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The Importance of Handwriting

By Karen Alava | Staff Writer There’s such a romantic aspect to handwriting. I remember being in elementary school and getting handwritten love letters, or even just little notes from my friends. They felt so personal. Their misspellings, the little drawings in the margins and the way they decorated the page made each one feel […]

Frost Art Museum’s “Allegories for Learning” exhibition draws past ages to life 

Angela Alvarez | Staff Writer Drawing is as old as humankind, yet an underrated one when compared to other arts in the Middle Ages. The Frost Art Museum exhibition “Allegories for Learning” demonstrates how a drawing reflects both its place of creation and the artist’s methods.  For example, the technical elements of the piece, like […]

Intuitive drawing exploration: Workshop provides opportunity for artistic expression

Ana Pacella-Crespo/Contributing Writer Professor Emeritus Clive King from the department of fine arts at FIU is helping artists convert their self-expression into physical form with his Intuitive Drawing Workshop. The workshop’s original intention was to focus on drawings, but it has resulted in students working on a cultivated collection of paint on canvases using different […]

Why you should pay for art

Art may be fun but that does not mean artists are willing to produce it for free.
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