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About 2.4 million Americans are artists, or 1% of the workforce. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

It’s always been hard to make it as an artist in...

Joanna Woronkowicz, Indiana University “Being an artist is not viewed as a real job.” It’s a...
Keith Haring paints a mural in New York City on Aug. 20, 1987. Mark Hinjosa/Newsday RM via Getty Images

With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future...

Johanna K. Taylor, Arizona State University and Mary McAvoy, Arizona State University In a February 2025 Truth Social post,...
‘Atlases,’ Victoria Lomasko’s mural at Miami University. Used by permission of Victoria Lomasko

An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance...

Stephen Norris, Miami University Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took...

Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope...

Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it’s no...

How a hip-hop mindset can help teachers in a time of turmoil

Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina While hip-hop has created a lot of good memories, good music and good...

What is vernacular art? A visual artist explains

Beauvais Lyons, University of Tennessee Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by artists who are usually...

AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT,...

Lynne Parker, University of Tennessee; Casey Greene, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Daniel Acuña, University of Colorado Boulder; Kentaro Toyama, University...

Yoko Ono’s prophetic vision of self-care

Brigid Cohen, New York University Light a match and watch till it goes out. Go to the middle of...

EXPLORING NATURE

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?