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Getting to Know John Hughes Photographic

Getting to Know Dora Hathazi Mendes

Getting to Know Darice Machel McGuire

Getting To Know Gabriel Forgottenangel

Getting To Know Susan Wiedmann

Artist Spotlight – Angela Whitehouse

Artist Spotlight – Chance Kafka

Following on from another article, this post examines how tone can be used to deflect accountability, why “just asking questions” is not always neutral, and how apologies followed by justification allow harmful patterns to continue unchallenged.

Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt in the Art World?

This article examines how familiarity, geography, and unspoken assumptions shape who receives the benefit of the doubt in creative spaces, and why true professionalism depends on consistency, not comfort.

Mental Health and the Artist

Can we admire a painting, a poem, or a symphony when its creator’s life was marked by cruelty, instability, or violence? This article explores the delicate balance between appreciating artistic brilliance and acknowledging the troubling realities behind it

Getting To Know Viva Anderson
First placed on our old site, 1stAngel Arts http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-viva-anderson.html I first became interested in Art as a child, when I watched my handsome brother paint at home downstairs. He had lots of girlfriends and they loved having him paint them of course. At that time, around age 8, I also was making my own greeting cards/collages for ...
Getting to Know Rick Berk
I think one of the main things about my work, and about me in general, is that my work is vital to my mental health. Being out in nature helps me reset, calms my anxiety, eases depression. Studies have shown that looking at nature photos have the same effect, so working with my photos when ...