The Work of Artists Is Not Play
Art workers need to be remunerated in order to survive.
Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper at El Museo del Barrio
Marisol said, “I’ve always wanted to be free in my life and art. It’s as important to me as truth.”
2015 Climate Change Forecast
In the 2014 election, big campaign dollars from the fossil fuel sector reaped major benefits. Those who have been itching to cut the Environmental Protection Agency off at the knees now have a majority in both houses.
Local Activism Pays Off
Individuals from all walks of life, who are concerned about the future of their children and the planet, are self-organizing within like-minded communities.
Egon Schiele: Portraits at Neue Galerie
By the age of twenty, Schiele had found his voice and personal style.
Post Election: The Good, The Bad and the Future
Great. Hollywood and the IPCC are clear about the impending calamities, but the American electorate and its new chosen representatives are not?
Ana Baptista: “Children of Color Are the Most At-Risk Victims of Pollution”
Stats show that one in four youngsters in Newark suffer from asthma—several times the county and state average.
Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond
The Brooklyn Museum prides itself on being in touch with the borough’s wide-ranging neighborhoods.
A Conversation with Derrick Adams
The need for an ongoing “dual identity,” as a means of survival for the adult black male, is a theme that repeatedly manifests itself in Adams’s work.
“Our Future, Our Choice” — On the Ground at the People’s Climate March
Peter Nightingale, a professor of Physics at the University of Rhode Island, informed me that the while the United States is only 5 percent of the world population, we have already used 25 percent of humanity’s carbon budget.
"The Jump Rope Line" by Marcia G. Yerman is included in the Seal Press anthology Dancing at the Shame Prom.
