Tagged Art
Christos Mouzeviris: Writer, Photographer, Painter and a True Global Citizen
Christos Mouzeviris was born in December 1977 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Although his artistic inclination was evident from a very young age and he had always demonstrated an interest in pursuing a career in arts, he did not receive the support one would need to professionally engage in the arts in Greece. He studied tourism and…
World Art Day: Narratives that Shape our Present and Future
On 24 March, I had the privilege to moderate a fascinating virtual conversation on the role of narratives in shaping societies. Titled ‘Stories of Love and Hatred – Narratives that Shape our Present and future,’ (Historias de amor y odio – las narratives que dan forma a nuestro presente y futuro), the panel was made…
Marrugeku: Innovators in Indigenous Dance and Storytelling
Marrugeku is an Australian intercultural dance-theatre company dedicated to the growth and preservation of Indigenous stories, languages and cultures through the embodied arts of performance-making. Jointly led by Rachael Swain and Dalisa Pigram in a unique creative partnership that has now endured for more than 25 years, the company builds bridges and breaks down walls…
Bob Haverluck: Artist, Theologian and Defender of the Earth
Artist of the Month Bob Haverluck is a storyteller, cartoonist, and theologian who lives on the bank of the Red River on its way to Hudson Bay. Underlying his work is the question “How might feathered and featherless, hairy and hairless, flippered and two-footed meet, really meet?”. The answer his love labours wager on is the great…
The Shadow Pandemic fought with Music
COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns worldwide have exacerbated one major societal issue, a pandemic hidden in the intimate sphere: domestic violence. Incidents of psychological and physical abuse are more frequent, more severe and more dangerous when people are obliged to stay at home, as the NGO helplines dedicated to combating violence against women and other emergency…
Sharon Lockhart’s Little Review: Giving Voice and Power to Young Women
The American artist Sharon Lockhart designed the Polish Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale inspired by Janusz Korczak.
