Category: Art
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3 Black Women Podcasts To Get You Through Quarantine
It’s going on week two of social distancing and quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic, and besides the occasional trip to Target the allure of being at home is starting to wear thin. If you’re like me and find yourself drowning in the silence of your own apartment/home/space and don’t have enough contacts to Facetime, here…
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SWAN Day Chicago 2017
Support Women Artists Now, better known as SWAN Chicago, had their 4th annual art show at The Annex on Chicago Ave. last weekend. This was my third time attending one of these events. I missed last year’s showing, so I had to make it this one. Especially since one of my friends, Caira Conner, was…
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A Day in Detroit
Last week I had to run home to Detroit for a day to take care of a few things, while there I met up with my best friend, Sumer, and we did some exploring. Downtown Detroit is a pretty amazing place. We grabbed coffee at The Roasting Plant over by Campus Martius. The area was…
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Books: Tehran Streetstyle by Hoda Kotebi
I went to a radical coloring book party on Friday and found fashion. It was unexpected, but not unwelcome. Sitting on a table between photographs and other bobbles was a little book, Tehran Streetstyle. I wasn’t going to buy it, but after a quick conversation with the author and photographer, Hoda Kotebi, I had to.…
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5 Fashion Documentaries To Watch On Netflix
I’ve recently been in a sort of “fashion rut”. To be blunt, I had lost all desire and excitement for fashion and style. I still made sure I was dressed impeccably, but my love of fashion magazines was gone, I stopped paying attention to the collections and trends, I just stopped caring. I stopped caring,…
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SWAN DAY 2015: Celebrating Women Photographers
I had the pleasure of attending SWAN Day 2015 on Saturday night and was not disappointed. I went to last year’s SWAN show, which stands for Support Women Artists Now, so I already knew it was going to be turnt. Free champagne, good music, people, and art, what more could a girl ask for?…