June 21, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌧️ Let's start with some good news: A new study says that visiting museums brings health benefits like easing chronic pain and depression. And if you're living in New York and have kids in the family, you'd be happy to know that the New York Public Library is giving away half a million children's and young adult books for free this summer!
Other highlights today include Emanuel Hahn's loving photographs of LA's Koreatown, Tobi Kahn’s soul-soothing paintings, and more.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
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A Photographer’s Love Letter to LA’s Koreatown
Koreatown Dreaming offers readers a personal look into the stories of a generation that often remains tight-lipped about their hardships to put on a brave face for the world. | Jeanha Park
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People who visited museums saw benefits in the realms of physical and mental health, emotional health, and social connectedness. (via Flickr)
A new study reveals that going to museums can improve feelings of depression, ease chronic pain, and more.
This summer, young New Yorkers across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island can pick up a free book at any NYPL branch.
Over 600 stone flowers bearing the names of anti-fascist fighters were smashed into pieces in a “neo-fascist rampage” at Bosnia’sPartisan Memorial Cemetery.
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University of the Arts Offers a Streamlined Master of Arts Program in Museum Studies
Students concentrate in either Education or Audience Engagement, and connect learning to practice during internships at iconic Philadelphia museums and beyond. Learn more.
ART & FILM
Reimagining the Archives of a Revolution
Portuguese filmmaker Filipa César, whose work is the subject of an online retrospective hosted by Metrograph, seeks to help Bissau-Guineans preserve the memory of their revolution. | Dan Schindel
An Exhibition Belies Stereotypes of Artists in the Southwest
Southwest Contemporary’s annual juried exhibition 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now rearranges daily experiences and understandings of the world. | Chelsea Weathers
Repair and Healing in the In-Between
Artist Tobi Kahn’s tranquil and optimistic paintings are salves many have sought during months of isolation and unrest. | Amy Levine-Kennedy
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