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(01/28/14 12:00am)
On Jan. 23, Rice's Matchbox Gallery opened its first show of the new semester, Rolled and Stoned. The show features lithographs and monoprints from seven Rice undergraduates: Sophie Eichner, Geraldine Franco, Gabbie Hulet, Kelly King, Claire O'Malley, Ellen Marsh and Morgan McNeel. The majority of the artists each had three prints featured, which they created using methods taught in Karin Broker's lithography and monoprinting class. The prints are very elaborate, featuring multiple layers of ink and paper, making it very clear that the artists put a lot of time and effort into carefully constructing the beautiful print
(09/12/13 12:00am)
It is always exciting to order a latte at a coffee shop and receive a steaming cup with an intricately poured design on the top. Whether your cup sports a flower, a heart or something a bit more abstract, latte art is a point of pride and distinguishability among baristas everywhere. However, Houston's series of Second Sunday Throwdowns has taken the art of pouring steamed milk into espresso to the next level. On the second Sunday of each month, a Houston coffee shop or cafe hosts a throwdown in which amateurs and professional baristas compete head-to-head in a bracketed tournament to see who can produce the most beautiful but readily drinkable work of latte art.
