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SAG* art show promotes hands-on experience

SAG* art show promotes hands-on experience

Andie Balenger February 27, 2023

The Students’ Art Gallery (SAG*) will be debuting “The Interactive Show,” an art display that can be physically interacted with by viewers, tonight at their gallery in the Lydia M. Olson Library.  When...

Opinion—One year later: NFTs are (still) a scam

Opinion—One year later: NFTs are (still) a scam

Nicholas Conroy, Copy Editor February 12, 2022
Well, here we are again. Around this same time last year, I published an opinion piece titled “NFTs are killing the planet.” At the time of publishing, I understood NFTs as a fringe concept, something that existed on the peripherals of the tech industry, and I was concerned about its spread into art-related fields.
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Opinion—NFTs are killing the planet

Nicholas Conroy March 16, 2021
From the stock market to bitcoin, cryptocurrency seems to be all the rage these days but there is a lesser known crypto-related element that has been creeping slowly toward prominence in the form of crypto art. This new classification of art is not only causing controversy among the art world but is killing the environment as well.
BEND LIKE A WILLOW—Student dancers participating in the CO/LAB Collective production, “What We Leave Behind: Addressing Climate Change Through Dance,” commune with nature.

Artists collaborate for climate

Akasha Khalsa October 30, 2019

Seeking to promote awareness of climate change through artistic expression, a new lecture, dance, multimedia and live music collaborative performance by the CO/LAB collective is coming to the Forest Roberts...

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