Category Archives: art
Public Domain Day was January 1st
January 1st of each year marks Public Domain Day. I have to be honest and tell you that I had never paid attention to this annual “holiday”, but this year there seems to be some additional buzz surrounding the different … Continue reading
Posted in art, art work, creativity
Tagged art, Authors, Charlie Chaplin, creative, Hemingway, Jazz Singer, Metropolis, movies, music, Public Domain, Sherlock Holmes
Leave a comment
A Cultural Experience Performing at The Hawk
In the last few years, I have tried to avoid writing blog posts about my performances as I am really looking to create content in these postings which may be more thought provoking or promotional of other topics. However, I … Continue reading
Posted in Armenian, armenian genocide, art, creativity, culture, detroit, music, Reflections
Leave a comment
Michigan State University: Creativity in the Time of Covid-19
In this blog I have often discussed how the pandemic affected Michigan artists. The ability to adjust to an environment that disabled the ability to perform in front of a live audience, to be able to see instant gratification for … Continue reading
Posted in art, art work, covid19, Creative Industries, creativity, culture, music, Reflections
Leave a comment
March is Arts Advocacy Month
“The arts create connection, community, belonging, and joy. In the worst of times, the arts create all of that and more—and most of all, the arts create hope” from the American for the Arts website. As a council member of … Continue reading
Posted in art, creativity, culture, Uncategorized
Tagged advocacy, art, CAN, culture, Farmington Hills, Funding, MACC, michigan, Novi, policy
Leave a comment
Making Music Fun
I guess what they say is true, you can make music out of just about anything. A video that my musician friend Mark Gavoor (and fellow blogger) posted a humorous video on social media (which we have all seen before, … Continue reading
Posted in art, Humor in Music, music, world music
1 Comment
Revisiting Kegham Tazian
“Personally, I feel that the most exciting aspect of my work – the great pleasure, in fact, that I receive – is the excitement and anticipation of beginning and doing. The end is defeat, the beginning is victory”. These are … Continue reading
Posted in Armenian, art, art work, culture, detroit
Tagged #BirminghamMI, #Earth, #KeghamTazian, #Sculpture, Armenian, michigan
Leave a comment
Kresge Arts in Detroit announces 2021 Fellows
I have often said that receiving the Kresge Artist Fellowship over nine years ago was a musical game changer for me. The doors it opened for me as a musician allowed me to create and afforded me unique opportunities to … Continue reading
Posted in art, detroit, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Great Duduk Master Has Passed
The entire world music community has lost a true living legend, Armenian duduk master Djivan Gasparyan has died at the age of 92. The duduk is exclusively and internationally known as the instrument of Armenia. Made out of apricot wood with … Continue reading
Posted in Armenian, art, Duduk, film, music, world music
Leave a comment
The Return
It seems that, at least in the United States, we are slowly seeing that “light at the end of the tunnel” that we keep hearing about as we hopefully put the pandemic behind us and return to some form of … Continue reading
Posted in art, covid19, culture, film, Gigs, music, Reflections
Leave a comment
Artsakh-Armenia Relief Concert on Dec. 12th
Over the past several months we have experienced many groups throughout the diaspora helping both raise awareness and funds due to the war in Artsakh. These groups have been innovative in putting together products or offering their talents to help … Continue reading
HYE Times 