Required Reading

Aug 1, 2025

‣ The newly opened Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is making waves, with a unique approach to ancestral knowledge, ecology, and community. Jeanette Marantos of the Los Angeles Times writes: Inside, the exhibits are arranged in a meandering flow...

A View From the Easel

Aug 1, 2025

Welcome to the 296th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists prepare to say goodbye to their current studio and draw on the earth tones of an upbringing spent in the Southwest. Want to take part?...

Required Reading

Jul 25, 2025

‣ For the Nation, Kate Wagner writes about how the West finally caught up with Iranian brickwork: Brickwork has long played an important role in Persian architecture simply because it is the most widely available material, tied intimately with the climate and...

A View From the Easel

Jul 25, 2025

Welcome to the 295th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists work to the sound of electricity buzzing and find community in the Chicago art scene. Want to take part? Check out our submission...

Required Reading

Jul 18, 2025

‣ Why have the homes of Black American writers like Toni Morrison and Langston Hughes fallen into disrepair? Journalist Nneka M. Okona writes for the Guardian about their structural neglect and possible blueprints for their preservation: Morrison’s home,...

A View From the Easel

Jul 18, 2025

Welcome to the 294th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists relish working alongside musicians and cherish the creativity woven into the streets of Ghana. Want to take part? Check out...

Required Reading

Jul 11, 2025

‣ The late John T. Biggers, a giant of the Houston art world, painted several large murals across the city he called home for over half a century. Daniel Fuller visited these murals for Burnaway, mining the artist’s singular narratives of Black Southern...

A View From the Easel 

Jul 11, 2025

Welcome to the 293rd installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists find calm in the steady presence of a home studio and play with light as a medium in itself. Want to take part? Check out...