This week’s Wokepedia project was near and dear to my heart. The Seattle Camera Club was a groundbreaking, interracial, gender-inclusive group of mostly Japanese-American photographers pioneering photography as fine art around the start of the[…]
Last week I was blessed to have an amazing opportunity I had never even dreamt of –to travel to Cuba. My wife was being featured as a part of a group of Columbus area artists[…]
Over the years my reconstructivist art theory has proven inspirational to a number of interesting artists, thinkers and academics. Here are a couple of the coolest ones I’ve come across recently: Above, painter Peter SmeethPeter[…]
Congratulations this year to all our wonderful participants in the 2018 Columbus Invitational. Here are the results: Team Wisdom (Creative Women of Color, Women in Music Columbus) – First Place Team Future (Blockfort Arts, CoMo[…]
This year Invitational Arts is proud to present the Columbus Invitational All Stars Competition at Downtown High School, September 20th, 2018. Come cheer for your favorite local artists as they compete head to head! 6pm[…]
I’m very happy to announce that the noted art historian and curator David F. Martin has completed a new book about my grandfather’s life and art. Entitled “Invocation of Beauty: The Life and Photography of[…]
She may sound like a storm in the springtime, but April Sunami is actually my wife, one of the best up-and-coming artists in Columbus, Ohio. Hear her below at Columbus Underground’s Confluence Cast https://www.columbusunderground.com/?powerpress_pinw=1241430-podcast Or[…]
My first real understanding of the power of affinity on attention came in 9th grade. When my teacher assigned a project called “The African-European Connection,” I was enthralled by history for the first time, as[…]
Last time, we looked at Janelle Monae’s self description as “the random minor note you hear in major songs” and hinted that was somehow related to the artificiality of the even-tempered Western European scale. But[…]
The late great Prince always claimed he was “50-50 girl.” Well, apparently when his male half departed this earthly plane, his female half was reborn as Janelle Monae’s new alter-ego in this smoking new video.
