What Do You Want To Make Today?
To ask “what do you want to make today?” is a quiet resistance against the destructive fears dominating our world today. - Mako Fujimura It was a nice surprise to hear Fujimura announced as the 2012...
View ArticleWorld War I Art by the Soldiers
Our age of embedded reporters and live video feeds contrasts starkly with the war news reporting from the world wars of the early twentieth century. Newspapers and governments commissioned artists to...
View ArticlePassive Online Marketing
One of the many side projects I work on is a website selling Lakota Native American art and jewelry online – PrairiePassions.net. The basic idea is to get art and crafts online that wouldn’t otherwise...
View ArticleConstructing Creativity
An article, titled ‘TED talks are lying to you’ appeared in my Facebook feed this evening. I’m prone to be dismissive of headlines which consist of categorical denouncements, but not wanting to be...
View ArticleCan you appropriate culture without exploitation?
Greg asked my thoughts on Sanaa Hamid’s photo collection titled “Cultural Appropriation: A conversation“, and particularly, ‘is there any space for cultural appropriation that’s not exploitative?’ My...
View ArticleThe Blackwood Review: Egyptian Protest Music; Artist Bruce Munro
My good friend Laura Kandle and I (with the help of another good friend, Emily Spunaugle) are running a radio show this spring called The Blackwood Review. On our first show, Laura discusses...
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