Category Archive: ART

Tawny Chatmon: Uplifting the Next Generation

In July, Pinterest created a list on their daily inspiration page of Black artists and creators to look out for. Among the list of artists, there was a photographer who took her still images and added on different materials like gold. The picture posted to Pinterest was of a young Black girl from  “The Redemption” collection by Photographer Tawny Chatmon, in which the girl had unapologetically natural hair with extra elements to essentiate her beauty. 

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ARTiculate ATL: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

In this current state of quarantine, it’s only natural to miss the events and spaces that drew our communities together. Do you miss the experience of exploring a new art gallery? Or hearing a live DJ? What about meeting emerging and local artists, who each have a unique perspective and product they want to share with you? Look no further than ARTiculate ATL, an urban art social meant to display the work of 20 Atlanta artists.

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Ozlem Thompson: An Alien Approach

Before art movements like Dada, which sought out to completely destroy traditional art values, and Fauvism, which used scientific color theory to emphasize emotional responses over-literal interpreted scenes; art was a tool to understand and simplify the world at large. Eventually, art was put aside and considered its own study, completely removed from academia. Istanbul artist Ozlem Thompson remarried the fields with her organic, contemporary paintings.

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Claudio Parentela: Countless Ventures

Calling Claudio Parentela simply an artist doesn't do him justice. Parentela is an artist, cartoonist, and a collagist. When he's not creating art, he's a freelance journalist. Still, he has interviews all over the Web ranging from his own art blogs (Foggy Grizzly and The eXTra finGer, among several others) and he also teams up with other publications on the side.

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Wyanne Thompson: Finding Inspiration From Pain

Some might consider oral cancer a debilitating disease, but Atlanta artist Wyanne Thompson considers it a gift.

“Before cancer, I created relatively small illustrative works. I always wanted to paint large canvas but was never brave enough to take the chance,” Thompson said in a 2018 interview with VoyageATL, an online publication. “I believe cancer woke me up to get off autopilot.”

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