from my e&e

pc has been sending me some wonderful articles and coaching me on copywrite correctness - a full time job in and of itself - here's what we have been talking about

Art & Science: No Longer Mutually Exclusive There was a time when scientific journals reveled in an "all substance, no style" approach, sure that their readers were too high-minded to be sucked in by a glossy look anyway. But no more: "The realities of competing for limited readership have caused editors to employ a little pizazz to stand out on the shelf. That means paintings, photos and, most popular, microscopic illustrations (if medical journals were tabloids, the DNA double helix would be J.Lo). Inside, poems and first-person essays often break up the pages of dauntingly technical and data-laden articles." Chicago Tribune 10/12/06 article here

There is a searchable database at the Library of Medicine... providing nearly 60,000 images in the prints and photograph collection of the History of Medicine Division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine . The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine. view it here

SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
By REGINA HACKETTP-I ART CRITIC
Art often can be found on the walls of bars, coffee shops and restaurants. Only recently, however, have these shows been curated.

Seattle currently boasts a wealth of excellent young curators. While a few have found jobs at major arts institutions, there aren't nearly enough of these jobs to go around in a field that's booming in major urban centers everywhere.

My favorite are: the fusion of injury and irony under the title, "Help Me I'm Hurt" and plans to have music at the opening: Pearl Jam ("Touch Me I'm Sick") and maybe the Beatles ("Come Together," for the line, "Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease." )
and the guy who has several business ventures that include production glass (tombstones are a specialty) and co-ownership of a bar. - Known as the Hideout (1005 Boren Ave.), the bar is covered floor to ceiling in paintings, drawings and photos. There's a jukebox with art instead of songs, and drinks named after famous artists. (The Andy Warhol is a Cosmopolitan. If you order it, the bartender will take your Polaroid picture.) Read the whole article here