Buy The Intercessor paperback or ebook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, or Ingram! NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 63rd episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” This episode will be available starting 17 April 2026. You can find it and all episodes at iTunes, and …
Buy The Intercessor paperback or ebook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, or Ingram! I’m writing this on a transatlantic flight home from the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam, where my friend and podcast cohost François Matarasso and I led two workshops, one on cultural policy and one on ethics. We are grateful to …
Buy The Intercessor paperback or ebook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, or Ingram! NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 62nd episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” This episode will be available starting 20 March 2026. You can find it and all episodes at iTunes, and …
Buy The Intercessor paperback or ebook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, or Ingram! Listen to my new podcast conversation with Bill Cleveland of Art is Change: Strategies and Skills for Activist Artists and Cultural Organizers: NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 61st episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A …
I woke up on Monday morning to the news that Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Australia were killed—15 as I write—and more than 40 wounded by a father-and-son team of gunmen who festooned their car with homemade ISIS flags. The youngest victim was 10; the oldest an 87 year-old Holocaust survivor. The older …
A year before Trump was first inaugurated in 2017 was the last time I felt motivated to quote Marx. Now I just can’t help quoting myself quoting him: “History repeats itself,” wrote Karl Marx in 1852, “first as tragedy, second as farce.” He was referring to Napoleon I and his nephew Louis Napoleon. One hundred …
I recently completed a new painting after a few months’ hiatus while I finished a book I hope will be published soon. As with many of my paintings, it was inspired by a text that struck me with great force, a teaching by the 18th century Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, a disciple of the Baal …
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 46th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 15 November 2024. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net‘s other podcasts by Owen Kelly, Sophie …
Like just about everyone I know, Wednesday started with a bad mood. In the interests of actually sleeping Tuesday night, we decided to block all incoming news, distract ourselves, and pull up the covers early. When I woke up, I imagined the delight I would feel when I saw the headlines proclaiming Kamala Harris President. …
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 45th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 18 October 2024. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net‘s other podcasts by Owen Kelly, Sophie …