Program encourages teens to use creative expression as a means for coping with challenging situations More than 10 years ago Walgreens launched its first Expressions Challenge program to encourage teens to use creative arts as an outlet to manage some of life’s stressful circumstances and to guide students to make better life choices. Offered only […]
How One Milwaukee Artist Is Documenting The Voices Of Health Care Workers Who Must Care For COVID-19 Patients
By Caroline White Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Nirmal Raja will never forget the message sent to her from an emergency room nurse in Belgium. “I may be a drop in […]
Women’s History Profiles: Influential Women Artists
by Brianna Rae Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold, world-famous painter, writer, sculptor, and performance artist, was born Faith Willi Jones on October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City. Her mother a fashion designer and her father a great storyteller, Ringgold was surrounded by the arts from an early age. She was also born into the […]
Local Artist Henry Hawkins Uses Art to ‘Celebrate What it Means to be Human’
by Rob Franklin Art is defined as the expression of creative skill and imagination. It is something that is taken from the heart and mind and offered to the world to be appreciated for the beauty that it gives. For Henry Hawkins, art is simple. It is life. Hawkins has been capturing beauty of the […]