Mira Schor on the ImageBlog
Reversible Time, 2013. Ink and oil on gesso on linen, 28 x 24 in. A topsy-turvy painting where time has two faces, the 24/7 time that wears away at the soul, the time of sleep and the earth. See more...
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D'Lo and Crescent Diamond Discuss Performing Girl, a New Documentary
Performing Girl is a short documentary about D'Lo, a queer, transgender, Tamil Sri Lankan American political theater actor, writer, director, music producer and comic who got his start at age 11,...
View ArticlePerforma 13 Shingerview: RoseLee Goldberg
RoseLee Goldberg, founding director and curator of Performa, is a leader in the performance art space. I had the privilege of sitting down with her during the month of Performa to talk about her art...
View ArticleWe Are All the Same: Teaching Empathy Through the Arts
As the 2013 calendar year winds down, we here at Children Mending Hearts (CMH) are preparing to wrap up our fall semester of programming. It's been a very busy semester with CMH Global Arts programs in...
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The Artist Behind Colby Keller Talks Retirement and Castration (NSFW PHOTOS)
If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with Colby Keller's porn career. What you may not know is that you've been jacking off to an elaborate performance art piece. Don't get me wrong, Colby...
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Hala Matar's Streetcar, a.k.a. Getting Chloƫ Sevigny to Act in Your First Film
Most probably each one of us has, at some point or another, dreamt of writing the perfect film. And an important part of that fantastical blockbuster, which will certainly turn us overnight into the...
View ArticleDefining Outcomes in Arts Education
What is the purpose of theatre education at the K-12 level? What underlying objectives are shared by diverse programs in diverse communities? How do we reconcile a theatre's objectives in engaging...
View ArticleMichael Hafftka on the ImageBlog
āArcherā 60 in. X 48 in. oil on canvas 2010 http://www.hafftka.com
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The Greatest Wingmen (and Wingwomen) in Classic Literature
Ah, the wingman. An important role not just in the world of dating and episodes of How I Met Your Mother, but also in the world of literature. Whether they're building up the protagonist's self esteem...
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As Da Art World Might Turn (the series) Online Premiere on Visionaire
Apart from teaching my two Harvard courses VES 66 Music Melodrama and Performance Art and VES 69k A Soap Opera Within Itself this semester, I created a new web series based on my 2006 art video...
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12 Famous Writers Who Lived In The Chelsea Hotel
Quick: what first comes to mind when you hear the words, "Chelsea Hotel?" Sid and Nancy? Leonard Cohen's "Hotel Chelsea No. 2?" Andy Warhol's "Chelsea Girls?" Musicians and artists dominated the...
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Thierry Laurence's Body as Art in Richmond's First Fridays Art Walk
"When I have a camera in hand, I want to capture the moments where shadows give way to light and allow us to see," says photographer Thierry Laurence, whose black and white portraits can be seen at...
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I'm Your Bigggest Fan
Diehards by Erin Feinberg (Anthropy Arts) The energy exchange between fans and musicians during live events can be intoxicating, even without mind-altering substances. New York-based photographer Erin...
View ArticleKenya Robinson on the ImageBlog
Documentation of Welcome to Walmart No. 2371 Media: Crushed blue velvet, double ended zippers, and hydrogen peroxide Year: 2013
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Boudoir, the Gift That Keeps On Giving
Boudoir: The Gift He'll Never Forget It's that time of year again. Stores have revamped their display windows, every other commercial on TV is Christmas themed, and there's a slight hint of magic in...
View ArticleWhy Laure Prouvost Won the Turner Prize
I was surprised to read that the winner of this year's Turner Prize, Laure Provost was the rank outsider. 'Rank outsider' is a pretty serious term. It meant she had no chance at all. Wonder why? The...
View ArticleAisle View: 18 (Plays) in 16 (Days)
I spent the weeks leading to Thanksgiving going to theater. And not just going a lot; events conspired to take me 16 nights in a row, with two two-show days bringing the total to 18. (By exploiting all...
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Carrie Underwood and Company Shine on the New Cast Album for NBC's Live Sound...
We've all seen endless commercials by now. You'd have to live under a rock not to know that NBC will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical, The Sound of Music, on Thursday (December 5) at 8...
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Being in Tune
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, housed at the Barbican in London, is an extraordinary cauldron of invention. It teaches some of the finest young musicians and actors, has community...
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2013's Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture
In surveying the year in landscape architecture, "aptness," a word favored by the great Modernist landscape architect Dan Kiley seems, well, appropriate. For Kiley aptness meant reading a landscape and...
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