The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Target made accessibility history today when they announced a $6 million class action settlement. The lawsuit originated when the NFB sued Target alleging that target.com is not accessible to people with disabilities using screen-readers. Highlights of the settlement include …
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I feel like it was just a few days ago that I was writing about welcoming summer, but already we are facing the beginnings of Fall. To send off Summer in style we have a multitude of events happening in the next few days that will hopefully help take your mind…
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We initially discussed place-based stories back in 2006, noting the way [murmur] provided people experiencing a place to add a story about their engagement with it. To listen to the stories, visitors to that place simply called a number on their mobile device. I was reminded of the [murmur] service this…
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Open Satellite Artist Lecture: Anna Hepler
Wednesday, August 27, 7 PM
Auditorium
FREE
Anna Hepler, a Portland, Maine artist, creates two and three-dimensional work – drawing, sculpture and installation – that captures the delicate transitory essence of the moment. Her drawings and installations consist of small repetitive marks or fragments that evolve into suspended systems…
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An art museum provides a very specific sort of context for its contents. As a visitor walks through the collections, there is a kind of underlying thesis at work: these things all fit, in one way or another, into a broad category.It isn’t as simple as “If it’s in a museum,…
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West Indian American Day Parade, 2006. Photo courtesy Sam Liu. All rights reserved.
I always know that Labor Day weekend is coming when the the stage for the events and concerts for the West Indian American Day Carnival Festival is assembled in the Museum’s back parking lot. These events add…
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MOLAA is featured on artdaily.org once again. This time they mention MOLAA Awards 08: An Invitational Juried Art Competition & Exhibition which is one of the museum’s most exciting programs. It invites mid-career and emerging Latin American artists from Mexico, Central and South America and the Spanish speaking Caribbean, to…
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We received many fantastic entries for our “Fishing the West Coast” photo contest and we need your help to decide the winners! The photos will be on display at the Cannery from September 1 to October 5, 2008. Come in to view the exhibit and vote for your favourites at the ballot! The exhibit…
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