What is the future of an art career? Where do you look to find relevant new culture? And as an artist, where do you find collaborators and fans in art as in so much else? A lot has changed in the last decade, and the answers to all of these important questions feel tenuous and…
Participants in the 2024 ABOP-in-LA intensive Raynor Carroll has seen how the orchestral world works. The former principal percussionist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and an experienced educator, Carroll has reached a prominent position to which few Black orchestral musicians — let alone percussionists — are admitted. In a recent chat with SF Classical Voice,…
There’s nothing more American than the idioms capturing the pride of hard work and individuality, the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and “burning the midnight oil” slogans that drape us in the archetype of the solo pioneer. Our country’s ethos often feels like a byproduct of the ad-man age, teeming with nostalgia for a…
Spanish authorities are investigating a man for pouring water over 6,000-year-old cave paintings in an attempt to take clearer photographs of the prehistoric paintings to share on Facebook. He was discovered by law enforcement in May after agents were made aware of photographs of the wet cave paintings that had been publicly shared and geotagged…
“When it comes to the health consequences of phones, so much depends on context. How someone uses an app matters, as well which app. One person might use Instagram to message with friends, whereas another could just scroll their feed aimlessly, feeling worse about themselves.” – The Atlantic (MSN) Source link