Archive for 'Art'
Arizona Murals Tell History, Stir National Attention and Controversy
Arizona is a state with a strong and diverse Latino community and an Indian population with a history that goes back over a thousand years. Along the East Coast of the United States, the newcomers from [...]
Comics Instead of Textbooks?
Imagine being in classroom and having your teacher assign you a comic book for the week. Don’t you think that comic book would get read a whole lot quicker than a traditional text book? Learning is [...]
Culture Collective Director on Huffington Post!
You may have noticed that blog posts have become less frequent on the site lately. This is due to the fact that Jacob Devaney is now a contributing blogger to Huffington Post. Since HP receives much [...]
Art is Activism in Public Places
Advertising is used everywhere, on billboards and posters cluttering our visual landscape with messages to buy this or that. What if public space was used to convey an idea instead of a brand? What if advertising [...]
Inspiration as Currency, an Interview With Bret Blevins
Artists influence our culture, but what influences the artists? Inspired art has always shaped the culture around us, though it’s a relatively new concept that art would be used for individual profit rather than community enrichment. [...]
Mural Tells Untold History of Local Tribe
Arizona is a state with a strong and diverse Indian population with a history that goes back over a thousand years. Along the East Coast of The United States, the newcomers from Europe arrived from the [...]
Native Comic Artist, Ryan Huna Smith Presents Frybread Man
How has the education system taken the fun out of learning, and how can we put fun back into it? Students have become media savvy, growing up with cell phones, texting, internet and social media, so [...]
Chalk for Change
In the fall of 2010 Culture Collective collaborated with Buildon in San Francisco and Oakland to create a video for the Chalk for Change program initiated by Tom Silverman. Chalk for Change challenges youth to inform themselves about [...]
Merry Makers Around the World
Every culture and tradition around the world has masks, costumes, dances, puppets, and ceremonial characters that teach or bring meaning to the community. In most circumstances, these are not considered “performances” to be watched, they are [...]
Reggae in Indian Country With Casper From Hopi-Land
Musicians just love combining diverse cultural elements into creating fresh new sounds through instrumentation, rhythms, or lyrics. Live music has the ability to bring people together across cultures like no other art form. Some formats, like [...]
Culture Collective Director on Huffington Post!
Thank you! Yes, I corresponded with her mother, Anne yesterday. We'll
Culture Collective Director on Huffington Post!
Hi Jacob Thanks for the article on IDLE NO MORE . I just thought u