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Associated Press
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Boundless Art Park! The 10th Nanjing University of the Arts 520 Graduation Exhibition Carnival Embraces AI
NANJING, China, May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On May 20th, the 10th Nanjing University of the Arts 520 Graduation Exhibition Carnival kicked off with the theme 'Embracing AI, Digital Intelligence Empowers.' More than 90 art exhibitions and performances will continue through late June, offering global audiences an immersive experience of the new face of art education in the era of digital intelligence. A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available in this link. Video: At the opening ceremony, two pioneers - Mr. Cai Yuanpei, a trailblazer of modern education in China, and Mr. Liu Haisu, a founding figure of the New Art Movement and modern art education - made a remarkable appearance 'across time and space' through high-precision digital human technology. As esteemed figures from the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts (the predecessor of Nanjing University of the Arts), they came together to pass on the spiritual torch of aesthetic and art education. The spark of artificial intelligence is illuminating a new chapter in artistic creation, while a decade of dedicated cultivation is now resonating with the powerful voice of innovation in the digital-intelligence era. Highlights such as the 'Digital Intelligence · Chinese Attire' fashion design graduation showcase, the Bubble Music Festival Jazz Season, and the all-Chinese opera Thunderstorm jointly performed by Chinese and Canadian students are among the many standout events. This year's vibrant '520" celebration has attracted enthusiastic participation from art institutions in the United States, Australia, Italy, Singapore, Thailand, and more. Together with faculty and students from Nanjing University of the Arts, they are presenting a boundary-breaking, multicultural artistic feast. 'Over the past decade, Nanjing University of the Arts has pursued the vision of 'a campus-wide showcase, a city-wide celebration,' turning it into a vivid reality of 'a city and a university thriving together in symbiosis.' By embedding the DNA of art into the fabric of the city, we've created a cultural emblem that shines in Nanjing and radiates across Jiangsu,' said Yu Feng, Party Secretary of Nanjing University of the Arts. Source: Nanjing University of the Arts Contact person: Ms. Ling, Tel: 86-10-63074558
Irish Times
19-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
‘She destroyed Ruskin's life': Brian Maye on the young Irish girl who caught the art historian and social reformer's attention
The art historian, essayist and social reformer John Ruskin, after whom Ruskin College in Oxford is named, is well known, but what may not be so well known is his extraordinary – and perhaps disturbing – relationship with a young Irish girl and woman who many have described as his 'muse'. Her name was Rose La Touche and she died 150 years ago on May 25th. She was born in 1848 into a family of Huguenot background who were bankers. Her father was John La Touche, her mother Maria Price, the only child of the Dowager Countess of Desart, and the family lived in Harristown House, Co Kildare. Little is known of Rose's childhood; it is likely she was privately tutored, as were many of her class at the time. Her mother was introduced to John Ruskin by her friend Lady Waterford and asked him for help with her children's education. In a letter to him, she said she regarded him highly as an art teacher, that she thought art education important and believed that Rose had potential talent in that area. When he called on the La Touches, he was taken with them and 'felt there was something exceptional about Rose', according to Tim Hilton's book, John Ruskin: The Early Years (1985). In his memoir Praeterita, published towards the end of his life, Ruskin recalled that at that first meeting, 'presently the drawing room door opened, and Rosie came in, quietly taking stock of me with her blue eyes as she walked across the room, gave me her hand, as a good dog gives its paw, and then stood a little back'. READ MORE He was 39 at the time and she almost 10. He considered her of normal height for her age and continued: 'The eyes were rather deep blue at that time, and fuller and softer than afterwards, lips perfectly lovely in profile – a little too wide and hard in edge, seen in front; the rest of the features were what a fair, well-bred Irish girl's usually are, the hair perhaps more graceful in short curl around the forehead, and softer than one sees often, in the close-bound tresses above the neck.' It was almost as if he were painting her portrait – certainly the description is like the detailed one an artist would see – but how appropriate it was of a female child by a middle-aged man is debatable. As time went on, Ruskin found her a puzzle, according to Tim Hilton; in some ways she was precocious and in others child-like. 