In this article, Regina Holliday discusses the way children can interact with and create art when they are given encouragement and allowed agency. An excerpt: "When I first began asking children what they would like to create, I was told by many teachers and parents that children needed to be told what to do. ...that they were too wild and flighty and their ideas would have no merit. ... For many years I we ...

“The Girls Scouts seek to engage girls in discovery on relevant contemporary topics from their new curriculum. They have completely revamped their system in recent years and have landed on the innovative edge of education and leadership development. It’s no surprise to me that the Dance Exchange is contributing to the essential research in activating ideas with movement.” ...

“CK: I find that it generally doesn't pay to be too literal in identifying music related to visual art; rather it is stimulating, illuminating, and often fun to let the associations fly free.” ...

Nancy Sausser on the works of five artists included in "Beyond the Pale," a McLean Project for the Arts exhibit on display at the Emerson Gallery. Here is an excerpt: "The term Beyond the Pale was originally used to describe a barrier meant to enclose or define territory during military maneuvers beyond which it was not permissible to go. In more general contemporary terms, it has now come to mean an action ...

Washington City Paper's Ramon Ramirez interviews Black Milk, an up-and-coming rap artist and producer hailing from - and paying homage to - Detroit. Their interview dives into a common issue among young artists in the hip hop community, walking the line between working behind the scenes as a beat-maker and stepping out front and center, performing on the mic themselves. Here is an excerpt: "Hip-hop producer ...

Jonathan L. Fischer explores the surprisingly common and quick move from small, local artist to Grammy nominee with D.C. musician Carolyn Malachi. Here is an excerpt from his article, published in Washington City Paper's Arts Desk: "As of press time, Carolyn Malachi had 1,365 followers on Twitter. Two hundred and six people had liked her artist page on Facebook. When she put out her Lions, Fires & Squar ...

“What if we showed one slide at conferences that asked five different questions about our end-of-life desires? What if we all took time to ask these questions to our friends and family? Could we have a better experience at the end of our lives?” ...