In ‘The Quilters,’ Men in a Missouri Prison Sew Gifts for Children
In a room bigger than most at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, a group of men has volunteered for a creative project that…
How Do You Honor an Artist? A Daughter Grapples with Continuing Her Mother’s Legacy
Anyone who’s stood to inherit a family business knows the difficulty of charting one’s own course. “Legacy is complicated,” says Violet Oliphant-O’Neill, the daughter of…
A Visit to Amy Sherald’s Studio Revels in Her Commitment to Beauty
From the studio to her childhood bedroom in Columbus, Georgia, to the museum, a new film from Art21 presents a broad portrait of Amy Sherald….
A Short Documentary Celebrates the Fruits of Nearly Five Decades of ‘Extreme Beachcombing’
For nearly five decades, Forks, Washington, resident John Anderson has pursued an enthusiasm—one might even call it an obsession—with things that wash up along the…
A New Documentary Traces How a Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island Helped Women Break Free
In 1971, Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) received her first public art commission. New York City offered the late artist a $3,000 grant to paint a mural…
Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, ‘I Am the Nature’ Celebrates Indigenous Cultural Philosophy
Directed by Taliesin Black-Brown and narrated by Ramiro Vargas Chumpí Washikiat, “I Am the Nature” poetically plumbs the human interconnection with nature through the eyes…
Cuban documentary about government censorship of the arts wins top film festival prize
The aptly titled Cuban film Chronicles of the Absurd won a top prize in November at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world’s…