Sensitive Shrine
Zachary Z. Handler's Self-Styling Through Cultural Ephemera and Refuse
In Zevel, Zachary Z. Handler creates a shrine to his experience growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
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Art AND: Nicoletta de la Brown
A shaman, self-care enthusiast, and performance artist is a master of all things ritual bathing, meditation, and breathing.
A discussion about the power of performance to move people to tears, meditation as a daily practice anyone can do, and the rewards of truly listening to yourself.
Magical Thinking and Climate Reality at the AVAM’s The Secret Life of Earth: Alive! Awake! (and Possibly Really Angry!)
As soon as we go inside, into the art and out of the heat, I can tamp down my existential climate dread and cynicism a bit.
Art AND: Ashley Minner
Artist, Educator, Curator, Activist, and Member of the Lumbee Nation
“Amongst our people, education is a real value, because we haven’t always had easy access to it.”
Worlds on the Brink of Collapse
Nora Sturges and Jackie Milad at C. Grimaldis Gallery
At C. Grimaldis Gallery, two solo exhibitions by Baltimore-based artists Nora Sturges and Jackie Milad repurpose cultural iconographies.
Artist-Run: Ten Alternative Baltimore Art Spaces
A guide to Baltimore's artist-run spaces.
Healing the Body Politic: Mel Chin’s Fundred Project at Eaton DC
Mel Chin’s ongoing Fundred Dollar Bill Project is a community-based collaborative artwork that joins individual voices in proclaiming the value of individual human lives and calling for action to solve the crisis in lead poisoning.
Through Archives and Ephemera, the Corcoran Revisits Its Decision to Cancel Robert Mapplethorpe’s 1989 Retrospective
In the late 1980s, a selection of new projects funded by the National Endowment of the Arts caught the concerned eye of Congress.