Birdboy

"Birdboy", an animated short film by Alberto Vásquez, (artist, animator, illustrator) was awarded the Goya, Spain's version of the Oscars.

Snack! Snack! Snack! CRUNCH!

Hot Cheetos and ....Takis? What are Takis? Mexican junk food, yo.
And this great viral hit was made in Minneapolis! Our favorite snacks of childhood are powerful memories.

Responding to art

Today in class we did some writing assignments in response to Frida Kahlo's painting The Two Fridas (1939). By coincidence, I found this video through Tumblr this morning:
FOUND by Carina Garcia from Van Maximilian Carlson on Vimeo.

Axis Dance Company performances on SYTYCD, 2012 and 2011

Performance on last night's SYTYCD by Axis Dance Company, based in Oakland. They describe what they do as "physically integrated dance."
A different duo also performed last year, and got a bit more of an introduction from Cat:

"On June 30th, 2011 AXIS dance Company was featured on Fox Tv's "So You Think You Can Dance?"
AXIS dancers Sonsheree Giles and Rodney Bell performed an excerpt from "to color me different" choreographed by Alex Ketley."
Music: Bach's Partita for Violin Solo No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - 5. Ciaccona"