Good morning. ☔ Today, the Philadelphia Museum of Art adruptly announced that it will temporarily close and furlough staff, Christina Sharpe writes about Alison Saar, and the PPE of the future is here.
Poets House announced a temporary suspension of operations on November 16, laying off all nine staffers. Although leadership attributes the closure to pandemic-related financial stress, the move followed months of staff-led organizing to hold management and the board accountable for “frequent complaints of workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, and exploitative labor practices.”
Each semester, students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture can enroll in specialized design studios with faculty and visiting architects.
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This year, the excitement of having a shared and immersive three-week-long, city-wide artistic experience with people in a swing city in a swing county in a swing state was missing.
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