Posts by Arts and Culture El Dorado

DIY Ribbon Bookmark The best part about this craft is that you probably already have the supplies on hand! It uses a piece of ribbon (whatever length you want to fit your book), a hair band elastic, a button and needle with thread. Click here to learn more. . Ride the Ferrocarril Central Andino Railway,…

View Fashioning A Nation The Index of American Design is an extraordinary collection of more than 18,000 watercolor renderings of American decorative art objects from the colonial period through the 19th Century. Produced between 1936 and 1942, this visual archive reflects the expanding interest in American material culture that began to emerge at that time.…

Take “The Architectural Imagination” course from Harvard Architecture engages a culture’s deepest social values and expresses them in material, aesthetic form. This course will teach you how to understand architecture as both cultural expression and technical achievement. Vivid analyses of exemplary buildings, and hands-on exercises in drawing and modeling, will bring you closer to the…

DIY waterbottle wind spirals A great recycling craft: turn used water bottles into colorful wind spirals. Click here to see more. . Walk the São Paulo Botanic Garden Hike the Trail of the Howler Monkeys, glimpse green-billed toucans in the forests and watch the famous giant water lily bloom in São Paulo’s famous garden. Founded…

Take the Harvard course Shakespeare’s Hamlet: The Ghost Through short video lectures, readings from the play as well as later works by Coleridge and Joyce, and conversations with experts, you will develop critical tools with which to “unlock” the play’s possible meanings. Click here to read more. . DIY Rock Painting You might have seen…

How to draw Raptors, Owls, Eagles and more Learn how to draw raptors, that is hawks, eagles, and owls. This video explores anatomy and drawing techniques to help you with fast sketching and detailed drawings. Filmed live with the National Audubon Society. Click here to see more. . Stonehenge will livestream the summer solstice for…

Explore the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico Since its opening to the public in March 2006, the Museo de Arte Popular (Museum of Popular Art) has set out to be an indisputable reference point for Mexican popular art, promoting it through its permanent, temporary and itinerant exhibitions; as well as workshops for children, artisans…

Past exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine, Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilization, Former Fossil Hall, Nature’s Best Photography Exhibit, and many, many more exhibits are available online courtesy of Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Click here to explore. . Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim Bringing…

Download Architecture Studio Templates to Create Paper Cities British architecture studio Foster + Partners has published a series of architectural challenges for kids (but adults can do it, too), such as building a paper skyscraper or creating a city. The templates for the challenges are located on the official website of Foster + Partners, and…