Visual Artists Reveal Backstories of Their Inspiration and Creative Works
What does culture encompass? It's an extensive and delicately woven idea that involves various diverse exhibitions. Certainly, any exhaustive definition of culture would be incomplete without recognizing visual arts.
Visual Art is a cultural universal. What do we mean by "cultural universals"? These are elements of society that every culture has. How they are carried out or their role in a given community in different cultures may vary--but we all are very familiar with these behaviors or ways of life as being part of the human condition. There are many more cultural universals, but these are the ones we explore here at PAC.
Humans process information better visually than by any other means. With 90% of the data transmitted to the human brain being visual, it's not surprising that the visual arts is such a diverse and far-reaching mode of cultural transmission.
Documenting a community’s values and history, inciting social change through protest, creating cohesion and engagement with collaborative endeavors, inspiring spiritual illumination and transcendence with divine visions, evoking patriotism with nationalistic messages, or simply entertaining or uplifting with witty observations or comic spoofs are among the many ways the visual arts interpret society for us.
Meet Cuban painter Toirac. Find out how he subverts censors with art that makes social commentary with clever plays on commercial brands. Meet Novica Co-Founder Armenia Nercessian! Armenia shares her take on social responsibility, artisan empowerment, culture, and more! Vacation with An Artist provides dream vacations for creatives. VAWAA founder explains how people can apprentice with master artists. New Delhi Photographer and Film Maker Benoy Behl shares his adventures across India in search of history and meaning behind art in India. Taos artists have been called to create homages to the area’s light-filled landscape since members of the Taos Pueblo community. Iconographer Father Kallinkos of Cyprus, himself an icon, reveals his technique & inspiration in this interview held shortly before his death. Meet sculptor Shaun Fraser, who shares how his thought-provoking work is influenced by Flow Country in the Scottish Highlands. Travel with contributing writer Liz Doles to the Fayoum in Egypt, an oasis in the Sahara where art and connections are nourished. Assemblage art is on display at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery in Mexico, thanks to founder and creator Anado Mclauchlin. The Croatian Museum of Naïve Art tour offers insights into this “art of the people” movement that has been popular since the 20th century. Ever wonder what a work of art? Here’s a chance to hear the meaning behind eight powerful pieces by painter & print-maker Iréne Jensen. Deer Isle, Maine sculptor Peter Beerits embodies the power of art as a catalyst to be true to ourselves, transform the past. Folk art painter Oscar Peren is a leading artist at the “Comalapa School” in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala and was interviewed by PAC. Icon painter Myrianthi Constantinidou in Cyprus shares insights into Byzantine traditions and her personal process in this intimate interview.
Cuban Painter Toirac Infuses Contemporary Art with Social Commentary
Novica Co-Founder on Social Responsibility and Artist Empowerment
Dream Vacations for Creatives Offered by VAWAA
Documenting Indian Art is Calling for Benoy K. Behl
Taos Artists Share Their Inspiration and Talents
The Purpose of An Iconographer Explained by Renowned Icon Painter
Flow Country and Symbolism of Place
Darkroom in the Desert at the Fayoum in Egypt
Assemblage Art and Creative Life of Anado Mclauchlin
Curator of Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb on Outsider Art
Icelandic Artist Iréne Jensen’s Journey
Recycled Art Visionary Shares Story of Deer Isle Sculpture Park
Acclaimed Guatemala Folk Art Painter Reveals Dramatic Life
Icon Painter in Cyprus Honors Byzantine and Family Traditions