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RT @goatishduck: Reading a wonderful book by @qwesterby about rare silk Prayer Books woven programmatically on Jacquard looms. Like the wo…

Our point of departure is the material and digital expansion of the #indexofamericandesign (IAD). The greatest achievement of the IAD, according to Louis Filler, was “the democratic shock of recognition experienced by a cross-section of Americans employed on the Project.”

Picking up on the incomplete or fragmented nature of archives, artists reflect back on the human process of translating the past into the future, or transforming physical objects into works on paper, while addressing systems of documentation and indexing. nga.gov/collection/art…

🎨✏️📄 Do you engage archives in your art practice? Is there a “democratic impulse” in your work? My co-chair and I are inviting submissions for CAA 2025 for “Expanding Archives: Drawing, Documentation, and Democratic Impulse.” 🔗 Read and submit here: caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webpr…

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@LGrollemond Are Crivelli fans called Cucumbers?

I’m officially president of the unofficial Carlo Crivelli fan club

@lisafdavis This is devastating. I will have Will and his family in my thoughts.

@book_historia I could connect you with an artist who may have quality images!

This is a wild ask, but do I know anyone who knows anyone at NASA? I’m trying to connect with someone who would be able to get me a high-ish quality image of one of the pictures from the Voyager golden record!

This is the most excellent Wikipedia page: Chicago rat hole en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_r…

@leoba Hooray!! Congratulations Dot!

RT @DifferentVisio6: New CFP: Introductions to the Middle Ages Through Medievalism -- through personal essays, interviews, and conversation…

@LauraMorreale I will be out of town, sorry to miss this special tour!

@danieltbrennan The vinyl pomodoro method?

@KatarzynaAnn @OxHumanities @UniofOxford Congratulations!

Tomorrow! Notaries! Legal obligations! Register here: mailchi.mp/nga/center-acc…

TLDR: Existing is exercise. Eat ice cream.

@SJLahey I have codes if anyone still needs one!

PSA: I have *4 invite codes* to the Cerulean Firmament, if anyone is in need of a change. #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #BookHistory #GLAM #Libraries

I was today years old when I realized that fruit flavored Mentos are nothing more than giant Skittles.