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Artist hangs hand-drawn curtains
Extreme art
The writing is on the walls (and curtains)
Published April 11, 2018
Kimberly Hall explores research through an artist's eye with interactive installation created as part of the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Program
stack of old books
JHU Press to digitize more than 200 out-of-print books
Published April 10, 2018
Project supported by $200K grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities
Half-eaten cake
Sheridan Libraries
Literature-inspired creations take the cake
Published April 9, 2018
What if a book could nourish the body as well as the soul?
Julius Eastman
Music
Julius Eastman revival comes to Peabody
Published April 9, 2018
Peabody's new music ensemble, Now Hear This, collaborates with experimental quartet Horse Lords to produce concert of relatively unknown composer
Black and white photo of artists in costume
Q+A
Body talk
Published April 4, 2018 Video
Artists-in-residence Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley on their visual language, wordplay, and the politics of language
A little boy peeks out from his hockey mask
Film
Being 7 in Baltimore
Published March 26, 2018
'7 in the City' project, which received Idea Lab funding in 2017, will premiere 12 short documentaries and a related web project in May
Angelin Chang
Women of Hopkins
A Grammy Award-winning virtuoso
Published March 23, 2018 Video
Renowned pianist Angelin Chang earned Doctor of Musical Arts degree at JHU's Peabody Conservatory
Surreal painting shows a psychedelic take on the Last Supper
Surreal supper
Published Spring 2018
Richard Hagerty, A&S '73, has been a surrealist painter for more than 40 years / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Irvin Seo
Dining
Good food, no address
Published Spring 2018
Hopkins alum Irvin Seo breaks into the Baltimore food scene with a pop-up Korean restaurant inspired by his travels / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Sam Mungo
OPERA
The fat lady's dead
Published Spring 2018
Samuel Mungo, Peabody Opera's new director, wants to introduce more acting, movement, and dance options to undergrad and graduate students' training / Johns Hopkins Magazine