And here’s where I start to run out of room. But not before I let you know about several Indigenous-themed documentaries coming up at Northwest Film Forum. While Killers of the Flower Moon may be getting all the box office buzz, these docs reveal powerful Native American histories as well (and with much shorter running

19 minutes ago Image source, dag collection Image caption, Sita Ram’s striking watercolour of Bara Imambara, a historical building complex in northern India The painting above depicts the open area in front of Bara Imambara, a historical building complex in Lucknow, the capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Built in 1784 as

The National Visual Art Education Conference (NVAEC) is open for registrations, with audiences invited to attend in person in Kamberri/Canberra or online from 22 to 24 January 2024. NVAEC will be a fruitful gathering of teachers, artists and cultural practitioners, all set to inspire and showcase best-practice teaching and learning in the visual arts.  Keynote

In the world of screenwriting, the age-old adage of “show, don’t tell” remains as relevant today as it ever was. It’s something you hear again and again. And it’s still incredible advice. At its core, “show, don’t tell” is about utilizing the visual medium of film to its fullest extent. The principle challenges screenwriters to

In this series, we speak with professors who lead different sections of the Core Curriculum to learn what they love about engaging with College students. This month we chat about Art Hum with Xiaohan Du GSAS’21, lecturer in the discipline of art history and archaeology. Du specializes in East Asian art, with a focus on

We like to keep history as we’ve learned it in a headlock, to make sure it doesn’t shift or change. Standard maps are useful aids in imposing paralysis. They turn the world into a fixed field of safe-spots and blanks, an us-them weave of gates and fences. One of the many — many — benefits

Detroit artist Sydney G. James says she’s been an artist her whole life.  A self-described “Girl Raised in Detroit,” James earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts at the College for Creative Studies in 2001 before moving to Los Angeles in 2004 to work as a visual artist in TV and filmmaking.  James moved back

In one of his famed self-portraits, Omar Victor Diop, a Senegalese photographer and artist, wears a three-piece suit and an extravagant paisley bow tie, preparing to blow a yellow, plastic whistle. The elaborately staged photograph evokes the memory of Frederick Douglass, the one-time fugitive slave who in the 19th century rose to become a leading

Students enjoy the fall weather on the plaza near the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) New opportunities to work with groundbreaking artists and gain exposure to global perspectives will soon be available to students and faculty, thanks to a generous gift from current Vanderbilt parents Allison and Larry Berg. The landmark gift

Magicians might have an innovative trick up their psychological sleeve that sets them apart from other creative thinkers, like comedians or visual artists. Initial evidence suggests that on the whole, individuals who pursue the profession of magic lack a surprising disposition for psychoses and traits related to schizophrenia compared to other artists and even the