If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months trying to figure out what this AI thing is all about. Large-language models, generative AI, algorithmic bias – it’s a lot for the less tech-savvy of us to sort out, trying to make sense of the myriad headlines about artificial …
For the sixth episode of the Girls That Create podcast, host Erin Prather Stafford chats with Surface Designer Rebecca Rueth. Listen to the full interview on Word of Mom Radio. In this episode, they discuss: Rueth’s career and how she jumped from illustrator to surface designer How she helps other creatives who are thinking about …
For the fourth episode of the Girls That Create podcast, host Erin Prather Stafford welcomes award-winning songwriter/producer and a best-selling poet Julie Flanders for a talk about poetry, songwriting, and creativity. Listen to the full interview on Word of Mom Radio. In this episode, they discuss: Who encouraged her writing growing up Reflections on being …
Creativity can take many shapes and forms. The following documentaries explore creativity and how a variety of artists channel their inner genius. After all, there is no one definition for what it means to be an imaginative creator. Documentaries and Shows Exploring Creativity Abstract: The Art of Design (2019) Running for two seasons on Netflix, …
For the second episode of the Girls That Create podcast, host Erin Prather Stafford welcomes filmmakers Chyna Robinson and Tracy Rector to discuss their film No Ordinary Love, which delicately captures the slow-burn destruction of relationships plagued by domestic abuse experience and how coercive control can be just as damaging as physical attacks. Listen to …
It began with 11 words: “We’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” Natalie Maines, lead singer of The Chicks, couldn’t have known how that sentence about George W. Bush and the burgeoning Iraq War would change everything for her and her bandmates, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire. Those words, proclaimed to …
I am obsessed with plastic objects. I harvest them from the ocean for the stories they hold and to mitigate their ability to harm. Each object has the potential to be a message from the sea – a poem, a cipher, a metaphor, a warning. My work collecting and photographing ocean plastic and turning it …
In honor of Black History Month, please join us in celebrating Black writers. Throughout February, our affiliate partner Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles! Use the code BlackHistory for the discount. Below are some of the literary works (for adults) that caught our eye. Celebrate Black Writers Shine Bright: A Very Personal History …
Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari’s exhibit Rebel Rebel borrows from David Bowie’s 1974 cult pop song and features 27 exquisite portraits of feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran. On display at the Barbican Art Gallery through February 26, 2023, the exhibit pays tribute to the courage of these female icons, who pursued their careers in a culture …
For years, Google Arts & Culture collaborated with museums and experts worldwide to bring the many facets of Frida Kahlo’s legacy together in one online place. The result is Faces of Frida, the largest collection of artworks and artifacts related to Kahlo ever compiled. To celebrate her incredible work, take time to visit Faces of …