Author: Visionary Artistry Magazine

Amoako Boafo: Exhibition in Space

Many pieces of art can be considered out of this world, but this artist’s paintings are actually out of this world.

In 2021, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket was launched with three paintings on its exterior panels as part of the Uplift Art Program. The paintings were made with materials that would survive the journey into space and return to earth. Done in his signature finger-painting style, Amoako Boafo launched a self-portrait and portraits of his mother and childhood friend, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, into space. 

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Quincy Wilson: A Teenage Running Prodigy

Less than a month ago, sixteen year-old Quincy Wilson finished his sophomore year at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. This week, Wilson competed in the men’s 400-meter United States Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, OR, with some of the world’s fastest runners, some of whom are twice his age. 

During the trials, Wilson broke the world record in the event for under-18 runners–twice. 

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Paris Olympics 2024: The Global Runway

The Olympics has been commonplace for celebrating the world’s vast cultures and the spirit of sportsmanship for centuries, but it is also a global stage ready for fashion brands to display their latest designs.

France 

Taking center stage at the 2024 Olympics are the hosts.

Berluti, a French luxury brand, and Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton worked together on the navy blazers with burnished lapels, silk skirts/slim-fit pants, and leather loafers that Team France will be wearing to the Opening Ceremony.

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Maya Ixta: A Rising Star

There is nothing better than discovering a great song with less than a thousand Spotify listens. The primal instinct to declare “I heard it first!” takes over the mind and body: being the first of a friend group to “discover” a great artist is truly a feeling like no other. 

While listening to “Time” by Maya Ixta, a 17-year-old Latin-American artist based in Los Angeles with only sixty monthly listeners to her name, I felt the rush of that primal gate-keeping instinct. The song is steeped in the influences of Kali Uchis, PinkPantheress, and Billie Eilish. Like Uchis often does, Ixta alternates between English and Spanish lyrics on the track. The production features a fast-paced syncopated drum beat akin to those on PinkPantheress’ debut album “Heaven Knows.” The heart of the song is most aligned with Eilish: the lyrics of “Time” aptly and delicately explore the fleeting nature of time and anxiety about the future.

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