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Ama R. Francis

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Six Ways to be Artsy

In present day consumer culture, almost anything can be bought and identity is no exception. An artsy persona, like everything


LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: Trisha Brown

A much younger Trisha Brown hovers above a white, horizontal canvas. Her hands are covered with blue gloves and paint,


Art Spiegelman: ‘Young %@&*!’

Renowned comics artist Art Spiegelman is currently reading Samuel Beckett’s “Murphy.” Though the Pulitzer Prize winner lamented that it makes


Harvard Art Museum Lands Major Gift

The Harvard Art Museum received $45 million and 31 pieces of modern and contemporary art from long-standing arts patron Emily


At Loeb, Smith Hunts for Grace

Anna Deavere Smith walked onto the Loeb Mainstage, sat down on a wooden bench, and stated, “We’re going to go


What Would Paulus Do?

Diane M. Paulus ’87 wears a navy blue suit to her office, but not without a thick silver bracelet spiraled


BeanTown Jazz Hits the Pavement

No one throws a party like a couple of cats with a sax, or at least so the Berklee BeanTown


Marcus G. Miller

Marcus G. Miller ’08 has dreadlocks that tell a story. After discovering African American literature his sophomore year of high


'Terminus' Explores Limits of Narrative

Cinderall Castro’s tan line betrays her customary paleness as the camera zooms in on her right shoulder. It’s an intimate