Art + Culture Diaries: 30 Americans – The Rubell Family Collection
The Rubell Family Collection’s most recent exhibition, 30 Americans, offers an inter-generational survey of African American art collected over several decades by the Rubells. The show articulates a...
View ArticleFLAVOR: SUPERFERTILE / HUNGER
Kali Arulpragasam/SUPERFERTILE has done it again. Another line of jewels that illuminate global issues through beauty and creativity. Her latest line, HUNGER, highlights the global food crisis....
View ArticleVIDEO: DANCE — MEMPHIS JOOK vs. SOUTH AFRICAN KWAITO
Early 21st century African Diaspora inter-continental dance moves are mysteriously similar. The Memphis (not Egypt, Tennessee) Jook and South African Kwaito styles need to battle it out on the global...
View ArticleFEATURED ARTIST: Marthalicia Matarrita
Marthalicia Matarrita is a brilliant painter. Nothing else really needs to be said – although there is plenty to her story. Her passion is sparked and sustained by the fundamentals of hip-hop and...
View ArticlePUBLIC ART: Galeria de la Raza – San Francisco, CA
Located on the corner of Bryant Street and 24th Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, Galeria de la Raza, an interdisciplinary Chicano/Latino space for art, thought &...
View ArticleArt + Culture Diaries: Gold Rush Awards
Brothers Russell, Danny and Joseph Simmons, founders of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and Derrick Adams, Curatorial Director of Rush Arts Gallery, are at it again. The Gold Rush Awards,...
View ArticleFLAVOR: Michelle Obama
(Image: Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Michelle Obama, 2009, oil on canvas, 86 inches x 67 inches.) Like they say: Behind every good man, is a fantastic woman. In this case, beside. Nuff said. This work was...
View ArticleVIDEO: Rashaad Newsome & Kalup Linzy at The Kitchen
On February 12th and 13th, 2009 curator Rashida Bumbray of NYC’s, The Kitchen, and artists Rashaad Newsome and Kalup Linzy, will be premiering new work that continues to explore the possibilities and...
View ArticleFeatured Artist: Shizu Saldamando
Precision. Clarity of line. Mood. All of these elements stand out in the portrait work of artist, Shizu Saldamando. The intense dedication to detail and focused execution of personalities in the...
View ArticleWriting + Projects: 2009
In January 2009 the Cultureserve.net blog was announced as a 2008 Finalist for a Creative-Capitol Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant. In 2009 I was also a member of the Curatorial Committee for Photo...
View ArticleWriting + Projects: 2010
In 2010 I worked as a professional development consultant in the arts and continued art writing on DaWire.com. I was also a guest at the ARCO Madrid art fair, where I documented my trip in a piece for...
View ArticleWriting + Projects: 2011
In 2011 I had a solo show in Miami, Cosmic Sheness; contributed an essay, The Metaphysics of Lynching, to the University of San Diego Visual Studies art journal pros*; and, co-curated an exhibition...
View ArticleART: Collaboration w/ Jaret Vadera
Artist Jaret Vadera invited me to collaborate on a piece as part of his winter 2012 Transparent Studio residency at Bose Pacia gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Despite the fact that it was a brisk outdoor...
View ArticleWriting: Emilio Sanchez Foundation 2012 Progress Report
It was a pleasure working with Ann Koll, Executive Director of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, on the organization’s 2012 Progress Report. To find out more about the art, foundation and career of...
View ArticleArt: Die Koelner Bierhalle, Brooklyn
Had a lovely day listening to reggae while making two of these pieces for Die Koelner Bierhalle in Brooklyn, NY.
View ArticleArt: Open Studio @ WONK — Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Studio Stroll
I’m participating in an open studio in Brooklyn where I will be showing my work at WONK, an eco-friendly custom furniture design company that manufactures in Brooklyn. Click here to download the...
View ArticleWriting: catalog essay – Titus Kaphar: Shape-Shifter
If you happen to be in Monaco this summer stop by Titus Kaphar’s exhibition Behind A Veil of Beauty at Sem Art Gallery. I wrote an essay, Titus Kaphar: Shape-Shifter, for the exhibition catalog that...
View ArticlePROJECTS: Co-curator – PURPLE @ Causey Contemporary OCT 2012
Purple Eleven female contemporary artists will explore Purple as a color, word and psychological context in a freestyle exhibition where medium, formal strategies and process intersect to create...
View ArticlePROJECTS: Curator, BRIC Short List – online FALL 2012
This past summer I was invited by BRIC Contemporary Art Director, Elizabeth Ferrer, to curate a fall 2012 BRIC Short List. A project where, periodically, BRIC invites artists and arts professionals to...
View ArticleProjects: PURPLE Exhibition re-cap
Opening night was incredible! Special thanks to Lenny, Tara, Yvette and Freddy for all their help with the installation, Mike (video), Doc (music), and Radeberger Beer! WATCH THE OPENING NIGHT VIDEO...
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