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B00K: Who’s That Girl?: A Memoir by Eve
It is such a blessing to read a memoir from a significant storyteller (woman) who is so pivotal to the hip hop movement. The book reads like a friend telling you everything that truly went down behind the scenes of her music and acting career. A lyrical talent of both words and performance, Eve delivered…
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Do you know Ziwe? Icon.
I just finished the book “Black Friend//Essays” by Ziwe, which I saw on her onset bookshelf while watching an episode of her show on Youtube. I spent all-day yesterday, (a balmy Saturday afternoon and evening) reading chapter after chapter until my sight started to blur, and woke up to unknowingly finish the last few chapters…
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B00K— The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America
I just finished reading the 2nd book I’ve found titled “The War of Art”. This one is written by Lauren O’Neill-Butler, and is a history of artists’ protests in America. This would make for a great textbook; and if I were teaching American Art History, I would make it required reading for the course. Some…
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Do you know Ruth Asawa?
A documentary about Ruth Asawa, an artist who worked every minute; and a classroom activity using her bakers clay recipe.
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Carrie Mae Weems & Dawoud Bey
Embarrassed to say, but I was only vaguely familiar with the work of Dawoud Bey before listening to this conversation between him and longtime contemporary, Carrie Mae Weems. Together they share beautiful anecdotes about their friendship, and experiences making pictures. Bey later mentions Harlem photographer Roy DeCarava, which prompts moderator LeRonn Brooks to read a…
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✴︎ ArtDo you know EMF?
This is about EMF – Electromagnetic Fields (or frequencies). Rick Rubin has a conversation with EMF expert Brian Hoyer, founder of Shielded Healing via Tetragrammaton. Highlights include: not sleeping near your router, wireless earbuds microwaving your head, and moving your bed so your head faces east or south.
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LISTEN: Teaching Creative Technology in the Age of AI
So thankful to have found this gem of a panel discussion. Five New York (and RISD) higher-education instructors discuss the perils of receiving AI generated assignments, and discuss their solutions for grading “too polished” assignments, while beginning to appreciate the glitch as proof of a human-made product. Also, complete with discussions about Wikimedia being a…
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✴︎ ArtFilm Night: Bugonia
Reasons to watch: After watching, I started looking around (the internet) for other reviews, and found this article from World Literature Today, where they (Tammy Lai-Ming Ho & Julien Jeusette) mention an essay by Wu Ming 1 (aka Roberto Bui) that makes the point “not to validate paranoia but to restore discernment”. I later looked up the…
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“Perfection” by Vincenzo Latronico
Finding this book came through from DNAMAG email newsletter, who described: “that there is something so magnificent about Perfection that either it’s because I can relate to it, or that I dread it.” A coming of later age story of two people navigating real and perceived levels of happiness, desperately hoping to stay ahead of…
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Lorna Simpson: Source Notes at The Met
Lorna Simpson: Source Notes at The Met (6:09) A quick six-minute video of Lorna Simpson talking about her art, her process, and her advice to “keep making work, not in a kind of productivity way, but to try to maintain one’s connection to the work that you do.”
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Film Night: L’Avance directed by Djiby Kebe
L’AVANCE, directed by Djiby Kebe, France, 2024; 18 minutes Now screening on Mubi.com
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Film Night: Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
I started a MUBI subscription last night, and based mostly on the cover image (description below), and partly on the fact that I had yet to watch any rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, I decided to screen the 2024 “documentary” titled Grand Theft Hamlet.
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Howard Thurman
This is my Howard Thurman appreciation post. Chapter 5: Love “He placed a crown over her head which for the rest of her life she would keep trying to grow tall enough to wear.” p. 106
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Erwin Raphael McManus
This is my Erwin Raphael McManus appreciation post. I picked up this book a few years ago on a used book cart for $3.00, purchased purely for the title. I had never heard of Erwin Raphael McManus prior to reading this book. I later discovered he had written more books, founded Mosaic LA, and has…
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Something to pray to.
There are so many reasons to pray the rosary. It is a powerfully calming, and meditative way to spend 20 minutes. I recorded the above rosary with my mom one day, added some background music, and curated a compilation of religious imagery to accompany the audio. I thought it was finished, but something felt off.…
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✴︎ ArtArtist Date: Chicago
October 12, 2024 — One enters Patron gallery under a very large, and fairly intimidating, unmarked marquee. The day I arrived, I was immediately greeted by the clever imagery of Alice Tippit. The Chicago-based painter has choice use of rich colors laid out on petite-sized canvases. The precision of smooth paint application illuminated the controlled…
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✴︎ DesignArtist Date: Wingspread
One of the largest prairie residences designed by Wisconsin’s very own Frank Lloyd Wright, a visit to Wingspread may give you a new perspective on custom home design. Commissioned by H.F. Johnson, the third generation heir to control the SC Johnson company, this residence was completed in 1939 after two (2) full years of construction.…
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✴︎ ArtArtist Date: Racine Art Museum
The Racine Art Museum, located at 441 Main Street, is known for its celebration of craft and boasts the title of being “America’s Home for Contemporary Craft”. Inside, they curate truly impressive works that evoke a conversation of both narrative and process. When I say “narrative”, I am referring to the visual story that the…
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✴︎ Art2024 KUSD Student Art Show
The 2024 Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) Student Art Show is now on view at the Kenosha Public Museum, here’s a few images of the artwork created by the talented students in the district. Click on the image to view the artist credits in the bottom right corner.
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