How can a bodily area be designed to help well-being? Whereas museum galleries may appear a world away from barbershops, to Josh Livingston, each are locations for folks to assemble and join. Josh is a Visiting Assistant Professor within the American Research Division at Bard Faculty, and he’s spent many comfortable hours exploring The Met together with his spouse and younger daughter, Jude. He additionally hails from an extended line of barbers, and in 2020, he opened Good friend of a Barber together with his enterprise companions. Constructed for greater than haircuts, Josh’s barbershop can be a vibrant neighborhood hub that showcases work by native artists, and welcomes kids and pets, too. Find out how for Josh, areas might be purpose-built to help significant connections that affect the entire neighborhood.

Visitor: Joshua Livingston, barber and visiting assistant professor of American Research, Bard Faculty

Objects talked about on this episode:

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883–84. Oil on canvas, 82 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (208.6 x 109.9 cm); Framed: 95 3/4 x 56 5/8 x 5 in. (243.2 x 143.8 x 12.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, New York, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916 (16.53)

The Temple of Dendur, accomplished by 10 B.C. Egypt, Nubia, Dendur, West financial institution of the Nile River, 50 miles South of Aswan, Roman interval, reign of Augustus Caesar. Aeolian sandstone, Temple correct: H. 6.40 m (21 ft.); W. 6.40 m (21 ft.); L 12.50 m (41 ft.); Gate: H. 8.08 m (26.5 ft.); W. x 3.66 m (12 ft.); D. 3.35 m (11 ft.). The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, New York, Given to america by Egypt in 1965 and awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in 1967 (68.154)

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