Starting with tarot-inspired artworks, illustrator Scarlett Yang has begun a journey exploring the female identity in Chinese culture and beyond The roles women must play in society and the social pressures on them are under… Read More »Beautiful and unsettling: Scarlett Yang critiques roles assigned to women in Chinese society
Connecting Dots is a monthly column by writer Amy Cowen, inspired by her popular Substack, Illustrated Life. Each month, she’ll introduce a new creative postcard prompt. So grab your supplies and update your mailing list!… Read More »Connecting Dots: Send the Quiet of Origami
For over 50 years, the Women’s Studio Workshop in Kingston, NY, has served as a beacon of what our world would look like if women’s art was integral to the cultural mainstream. The WSW provides… Read More »The NMWA Honors 50 Years of the Women’s Studio Workshop
Public health topics in America triggered dozens of cautionary and sermonic educational pamphlets over the years. The three featured in this post deal with sex and sexuality—often framed as America’s most uncomfortable facts of life—in… Read More »The Daily Heller: How Hygiene Was Taught
DixonBaxi’s co-founder shares his hard-won wisdom on building a studio that defines success on its own terms. Sick of social media? Creative Boom’s own network, The Studio, offers a refreshing alternative: a place for real… Read More »‘Thinking differently is a superpower’: Simon Dixon on how DixonBaxi was built
As Manchester becomes the first UK city to partner with Barcelona’s iconic La Mercè Festival, designer Dave Sedgwick curates an ambitious design exhibition celebrating emerging talent, creative kinship, and a decade-long relationship between two industrial… Read More »MCRBCN brings Manchester’s creative spirit to Barcelona