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Artist E. Charles Rolwing III in his own words —     The making of art is for me a journey of construction and destruction.  Each stroke comes out of my very soul, I paint with my heart on my sleeve. The most I can offer is to be honest […]

Interview with artist Malinda Prudhomme —   1. Who are you and what do you do? Hi! I’m Malinda Prud’homme and I’m a full-time Mixed Media and Portrait Artist working from my cozy little studio in Toronto’s Art & Design District. The focus of my work is female portraiture as […]

Interview with musician Filipe Batalha —   1. Who are you and what do you do? Hi! I am Filipe Batalha and I am the vocalist and guitar player for Melodraw. Melodraw is a band I started in 2006 in Ericeira, near Lisbon, and we play alternative rock, or, as […]

How to Choose a Topic for Your Future Book – by writer Lucy Adams It is no secret that a writer often experiences some uncertainty when coming up with a topic. Whether to choose something that will certainly please the audience or take a chance and develop some personal idea, […]

Interview with musician and songwriter Matt Vucic — 1. Who are you and what do you do? I would consider myself a songwriter first. I also am a drummer, composer, and producer. Below is an excerpt from my bio. “Matt Vucic’s musical roots are steeped in Pittsburgh Brass Soul, World […]

Entrevista a Diana Fuentes — Lewinson Art le hizo una entrevista a la artista Diana Fuentes, quien tiene como nombre artístico Día Fuentes Martín, es integrante de Lewinson Art y exhibirá el 11 de Diciembre en el Foro Artístico del Centro Deportivo Israelita.     1.    ¿Como fue que te […]

Interview with artist Minna White —   l am a wool artist.  I create large wool felt panels such as wall-hangings and floor rugs, pieces that could also be draped over furniture.  I use thin layers of base colors and overlay them with unique designs in different natural wool colors.   […]

  Interview with artist Frank Herrmann — 1. Who are you and what do you do? I am the older of two sons born to a homemaker mother and an auto mechanic father from Westmont, New Jersey, and the first person in my family to graduate from college. I received […]

  People say we’re in the middle of a second civil rights movement, and we are. The only surprise is that the first one ever ended. The artist Kerry James Marshall was there for it. He was just a kid then, born in Birmingham, Ala., in 1955. But kids take […]

Arts Illustrated’s interview with Musician Justin Johnson —   1. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Justin Johnson and I am a multi-instrumentalist, with my passions centering around performing and recording Roots Music.  I love to chase musical genres back to their roots to tell […]

  “Creativity” is one of the most misused terms in the lexicon. We assume that all artists are creative, and we assume that creativity is something wild, unfettered and liberating. But not every classical musician would agree. First, honing an interpretation of someone else’s work is at the very least […]

ELMO HOOD “Down The Rabbit Hole” Solo Show 10-24 November 2016 Westbank Gallery 3-5 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL Taking his inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and his long-standing fascination with playing cards, Down the Rabbit Hole, Elmo Hood’s latest solo exhibition – his largest to date […]

Interview with artist Elmo Hood — 1. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Elmo Hood, I am an artist based in London, England.  I create my pieces using collage, oil and acrylic paint techniques, i guess I would describe my genre as figurative/abstract Contemporary…  Fabstract for […]

“So many poets have the courage to look into the abyss,” Kenneth Koch wrote in an appreciation of the French poet and diplomat Saint-John Perse, “but Perse had the courage to look into happiness.” The painter David Salle, in his new book “How to See: Looking, Talking and Thinking About […]

The Ideal Library by Luiz Valério de Paula Trindade —   Some years ago I used to have a private library at home holding slightly over 1,500 titles and for me, that was an amazing achievement. Not only due to the number of titles per se that I considered quite […]

Interview with actor and director Ty Granderson Jones — 1. Who are you and what do you do? I am Ty Granderson Jones, a Creole-Cuban OG with New Orleans’ French Quarter roots, who was raised in Tampa, Florida, a professional actor for the past 30 years or so who also […]

  On Friday evening in Warsaw, a small crowd swelled in an unlit courtyard outside the city’s temporarily closed Museum of Modern Art. Young Polish hipsters and foreign arts professionals rubbed elbows as they edged their way towards a door, with the determination of eager club-goers keen to kick off an […]

  Julie Kent, the new director of the Washington Ballet, watches intently as one of her dancers soars. The dancer’s shoes squeak on the floor as he spins, and sweat flies off his face. Music booms from a sound system in the corner. Victor Barbee, the company’s associate artistic director […]

On an ordinary night — one lacking the first presidential debate of the year and the opening of the Metropolitan Opera’s season — it would have dominated the attention of the city’s classical music fanciers. As it was, the New York debut of the rapidly rising young conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, […]