One of the pressing complaints about Western journalism is that traveling reporters drop into the scene where a story is unfolding, tell only a fraction of it, and jet off to the next destination chasing another lede. Marginalized people seeking media coverage also sometimes find themselves at the mercy of […]
Month: March 2024
Ed Hrybyk: A Jazz Bassist Buoyed by Bright Moments
Once I was at a party and heard a man declare that live music was dead. As a touring musician and concert organizer, I had to interject. “No it isn’t! There are shows happening all the time!” “Then tell me where I can go see some live jazz tonight,” the […]
How to market your artwork for Christmas
Halloween has come and gone and leaves are falling from the trees. The holiday season approaches, and with it the biggest shopping and gift-giving time of year. Are you ready to deck the halls and market artwork for the holiday season? Small businesses typically bring in a hefty 20 percent […]
Consistency – Is it Key?
Oscar Wilde is famously quoted as saying “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” I get sucked into reading these daily quotes, and I rarely question them. Who am I to disagree with Oscar Wilde? Yet, I can’t imagine an art career that does not benefit from consistency. By […]
Interview with Aviv Benn: A dreamlike world that goes beyond the canvas
Aviv Benn has recently joined Rise Art, bringing her expressionistic works to the platform. Her paintings are a visual universe starring symbolic archetypes and fantastical forms that pop up, reappear, and combine to formulate the dreamlike world they inhabit. By repeating the same imagery over numerous canvases, she informs a narrative that stretches far beyond the […]
Air Pressure. Living under a hostile sky – We Make Money Not Art
22,111 Israeli military aircraft have violated Lebanese airspace over the last 15 years. Their buzz, roaring and exploding sounds form the background of daily life in Lebanon, enveloping the country in “atmospheric violence.” Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Air Pressure (A diary of the sky), 2022 Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Air Pressure (A […]
EP 124 Sketching Your Way Through Trauma with Jeff Schmidt
In today’s creative podcast we are talking to Jeff Schmidt. Jeff is an illustrator, speaker and author of the best-selling book, Heart Attack, which is all about finding hope, joy, and inspiration through recovery. https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zunz94/EP124Jeff_SchmidtUrbanSketching81jbs.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | RSS As a young professional […]
Thomas Nast and the Santa Claus We Know Today
Share: by Cynthia Close Santa’s Portrait (above), a color illustration by the noted German born American political cartoonist Thomas Nast, appeared in an 1881 edition of Harper’s Magazine. It is credited with being the first image to establish all the visual elements we associate with America’s version of Santa Claus we […]
Two discoveries of medieval painting
Cimabue, Christ Mocked, c. 1280 This post has nothing to do with the art of medieval Hungary, but the information presented below is so fascinating that I decided to create a small post about it. New started circulating this week about the discovery of some spectacular medieval paintings, which had […]
Pegboard in the Art Room
To know me is to know my love of pegboard. It’s a big part of the teacher cart I designed with Prang. It played a huge role in making my sewing room more organized. And it helps keep my painting supplies organized in my crafting space. I would cover the world […]