Arts festivals

By definition, an artist is "a person who creates art." It seems pretty simple, but to me truly being an artist is so much more. Being an artist means creating something that makes somebody feel. Being an artist means forgetting limits and boundaries and letting your imagination flow freely onto the canvas. Being an artist means exploring and expressing yourself and your emotions, whether it be through painting, drawing, or sculpting. Being an artist means pouring your heart and soul into…

French scholar and art critic Souren Melikian criticizes the concept of an all-encompassing notion of Islamic art, stating that a European equivalent wouldn’t exist in both the museum and academia (Melikian, 2004). Indeed it would be frowned upon to be a specialist in “Western art” ranging from Greek antiquity to Futurism, yet this case for an “Islamic art” specialist. It is perfectly acceptable to demand from a scholar in “Islamic art” to know about early Islamic Abbasid architecture, and late…

creativity and commerce; however, this struggle is nothing new to the role of a film producer. Film producers turn ideas into motion pictures and oversee all creative and commercial decisions from start to finish. The core of the job comes from balancing art and business in film, aiming to tell creative stories that are made efficiently as well as being profitable. In an academic study on creativity and commerce, Dr. Andrew Spicer stated that the job of a film producer is “characterised as the…

An iconic director offers up his unique style in short form with his simple yet charming piece, Hotel Chevalier. Many view director Wes Anderson as a visionary in the world of cinema. The Houston native achieved many accolades throughout his over-twenty-year-long career, including six Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe in the category of Best Picture – Musical or Comedy. Known for his inimitable visual style and his quirky screenwriting, Anderson has garnered a cult following,…

vocally explaining them? Absolutely. Since the beginning of time, dance and rhythmic movement have been used to personify the intangible which resides within the mind and soul of one’s entity. Understanding this, the idea that dance as an interpretive art form comes as no surprise. Just as marching and writing are used to release pent up energy, so is dancing, Black people have been dancing since the beginning of time. It seems as though this has been a key part of heritage from the time…

Art was the part of the life of people from all centuries. It let people express themselves, to communicate with others, to share messages or ideas and to make life more beautiful. But art exists across history. Art has been transcending through artists until our days. It is important not only to respect world famous artists from previous centuries but also to support modern ones. Contemporary artists today have strong works, filled with beauty, deep meaning, and talent. One of them is British…

Adele Bloch-Bauer. From Klimt’s point of view, the woman in this painting wants to cut off his head and then caress it. Even though Gustav Klimt always tried not to reveal his private life in the eyes of the public, compared with his other works of art, Judith I undoubtedly exposed his personal concerns. In his later “golden phase”, Gustav Klimt starts to conceal the characters of the women on his canvases by employing the forms of Byzantine mosaics and ornamental abstract…

do the Westerners perceive the Asian culture? How does an audience viewing a movie made in their own country see the film? And how does cult cinema make an impact in the history of film, bringing in vastly different cultures together to appreciate art. Those are the questions I'll be answering. In this essay let’s talk about the cultural differences and consumption of the movie; Ichi the Killer, directed by Takashi Miike, originally a manga made by Hideo Yamamoto. I will be talking about the…

with a shark tooth, associated to Homo erectus around 500 000 years ago. However the oldest undisputed form of figurative art is a sculptured Venus figurine around 40 000 years ago. A time where human behavior hadn’t yet developed behavioral modernity which consists of abstract thinking and symbolic behavior among other things, yet art found its way. These first forms of art were not pure creation of the human mind but a consequence of primordial form of mimesis. With the evolution of human…

Gender Inequality in the Film Industry needs to be talked about If you can’t name 5 female directors that have directed more than 3 films, gender inequality exists in the film world. There is a huge pay, equality, opportunity, and bais gap between men and women in the film industry. For every 5 men working, there is 1 woman (Zurko). As a women pursuing film, it’s discouraging how i will have less opportunity and wage than someone else just because of my gender. By highlighting the social and…