Apr 19, 2021 | Art, Exhibitions, Museums, News & Trending, Profiles
Clementine Hunter is perhaps one of the most important folk artists in American history. Born at Hidden Hill Plantation in Louisiana, she spent her youth as a farm laborer with her parents, working for the owners of the plantation. She never learned to read or write,...
Jan 5, 2021 | News & Trending, Profiles
Harumichi Shibasaki is 73 years old, a grandfather, and wears square little glasses and sweaters over button-downs. He is not what one pictures of a viral sensation. But the internet is full of surprises, and he is a delightful one. Shibasaki is a watercolor painter,...
Aug 12, 2020 | Art, Museums, News & Trending, Profiles
The Red Children’s Art Museum, in Detroit’s North End, also known simply as The Red, is a space dedicated to displaying and archiving art by Detroit-area youth, and to teaching a new generation of artists, from free-play art ‘classes’ for...
Nov 23, 2015 | Art, Profiles
On October 24, 2015, the United Nations celebrated its 70th birthday, and the world celebrated with it by lighting up 200 monuments and landmarks in the organization’s trademark bold blue. And in New York City, in Rumsey Playfield on the side of Central Park, a...
