Taj Alexander is a student at Philadelphia Biblical University majoring in Business Administration. Taj is also the President of the Culture and Arts Association at PBU. He enjoys collaborating with others to share and explore various aspects of culture and the arts. He loves spending time with his family and collecting music. As an IAM intern, Taj is looking forward to learning and serving with the IAM Staff.
IGVP Presents: Dance the Past Into The Future
The International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP) is creating a documentary titled Dance The Past Into the Future. This is a human story that will bring humans closer together. QUICK SUMMARY Follow 3 generations of Turkish people standing at the intersections of history & progress. The stories of a few represent a global shift we’re all a […]
OKC Thunder and the Arts Inspire a City
If you’re following the NBA Playoffs, you know that the Oklahoma City Thunder are making a great playoff run for an NBA Championship. Check out this video of the Oklahoma City creative community and how they’ve been inspired by their OKC Thunder who are currently in the NBA Western Conference Finals! Photographers, Videographers, Graphic Design […]
Princeton Explores the Art of Science
Check out this article via Metafilter about the Art of Science Competition at Princeton University Princeton’s 5th Annual Art of Science Exhibition “The Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. These practices both involve the pursuit of those moments of discovery when what you perceive suddenly becomes more than the sum of its […]
The Imagination of Alexander McQueen
After hearing the stories from friends and family, and reading reviews of the exhibit, I came genuinely curious, hoping that in my visit I would have a unique experience, and my own story to tell.
Mumbai to Open its First Museum of Christian Art
Check out the recent article The Times of India recently posted entitled Mumbai to Get Museum of Christian Art. “Mumbai, which has a sizeable Christian population and rich tradition of reliquious architecture, is set to get its first museum of Christian art.” …………………………………………………………………… “The museum will sensitize Christians and the general public to Christian art and culture.” […]
The New York Times recently posted an article Has Sculpture Become Just Another Pretty Face? “Is it me, or do we seem to have a problem with sculpture today?” ………………………………………………………… “It’s (sculpture) too literal, too direct, too steeped in religious ceremony and too complex for a historically amnesiac culture. We prefer the multicolored distractions of […]
Ruminate Magazine Visual Art Prize
Ruminate Magazine: “Chewing on Life, Faith and Art” announces a call to artists for a juried print exhibition in the Winter Issue #22, which releases mid-December and is distributed nationally. $500 cash prize and publication in Issue #22 for first place, plus publication in Issue 22 for runner-up. The finalist juror is award-winning artist Sandra […]
Combat Paper Project Gives War Veterans an Artistic Outlet
Over at GOOD there is a post about the Combat Paper Project. Check out: An Artistic Outlet for Veterans: The Combat Paper Project The Combat Paper Project, hosts papermaking workshops that help veterans come to terms with their personal experiences in combat through art therapy. “Through papermaking workshops veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create […]
Great Initiative Gives Providence a "Head's Up"
Over at GOOD there is a post on a great initiative by Heads Up. Check out: Nonprofit Spotlight: Giving Providence’s Most Vulnerable a Head’s Up. “Founded in 2000, HeadsUp (an acronym for “Health, Education, Arts Developing Strength, Unity and Peace”) was a grassroots effort focused on reaching downtown Providence, Rhode Island’s vulnerable populations, including those diagnosed […]
When Urban Planning and Obesity Collide
From GOOD article When Urban Planning and Obesity Collide by Peter Smith “Are cities making us fat? After all, research has linked urban sprawl, a car-dependent culture, and even the absence of a sidewalk in front of homes to neighborhoods full of people with higher body mass indexes. “As the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Risa […]
The Google Teacher Academy Helps Teachers Bring Tech Innovations Into the Classroom
From GOOD article The Google Teacher Academy Helps Teachers Bring Tech Innovations Into the Classroom by Liz Dwyer “Technology companies are always coming up with new apps or hardware, but it takes way too long for some of the really useful innovations to trickle down to classrooms. Part of the problem is that teachers aren’t […]
Triple Canopy, Light Industry, and Public School Announce Opening of Center
From Artforum International Magazine article Triple Canopy, Light Industry, and Public School Announce Opening of Center The Triple Canopy, Light Industry, and Public School New York are working together to create a new arts and culture center in the Greenpoint, Brooklyn on 155 Freeman St. The new center will be called 155 Freeman. 155 Freeman […]
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