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8 Best Halloween Costumes for Art Majors
All Hallow’s Eve should be renamed All Artist’s Eve. Halloween, a holiday known for spooky themes and tricks and treats is also the perfect time to showcase artistic ability. Yes, there are plenty of opportunities to decorate your houses or to carve some creative pumpkins, but there is also the opportunity to transform yourself into…
Read MoreMy Long and Winding Road to Music College
As a recent music college graduate, I have found myself re-evaluating my transition from high school to college and the events that led me to pursue a life in music. Looking back, I could never have seen where this long and winding road would take me. My choice to go to music college literally changed…
Read MoreFun and Free Things To Do In London
The Lonely Londoner’s Arts & Culture Guide – Part 2 Museums, Parks and Attractions My college advisor was not joking when he told me that everything in London is expensive. I just thought he meant the food. But nope, just coming upon my third month in London, I came to the harsh realization that nothing…
Read MoreThe Kid Speaks: An Interview with Trumpeter Glen Marhevka
Glen “The Kid” Marhevka is the trumpet player for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and a master trumpeter at that. Here is a story of personal drive, mentor relationships, disciplined training and cooperative band experiences over the past thirty years. It sounds a lot like the music he makes: collaborative, energizing and filled with those gorgeous brass…
Read MoreChris Rabilwongse Stop-Motion Puppet Fabricator
Chris Rabilwongse, Tell us a little bit about yourself and especially how you became a stop-motion puppet fabricator. ive been working as a stop-motion puppet fabricator for ten years now… got my start dressing vegetables for an independent short film retelling of Oedipus where all characters were played by vegetables (you can watch it on youtube,…
Read MoreThe Most Relatable Musicals for Millennials
Best Musicals to See Over the Holidays Most Millennials might be known for their serious commitments to Netflix, but that doesn’t mean the musical theater genre has to die. For the generation that is known for having the attention spans of goldfish, the idea of sitting through a 2-hour spectacle of flamboyant singing and dancing may…
Read MoreSergey Sus’s Street Photography Tips
Being a photographer in any capacity, from pro to beginner, the subject of equipment is always at the center of our thoughts and conversations. Sure, if there is anything that can improve a photo it would be a camera and lens, right? I’ve been a photographer for a while now and I’d consider myself a professional. As…
Read MoreArtists and The Law
Why Would An Artist Ever Care About the Law? It’s hard to imagine two worlds more opposed than art and law. The courtroom and the studio feel worlds apart. But I want to tell you something that you won’t often hear: art and law are deeply linked, and they always have been. As soon as…
Read More5 Reasons To Jump Start Your Career In The Arts
(Career insights from a 19-year-old) At nineteen years old, your future career goals can be clouded with dorm life, Greek life, and finals that leave us measuring our days by the number of caffeine runs we make. All too often, we may also assume that we are too young and unprepared to dive into the…
Read More3 Tips for Beginning Ballet Partnering For Girls
After hours of barre, relentless plies and tendus, and working up strength in pointe shoes, a dancer then faces ballet partnering. Whether your first opportunity comes from a summer intensive or from your home studio, partnering can be a rarity due to the surfeit of ballerinas and deficit of ballerinos. But, partnering is valuable training,…
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