'I don't know what to make of her … She wears her round hat in the sauciest way possible and is a firm, fiery little thing,' Ruskin wrote. He certainly became fascinated with her and some commentators have speculated as to when he actually 'fell in love' with her, suggesting that it was some time when she was between 14 and 18 years of age. At her parents' request, the Scottish author, poet and Congregational minister George MacDonald oversaw her welfare in their absence and acted as go-between, close friend and adviser to both parties in the relationship. According to one source, Ruskin proposed to her when she was 18, but she asked him to wait until she was 21. It seems her parents were against the union, having been warned about him by his first wife, Effie Gray, whose six-year marriage to him had been annulled because of non-consummation. When Rose was legally free to decide for herself, she still turned him down. It has been suggested that her doctors told her that she was unfit for marriage. It would seem that she suffered from anorexia, which may have stunted her sexual development. She certainly suffered from poor health and died at the young age of 27 in a Dublin nursing home where her parents had placed her. Her death has been ascribed to various causes, such as madness, a broken heart, religious mania or hysteria, but it is likely that anorexia was a major factor. Ruskin never recovered from her loss, which tipped him into periods of insanity. In an article in The Guardian (February 12th, 2005), Philip Hoare, author of England's Lost Eden (2005: a study of myth, spiritualism and the search for Utopia during Victorian times), who discovered a cache of long-lost letters between Rose and Ruskin, said the relationship had destroyed Ruskin's life. In Praeterita, Ruskin reprinted in full the first letter Rose had ever sent him. Hoare described the letter as 'pathetic, inconsequential, a child's report on a day out in Nice … but in its innocent prattle lay the source of Ruskin's pain and all that followed it'. Some parallels between the Ruskin-Rose relationship and that between Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell seem obvious. Perhaps in the case of both men concerned, their focus was on the aesthetic rather than the sexual aspects of relationships.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Story of sign-language educated pair 'remarkable'
The story of the first two people known to have been educated by sign language is "remarkable" and should be better known, according to the author of a book on the pair. While this would not be unusual today, John and Framlingham Gaudy, from West Harling, near Thetford, Norfolk, were born in the mid-17th Century. The brothers went on to be trained as artists at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and at the London studio of the royal court's favourite portrait painter, Sir Peter Lely. Peter Jackson, curator of The Deaf Museum and Archive in Manchester and author of a book on the brothers, admitted it "really annoys" him that their achievements were so little known. "The book I've written on them is the only one that I know about," he said. John (1639-1709) and Framlingham ((1641-1673) were born into a wealthy land-owning family, which included MPs and lawyers. They realised the siblings, who were deaf and unable to speak, could not follow their older brothers to grammar school in Bury St Edmunds. Instead, they turned to the well-read West Harling parish priest and teacher, John Cressener. "A letter says he found 'a most remarkable book' which had a finger-spelling sign system," said Mr Jackson, from the British Deaf History Society. "He educated the boys alongside his own hearing sons and daughters, all educated together in his home." While there is evidence of deaf people being taught through lip-reading at this time, this was the earliest evidence he had found of people being educated using an early version of British Sign Language, he explained. It proved successful and the brothers began their art training with a distant cousin Matthew Snelling, part of the artists' colony in Bury St Edmunds. Mr Jackson said: "When they went on to Sir Peter Lely's studio in London, they were actually trained by George Freeman, who also had deaf daughters and knew how to sign." John was considered the more talented of the pair, but as he did not sign his work, there is only one painting known to have been by him. This is a self-portrait, which the British Deaf History Society was able to acquire in 2016, thanks to a grant from the Art Fund. It shows him as a 17th-Century gentleman, wearing an elaborate wig, with lace at his neck. "Framlingham was more academic; he preferred to write his own letters, whereas John found it a chore," said Mr Jackson. "He was known for wearing a thick black coat with deep pockets in which he'd carry a piece of slate and chalk, so when he met people he could communicate by writing - lots of deaf people still use that method, but with paper and pen." He died in 1672 having written his own will, which was signed by a barrister. Mr Jackson said: "It's the first will handwritten by a deaf person that I know of in the world - there are other wills for deaf people, but they all say 'written on behalf of' the person." It was the discovery of the will that sparked the curator's research because it was "proof that deaf people could indeed read and write before deaf education started in 1760". John gave up painting, except for pleasure. after he became his father's heir, inheriting the estate in 1669 and becoming Sir John Gaudy. Mr Jackson said: "John Cressener's son Henry, who had been educated alongside Sir John using sign language, became his interpreter. With his support, he took two of his tenants to court and won when they refused to pay their rent." His son Bassingbourne inherited the estate, but it was sold after he died without an heir. Mr Jackson spent years digging out the details from family papers held in the British Library and Norfolk Record Office, which he published in a book called The Gaudy Manuscripts. So, why does he feel the story is so little known? "It's partly because John Cressner, was a nobody; just a priest in a remote church in the middle of nowhere," he said. "I thought the story was remarkable and I think it's a shame it's not better known." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Museum hopes to acquire 'rackety' baronet's ring Grocer's story mirrors 17th Century highs and lows 17th Century woman's gold ring 'my favourite find' British Deaf History Society
