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A SHORTLIST OF ONLINE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR THE WEEK OF February 8, 2021

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No matter what stage you are in with your art career, you can benefit from adopting the mindset and practices of an emerging artist. “Emerging” and “established” are common art world categorizers that can be both helpful to understand various art career milestones and when applying for the right opportunities, but labels can also be limiting. After all, we’d like to think that we are all in a continual process of emergence.

Make

Got time on your hands? Puppet master Barnaby Dixon and his cheeky friend Dabchick are taking over your regularly scheduled programming to show you how to make your very own finger puppet. All you need are Post-it notes, tape, scissors, a pencil and a marker. And fingers, of course.

Watch: Live

This short film was created for Re/Bound, ArtYard’s series of original short object-performance films about springing back, created in 10 days using the materials of paper, wire and water.
 
Rouou Ye’s exploration of the materials leads her to discover how the three elements move, interact with, and learn from her body to reveal a hidden language.
 

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Hip Hop Vitamin D

Derrick “Vitamin D” Brown is a bonafide Seattle Legend: an MC, DJ, producer and engineer whose work has helped define the aesthetics and sensibilities of Seattle hip hop for over two decades. KEXP's Larry Mizell Jr. profiles Vitamin D’s story, how he bridged Seattle's funk and soul era with the beginnings of its rap scene, and eventually created the unmatched sound that persists today.