Jun 08 Women lead victories in 2015 Tony Awards By Corinne Segal The 69th annual Tony Awards brought recognition to fresh subjects and accomplished women in the industry. In “Fun Home,” Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir was brought to life on stage, introducing audiences to a young lesbian growing up in… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 0:32 30 years ago, Ferris played hooky, led a parade and got saved By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, it’s been 30 years since Hollywood’s high schooler Ferris Bueller took a day off. Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 6:59 Street Sense gives homeless creative tools to build careers and help others By PBS News Hour Street Sense publishes the only newspaper by and for the homeless in Washington, D.C. The organization has long trained participants in journalism and writing, and now it's expanding to offer more education in the arts and digital media, like photography… Continue watching
Jun 01 Poet recalls the ‘terror’ of the first day of adoption By artsdesk Patrick Hicks is the author of over ten books, including “The Collector of Names,” “Adoptable,” “This London” and “The Commandant of Lubizec.” Watch Hicks read his poem “The Strangers” from his collection “Adoptable” at the 2015 AWP Conference and Bookfair… Continue reading
Jun 01 Why do books about women rarely win top literary prizes? By Joshua Barajas Acclaimed author Nicola Griffith sifted through 15 years of prize-winning books for fiction and found that several of the top literary prizes have rarely awarded anything written from a women's point of view. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 5:15 The day Norway lost its innocence: Author examines story behind the 2011 massacre By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 28 Swedish design student wants to diversify the ‘World White Web’ By Aisha Jama One student's final project, World White Web, is disrupting the white default found in Google Image searches… Continue reading
May 27 Watch 6:47 This museum gift shop sells art you can’t hang on the wall By PBS News Hour In Minneapolis, the Walker Art Center is offering art lovers a new thing to collect: intangible experience, direct from artist to consumer. Jeffrey Brown reports on how customers can purchase personal dances, ringtones, even the chance to stage their own… Continue watching
May 26 Watch 8:10 When the world started to see Vietnam’s contemporary art By PBS News Hour Suzanne Lecht moved to Hanoi after she read about a group of Vietnamese modern artists, making it her mission to find and help them emerge from the shadows of censorship and the American embargo. Since then she has opened a… Continue watching
May 26 Legendary photographer Mary Ellen Mark dies By Jaywon Choe Photographer Mary Ellen Mark, best known for her striking portraiture and investigative documentary work, died Monday at the age of 75. Continue reading