BBC News
17-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Story of sign-language educated West Harling pair 'remarkable'
The story of the first two people known to have been educated by sign language is "remarkable" and should be better known, according to the author of a book on the this would not be unusual today, John and Framlingham Gaudy, from West Harling, near Thetford, Norfolk, were born in the mid-17th Century. The brothers went on to be trained as artists at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and at the London studio of the royal court's favourite portrait painter, Sir Peter Jackson, curator of The Deaf Museum and Archive in Manchester and author of a book on the brothers, admitted it "really annoys" him that their achievements were so little known. "The book I've written on them is the only one that I know about," he said. John (1639-1709) and Framlingham ((1641-1673) were born into a wealthy land-owning family, which included MPs and realised the siblings, who were deaf and unable to speak, could not follow their older brothers to grammar school in Bury St they turned to the well-read West Harling parish priest and teacher, John Cressener. "A letter says he found 'a most remarkable book' which had a finger-spelling sign system," said Mr Jackson, from the British Deaf History Society."He educated the boys alongside his own hearing sons and daughters, all educated together in his home."While there is evidence of deaf people being taught through lip-reading at this time, this was the earliest evidence he had found of people being educated using an early version of British Sign Language, he explained. It proved successful and the brothers began their art training with a distant cousin Matthew Snelling, part of the artists' colony in Bury St Edmunds. Mr Jackson said: "When they went on to Sir Peter Lely's studio in London, they were actually trained by George Freeman, who also had deaf daughters and knew how to sign."John was considered the more talented of the pair, but as he did not sign his work, there is only one painting known to have been by is a self-portrait, which the British Deaf History Society was able to acquire in 2016, thanks to a grant from the Art shows him as a 17th-Century gentleman, wearing an elaborate wig, with lace at his neck. "Framlingham was more academic; he preferred to write his own letters, whereas John found it a chore," said Mr Jackson."He was known for wearing a thick black coat with deep pockets in which he'd carry a piece of slate and chalk, so when he met people he could communicate by writing - lots of deaf people still use that method, but with paper and pen."He died in 1672 having written his own will, which was signed by a Jackson said: "It's the first will handwritten by a deaf person that I know of in the world - there are other wills for deaf people, but they all say 'written on behalf of' the person."It was the discovery of the will that sparked the curator's research because it was "proof that deaf people could indeed read and write before deaf education started in 1760". John gave up painting, except for pleasure. after he became his father's heir, inheriting the estate in 1669 and becoming Sir John Jackson said: "John Cressener's son Henry, who had been educated alongside Sir John using sign language, became his interpreter. With his support, he took two of his tenants to court and won when they refused to pay their rent."His son Bassingbourne inherited the estate, but it was sold after he died without an heir. Mr Jackson spent years digging out the details from family papers held in the British Library and Norfolk Record Office, which he published in a book called The Gaudy why does he feel the story is so little known?"It's partly because John Cressner, was a nobody; just a priest in a remote church in the middle of nowhere," he said. "I thought the story was remarkable and I think it's a shame it's not better known." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nutter Fort Primary students unveil ‘Habitats' mural
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — Nutter Fort Primary proudly unveiled its student-created mural Friday afternoon. During a two-week STEAM program led by art teacher Natalie Quillin, students came up with ideas for a habitat-themed mural. Quillin then enlisted local community muralist Bernie Wilke, who painted the background of the mural. After the background was complete, students tapped into their creative side to paint animals within the artwork that would be installed in their school's 'Secret Garden.' Elementary school students release trout in Mason-Dixon Historical Park Nutter Fort Primary Student Carson Wray told 12 News the experience fed into his love of art. 'I just like drawing,' Wray said. 'I have an art table in my house that I always like go downstairs in my house to draw.' Quillin explained that the project was made possible through a $10,000 grant from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History. She said that art plays an important role as an outlet for kids as well as a way for children to get more engaged with school. 'It's not always that you get to do something on this scale in an art class,' Quillin said. She added that the mural adds color and excitement to the environment and that it draws kids in. 'If you can get them to this point where they get to see, you know, a turtle or an animal, then you can get them on into their classroom,' Quillin said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
