Art & Culture
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Wild About Solarpunk
What if we imagined a better future? And more than that, what if we brought it to life? This is exactly what solarpunk asks us to do—to set aside dystopian, catastrophic visions of…
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Wild About Neo-Andean Architecture
What would it take to transform an entire city? In the Bolivian city of El Alto, architect Freddy Mamami is doing just that. Amidst the two and three story brick buildings of Bolivia’s…
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Wild About Blaschka Glass Specimens
Scientific specimens are nothing out of the ordinary for Harvard University, but the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants is something truly unique. Today, we have high-resolution photography and other technological…
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Wild About Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter was a mycologist, an illustrator, a breeder of Herdwick sheep, and a fierce advocate for the protection of the Lake District. She also wrote children’s stories about a bunny named Peter…
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Wild About Land Art
If you’ve spent any time outside, you’ve probably been drawn to play with natural materials—making designs from similar stones, creating a small diorama of twigs, or comparing leaves to see which is the…
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Wild About Clara Driscoll
Without a doubt, there is no artist who had a bigger impact on modern glass art and design than Louis Comfort Tiffany. His name is synonymous with stained glass, and in particular, stained…
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Wild About Horses in Public Art
There’s something about horses. Dog are loyal companions, cats are however cats see themselves, but horses are freedom and majesty. It’s no wonder that they’ve captured our imagination for thousands of years. We’ll…
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Wild About Neighbourhood Art
I grew up in a small town of about 3,000 people. But every few months, my parents and I would go into the “big city” which at that time had a population of…