Taylor Michael
Associate Editor at A Public Space Magazine
Freelance Arts & Culture Journalist, Critic, and Essayist |@apublicspace Associate Editor| Columbia SOA ‘21| Brown '17| ΔΣΘ ΛI Spr '16 #4
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1 week ago |
allarts.org | Taylor Michael
SHARESpring in New York means many things: flowers blooming, longer days and a flurry of artists-in-residence announcements. It’s a time when artists of varying genres and experiences hear about the programs they’ll participate in this summer or over the following year or two. These programs have become an essential part of artists’ processes and a status marker, signifying a promising or successful future project or career.
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3 weeks ago |
artnews.com | Taylor Michael
Since British colonial officers confiscated the Ngadji drum in 1902, the Pokomo people in southeastern Kenya have witnessed a significant percentage of their community convert to Christianity or Islam. They can no longer perform certain traditional ceremonies. Prior to British colonial rule in Kenya, beginning in 1895, Pokomo artists crafted these wooden drum for calls to worship or to celebrate the start of a king’s reign.
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Nov 22, 2024 |
allarts.org | Taylor Michael
SHAREAlvin Ailey has taken over the Whitney Museum of American Art. “Edges of Ailey,” the first museum survey of the artist and choreographer, comprises a sprawling multimedia exhibition, six months of dance performances and a scholarly catalogue. However, the exhibition shows more than Ailey’s life and works. On view through Feb.
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Sep 18, 2024 |
thebaffler.com | Taylor Michael
In the second of seven gallery rooms, visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier displayed the thesis behind her first survey, Monuments of Solidarity, recently on view at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. Against gray walls the color of hazy smog, Frazier deconstructed Levi’s 2012 “Go Forth” campaign. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Levi’s shot parts of the advertisement campaign in Braddock, Pennsylvania, Frazier’s hometown.
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Jul 11, 2024 |
prismreports.org | Taylor Michael
Writers across industries continue to raise concerns about pay equity, labor rights, and funding transparency. Movements like #PublishingPaidMe and the high-profile Writers Guild of America strike in 2023 showed how much writers must hustle to earn a living wage.
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