Culture Online: Artist Q&A's
Ian Grant
Television Host of Emmy-Winning Show/Furniture Maker/Importer Relic Hunter Job Description: * Shots required (the vaccination kind, not the “chase with beer” kind) * Must have no fear of going off – extremely off – the beaten path * …And speaking of remote villages, must be… read more
Dessa
Posted in Music on Feb 19, 2010
HIP HOP ARTIST
Does the following statement describe you: “Values resilience, loyalty, and creative expression in everyday life.”
It’s a great statement, but it wasn’t offered up as a description for parents. Those words are how Dessa describes a basic tenet of the hip hop… read more
Pam Longobardi
Posted in Visual Arts on Feb 12, 2010
Artist
What this work of art is made of will surprise and disgust you.
This piece, “Human Mirror,” was created from plastics and debris that were washed up on the gorgeous beaches in Costa Rica.
Artist and Georgia State University art professor Pam Longobardi has… read more
Faces of America
Posted in Television on Feb 05, 2010
PBS mini-series
“It’s liberating to have another way to think of yourself.”
“America is a basin into which so much has been poured and we don’t understand the half of it.”
That’s how Malcolm Gladwell (journalist and author of The Tipping Point and Outliers) and… read more
Kate Gilmore
Posted in Visual Arts on Jan 29, 2010
Artist
She cemented her leg in bucket for the sake of her art!
Ok, the cementing was an accident, but Kate Gilmore is committed to her work at all costs (see the bucket story in her answers below.) Kate is part of the Whitney Biennial… read more
Dan Buettner
Posted in Writing on Jan 22, 2010
Author + longevity guru
The fountain of youth may be real, after all….
…and Dan Buettner wants to help you find it. In his quest to determine what allows the oldest people to live longer, better, Dan has identified some common denominators in these age-defying… read more
Scott Cooper
Posted in Film on Jan 15, 2010
writer/director, Crazy Heart
I loved having a chance to sit down with Scott Cooper, an actor-turned-director who’s finding huge success his very first time behind the camera with the fantastic film Crazy Heart. He also adapted the screenplay and worked with T-Bone Burnett to create… read more
Sounds of Blackness
Posted in Music on Jan 08, 2010
Grammy-winning music group
Though they have won 3 Grammys for their Gospel music, it’s not accurate to call Sounds of Blackness a gospel group. What Sounds of Blackness does is sing music that represents – as their website states – “sounds of blackness: Jazz, Blues, Rock… read more
Artist lists, Part 2
Posted in Cultural Hot List on Jan 01, 2010
Back with more artist lists! You’ll quickly spot one common thread among these 4 artists.
By the way, starting in the new year I’ll also be blogging for Twittermoms.com and Metro magazine (and I’ll continue to blog for Momlogic.com.) But you can always find your culture… read more
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