Biblical Fan Fiction and Orlando Fringe
“Be true to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age. It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘Always do what you are afraid Read More …
Spend Mother’s Day at MIDFLORIDA Mayfaire
SPONSORED: This Mother’s Day weekend, gather family and friends and experience MIDFLORIDA Mayfaire by-the-Lake in quaint and picturesque downtown Lakeland, Florida. From its humble beginnings as a small craft fair on the lawn of a library, Mayfaire has expanded its reach to be one of Read More …
The Art of Presence: To Be Seen in Trump’s America
If we’re going to generalize (and of course we are), the Obama administration split politically conscious leftists into two camps: the complacent and the disillusioned. The former felt a sense of euphoria with every victory in the name of social progress, while the latter felt Read More …
Hair of the Dog: New Works by Matt Sesow
SPONSORED: Matt Sesow is a global citizen and self-described punk with a message not to be read but screamed aloud from the highest tower. It wasn’t always this way. When Sesow was eight, he was playing a game called spud in a Nebraska field near Read More …
Janae Corrado: Dream Scenes and Intricate Things
What hatches out of the subconscious in Sanford, Florida—where pit bulls thrash through old swimming pools, and heavy metal epics are composed in block houses shaded by trees that were planted when Eisenhower was president? Bees, bones, and pretty, distressing things. There was a small Read More …
Producing the Art of Living: Kalup Linzy
Kalup Linzy stays busy. Between a professorship appointment at SVA, multiple residencies on the horizon, creating new artwork, exercising his social prowess within the art world, and opening exhibitions, it’s hard to believe that the New York City-based video and performance artist has time to Read More …
Shasta Grant: A Novel Opportunity
I’m not sure what I’d expected of the Kerouac House, but I didn’t imagine a quaint cottage in a quiet College Park neighborhood. Former resident Jack Kerouac was an eccentric vanguard of the beat generation, and I assumed his old stomping ground would stick out Read More …
Richard (HORSEBITES) Minino: Modern Heraldry
Civilized societies in the 21st century have no need for knights in shining armor riding upon valiant steeds. The Middle Ages were a time of darkness, plague, and war and champions were needed to defend lands and kings. Knights were the superheroes of their time, Read More …
Dialogue on Introspection: Tara Atefi
Working from A Place Studios, a relatively quiet space located in the middle of the inorganic madness of Colonial and Mills, 25-year-old artist Tara Atefi engages a process in stark contrast to the environment beyond the walls around her. When we visited to discuss her Read More …
