Art is Everywhere

During this summer, over 50,000 pictures of art will be displayed on electronic billboards to bus shelters across the country. This project will be called Project Everywhere, where museum directors are hoping that their different museums scattered around the country will draw more visitors. The Outdoor Advertising Association of America will be devoting about $500,000 to the cause, in an effort to make the art billboards more fashionable and attracting to the public. Mr. Druick of the Art Institute of Chicago states, "hoping that familiarity breeds desire, that people will see an artwork, be struck by it and want to see it in the flesh." This project is set to be one of the largest outdoor art exhibitions in U.S. history.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/arts/design/look-up-all-signs-point-to-art.html?_r=0

New Twist to Hall of Presidents

Walt Disney World's attraction known as the "Hall of Presidents" has received approval by Disney management to change certain aspects of the multimedia presentation. Instead of using 43 audio-animatronic figures of all 43 U.S. presidents, every former president who is currently living will replace the computer-generated roles. For the presidents who have passed on, their bodies will be dug up from their current grave sites and be brought to the Magic Kingdom in Florida. The bodies will be put into chairs and set upright for the audience. Disney has also made the decision to have all the former presidents, alive or dead, wear Mickey Mouse ears during each performance to try to lighten any heavy atmosphere created by the strong, possibly unsettling presence of death. Since President Obama will now be occupied between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. at the Magic Kingdom, Vice President Joe Biden will be called on to be more authoritative in leading the country. The narrator, Morgan Freeman, will also be present for every show during the day.