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Arts/Culture
10:20 pm
Sun April 1, 2012

Dexter kids turn to art to get their minds off the tornado

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7-year old Ava (left) and her friend paint a banner at the makeshift art studio
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The makeshift outdoor studio; tarps cover the kids' art work and supplies
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Noah, age 10, drops by the art studio to get the tornado off his mind
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One of the paintings made at the outdoor art studio in Dexter's Huron Farms neighborhood
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Artist Christine Lux says she's noticing more kids paint houses with basements post-tornado
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Dexter residents are still dealing with the aftermath of the tornado that through their town earlier this month. To help with the healing process, one woman has set up an outdoor art studio for kids in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods.

Christine Lux's makeshift studio consists of some tables, a tent, and a giant blue tarp to protect the children’s art work and art supplies.

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Arts/Culture
8:50 am
Sun March 25, 2012

U of M leads effort to integrate "arts practices" at research universities

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The University of Michigan is leading an effort to get the arts to play a bigger role at research universities.

Reading, writing, and "making" are the skills Theresa Reid wants to see emphasized in higher education.

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Arts/Culture
10:20 am
Sat March 24, 2012

MSU Broad Art Museum pushes back opening, touts "virtual" museum experience

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Users use Flickr™ to create a cloud of spatial imagery in the virtual museum
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The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University will not open April 21st as scheduled due to construction problems. Instead, the contemporary art museum will open sometime this fall.

But for those who just can’t wait to see what the inside of the Zaha Hadid-designed museum looks like, the folks at the Broad have created a “virtual” museum that anyone from anywhere in the world can access:

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Arts/Culture
3:00 pm
Sat March 3, 2012

Lansing gallery lets patrons lease original artwork

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An art gallery in Lansing lets patrons lease original works of art, much like you would a car or a truck.

For nearly five decades, the Lansing Art Gallery has let folks lease select pieces of art from their gallery. Now with the gallery's new Lease/Purchase Exhibit people can lease any of the 43 original pieces of art on display for about ten percent of the sticker price:

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