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Took a lunchtime walk through the Craft & Folk Art Museum last week.

Current exhibitions: Made in China by artist Keiko Fukazawa and Little Dreams in Glass and Metal, Enameling in America 1920-Present.

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Waterstein, Skye, Scotland Submission by Tess This whole stretch is lined with a beautiful sheep view!

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Thinking about adopting a pet? Come down to Amoeba Hollywood’s Pet Adoption with Best Friends Animal Society Los Angeles on February 28th! Details.

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Two of my favorite things - animals, music

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What Does a Parrot Know About PTSD?

An unexpected bond between damaged birds and traumatized veterans could reveal surprising insights into animal intelligence.

These birds are incredible, this place is special

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Preserving spectacular desert landscapes in California

Today, President Obama designated the Sand to Snow National Monument, Mojave Trails National Monument, and Castle Mountains National Monument in southern California. 

“The California desert is a cherished and irreplaceable resource for the people of southern California,” said Secretary Jewell. “It is an oasis of nature’s quiet beauty just outside two of our nation’s largest metropolitan areas. Its historic and cultural resources tell the stories of armies, travelers, ranchers, and miners, and of the original caretakers of this land. Today’s designation by the President furthers the longstanding work of public land managers and local communities to ensure these areas will remain preserved and accessible to the public for future generations.”

The national monuments, comprised exclusively of existing federal lands, will be managed by the Bureau of Land Management in partnership with the National Park Service and the Forest Service.

Read the full press release here. 

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Up top: More gorgeous pictures of California desert  that is now protected thanks to President Obama! 

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yes!

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Gehry Partners: In the Studio Now

LACMA’s presentation of Frank Gehry includes an additional gallery featuring several projects currently being designed or constructed. This body of current work reveals his unique ability to consistently evolve and conceive of new forms and materials deployed in original ways. For example, while known for his striking exteriors, for Facebook’s West Campus Building (2012–15) in Menlo Park, California, Gehry devised a 430,000-square-foot, single-level office space whose rooftop is a sprawling ten-acre garden that camouflages the building from above. For Gehry, it is imperative to keep pushing boundaries: “You can’t redo old ideas … you can learn from the past but you can’t continue to be in the past. I cannot face my children if I tell them I have no more ideas and I have to copy something that happened before. It is like giving up and telling them there is no future for them.”

This post a is part of a series providing a comprehensive look at the#FrankGehry presentation at LACMA. For more, check out this overview on Unframed.

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LA artist Calder Greenwood gets creative with cardboard

Local L.A. artist, Calder Greenwood, opened his 'rad pad's' doors to A Martinez where he explained the themes and inspiration behind his cardboard creations.

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The MoMA Cookbook: Vintage Recipes and Reflections on Food by Salvador Dalí, Louise Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, and Other Great Artists

From Dalí’s red salad to Warhol’s cream of tomato soup.

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The Revival of America's Hand-Painted-Sign Industry

Small businesses are increasingly relying on visual artists to convey that their products aren’t mainstream or mass-produced.

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An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor as Seen Through Her Home

Catherine Opie never got to meet Elizabeth Taylor. The actress passed away three months into Opie’s six-month portrait project of Taylor’s Bel-Air home ...

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Luther Burbank, The Maker of Modern Agriculture

He’s the man you can thank for most of the plums you’ve ever eaten, rainbow chard, and a huge number of apples, pears, peaches and nuts. Oh, and McDonald's french fries.

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Gorgeous California Cabins Designed To Help Writers Push Through A Creative Block

The 280-square-foot cabins impart a monastic sensibility.

get away from it all, by design

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Climate change art

Artist Jill Pelto turns climate change graphs into art. So, for instance, a chart of rising global temperatures turns into a fores

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One-of-Kind Wool Rug Artworks by Alexandra Kehayoglou Mimic Rolling Pastures and Mossy Textures

Using scraps leftover thread from her family’s carpet factory in Buenos Aires, artist Alexandra Kehayoglou embarks on a laborious hand-tufting process to fabricate wool carpets and rugs that mimic natural textures like moss, water, trees, and pastures. The carpets balance form and function and c

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Attaboy Q+A and Book Signing for “The Book of Hugs" at Haven Gallery Saturday, February 13th, 2016, 6 - 8pm - Hi-Fructose Magazine co-founder and Long Island native Attaboy returns to sign the second printing of his latest humor book “The Book of Hugs” at Haven Gallery in Northport, LI.. A Q & A with the artist will kick off the night at 6:15pm.

Copies of “The Book of Hugs” along with Attaboy’s toys, prints, art and upcoming book “The Book of Butts”, will be available for purchase at the gallery.

About the Book of Hugs: Know someone who needs a hug? The Book of Hugs by Attaboy is a perfect guide to awkwardly squeezing someone with affection. Featuring way too many pages of hilariously illustrated uncomfortable embraces, The Book of Hugs is stupid fun with ridiculous heart. Have you been hugging wrong the entire time? Are you a mismatched hugger? Have you ever done a “Lean and Pat Hug?” Or perhaps you just hug to smell someone’s coconut shampoo. Are you an over-compensating hugger? Or maybe you suffer from the “Fear of Commitment Hug?” Find out in the Book of Hugs. Plus! Get tips on Who to Hug, How to Hug, When Not to Hug, plus the very important Who NOT to Hug. Also includes a guide to the Necessary Equipment Needed For Hugging! After reading this book, you’ll never hug the same again. A ridiculously funny guide to hugging, an activity which we all take for granted, The Book of Hugs is a perfect gift for an unsuspecting friend, lover or even for yourself! (Just think twice before trying some of them publicly) The Book of Hugs is published by Attaboy’s Yumfactory and Last Gasp. - #books #booksigning #book #attaboy #hifructose #thebookofhugs #hugs #cute #events #longislandevents #nyevents #cartoon #northport #northportny #longislandny #longisland #northportharbor #cute #kids #gifts #havengallery #yumfactory #love #friends #family #art #prints #toys #collectables (at Haven Gallery)

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Hugs are the best, especially on a Monday

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Go to http://michaelhackerphoto.com & click on the box to see the current

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It’s beautiful!!

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Antarctica, René Koster

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dramatic sea and snowscapes, plus penguins