Teaching Abroad
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of my work at the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland is the teaching work we do abroad. The arts environment is deeply challenging here in...
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The Doha Ajyal Diaries: Qumra, Closing Night and Salma Hayek on Freedom
Salma Hayek-Pinault and Fatma Al Remaihi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Doha Film Institute and Director of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival, attend the Middle East premiere of Kahlil Gibran's...
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Philly's 3 Legendary Sax Tenors Highlight Sterling JOP Concert
Trumpeter/bandleader Terell Stafford returned to the Kimmel Center Dec. 3 with his 17-piece Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia , after touring, in a second appearance here, sounding even tighter than they...
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Chris Leskovsek Executes The Artist Book Concept With Absolute Perfection
All images represent copyright protected work and may not be used without permission. Photographers, naturally, want an audience for their work. This want often manifests itself in the desire to...
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Most Advanced, Yet Profitable Design
Pure incremental and breakthrough innovation is unsustainable so how does one balance managements' risk-attitude with users' taste preferences when designing innovative offerings? In the 1930's,...
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Where Fashion, Pop Art and Perspective Meet Performance
Photo by Simon Archer Hurlstone Philip Colbert created fashion label The Rodnik Band, which plays with pop art to create dresses that replicate artwork like Marcel Duchamp's Urinal. He talks about the...
View ArticleFrom "The Nutcracker" to the NFL: Celebrating Auditorium Theatre's 125 Years
One of my favorite Chicago theatre memories to date is when Broadway in Chicago presented Fuerza Bruta - a theatrical event that I can only describe as a near-chaotic interactive dance party...
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The Beautiful Sights of Rio de Janeiro
Text and photography by Lee F. Mindel for Architectural Digest. A scenic view overlooking Ipanema Beach, from the Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro. As Brazilian Carnival approaches (February 28-March 4),...
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Mommy Dearest: An Interview With Robert Melee
To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance." Jean Genet When I told Robert Melee to choose whatever "Mommy" video he wanted to include in Mama's Boy, a group exhibition I curated for...
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Music Made By People, Not Algorithms: a DVD Review of Frank
We're told that in our digital future music will be created by computer algorithms. But could an algorithm make music anywhere near as weird and wonderful as Frank? Frank is the titular character of...
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About Mobiography
A Chat with Andy from Mobiography! by Dilshad Corleone Andy and Dilshad are a part of Grryo, an international collective of social photographers. All Photos Copyright Andy Butler I first came across...
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A Conversation with Gloria Garfinkel
Gloria Garfinkel, Kimono Hanabi # 6 (1992), etching collage, image: 34.5 x 28 inches, paper: 40 x 34 inches Gloria Garfinkel's art can be seen as a celebration of life where vibrant colors, dynamic...
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Booked for the Evening Gala: Newark Public Library
During a brisk October evening this past fall in downtown Newark, NJ, guests came out to attend a fundraising benefit for The Newark Public Library entitled "Booked For The Evening" and to celebrate...
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Behind the Curtain: Backstage On Broadway
Broadway is one of the most known and recognizable locations for both tourists and locals alike when they think of about New York City. Perhaps even better known than Times Square where it is primarily...
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Olivia Jean Flies Solo: Slay Belle Rings, Are You Listening?
One of rock's freshest faces put an eerie title on her solo debut album that was released two weeks before Halloween. But after hearing her speak softly during a recent chat, Olivia Jean sounds nothing...
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Meet the Bullocks: An Inspiring African-American Family for the Arts and for...
The Bullocks in their northern New Jersey home Throughout my lifetime I've met several especially inspiring African-American families. I grew up on the Huxtables -- and in an unfortunate turn of...
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Identical Twins Address Body Image Issues (PHOTOS)
Note: Some of the images below may be considered not safe for work. When 48-year-old identical twins Lisanne and Colette Sartor asked to participate in my Love Your Body Now: Healing Body Image Issues...
View ArticleAn Interview With the Man Now in Charge of Reviving New York City Opera
On Friday, an article in the New York Times announced that the Board of the currently defunct New York City Opera had decided to sell its remaining assets to one of the various investor groups that had...
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2014 Top 20 Picks
Each year I survey what I have seen and experienced in the past 12 months and, after much soul searching and difficult internal debate, come up with my top 20 picks. (Plus two alternates!) Here is the...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: "El gato con botas," "Le Nozze di Figaro," Carlisle Floyd...
Since perfect things come along infrequently, it's absolutely required that when they do, a whole lot of carrying on attends them. The perfect thing about which I'm now holding forth is the Gotham...
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