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Blog Tag: Artstor on JSTOR

February 12, 2025

What can we learn from depictions of grief?

By Janelle Ketcher, Publisher Relations Coordinator, ITHAKA
Explore the many ways grief is represented in art, archives, and personal expression. This blog post examines historical and contemporary depictions of mourning, from letters to lost loved ones to visual tributes like the AIDS Memorial Quilt, revealing how creative practices help us process loss.

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January 21, 2025

Open access collections on JSTOR:
Advancing scholarship and visual literacy in 2025

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Accessible knowledge opens the door to education. In 2025, explore JSTOR’s open access collections, featuring art, photographs, and cultural archives that empower visual literacy and interdisciplinary discovery.

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November 1, 2024

Monthly wrap-up: October’s shared collections and audio-visual finds

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
This month on JSTOR, we continued expanding access to invaluable content, adding multimedia and archival collections that amplify voices from the past. Discover our picks from the month.

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September 30, 2024

Rediscovering Joseph F. Stapleton: New additions to Artstor on JSTOR

By Robert Solomon, Art Historian and Biographer: Joseph F. Stapleton
Explore the newly expanded Joseph F. Stapleton Drawing Collection from Artstor on JSTOR, now featuring 345 additional images. Stapleton, a Brooklyn-born surrealist and abstractionist, is gaining renewed attention for his contributions to post-WWII abstract expressionism in New York. With nearly 650 images available, this collection offers a rich resource for research and study.

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September 26, 2024

Monthly wrap-up: expanding collections and engaging new perspectives

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Discover JSTOR's latest resources, including radical newspapers, historical multimedia, and new video content. Enhance your research with diverse entries from Reveal Digital, Artstor on JSTOR, and shared collections.

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September 19, 2024

Artstor on JSTOR is for everyone

By Rumika Suzuki Hillyer, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Discover how educators across various disciplines are creatively using Artstor on JSTOR to enrich their teaching. From ESL to Dance studies, explore 15 inspiring ways high-quality images and media are being integrated into lessons, helping students engage with visual resources in new and innovative ways.

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August 26, 2024

Stop seeing and learn to look: Discover the importance of visual literacy

By Ann Guidry, Senior Copywriter, ITHAKA
Enhance visual literacy with "Learning to Look"! Dive into actionable guidance and lesson plans to understand the world through images with Virginia Seymour. Develop vital skills for students and educators alike.

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