Ruth Lopez is an arts journalist based in Chicago. She is the author of
“Chocolate: The Nature of Indulgence” (Harry Abrams, 2002) published in
conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by The Field Museum.
Lopez was the Book Review Editor and arts writer for the Santa Fe New
Mexican for seven years. In 2005, she helped launch Time Out Chicago
and the Art & Design editor for three years. She is a former fellow of
the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and of the
literary journalism program at The Banff Centre. Lopez serves on the
board of the Neighborhood Writing Alliance, a Chicago-based non-profit
that creates opportunities for adults in low-income Chicago
neighborhoods to write, publish and perform works about their lives. As
an independent journalist, Lopez has contributed to numerous media
outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street
Journal, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Public Radio,
Interior Design, Art News, Fiber Arts, mensvogue.com and Raw Vision.

Natalie

Hi all, these students have blogs online and eagerly await your comments.  Please try to leave one comment on each one by next Monday, November 24, 2008.

Olivia
http://www.soydreams.info

Emily
http://www.alphabetsoupchicago.wordpress.com

Dana
http://cozybanshee.wordpress.com

Natalie
http://www.swimmingsheepdog.com

Here is a sample movie I uploaded with “Manual Playback” selected:

Brandon seeking frogs live and in person.

More than many environmental artists, the work of Brandon Ballengée bridges the gap between research biology and art. He combines a fascination with fish and amphibians with the techniques of commercial art photography.

In 1996 Ballengée began collaborating with scientists to create hybrid environmental art/ ecological research projects. Since then he has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally in which he presents photographs and biological samples of the creatures he collects. He is involved directly with field research and uses the visual impact of science to engage the public in a discussion of broader environmental issues.

My favorite form of Windy City transportation.

Hi everyone.  I set up a blog space for our class so we could test a variety of templates to set up our blogs.  This first template we are looking at is called K2, it’s the default template for all WordPress blogs.

It’s pretty easy to add images to your blog posts.  Images can be added in 2 ways.  First, you can upload images to your Media Library, and link locally.  Or you can pick an image at an absolute link (say a Flickr pic) and show the image that way.