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Empty and Alone: Japanese Artist Hikari Shimoda Fights to Live in the Void

Russ Pope and Friends Cultivate Long-Distance Creative Relationships

Caution: Man One’s Contagious Art Could Be the Antidote to Your Pandemic Blues

Melissa Richardson Banks: The Consultant Championing the Democratization of Art

Muralist Juana Alicia Is Inspired by Poetry and Magical Realism

Grand Opening: ‘The Cheech’ Builds A Home For Chicano/a Art in Southern California

‘I’m Taking Its Power Away’: Valeria Ganzman Copes With Cancer Through a Series of Self-Portraits

Celebrating Pride: What June Means For LGBTQ+ Visibilty in the Arts

Arizona Nomad Bryan David Griffith Takes on the Cyclic Nature of Fire

Sol Guy: Healing Through Creative Practice

‘América Utópica:’ Karen Navarro Constructs Her Own Shining City on a Hill

A New Way to Work: Creative Identity Gets a Contemporary Makeover in LA

‘Wonder Women’ Highlights the Importance of Telling Asian American and Diasporic Stories

Scent Artist Chaveli Sifre Creates Organic Masks That Smell Divine

Mikael B.: Taking Control of Your Creative Career

Mapping History Through Objects: Hannah Zimmerman Traces One Generation of Women to the Next

Sara Long’s ‘Dune Woman’ Contemplates the Body’s Tender Terrain

Pink Unicorns and Pleather: Georgian Artist Mako Lomadze Rides Into Dreamland

New Media Artist Kasra Goodarznezhad Finds His Punk Roots

Ilse Valfré and Donald Eley: How Love of Drawing Became a Global Brand

Pretty in Plastic Creates One-of-a-Kind Awards for NOT REAL ART Grant Winners

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