May 7 – Completion of Desert Breath

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nIt’s located where the Sahara Desert meets the Red Sea, in Egypt.
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nThree Greek women – an artist, an industrial designer, and an architect – wanted to “address the desert as a state of mind.” So, in 1997, they built an enormous land art piece that spreads over 100,000 square meters of land.
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nThey completed the piece, named Desert Breath, and they completed the photographs and video of the piece, and they walked away…
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nSince then, Desert Breath, has faced erosion, wind and extreme temperatures, changes made by weather. Still, more than twenty years later, you can still see the enormous spiral the three women created on  Google Earth. 
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Above, what the center looks like with no water… Below, what it looks like when filled with water…

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nCheck out this 8-plus-minute video on the artwork. And here are artist Danae Stratou’s photos of the piece.
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nAlso, check out more land art I love!
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Teacher Appreciation Week 

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nAnniversary of the Group of Seven Show

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nBe Kind to Animals Week

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nNational Barrier Awareness Day 

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nWriter, composer, and artist Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday

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nAnniversary of the recovery of the painting The Scream 

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nMathematician Alexis Claude Clairaut’s birthday

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nO. Henry Pun-Off Day

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nCelebrate Composers Day

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nBrahms’s birthday

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nCelebrate Composers Day

nTchaikovsky’s birthday

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nCelebrate Composers Day
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nAnniversary of the world premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

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nAnniversary of a discovery in Israel

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nPlan ahead:

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