Mom Culture - Part 5

Culture Online: Artist Q&A's

Judy Schachner

Posted in Featured • Visual Arts • Writing on Apr 15, 2011
Author/Illustrator I really loved it when Judy Schachner, New York Times best-selling author/illustrator, told me “immmersing myself in my girls’ books and dancing in the living room with my kids was the best training for putting my dreams on the table.” Suddenly, I have a… read more

Pam Longobardi

Posted in Visual Arts on Feb 12, 2010

Artist What this work of art is made of will surprise and disgust you. This piece, “Human Mirror,” was created from plastics and debris that were washed up on the gorgeous beaches in Costa Rica. Artist and Georgia State University art professor Pam Longobardi has… read more

Faces of America

Posted in Television on Feb 05, 2010

PBS mini-series “It’s liberating to have another way to think of yourself.” “America is a basin into which so much has been poured and we don’t understand the half of it.” That’s how Malcolm Gladwell (journalist and author of The Tipping Point and Outliers) and… read more

Kate Gilmore

Posted in Visual Arts on Jan 29, 2010

Artist She cemented her leg in bucket for the sake of her art! Ok, the cementing was an accident, but Kate Gilmore is committed to her work at all costs (see the bucket story in her answers below.) Kate is part of the Whitney Biennial… read more

Dan Buettner

Posted in Writing on Jan 22, 2010

Author + longevity guru The fountain of youth may be real, after all…. …and Dan Buettner wants to help you find it. In his quest to determine what allows the oldest people to live longer, better, Dan has identified some common denominators in these age-defying… read more

Scott Cooper

Posted in Film on Jan 15, 2010

writer/director, Crazy Heart I loved having a chance to sit down with Scott Cooper, an actor-turned-director who’s finding huge success his very first time behind the camera with the fantastic film Crazy Heart. He also adapted the screenplay and worked with T-Bone Burnett to create… read more

Sounds of Blackness

Posted in Music on Jan 08, 2010

Grammy-winning music group Though they have won 3 Grammys for their Gospel music, it’s not accurate to call Sounds of Blackness a gospel group. What Sounds of Blackness does is sing music that represents – as their website states – “sounds of blackness: Jazz, Blues, Rock… read more

Artist lists, Part 2

Posted in Cultural Hot List on Jan 01, 2010

Back with more artist lists! You’ll quickly spot one common thread among these 4 artists. By the way, starting in the new year I’ll also be blogging for Twittermoms.com and Metro magazine (and I’ll continue to blog for Momlogic.com.) But you can always find your culture… read more

Artist lists, Part 1

Posted in Cultural Hot List on Dec 25, 2009

Yes, I succumbed to the “list.” But it’s really because I truly do like lists and often find new leads about stuff I’d like to explore. I tapped some of our fabulous artists from Mom Culture Online’s first 3 months and asked them for their Top 5… read more

Tom Slaughter

Posted in Visual Arts on Dec 18, 2009

Artist, designer Look at this – he can make culturally significant art faster than I can lace up my boots…. I’ve known about Tom Slaughter for some time because Eats lives in our bookshelves and is one of our favorites over here. You know how you… read more

NEW YORK: Hockney + Unexpected ...

Posted in Cultural Hot List on Dec 11, 2009

Usually you’d find an artist q&a here, but this past week I was in New York, my hometown until 4 years ago. Because I’m passionate about the idea that creativity brings us greater energy and productivity, I decided to use my entire brief 30 hours in… read more