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Healer by Jim Draper
Video
"What may initially look like a few blobs, upon contemplation, turns into a family story."
May 1, 2013
Dream Logic by Joseph Scheier Dolberg
Video
“This is a guy who’s asking the question, ‘Who am I, and what am I supposed to do with my life?’”
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg
November 12, 2013
Identity by Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide
Video
"This furniture allowed you to move in certain ways that might be seductive."
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
October 9, 2013
Phenomenon by Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
Video
"It's completely intuitive; it's very responsive; it's incredibly intimate."
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer
July 24, 2013
She by Jason Sun
Video
"It also tells us a lot about human nature, about this constant and eternal pursuit of beauty."
Zhixin Jason Sun
October 16, 2013
Faith by Luke Syson
Video
"Something which is profoundly beautiful on a human level has the capacity to transport beyond daily experience."
January 31, 2013
Starting Over by Elizabeth Cleland
Video
"This tapestry is almost the antithesis of what one expects from a great sixteenth-century weaving."
Elizabeth Cleland
July 17, 2013
Cracking the Code by Dirk Breiding
Video
"Art history is very much like detective work, and if you’re lucky there’s even a mystery to be solved."
Dirk H. Breiding
April 3, 2013
Deciphering the Flowers by Sheena Wagstaff
Video
"It’s like an extraordinary kind of life that is in the process of procreation."
Sheena Wagstaff
December 24, 2013
Family by Perrin Stein
Video
"I think David got at some essential aspect of being a parent."
Perrin Stein
May 29, 2013