A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Valentine's Day Themed "5 For Fighting"; Meet the...
By a show of hands, who hasn't gotten pregnant listening to a Five for Fighting song? [Pauses] That's what I thought. Anyway, since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, it's time for that old...
View ArticleWhy I Sing the Songs of Grace Jones -- Literally and Figuratively
From the age of three or four I knew I was different from the other little girls. I had a very low, husky voice; even lower than all the boys in my pre-school class. I used this to my dramatic and...
View Article(Video) Stella Adler Studio Builds a Community of Theater for the Young...
Founded on the insight that growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous, the award winning Outreach Division of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York, returned to Vieques,...
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India Art Fair 2015: The People's Buzz
The 7th edition of the annual India Art Fair, held in the Okhla industrial area of New Delhi over a heady four days over the last weekend in January, involved the works of some 1,100 artists from...
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Farsad Labbauf Sees Through the Lines to the Soul
Study me as much as you like, you will not know me, for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes and see me as I see myself, for I have chosen to dwell in a...
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Sundance 2015: Filmmakers Reflect on Latino Themes
The 31st annual Sundance Film Festival wrapped on February 1 in Park City, Utah. Sundance remains one of the most competitive film festivals in the world, with only 1.5% of films accepted of the 12,166...
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Connecting With Children Through the Arts
I can say with certainty the best part of having a publishing background is meeting the people who read my books and like my art. I will confess, my most favorite part is connecting with young...
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Good, Bad and Ugly
The theme of today's program is inspired by the famous Italian Western by Sergio Leone, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). You might ask, what does that have to do with my Art Talk? Well, I must...
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Top 5 Solo Exhibitions to See This Season
From Beijing to Brooklyn, these five exhibitions spotlight some of the most conceptually thrilling, technically arresting artists working today. Celeste Sunderland, February 3, 2015 1. Tom Sachs:...
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Siobhan Davies: Human-Nature (VIDEO)
It all stems from a fascination with our relationship to movement. As we sit in the waiting room downstairs in Siobhan Davies's dance school near Elephant & Castle in Southeast London, we can hear...
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Capturing Energy And The Figurative Cosmos According To Dustin Yellin
Countless elements pulling together into one form, directed by will, energy. Science tells us that we are matter; theologians say that we are spirit. Today, we accept that humans are energy too. Some...
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Book Merchandising Tips for the Self-Publishing Author
Merchandising is a business-retail discipline that is rarely applied when self-publishing a book. The principles of selling a product or a brand can and should be utilized in your publishing efforts....
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The Art of Solo Performance
One man shows. One woman shows. Solo performance. Autobiographical theatrical memoirs. You know the genre, right? Very popular in the theater these days. Especially for the producer. Why not? You have...
View ArticleThe Waiting Game in the Music Industry
As a kid, I recall going to the department stores with mom and my siblings. It seemed like a mixed blessing. On one hand, we were out of the house, and not sentenced to a day of chores. On the other...
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How to Imagine a Symphony Orchestra: Mina Zikri and the Oistrakh Symphony of...
Mina Zikri is a lot like other artists, or at least he's a lot like other promising, new artists who you might not know about. When you see him perform, for example, not only is the intensity of his...
View ArticleSpoken-Word Artist Captures Pain and Fear of Child Abuse
Co-authored by J.R. Jamison, co-founder of the Facing Project and executive director of Indiana Campus Compact Taking a story someone has lived and translating it into a story you write -- as if you...
View ArticleChris Bathgate by the Lake
There are individuals one meets that seem to be working on a different level. They exude calm in every task and emanate a peace and presence that spreads to those around them. I think such an...
View ArticleCelebrating the Talent, Recognizing the Voice: Judy Kuhn
Before Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O'Hara, Judy Kuhn was the voice exciting audiences on Broadway and beyond. The 56-year-old star originated the roles of Cosette and Florence in Les...
View ArticleAre Painters' 'Reference Photographs' a Form of Cheating?
"I have no difficulty with other people using photography as the basis of their painting," by which painter Steven Assael implies that he does have some difficulty. "It just has to be understood that...
View Article6 Reasons Why 'Venus And Adonis' By William Shakespeare Is One Of The Sexiest...
When I began writing my novel The Tutor (Riverhead, Feb. 5), I searched for a piece of writing for my protagonist and Shakespeare to work on. I was familiar with his plays and his Sonnets, but not his...
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