By Tom Campbell
Maybe I’m spending too much time inside due to a combination of the pandemic and the New England winter weather, but I’ve been getting a kick out of the series of commercials about turning into your parents.
President's Message
By Tom Campbell
If you’re reading this, it must be 2021. Just about everyone I know said they couldn’t wait for 2020 to end, and now that it has, we have to ask, “What will the New Year bring?”
By D. Joeff Williams
As you read this message, the Academy will be getting ready for its Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, where I will hand the presidential gavel to Tom Campbell. (It’s still hard to imagine that we will not be gathering in D.C. to interact and network face to face.)
By D. Joeff Williams
For the past nine months in this space, I have been sharing small stories and material related to two of my favorite distractions when not doing my day job—both seeing and learning about art (more specifically, paintings and sculptures) as well as classic rock music.
By D. Joeff Williams
“Uncertainty.” That word has been repeated often in conversations and discussions I have been a part of recently, whether in my professional life or my personal life.
By D. Joeff Williams
When I first started thinking about the focus of my next President’s Message, I had already been thinking about the theme of “change.”
By D. Joeff Williams
In my first President’s Message, I wrote about there being “more to the picture,” with some observations in the context of classical paintings vis-a-vis the Academy’s motto, “Objective. Independent. Effective.”
By D. Joeff Williams
While recently reading an article about great paintings, I noticed it talked about three common elements for an effective painting: a “strong focal point,” “layers of color,” and “changes in direction.”
By Shawna Ackerman
While I’m not a television-watcher, I am aware of the immensely popular show “The Voice,” which brings together celebrity judges and aspiring stars.
By Shawna Ackerman
I was recently in New York City for the NAIC Summer National Meeting.