Spatula&Barcode launch ‘Home Stretch,’ a summer festival of small art events
The arts collaborative Spatula&Barcode has launched “Home Stretch,” a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, between the summer solstice (June 21) and the autumn equinox (September 22). By appointment, participating...
Vicki Meek celebrates Black lives through immersive art by Jaime Dunaway-Seale
Vicki Meek never thought she’d be anything but an artist. The Philadelphia native started taking art lessons when she was 8 years old and went on to earn a bachelor of fine arts from Temple University and a master of fine arts from the University of Wisconsin [MFA...
Q&A: Artist Rita Mawuena Benissan captures her Ghanaian heritage under one big umbrella by Lindsay Christians
Rita Mawuena Benissan takes a “big tent” view of family and culture. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say “big umbrella.” Benissan, 26, is a photographer, a cultural curator at the Noldor Artist Residency in Accra, Ghana, and a recent graduate of the University of...