Brands Gap Inc. Zac Posen Gap Inc. announced the appointment of American designer Zac Posen to executive vice president, creative director of Gap Inc. and chief creative officer of Old Navy. As creative director of Gap Inc., Posen will serve as a cultural curator and creative partner to CEO Richard Dickson, joining the company’s executive […]
Feb. 9—University of Texas Permian Basin’s Creative Director and Brand Manager Matt Plummer had the opportunity to design the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s (MDA) t-shirt for their St. Patrick’s Day fundraising campaign. For Matt, MDA is a cause he takes personally. “I was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a form of Muscular Dystrophy, when I […]
Jan. 25—BEMIDJI — Throughout 2024 Watermark Art Center invites the public to join its new multi-cultural series of creative circles. Participants will learn new “making” skills through sharing knowledge of artistic and cultural traditions. For example, in northern Minnesota, the Indigenous-Scandinavian connection is long-standing and historic, but each in its own way, a release said. […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – In an effort to find policy solutions to curb the economic hardships facing people in the music industry in Nashville, a newly formed group is planning to conduct a census of creative workers in Middle Tennessee. The Greater Nashville Music Census is made up of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, […]
Apple AirTags have been in the news lately, and not just because you can often buy a 4-pack for as little as $79. (They’re normally $99.) No, it’s because people keep coming up with new, inventive ways to use the little trackers, which pair with iPhones to create a global seek-and-ye-shall-find network. For the uninitiated, […]
Often, science and art are described as starkly different things. That narrative can start early on, with kids encouraged to pursue a STEM – short for science, technology, engineering and math – education that may or may not include an arts education. As a professor of acting, I’d never thought much about the STEM fields […]
Dec. 25—It’s not a stretch to say that Julian Rush lived a bold, unconventional life — particularly for a Methodist pastor from the deep South. In addition to being one of the first openly gay pastors in Colorado, Rush served as onetime director of the Colorado AIDS Project and was a lifelong civil rights advocate. […]
Community fridges began to pop up during the pandemic as a way for communities to help those struggling with food insecurity. And although many have since shuttered, the S’Mac Community Fridge in Manhattan’s East Village is still going strong. The fridge was started by Sarita Ekya, owner and chef of a restaurant called S’Mac. Ekya […]
While the natural inclination for many of us this time of year is to buy more, do more and be more, experts say to preserve your mental health, try a new approach: doing nothing at all. Mastering the art of doing nothing not only reduces stress, especially during the holidays, but it can also lead […]
It could be argued that the world’s cuisines owe a lot to the long history of food preservation — the ingenious and unexpected ways to prolong the lifespan of food that have allowed humans not only to feed themselves year-round, but also to experiment with recipes, expand their palates and find new flavors. With the dawn of […]
As its population ages, the United States is ill-prepared to adequately house and care for the growing number of older people, concludes a new report being released Nov. 30 by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Without enough government help, “many older adults will have to forgo needed care or rely on family and […]