Eric Rickert lives in Brooklyn, New York and works at DC Comics. Julie Leidner is an artist and writer living in Louisville. They met at the fat kids’ table in a high school cafeteria and have been friends ever since. “Millennial … Continue reading
About a year ago I taught a painting class at a high school in Louisville’s South End. One of my most dedicated students was a shy 18-year-old girl. She has since taken to sending me email updates from her freshman … Continue reading
In the days of yore, no beverage inspired more flourished prose or fervent debate than the Kentucky Derby’s very own mint julep. Some have even posited that a clueless Yankee’s addition of nutmeg started the Civil War. More than a … Continue reading
Sculptor and current Bernheim Forest Artist-In-Residence Todd Smith may be the only man in Louisville who can claim to have been mistaken for a bird.
Ohio Valley Creative Energy plans on turning Garbage into art “It’s been done before.” Are there any words more discouraging to an aspiring young artist? So much value is placed on originality—of subjects, ideas, concepts, and techniques—that “the anxiety of … Continue reading
If anyone deserves to have his face immortalized on the side of a building in the 9th District of Louisville, it is probably local resident Steven Bobbi.
Revisiting the Creativity Rising Public Art Project. One of the most memorable works of art I’ve ever seen was inside a sweaty boxing gym in Brooklyn.
Residents of Portland Avenue between 15th and 22nd were having a problem with their neighbors dumping trash along the sidewalk