Quote for Today: Elizabeth Alexander
It’s a fact: black people in this country die more easily, at all ages, across genders. Look at how young black men die, and how middle-aged black men drop …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #35: Plante by Réka Bucsi, Budapest, Hungary via Vimeo’s Stories in Place
Day 35 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series takes us to Budapest, Hungary, to a small nursery called Plante. The movie is by Réka Bucsi, an animation film-maker, and is a …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #33: Sandpaintings of Wang Chenwei, Weihai, China
Day 33 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series returns to China to feature Wang Chenwei, a sand artist in Weihai, in the eastern province of Shandong. This is a beautiful, meditative …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #27: The Barton Family, Bangkok, Thailand
Day 27 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series comes to you from Bangkok, Thailand. 5 year-old Emilie Barton imagines what it would be like to have a father in the medical …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #26: Japanese Supernatural Art from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Day 26! Today’s Globe-trotting Travel Series features a video about supernatural characters in Japanese art, from woodblocks to manga, video games and pop culture. Such a clever presentation and fascinating …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #21: Company Inq in Chicago, IL, USA
Day 21 of the Globe-trotting Travel Series features Company Inq, a creative design agency based in Chicago, USA. Co-founders John Morrison and Amuse126 put together an international group of artists, …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #19: Manju Singh from Lucknow, India
Painting a picture is a bit like meditation. The focused attention required is both relaxing and a means of working out feelings and thoughts. It can be a vehicle for …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #7: Luke Jerram’s SARS CoV-2 Model from Bristol, England
Day 7 of the globe-trotting Travel Series takes us to Bristol, England, where artist Luke Jerram designs models of viruses which are then executed in blown glass. The effort is …
Quote for Today: Robert Henri
All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed. —Robert Henri, “The Art …
Quote for Today: Chase Jarvis
You’ve heard poets talk about poems flowing out of their bodies; painters, they get on a roll. You all have seen the musician, when they are in that state, the …