Un Cafecito with Puerto Rican Astro Boy Matt Louis
Un Cafecito with Puerto Rican Astro Boy Matt Louis
It was a hot but breezy morning in San Juan, Puerto Rico when singer-songwriter Matt Louis and I met at his favorite coffee shop, Gustos, where he writes and works on music. Looking dapper and relaxed, Louis wore dark shades and a red Chicago Bulls jersey that he paired [...]
Essentially Forgotten: Frieze Impact Award Winner Reminds Us of America’s Farmworkers
Essentially Forgotten: Frieze Impact Award Winner Reminds Us of America’s Farmworkers
Long pants, high socks, long sleeves, hats, bandanas. Surgical tape wraps around the thumb, middle finger, index finger to protect blistered hands; gloves are too bulky for picking cherries. A howling Washington wind stirs dust around the field, distant chatter and laughter hanging low like morning dew. Farm workers bend, [...]
Q&A: Illustrator Ambar Velasco Finds Her Muse in The Seine, Cacti, and Her Two Sisters
Q&A: Illustrator Ambar Velasco Finds Her Muse in The Seine, Cacti, and Her Two Sisters
Name: Ambar Velasco Age: 26 Home base: Los Angeles Tu país: Mexico/US What's been your journey to becoming an illustrator? I’ve drawn since I was little but never considered pursuing it as a career until recently. I got my bachelor's in Creative Writing, which I wasn’t very passionate about (it [...]
Exclusive: The Stars of Netflix’s ‘On My Block’ Talk Season 4 and Their Evolution as a Cast
Exclusive: The Stars of Netflix’s ‘On My Block’ Talk Season 4 and Their Evolution as a Cast
On My Block is a coming of age comedy about a group of bright and street-savvy friends navigating their way through high-school in the rough inner city. Season 4 finds the group of friends two years later, having gone their separate ways. When a secret is unburied, they quickly learn you [...]
This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
This Is Just To Say By William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold ## William Carlos Williams was born in 1883, the first [...]
Q&A: Illustrator Gabriela Alemán aka Smug Morenita is a Self-Taught Artist
Q&A: Illustrator Gabriela Alemán aka Smug Morenita is a Self-Taught Artist
Name: Gabriela Alemán aka Smug Morenita Age: 26 Home base: San Francisco's Mission District Tu país: Nicaraguan-Salvadoran What's been your journey to becoming an illustrator? I'm a self-taught artist. It's been a journey of learning [through] making a lot of mistakes and always being open to learning [more]. Luckily, I’ve been able [...]
Q&A: Illustrator Jennifer White Johnson Brings Disability Justice to Creative Culture
Q&A: Illustrator Jennifer White Johnson Brings Disability Justice to Creative Culture
Name: Jennifer White-Johnson (formerly Jennifer White-Torres) Age: 40 Home base: I was born in Washington DC, grew up in Prince George’s County, MD, and I currently live in Baltimore, MD Tu país: Puertorriqueña-African American My mother was born and raised in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She moved to Washington DC, where she met [...]