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Not the Usual Suspects 2: This Artweek.LA (July 14, 2014)
Inside/Outside: Images of Los Angeles | Manny Silverman Gallery breaks from its Abstract Expressionist focus with "Not the Usual Suspects 2," featuring an exhibition of paintings by Jamie F. Adams and...
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The Bolshoi in America: Cold War Deja Vu
Last week, Nigel Redden, the director of Lincoln Center Festival, stepped out onto the stage of the David Koch Theater and greeted the company of dancers assembled there. Twenty artists of the Bolshoi...
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Coping With Undesirables
Looking back on history often allows people to get a clearer picture of what's wrong with the world. For example, not everyone is as wealthy as Mitt Romney. Following her infamous statement during the...
View ArticleHow Far Would You Go for Your Passion?
The hardest part about being a writer or an artist is having the inclination but not the talent. Rejection is the deepest of all artistic suffering because it is not just what we do -- it is who we...
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A Profile of Soprano Tony Arnold -- Guest Artist at Santa Fe Chamber Festival...
Soprano Tony Arnold is a luminary in the world of Chamber Music and Art Song. Today's classical composers are inspired by her inherently beautiful voice, consummate musicianship, and embracing spirit....
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That's (Not Just) Entertainment: Dance As a Tool For Cultural Dialogue and...
Flatfoot Dance Company's Mzamo Jabu Siphika, Sifiso Selby Khumalo, and Sifiso Thamsanqa Majola performing July 7, 2014 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts| Photo by Ken Carl In 2013,...
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A Letter to AirBnB's CEO, With Love, From Georgia O'Keeffe
Dear Brian, I don't very much enjoy looking at logos in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart and see the curves and shapes, the essence for what they are, not the emblems that are...
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Africa's Most Photographed House Is in Danger
Widely considered one of Africa’s greatest art collectors, Joseph Murumbi spent his life collecting a vast collection of art and books. Born the son of a Goan father and Maasai mother, Murumbi rose to...
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An Empathic Musical Orchestra -- A String of New Relationships
A music therapy interview with Claudia Nicastro Research shows that music affects our creativity and productivity. A series of experiments has investigated the relationship between the playing of...
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Stage Door: 'Drop Dead Perfect'
With a nod to the films Rebecca and Mildred Pierce, not to mention a sly reference to The Glass Menagerie, entertaining camp has scored again. Drop Dead Perfect by Erasmus Fenn, starring downtown...
View ArticleThe Grass Is Always Greener
The American View: It would be so great to be working in a European arts institution. After all, those organizations get such a large portion of their budget from the government; I have heard that some...
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Between Riverside and Crazy: One Man's Struggle to Keep His Rent-Stabilized...
With their backs to the wall, creative artists are struggling to come to terms with the forces of gentrification that are altering their lives beyond recognition. So, in a sense, it's no surprise to...
View ArticleA Conversation With Ahmed Mater, Co-founder of Edge of Arabia
Arab art is hitting the global art world with the force of a haboob, a summer sandstorm. A lot of the credit goes to Edge of Arabia. The initiative is the brainchild of two artists, Stephen Stapleton...
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Ojai Turns on the Water Works
"Water is another matter, it has no direction but its own bright grace..." --Pablo Neruda WATER WORKS at Ojai's Porch Gallery. The Dark Bob. Water is an emblem of fluidity in the material world. In...
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The Other Side of American Exceptionalism
Conformity isn't for everyone. Some kids are quickly tagged with the label "Does not play well with other children." Others grow up to become introverts, recluses, or people who see no need to keep up...
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Review: 'Disperse the Light' an Exhibition of New E-Lit
Miss July, from M.D. Coverely's "Fukushima Pinup Calendar" Each year writers, critics and scholars of "born digital" literature congregate at the Electronic Literature Organization conference. The...
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Becoming a Creative and Cultural Entrepreneur
The emergence of creative enterprises is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. According to a 2013 United Nations Report on The Creative Economy: "World trade ( in the creative sector) more...
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Janet Krupin Keeps Dance Music Trill: How Working Alongside Idina Menzel...
I'll spend my whole life long chasing ways to live inside a song. That line in Trillium's upcoming EP (extended play music album) represents exactly what Janet Krupin and Alex Caraballo hope to...
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Gothic Summer
Photo Courtesy of: JWNY 2014 If you grew up in Southern California during the 80's and 90's, and were exposed to street gangs and violence anywhere from San Diego to San Luis Obispo, you might have...
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