Portland’s Pearl District, The Rose City’s Creative Hub
Portland’s Pearl District, once a desolate collection of neglected warehouses and railways, is now the very picture of creative community restoration. Once lined with neglected…
Category: Visual Arts
What Does Haint Blue Mean to the South
If you don’t live in the American south, chances are that hearing the term “haint blue” does little more for you than elicit a “huh?”…
Paint by Numbers: The Popular Foray into the Oldest Art Medium
The first patent for the paint by numbers technique was filed in 1923. But the famous crafters’ take on painting didn’t become a marketable product…
Tetrachromats and Trichromats: What do you see?
Remember the gold dress phenomenon? How many colors can you count in the image above? Fewer than 20, you’re a dichromat. Between 20 and 32,…
Yulia Tsvetkova: Censorship and Persecution for Body Positivity Art Series
Russian officials charged artist and feminist, Yulia Tsvetkova with “Gay Propoganda” and “Criminal Pornography” in response to her body positivity art series “Women are Not…
Museums and Covid: Wiping the Dust Off our Community Assets
Museums and Kids When I was a child, Friday nights at the Boston Children’s Museum had free admission. Being one of five children at the…
History of Color and Theory of Color: How Humans Make Sense of Color
Color has been around since before the big bang. However, the first pigments were created by early artists. The history of color and the theory of color…
In the Studio: Meet the Artists of Riverview Station, Asheville, NC
In the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, alongside the French Broad River, stands a long, brick building. 120 years ago, craftspeople tanned leather and fabricated belts…
Linda Mary Montano: A Conversation with the Enduring Performance Artist
An Interview Between Kaeley Boyle and Linda Mary Montano A couple of months back, I participated in a zoom Performance-Art-Biennial. The festival was titled, “Live…
Vice President of the United States: First Ladies Approve
Today, we celebrate the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris. The world will watch the first woman of color swear the oath…