Celebrity Portraits, Part 1 The greater Los Angeles area hosts a number of world-class museums, and in preparation for AVC field trips to...

Diving into the Deep End of Illusion and Representation Oh the good life.  That is what our parents were all promised, right, when they m...

An Informal Survey of Seats We use them all day long, yet we don't really think about them much, the chairs in our offices, and even ...

Not Here Yet (But Soon) At the suggestion of one of my students, over the next few weeks this blog will celebrate everyday objects, looki...

Livin' Large in the Big Easy While the AVC faculty have the same problems as the rest of the world (busted cars, busted marriages, ki...