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Reaching Out
When Amanda Blake launched the Carter Community Artists in 2017, she did so based on lessons she learned from her previous work at the...
Feats of Clay Stinnett
I don’t know how else to put this: Making sense of Clay Stinnett’s paintings in his solo show Honky Tonk Lagoon at Fort Works Art...
Mapping Time and Space
“War Horse in Babylon” captures a horrifying scene. The large oil painting by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith centers on the gray silhouette of the animal...
Creature Features
Forget what anybody else tells you. Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year. The fake cobwebs, the glowing pumpkins on people’s doorsteps,...
Monkey Wrench
Sometimes you read books that are powerful and evocative in a way you don’t see coming. Stuff that shakes you awake, challenges you, and...
Escape to Reality
The works of Western artists have long oscillated between escapism and the minutiae of daily life. While the otherworldly paintings of Salvador Dali and...
Remembering Aimee Cardoso
The first locals to learn of the recent car crash that killed artist Aimee Cardoso and husband Lucas Cardoso were Aimee’s closest friends, Ariel...
Make the Revolution Irresistible
America’s white power structure has historically resorted to violence as a first and last means of quelling Black-led movements seeking social and economic equality.
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Revealing Layers
As a spotlight beams down from the rafters, the patrons of Arts 5th Avenue turn their attention to the small stage and quiet down...
Down to Earth
Archeologists, linguists, and historians have spent centuries piecing together fragmented clues left by the once-dominant indigenous culture of Mesoamerica. The beautiful chain of Mayan...
