Sorry for my long absence...

It has been awhile since I have updated this blog. It is incredibly too easy to get caught up in daily life and get distracted by various small things (and not so small things like the stomach flu and a sick cat)! Nevertheless, I have a few blog post in the workings to be updated over Pitt's spring break.

Be on the lookout for:

• Currently Digging, Pt. 2: Tehching Hsieh
• Why go to the Museum? The Museum Now Comes to You: The Google Art Project
• The Online AAT: Lifesaver in Authority Control
• LibGuides: The New Aid for Library Instruction and Reference
• The Final Frontier? The Abolition of the Print Resume
• Prepping for my First Professional Conference: The 2011 VRA + ARLIS/NA Joint Conference

Until then, one of my favorite Italian Futurist painters, Giacomo Balla. Italian Futurists are usually known for their wild architectural drawings (none were ever built) but Giacomo Balla was also a master painter. I discovered this artist and painting, Young Girl Running on a Balcony, during one of my last Art History courses at the University of Pittsburgh on Italian Design.

Giacomo Balla, Young Girl Running on a Balcony, 1912, Oil on Canvas, 125 cm. Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano, Milan, Lombardy, Italy , 10711. (Image © 2008 Artists Rights Society).