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For better or sometimes worse, culture has made a significant imprint in how the visual artsis viewed, created, collected and even threatened by some in its advancement.]]></description>      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uconmag.com/index.html</guid>    </item>    <item>      <title>Dwight Grimm: Filmmaker and Collector</title>      <link>http://www.uconmag.com/patron/index.html</link>      <description><![CDATA[On a balmy Indian summer night on the rooftop lounge of NYC's Gansevoort Hotel, Producer and Filmmaker Dwight Grimm and I engaged in sparkling conversation while observing the gaggle of average new moneyed financiers and their desperate trophy housewives. Corporate high fives and sub-Sex In the City banter abounded. It was like being in any charmless nightlife scene of a typical contemporary NYC movie albeit one that has been done a thousand times (and 999 times too many). ]]></description>      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uconmag.com/patron/index.html</guid>    </item>    <item>      <title>Interview with Kristofer Dan-Bergman</title>      <link>http://www.uconmag.com/artist/index.html</link>      <description><![CDATA[Kristofer Dan-Bergman is a prolific and inquisitive Swedish photographer based in NYC. Both his commercial and fine art photography possess the clean, graceful and elegant aesthetic synonymous with forward-thinking Swedish design. United Creators talked at length with Mr. Dan-Bergman about his iconic photography,his creative motivation and how his cultural influences have manifested in his artistic output.]]></description>      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uconmag.com/artist/index.html</guid>    </item>    <item>      <title>Art and the Culture War</title>      <link>http://www.uconmag.com/editorial/editorial01.htm</link>      <description><![CDATA[On September 22nd, 2006, art teacher Sydney McGee was suspended from her position at the Wilma Fisher Elementary School in the city of Frisco, an affluent suburb north of Dallas, Texas. The suspension followed a planned field trip that Ms. McGee had organized and conducted in April to tour the Dallas Museum of Art with 89 students, at least 12 parents and a museum guide]]></description>      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uconmag.com/editorial/editorial01.htm</guid>    </item>    <item>      <title>Peace Gets A Chance</title>      <link>http://www.uconmag.com/editorial2/index.html</link>      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, November 28; Bob Kearns, President of the Loma			  Linda Homeowners' Association, retracted his threat to fine homeowner			  Lisa Jensen over her display of a peace symbol-shaped wreath from			  her home's exterior wall. After Mr. Kearns' actions caused much			  public controversy and derision from media outlets such as the			  Daily Show With Jon Stewart and Countdown With Keith Olbermann,			  Ms. Jensen is now free to express her desire for peace on earth			  this holiday season.]]></description>      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uconmag.com/editorial2/index.html</guid>    </item>    <item>      <title>Art Educators Take Issue</title>      <link>http://www.uconmag.com/comments/index.html</link>      <description><![CDATA[The dismissal of Texas art teacher Sydney McGee has provoked outrage and debate especially within the visual arts community who have objected to the thoughtless and ill-informed decision made by the Frisco Independent School District. Art educators sound off in their indignation over Ms. McGee's dismissal and the still-held supposition that museums can be venues for the display of subversive elements that can be deemed inappropriate, especially to children.]]></description>      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:01 -0500</pubDate>      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uconmag.com/comments/index.html</guid>    </item>  </channel></rss>