Tag Archive for: Arts

ARTS: “Boots on the Ground” by Alexandra Beaumont
The work in my “Boots on the Ground” exhibit ruminates on different expressions of collective power – one through joy, the other through dominance. It asks us to consider what we want to be stepping in time toward together.

Crafting Confidence, One Sewing Machine at a Time
“Sewing saved my life. I wanted to be for kids [the person] I needed when I was a kid.”

Thoughts: Be the Voice of Iran
Iranians are still protesting the death of 22-year-old…

Illusory Community of Sick Love
On making and dreaming while ill.

New Indigenous-Led Operatic Film Portrays the Life of Zitkála-Šá
It is the first opera to include lyrics in the Dakota language.

Thoughts: Quarantined in Prison
I was let out of my cell for only an hour a day … for weeks on end.

GoSeeDo: August 4–14 — Minnesota Fringe Festival
The 29th annual Fringe Fest is back for the first…

How I Will Save My Tongue
I will stop kissing. Butts. People. Men infected with viruses invisible to the naked eye.

Commentary: The V Spot
Replacing trauma, ghosts, gossip, and the politics of toxic masculinity with a warmer space of Vision and Values.

Hyperconnection
The desire to unplug and the fear of missing out is constantly creating dissonance.

The Waters of Tomorrow
I wanted everything in the image to be construed as both playful and foreboding, because that is the essence of childhood.

American Bride
I decided that the print would be a self-portrait exploring my relationship with my identity as an American.


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