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Art is elixir, art carries cultural story that contributes to words<\/em>
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Art Is Unity<\/em><\/strong> ~ ArtTalk<\/strong>
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\uf56b<\/span>To me, being an artist is just to create beautiful things that also speak to other people. I have been playing in bands off and on since 1978, and I realized a long time ago that I did not want to depend on music for a living. I wanted the security of a paycheck, …<\/p>\n

…In this culture, I see art as both political and cultural, and the two go hand in hand. Art is a beautiful tool to unite people around political causes. Visual art can be political, theater and film can be political, and spoken or written word can certainly be political. …Judy Graboyes<\/a><\/p>\n

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\uf56b<\/span>As far back as I can remember being an artist is all I ever really wanted to be. Drawing was my safe place. I had many interests which I always drew about.<\/p>\n

A memory I haul out whenever anyone asks me about my art\u2014is of my being in a vacant lot and dragging a stick through the dirt and just reveling at…. Anthony Gonzalez<\/a><\/p>\n

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\uf56b<\/span>\u201cThe year was 1967 and I was an eight-year-old boy riding the crosstown bus with my mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bus stopped on Avenue A, and a man with black-rimmed glasses and a big black beard entered alone and sat down in front of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother leaned over and whispered in my ear that the man in front of us was a famous poet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to think. What did\u2026?\u201d Eric Drooker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\uf56b<\/span> I quit my day job in December of 1991, a couple months after the publication of my first book, Diego<\/em><\/strong>. I did not \u201cknow\u201d I could quit my job \u2013 I just hauled off and did it. It was kind of crazy, I guess, for me to assume I could support myself on royalties and freelance work. But here it is, 32 years later, and…Jonah Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span> I wanted my portraits and figure paintings to create shifting perspectives for the audience so I made them very large. I wondered what it would feel like if the figures in the painting were the viewers and the audience became the ones being looked at? I thought it might relinquish a desire…Ryan Davis<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span>I think of myself as an artist sometimes and to varying degrees.<\/p>\n

When I find that what felt like 20 minutes of working on a project was actually 9 hours. When I look at something I did from the perspective of time \u2013 sometimes years later \u2013 and what I made \u2013 the sight or feel of it makes me swoon…Noa Mohlabane<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span>The act of taking a photo brings me back to being young, in Jamaica with my mom and family members. My mom would bring so many disposable cameras and we would take photos everywhere. Now, one of my favorite things to do with her is to look through those photos and relive those memories. With my art, I am hoping…Liz Menzie<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span>At some point in my early teens, my father stopped paying for art supplies, but he would pay for graph paper, so I did a lot of doodling during this period. In high school, when I started doodling, I started to become free of restraints? This became especially true when I saw doodling similar to mine in a museum, although I….Laura Anne Walker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span>… I used to make purely abstract paintings a long time ago when I was learning to paint. It taught me how to move it around, make large gestures and not be so fussy. They were always side experiments and something I could then bring back into the figurate work I was making at that time. I don’t think I would work in pure abstraction, I\u2019m just not that brave. …Sammy Bennett<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span>Drawing is\u00a0 very important to me and I make studies for all of my paintings unless I\u2019m copying a photograph. I often feel like I can’t get started on painting until I have at least 50% of the idea fleshed out. It gives me more confidence when approaching a new painting and it also…Brittany Hayden<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\uf56b<\/span> I am an artist. But growing up, I didn\u2019t know any artists; I didn\u2019t think \u201cbeing an artist\u201d was even an actual occupation. I certainly didn\u2019t have any role models or guidance in that area. It was only in college that I took an art class as an elective and learned that it was considered a profession. That\u2019s when I decided I was going to pursue it, and that I would… Yasmeen Abdallah<\/a><\/p>\n

\uf56b<\/span> The term \u201cartist\u201d is so weighted now, I\u2019d rather just view someone as an artist if they\u2019ve chosen to make art of some kind. The rest is just categorization of monetary success or professional commitment, differentiating between fine and commercial art or lowbrow vs highbrow\u2014but sure, I think of myself as an artist. Currently I\u2019m working on pieces that engage directly with the work of other artists, namely John Baldessari and Robert Ryman. Engaging directly with existing art is … Michael Boring<\/a><\/p>\n

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Expired – curated by Roxanne Wolanczyk –<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>February 7 – March 7, 2026: APEXART<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thurs. – Sun.,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>11am – 6pm <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Studio Museum in Harlem: https:\/\/www.studiomuseum.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow\u00a0 Wow\u00a0 Wow \u00a0\uf004<\/span> \uf004<\/span> \uf004<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0The Studio Museum in Harlem<\/strong> re-opened in it’s newly built building Saturday, November 15, 2025. As I appreciated the long line of people waiting for admittance\u2014enjoying myself with memory and reminiscence\u2014I felt effervescent, part of the roots and breath of Studio Museum of Harlem. Sweet serendipity had me actually take a long walk through this new Studio Museum in Harlem. What a delight to experience the magnificence I knew would be present\u2014the excitement of familiar artists and works known and new in view. The pop of surprise and engagement with totally unfamiliar artist. The pleasure of the architectural design itself, a quiet work of art meant to showcase art with care, allow for flow of movement from exhibit to exhibit\u2014breath and space for engaging. I started planning my return, eager to absorb the art absent the competing excitement of this grand opening.The enthusiasm and courtesy of the staff engaging with steady streams of people entering and awaiting entry, filling this seven story 82,000 sq ft edifice, was in evidence several hours after the opening and with many hours yet to go. Seeing Thelma Golden on wide and open stairs between floors ascending\/descending, in what appeared to me as delight and awareness of the vastness of this moment in the Studio Museum in Harlem story and evolution, was lovely to witness.\u00a0 — Carletta Joy Walker<\/p>\n

ABC No Rio: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.abcnorio.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

NOMA:<\/strong> Northern Manhattan Arts Community:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nomaanyc.org\/events\/thegramuptown\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

El Museo del Barrio: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.elmuseo.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

ChaShaMa –<\/strong> –\u00a0https:\/\/chashama.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Urban Glass – https:\/\/urbanglass.org<\/a><\/h5>\n
New Museum – https:\/\/www.newmuseum.org\/exhibition<\/a><\/h5>\n
Half Gallery – https:\/\/halfgallery.com\/<\/a><\/h5>\n
Lyles & King – https:\/\/lylesandking.com\/<\/a><\/h5>\n
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…artists are just reflective citizens and hopefully what they make sort of captures the time and if you get an audience you get something people can think about. – JS<\/em><\/p>\n

The ArtTalk Conversation<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …I’m interested in heirlooms, keepsakes, mementos, but as equally as fascinated by the materials deemed unworthy of precious hood. -YA \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 …In the creative atmosphere very little is unorthodox. There is balance, harmony, color and tone sensibility form evolved out of creative soup content: content being shaped by material substance\u2026i am Art Is the Unity. – CJW
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