This artist’s perspective on visual literacy compares our intake of images and reproductions to seeing physical sculptures and paintings. As an artist himself, the writer of this essay gives an insightful view on how we are affected by the proliferation of flat images through advertising and the media. By juxtaposing such images with 3D sculptures as examples in this essay, Deborah Curtis we are able to physically see the difference between reproductions and actual pieces. Not art bashing, yet preserving the medium, Curtis favors authenticity to accessibility when it comes to art. And so, we get an artists perspective to tell us how art should truly be appreciated.

Writer/ Actor, Dave Mills breathes new life into the numerous works by Langston Hughes in his tribute performance to the renowned poet. Emphasizing the many voices expressed by the late poet, Mills also incorporates his own style into the well-known pieces. More than your average poetry reading, this presentation of works takes you into Hughes’ world and plays back his poems and narratives in a continuous flow to create a vivid story uniting the artist’s life’s work. David Mills does so in a constant stream of distinct character depictions, powering through dialogue after dialogue as a means of representing a general overview of Langston Hughes’ major pieces.