Polar Opposites

A polar residence, musical architecture, and luminous botanicals. [View email in browser]( [The best of the week in art & visual culture]( Arresting Photos Document the Polar Bears Occupying an Abandoned Weather Station in Russia [Neon and Light Museum]( photo series by [Dmitry Kokh]( centers on a small group of polar bears that had taken over an abandoned meteorological station. [See more]( Sponsor RISD Continuing Education Launches 150 Online Courses, Pre-College Applications Now Open This spring, experience Rhode Island School of Design from anywhere in the world, at any time of day or night. Whether you’re an artist or designer looking to advance your practice or a high school student interested in pursuing art and design in college, RISD Continuing Education has [150+ online offerings]( for adults, teens, and middle school students. [RISD CE adult online courses]( offer students a wide range of courses, and [our Certificate Programs]( are designed for adults looking to accelerate their creative lives and work. Part of [RISD Pre-College](,[the Advanced Program Online]( is a year-round online intensive designed for high school students.[Online teen and youth courses]( in animation, drawing, fashion design, illustration, and art school prep provide a strong grounding in the visual arts. To browse online courses at Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education, visitcereg.risd.edu](. Archeologists Unearth a Roman Glass Bowl Dating Back 2,000 Years in Pristine Condition The pristine finding, which is estimated to be about 2,000 years old, is from the agricultural [Bataven settlement](. [See more]( In ‘Architecture in Music,’ Striking Photos Reveal the Hidden Structures of Instruments Charles Brooks]( has performed with orchestras around the world, which inspired a curiosity about the inner workings of instruments. [See more]( 40 Animators Around the Globe ‘Pass the Ball’ in a Collaborative Rube Goldberg-Esque Sequence Forty months in the making, “[Pass the Ball](” is a delightful example of the creative possibilities of collaboration. [Watch now]( Unearthly Plant Photos by Tom Leighton Highlight Nighttime Chemical Processes [Neon and Light Museum]( Otherworldly in appearance, [Tom Leighton](’s photographs center on stems and leaves that emit a luminous glow. [See more]( A Trompe L’oeil Mural by Shozy Imagines a 3D Architectural Addition to an Apartment Building [Neon and Light Museum]( concrete apartment building in Solnechnodolsk, Russia, has a few extra rooms in a trippy new mural by artist Danila Shmelev, aka [Shozy](. [See more]( [Share to Facebook]( [Share to Facebook]( [Share to Twitter]( [Share to Twitter]( [Forward email]( [Forward email]( Today's Best of the Week was edited by Kate Mothes. 🌻 Colossal 6177 N. Lincoln Ave. #314 Chicago, IL 60659 ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ You received this email because you signed up on our website and are an amazing person. [Unsubscribe](