Jay Z starts one of his singles from 2013's "Magna Carta Holy Grail" by claiming, "I just want a Picasso in my casa, no, my castle." At Oberlin College, students fulfill Jay Z's dream by hanging a Picasso in their very own castle dorm room, thanks to the work of art world luminary and professor Ellen Johnson. With a budget of a few hundred dollars as the school's art librarian in 1940, Johnson founded the Art Rental program at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, which allows (and trusts) students to ...
Want To Encourage College Students To Love Art? Loan Them A Picasso
The Huffington Post - 21 May 2015 22:11
Jay Z starts one of his singles from 2013's "Magna Carta Holy Grail" by claiming, "I just want a Picasso in my casa, no, my castle." At Oberlin College, students fulfill Jay Z's dream by hanging a Picasso in their very own castle dorm room, thanks to the work of art world luminary and professor Ellen Johnson. With a budget of a few hundred dollars as the school's art librarian in 1940, Johnson founded the Art Rental program at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, which allows (and trusts) students to ...
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