Tuesday's two things
An “aesthetic of resourcefulness” + why school cafeteria food is bland
It’s Tuesday, which means — I decided today — it’s Art Day.
Item 1
Eyeballs need a vacation? Restless hands feel like doodling? ➡️ Wendy MacNaughton made this post available for free. Go for the drawing prompt. Stay for the intro to artist Edie Fake.
Item 2
Last week I mentioned Original Sins, Eve Ewing’s new book about race in public schools. She is on the interview / tour circuit now.
If you are an event person ➡️ Find upcoming dates when you can learn from Ewing IRL or virtually (including a lunchtime EST free webinar) on her website.
If you are a podcast person ➡️ Make this episode of How to Survive the End of the World your next listen. It is about the three very different objectives that U.S. public schools have always had w/r/t white, Black, and Native students, and also about the ways that education is different from school. But it is also about being an artist and a truth-teller when the subject matter is at times physically painful. ➡️ This conversation on The Stacks is good, too!
