Classical Snow Sculptures Storm Astoria Park

Good morning. ❄️ Today, US Senators have introduce a resolution to show solidarity with Cuban artists

Feb 11, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ❄️ Today, US Senators have introduce a resolution to show solidarity with Cuban artists, a children’s book is turned into an animation narrated by Jane Goodall, and reviews of Sky Hopinka and Rodney Ascher.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Classical Snow Sculptures Storm Astoria Park Unsatisfied with Netflix like most of us, artists Melissa Vadakara and Marios Tzavellas decided the neighborhood needed a “symbolic protector.” Hrag Vartanian

US Senators Introduce Resolution in Solidarity With Cuban Artists The bipartisan group of politicians urges the release of Denis Solís, a rapper arbitrarily detained last year, and expresses solidarity with the San Isidro Movement artist-activist collective. Valentina Di Liscia

Artists Contribute to a Coloring Book Benefiting the Black Painters Academy More than 50 artists have submitted drawings for a coloring book that will help fund a permanent home for the new art school. Valentina Di Liscia

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For Sky Hopinka, Wandering Is Both a Mode of Moving and Making Centers of Somewhere proposes an understanding of Indigeneity that is hybrid, fluctuating, and always in transit. Mariana Fernández

SPONSORED Voices in Contemporary Art Announces VoCA Journal’s New Issue on Access and the Arts The digital publication’s tenth issue provides tools, tips, and conceptual frameworks to guide artists and art workers in bringing access to the work they do.

Does Humanity Live in a Simulated Reality? Rodney Ascher’s A Glitch in the Matrix surveys people who suspect that the world around us is an illusion. Dan Schindel

SPONSORED Onassis AiR Invites Applications for 2021–22 Residencies in Athens Apply to The School of Infinite Rehearsals by February 26 for the chance to explore themes of governance and economy in this collaborative interdisciplinary program.

An Illustrated Children’s Book on the Pandemic and Our Environmental Future Tomm and Bee Rivett-Carnac’s “What Happened When We All Stopped,” which urges us to choose our environmental decisions wisely, came to life in an animation narrated by Jane Goodall. Rohini Kejriwal

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