With Black Is___365, Ricky Parker of Dream For Purpose and Art 180's Atlas teen art center are working together to spread the message that Black history deserves way more than just one month of the year. If you have recently taken a walk by the Atlas teen art center...
“Trading in Traffick” Challenges Capitalism with Memes
At The Well Art Gallery in Blackwell, Ricky Parker’s latest art exhibit explores the American Slave Trade and its capitalistic roots starting this Friday. This Friday, a local artist and professor at Virginia Union University is bringing a meme-themed art show...
The Word and the Book
Hip-hop is more than the cliché of "money, hoes, and clothes." Students at Virginia Union University are peeling back the layers of the 45-year-old art form, and discovering that faith and religion are an important part of the music. The collegiate focus is only the...
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