Hispanic Heritage Month arrives this year against a backdrop of nationwide immigration enforcement that has swept through agricultural regions across the country. ICE arrests have spiked following new enforcement policies under the Trump administration. While raids have been reported in California’s Central Coast, Ventura County, the San Joaquin Valley, and Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the enforcement […]
“ I realize that coming from an Arabic culture – I can make use of my language and culture. To create something worldly – cosmopolitan. Living and performing in New York City – I am compelled to bridge Arabic and American cultures” An elegant embodiment of World Music herself— Nadwa Rifai is a Lebanese-born singer, actress […]
In her new current show Orchid Fever at 5-50 Gallery in Queens New York, Hayley Young‘s mixes painting, digital distortion and saturation create psychedelic and complex compositions. “I’d already been painting flowers and landscapes from travel photos, but I wanted to go deeper, ask myself why I was so drawn to those subjects. Living in […]
