Out of all the great black American talents, the ones who have arguably fared the best are the singers and musicians. While it may only be a fraction of what they deserve, they have at[…]
Reconstructivist Art – The 100% Perfect Story
In honor of the release of his newest book, Killing Commendatore, please enjoy this repost of Haruki Murakami’s On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning considered as an example of Reconstructivist Art On Seeing the[…]
The Power-Morality Gap
One simple principle explains so many of the mysteries of modern life: the Power-Morality Gap. You may have heard it said that “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely,” (Lord Acton). In actuality, the[…]
Wisdom Wins!
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[…]
Dumb jock quiz fans vex playwright
I’ve been trying for years to come up with a pangram –a sentence with all the letters of the alphabet –that beats out the most famous one, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy[…]
Columbus Invitational All Stars
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[…]
Invocation of Beauty
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[…]
Reconstructivist Art: Man of La Mancha
Please enjoy this repost: Man of La Mancha (1965) by Wasserman, Leigh and Darion as an example of Reconstructivist Art The ground-breaking and seminal seventeenth-century Spanish novel Don Quixote attracted a number of prior attempts[…]
In Memory of the Queen of Soul
The late, great Aretha Franklin, who, until her death on Thursday was perhaps the world’s greatest living singer, was the undisputed Queen of Soul, but she was a master of many genres. She grew up[…]
April Sunami – 2018
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[…]