As explained on our “About” page, this blog was born out of the experience that is the Newport Folk Festival. That experience cannot be captured in words, but this outstanding long-form article from consequence.net makes an extremely impressive attempt:
Tag: arts
quote from Kris Kristofferson
“I think that a society lives or dies according to its respect for – for its art.”
—Kris Kristofferson
art against coronavirus in Philadelphia
“What you’re seeing is empty businesses, empty schools, empty playgrounds. What is the emotional toll that takes? How can we replace some of that emptiness with images of hope, resilience, anger, and also dreams of a future that is hopefully not far off?” –Mark Strandquist, Mural Arts Philadelphia
community-driven artist residencies in Mississippi
“You soak people in enough imagination, they see in each other what they can create.” –daniel johnson
quote from Wynton Marsalis
“The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we’ve come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we’d know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.” —Wynton Marsalis
quote from Bonnie Raitt
“The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.” —Bonnie Raitt