Douglas Miles Exhibit at the Dada Contemporary; February 7, 2009: Tucson, Arizona All photos by Julia Dean
Apache Chronicles
Douglas Miles, subject of our previous post, wil be exhbiting his work at the Dada Contemporary gallery in Tucson, AZ, 439 N. 6th Avenue, opening reception this coming Saturday February 7 from 6-8 p.m. The Apache Skateboard Team will perform. AJA
People of San Carlos II
Douglas Miles is Apache. He is an artist. He is an entrepreneur. He is a skateboard crew leader. He is an activist and “community organizer,” of a kind. (Photos by Brendan Moore: www.BrendanMoorePhoto.com) Can he be any one of those things alone? Or, for most people, must every role he takes on be encountered only […]
Artful Humanity
Denis Dutton’s new book, The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution, argues that art is not a social construct, but hardwired through evolutionary development into human being. Which is what I’ve always argued. He just wrote the book. AJA
Natives Go Classical – and Then Some
NPR reports that a “growing number of American Indian musicians are embracing classical music.” Increasingly, the composers report, this means mixing identities in a constructive and productive way: Mescalero Apache composer and musician Steven Alvarez hopes the classical native movement will offer American Indians a new musical voice in much the same way that reggae […]