Category Archives: Stories Behind Artwork

First i-Pad Sketch!

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Aprilart Studios

Yesterday, we invested in an i-Pad. I’m NOT a fan of touch-screen, mainly because I’m a major creature of habit, but I could see some potential for using this technology for live graphic recording that can be quickly projected in … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Summer Job… Broadway Roving Youth Corps

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Aprilart Studios

Last month, I took part in a series of interviews held with young neighbors in the Mapleton Fall Creek neighborhood here in Indianapolis as part of Broadway United Methodist Church‘s JSP Roving Youth summer program. I also made my first collaborative … Continue reading →

Posted in Building Community, Kids & Youth, Neighborhoods, People Who Inspire Me, Stories Behind Artwork | Tagged ABCD, asset-based, Broadway, collaboration, community, documentation, economy, gifts, indianapolis, local, neighborhoods, roving, storytelling, video, youth | Leave a comment

Encountering Cave ~ A “Blogella” in Three Parts (Pt. 1)

Posted on April 10, 2013 by April

Last Monday night, I had the experience of a lifetime–seeing my favorite living artist, the three-decade strong, genre-transcending, brilliant singer-songwriter Nick Cave perform live with The Bad Seeds at the Chicago Theatre. Exceeding my hopes and fears, the experience left me buzzing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Being an Artist, Local Events, People Who Inspire Me, Stories Behind Artwork | Tagged art, artists, chicago, creativity, darkness, inclusion, inspiration, music, nick cave, nick cave and the bad seeds, poetry, post punk | 12 Comments

Dial Tone defies Debby: a sensory recap

Posted on July 2, 2012 by April

Originally published in This Week in Sarasota In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve become a somewhat obsessive fan of the unique local project The End of the Dial Tone Radical Experimental Collaborative Music Band Band. It’s pretty serious — … Continue reading →

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Diptych, Opportunity?, and mass appeal vs. originality

Posted on February 16, 2012 by April

About a month ago I met a friend of a friend by chance while hanging out at Cafe Palm who has offered me an exciting and philosophically provocative opportunity. Here is the tale, and some beginning stages of two paintings … Continue reading →

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Why I Painted “Collective”

Posted on February 18, 2011 by michaelb

A lost wallet in snowy Chicago led me to encounter a group of young artists that deeply shaped my life direction. Continue reading →

Posted in People Who Inspire Me, Stories Behind Artwork, Uncategorized | Tagged artists, chicago, collaboration, collective, community, creativity, culture, diversity, hip hop, inspiration, paintings, power, travel, youth | 5 Comments