk, More Action

There is no doubt that environmental responsibility is on the minds of School of the Art Institute of Chicago students.

Let Them See Cake

Checking out the works on opening night reaped benefits far beyond cookies and cheese cubes—it was positively a visual feast.

Waste Not, Want Not

April roll-out for new SAIC recycling program

Road Warrior

Can Americans learn from the Dutch?

Wafaa Bilal

Artist and faculty member Wafaa Bilal is no stranger to the national spotlight. But coverage of his recently censored work, Night of Bush Capturing: A Virtual Jihadi, required more nuance and artist perspective than it was typically given in the mainstream media. Here are the details of the Troy, New York controversy you might have missed.

15th Annual Nippon Steel Program Winners

15th Annual Nippon Steel Program Winners

She-Male Guitar Solo

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

Identity in Transition

Foto: Modernity in Central Europe

It's All About the Building

Sustainability and protection at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

It’s All About the Building

Sustainability and protection at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Solar Panels and Sheetrock

The challenge of greening museums.

Greening Your Monthly Flow

Reusable menstrual products

The (Abriged) Sordid History of Recycling in Chicago

Recycling programs emerged globally in the 1980s and 1990s in response to fears about diminishing landfill space and landfill-generated air and water pollution. Chicago joined the trend, and, as with many big-city stories about government bureaucracy and city infrastructure, the following twenty-year saga proved to be a mess.