Crossing Cultures: The Visions of Ana Serrano and Joe Feddersen
The way we see the world around us influences and shapes our creativity. Those who grow up with exposure to multiple landscapes, cultures and languages have a rich palette from …
Quote for Today: Jasper Johns
In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself and party due to my feelings …
Bobby McFerrin: Try This at Home: Blues Improvisation [VIDEO]
Enjoy this awesome moment of audience interaction. Take a look at the woman with the doggie; she shows such delight! We can have so much fun playing together. video via …
Remembering How to Play in 2013 [VIDEO]
Behind the image of this crazy, innocent girl lies both hope for a bright future and fear that the world may never come together, that we will never change. It …
Quote for Today: Ansel Adams
You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you …
Quote for Today: Frank O’Hara
I have, for my own projected works and ideas, only the silliest and dewiest of hopes; no matter what, I am romantic enough or sentimental enough to wish to contribute …
Finding Creativity in the Community
Sometimes we sit alone and wait for inspiration, never realizing that it is bubbling up all around and within us. A long time ago, there was a land called “Wells,” …
Transcending Cultures through the Arts, Part One
Why is art a great way to break down barriers? It engages our humanity and reveals common ground between cultures. The didjeridoo is a wind instrument that originated in Australia …
Making Beginnings Out of Endings, Part Two
In the light of recent events, what can the creative community do to help a culture in shock and mourning? When I left this post open-ended I had no idea …