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How being perceived to be an artist boosts feelings of attraction in others
Abstract Music production is a universal phenomenon reaching far back into our past. Given its ubiquity, evolution theorists have postulated adaptive functions for music, such as strengthening in-group cohesion, intimidating enemies, or promoting child bonding. Here, we focus on a longstanding Darwinian hypothesis, suggesting that music production evolved as a vehicle to display an individual’s…
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Scott Kahn and the Case for Late-in-Life Artists
All too often, an artist’s success only falls upon them once they gain the title of “late artist.” But sometimes, artists get to experience the fruits of their labor as a late-in-life artist. Up-and-coming artist Scott Kahn is a perfect example of this phenomenon. Born in 1946, Kahn grew up in the southwestern part of…
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What Does Inequity Look Like to a Photographer? Our Young Artists Collective Shows Us.
Where words fall short, art rises. Words often form the foundation for necessary change-making: letters to representatives, petitions, slogans, calls to action. But sometimes, we need more than words to express our hunger for change — that’s when we turn to art, music, movement, and other creative mediums to call for unity and amplify one…
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Returning Home: On “Made in L.A. 2023”
WE DROVE THREE HOURS from Los Angeles to the remote desert at the edge of California and made our way through the maze of gates and checkpoints to our classroom in a state prison. The students were going to present their final projects for our arts facilitator training. One by one, sometimes in pairs, they…
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Brooks statues damaged after hit by van
Kambui Bomani Kambui Bomani is the general assignment and breaking news reporter for The Daily Memphian. He is a graduate of Jackson State University’s multimedia journalism program and earned a master’s degree in digital journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. His work has been published in Pro Football Focus, The Southside Stand, HBCU Legends, FanSided…
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Washington Pavilion adds Art Consulting services
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Washington Pavilion is taking its passion for art outside the walls of the Visual Arts Center, helping business owners and residents transform their individual spaces. The Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls is offering something new with its Art Consulting services. “It’s really an extension of our Visual Arts Center,…
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Who is Alvin Pettit, the artist chosen for Philly’s Harriet Tubman statue?
After a year of controversy, Mayor Jim Kenney and Creative Philly unveiled on Monday the winning design for Philly’s new Harriet Tubman statue — and the artist behind it. Alvin Pettit, one of 50 artists who applied to the city’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, has been commissioned to create the sculpture,…
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Fortenberry’s ‘Artist From Outside; Take a Breath’ interactive exhibition open in JDAC
Interactive artworks designed for the participants’ slow and mindful, somatic engagement are at the center of “Artist From Outside; Take a Breath” exhibition, which is on display now through December 12 in the west gallery of the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (700 E. 12th Street). A viewer handles “Between Breaths,” an interactive sonic…
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Elk Fest attracts 1,300 to Buchanan site
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER GRUNDY, Va. — Southern Gap Elk Fest drew a crowd of more than 1,300 over three days as the fourth annual event concluded Saturday at the Southern Gap Visitor Center. Activities included guided elk tours, bonfire storytelling, a mountain arts showcase, an ATV Sasquatch hunt, mountain games, kids inflatable rides, trout pond…
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Art Gone Musically Tubular
Many know Rod Lathim for his progressive and proactive work in theater, both locally and nationally, particularly through his founding of the award-winning Access Theatre and as a guiding force at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. Yet another important aspect of his creative life has been channeled, especially during and beyond the pandemic era, into the…
