THE VISUAL ARTS

"Art Answers the Questions of Your Life" by Dorothy Koppelman and Carrie Wilson, Terrain Gallery Directors, at "International Conversations Through Art" (31st InSEA World Congress -- International Society for Education through the Arts --August, 2002, New York City.) Papers presented at the Terrain Gallery in painting, architecture, and more. Illustrating the Siegel Theory of Opposites and its power to explain the art of diverse cultures and media and show its relation to the artist and to oneself, the viewer.

"Freedom and Order: The Quilt Masterpieces of Gee’s Bend" by Alice Bernstein — The Harlem Times (New York, New York) 2/22/03 — "The class I tell of took place at the Whitney Museum exhibition Gee’s Bend: The Women and Their Quilts and was conducted by Marcia Rackow, Aesthetic Realism teacher of art. These seventy quilts, astounding in their variety and ingenuity, were made by descendants of slaves in rural Gee’s Bend, Alabama (1920s - 1990s)." > more

"Wonder and 'Matter-of-Fact' Meet or the Imagination of Beatrix Potter" by Marcia Rackow —  There's hardly a person who doesn't know The Tale of Peter Rabbit!, The Journal of the Print World

"Aesthetic Realism and Picasso's Guernica: for Life" by Dorothy Koppelman

"Bruegel's Peasant Wedding Celebrates the True Purpose of Marriage" by Ruth Oron

"Scene of Her Mind Change" by Faith Stern. About the place of the Terrain Gallery in the history of 39 Grove Street and the effect of this cultural institution on one's life. The Villager (New York, NY)

"The Surprising & Abiding Opposites" at the Terrain Gallery by Carrie Wilson

"Chaim Koppelman: A Selection of Works on Paper" -- Review of show at the Beatrice Conde Gallery, New York, NY, by Marcia Rackow, Journal of the Print World

"Kindness and a Father" by artist and Aesthetic Realism Consultant Chaim Koppelman. The Dayton Weekly News

"We Can Learn about Ourselves from Winslow Homer's The Gulf Stream" by Daniel Reiss. Tennessee Tribune

"The Dark Angels" a charcoal drawing by Chaim Koppelman, at the National Academy Museum. New York Times

"Our Selves Are Aesthetic!" -- About Monet's Autumn Effect at Argenteuil and Aesthetic Realism Consultations by Ruth Oron

THE PRINT

"The Opposites -- 2001: The Print. A Review and Some History" by Alma Vincent. Journal of the Print World (Meredith, NH)

"Power and Tenderness in Men and Picasso's Minotauromachy" by Chaim Koppelman. Journal of the Print World

"Confrontation 2" by Chaim Koppelman. National Academy exhibition"Treasures Revealed: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Works on Paper," Museum and School of Fine Arts

PHOTOGRAPHY

"Open Mike at Peez Leweez: an Enticing Evening of Music and Poetry" by Richard A. Ross. The River Reporter (Narrowsburg, New York)— "Len Bernstein’s photographs are on exhibit at Peez Leweez....[His] work speaks to the observer about the connectedness of the human experience....Bernstein explains his photograph 'The Young Critic,' above, as follows: 'Children are not usually seen as having keen, critical perception that can be of deep use to us.... I tried to show his dignity through composition..." > more

DRAMA

"An Oscar for Elia Kazan? He cannot be forgiven for betraying his friends" by Anne Fielding. Philadelphia Inquirer

POETRY AND LITERATURE

"Two Poems by Eli Siegel about Martin Luther King and America" by Alice Bernstein. Annapolis Times (Annapolis, MD)

"Eli Siegel's Hymn to Jazz and the Like -- and Why I Love It" by Shirley Jones. Tennessee Tribune (Nashville, TN)

"Presentation of 'Hard Times' by Dickens: A Dramatic Presentation of Eli Siegel's Great Lecture." The Journal (L.I.C., Astoria, Jackson Heights, NY)

"The Essence of Kindness" by Ernest DeFilippis  -- On literature in relation to life: love, marriage, and economic injustice. Philippine Post

"Eli Siegel: A Centennial Celebration" by Alice Bernstein. 'This year is the centenary of Eli Siegel (1902-78)....He grew up in Baltimore....It is here that his thought and writing began....Mayor Martin O'Malley writes: "I...hereby proclaim August 16th 2002 as 'Eli Siegel Day' in Baltimore, and do urge all citizens to join in this celebration."' The Baltimore Times (Baltimore, Maryland)

FILM

"Young and Old Learn Answer to Racism at Brooklyn Children's Museum" by Alice Bernstein. Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY)

MUSIC

"'Shakespeare, Music, Love — & How You Can Like Yourself': Special Matinee Performance." The Rye Chronicle (Rye, NY)

Tennessee Tribune, 1/6/2000   /  "Simplicity and Complexity in the Temptations’ My Girl, in Love, and in Me" by Kevin Fennell

"Music From China and the Universal Criterion for Beauty" by Professor Edward Green. Music From China Website

The Urgent Question for Men and Woman: How Do We Want to Affect People? Part 1— by Kevin Fennell  Part 2 includes a discussion of Elvis Presley: music, lyrics, life

ARCHITECTURE

"Protesting the World War II Memorial" by Dale Laurin and Chaim Koppelman. The Oregonian (OregonLive.com)

"Art for Justice’s Sake" by Sergio Silveira -- includes discussion of 18th century Brazilian sculptor and architect Antonio Francisco Lisboa. Philippine Post.