My Modern Met

June 21, 2023

Harrison Ford Fights Back Tears After Interviewer Thanks Him for 40 Years of ‘Indiana Jones’

Harrison Ford is known for playing no-nonsense, hard-faced action heroes in film sagas such as Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Off-screen, the actor himself is known for sharing an equally measured personality. That's why it almost came as a surprise when he nearly broke down during a recent interview with BBC Radio 1.

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Inspiring

June 21, 2023

Community Helps Buy a Car for Beloved School Custodian Who Walked Hours to Get to Work

When a valued member of a community is in need, it's always inspiring to see people rally around them and...

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Photo Contest

June 21, 2023

Winners of the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards Celebrate the Beauty of Birds

Now in its 14th year, the Audubon Photography Awards spotlights the professionals, amateurs, and youth that create incredible visuals of...

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Inspiring

June 21, 2023

Inspiring Pair of Deaf Climbers Complete Historic Climb of Mount Everest

In 2016, Japanese climber Satoshi Tamura became the first Deaf person to summit Mount Everest. After his achievement, Nepal stopped issuing climbing permits to people with disabilities, and it wasn't until 2018 that the ban was finally repealed.

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Embroidery

June 21, 2023

Thousands of Bees Work With Artist on Incredible Embroidery Art

Over the past decade, Toronto-based artist Ava Roth has been making art with some unusual helpers—bees.

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Installation

June 21, 2023

Monumental Installation Uses 804 Trees To Create an Untenable Version of Home

The phrase “putting down roots” is likely familiar to anyone looking for a permanent place to call home.

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Academy

June 21, 2023

Learn How to Draw Your Favorite People in This Beginner-Friendly Online Class

There are some types of art that feel impossible to do, and portrait drawing is certainly one of them. The subject matter requires you to consider a lot of factors, from facial expressions to anatomical proportions. Plus, everything has to work together to capture a person's likeness. If you’ve always wanted to draw your favorite people (or your self-portrait), get a crash course in it with the help of illustrator Melissa de Nobrega.

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History

June 20, 2023

Who Was Ennigaldi-Nanna? Learn About the Woman Who Founded the World’s First Museum

When you want to learn more about art, history, and culture, museums are usually the best destinations.

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Street Photography

June 20, 2023

Street Photographer’s Photos Demonstrate Life’s Strange Visual Coincidences

Street photographer Anthimos Ntagkas is always on the lookout for an interesting scene.

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Archeology

June 20, 2023

Perfectly Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Sword Discovered in Germany

Ancient swords hold a certain mystique. Recently, a museum discovered an artifact in their collection was in fact a real ancient weapon, unearthed from a Hungarian river in the 1930s. In 2018, a young Swedish girl pulled a Viking sword out of a lake in her own version of the King Arthur myth.

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