Look and Listen #31: The Activism of Sofia Ashraf
Sofia Ashraf was raised in a conservative Muslim family in south India, but she always loved the stage. Despite coming from a household where musical instruments were banned and nice …
Look and Listen #26: N’terini by Fatoumata Diawara from Colors
Fatoumata Diawara is a Malian musician and actress born in Ivory Coast. She was sent back to Mali as a teenager to be raised by her aunt in her own …
Look and Listen #25: Colored Hearts
This short romantic film directed and written by Robin K. Johnson, who also stars, is a look at the voices that nag those in interracial relationships. Why do we celebrate …
Look and Listen #23: The art of Wangechi Mutu
Today’s focus is on Kenyan multimedia artist Wangechi Mutu. I remember being completely captivated by her film installation, The End of Eating Everything, when it was on view at the …
Look and Listen #22: Baseera Khan’s Braidrage
Visual and Performance artist Baseera Khan spent her childhood in Denton, Texas, USA. Her parents moved to the US before her birth from Bangalore, India and kept a low profile …
Look and Listen #20: Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari reconstructs art destroyed by ISIS from National Geographic
Moreshin Allahyari is an Iranian media artist and activist living in the United States since 2007. Her work is thought-provoking, linking modernity with ancient tradition and re-interpreting the past in …
Look and Listen #19: Mezzo-soprano Adrian Angelico
Adrian Angelico is making a bold statement in opera. He is one of a growing number of trans opera singers forging a new path for the future. As a mezzo-soprano, …
Look and Listen #18: Kent Monkman’s Paintings
Kent Monkman is a Cree visual artist working in multiple media. This particular short film explores the process and intent behind two large paintings created for exhibition in the Great …
Look and Listen #17: Glass Artist Preston Singletary, Raven and The Box of Daylight from Craft in America
Preston Singletary is a Tlingit artist working in glass. The Tlingit people are famous for their art and storytelling and the incredible iconographic tradition that they have built is unique …
Look and Listen #16: Kerry James Marshall
American painter Kerry James Marshall talks about his strategy to raise his aesthetic into mainstream art, to paint the things he values in the world. What we focus on as …