“At first glance, the Russian-Georgian war of August 2008 seemed little more than the stuff of adventure-book fantasy: a reawakened empire going to battle against an old viceroyalty over a mountainous principality of negligible strategic value to either side. But it has had momentous consequences.”

Chanan Delivuk is a longtime city resident, a community gardener and artist who uses new media to explore dialogue and everyday stories in her art practice. American Studies Associate Professor Nicole King writes on Delivuk's ties to Curtis Bay and connections that she is forging with new generations of kids coming up in Baltimore at the Filbert Street Gardens.

Peters discussed the use of technology in the cutting-edge representation. “We are so used to today living through our smart phones and our iPads,” she said. “I think this is just a natural way for people of this generation to learn and to be exposed to things.” 

“Bearings of Baltimore Circe 1815″ is on display at the Maryland Historical Society. 

CADVC Research Professor Maurice Berger's Race Stories column on the Lens Blog of the New York Times focuses on the monumental survey of Latin American Photography, Urbes Murantes -- Mutant Cities, opening today, May 16,2014 at the International Center of Photography in New York. 

Berger calls this "an extraordinary and historic exhibition."

CBS Sunday Morning, The Baltimore Sun, and the Baltimore Jewish Times have run features on Project Mah Jongg, now appearing at the Jewish Museum of Maryland and is on view in Baltimore through June 29, 2014.. 

The show, which originated at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC has also garnered notice in the New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The LA Times. The show has travelled to Portland, Cleveland, LA, Miami Beach, Atlanta, and will continue on to San Francisco this summer.

CIRCA Director Timothy Nohe produced sound designs for three "Muji" players, documenting games in Chinatown and the Upper East Side. The sound work was invited by curator Melissa Martens Yaverbaum. Abbot Miller, a partner at Pentagram Design, designed the exhibit to highlight the intriguing objects and imagery surrounding the game. Original works by fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi, and renowned illustrators Maira Kalman, Christoph Niemann, and Bruce McCall pay homage to the influence mah jongg has had on design and contemporary artists. The exhibition's sumptuous companion publication "Mah Jongg: Crak, Bam, Dot," was edited by Abbott Miller and Patsy Tarr, and published by twice books.