ARTS AND LETTERS

August 17, 2022By Gail PrenskyCurrent News No Comments

The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration The interdisciplinary artist Sable Elyse Smith in her New York City studio on July 5, 2022, with works from her “Coloring Book” series, still in progress.Credit…Tommy Kha More and more art is challenging long-held assumptions about the criminal justice system. By Adam Bradley The New York Times Aug. 11, 2022 … Read More

A Ukrainian girl sang ‘Let It Go’ in a Kyiv bunker. She just performed for thousands in Poland.

March 22, 2022By Gail PrenskyUncategorized No Comments

By Annabelle Timsit March 22, 2021 The Washington Post Amelia Anisovych, 7, a refugee from Ukraine, sings the Ukrainian national anthem at a fundraising concert in Lodz, Poland, on March 20. (Marian Zubrzycki/AP) A 7-year-old girl who sang “Let It Go” from the Disney movie “Frozen” inside a bomb shelter in Kyiv is now singing for a different … Read More

Opinion: Volodymyr Zelensky, the modern warrior-artist

March 16, 2022By Gail PrenskyUncategorized No Comments

By Kathleen Parker, Columnist Yesterday at 6:12 p.m. ED The Washington Post A video of a duo singing “Endless Love,” the 1981 song by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, identified the singers as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska. It immediately went viral.Sign up for a weekly roundup of thought-provoking ideas and debates If something seems … Read More

From the outside looking in with Ajith Kumarasirio

February 25, 2020By Gail PrenskyUncategorized No Comments

The Morning, Sri Lanka news story about Ajith Kumarasiri, a musician who is also a part of The JK Project’s Shared Stories collection. Congratulations Ajith on this feature story! Bring on the noise…your music…to the bigger world. FEBRUARY 23, 2020 BY DIMITHRI WIJESINGHE 0 COMMENTS  POST VIEWS: 192 By Dimithri Wijesinghe Looking a little exhausted but still cheerfully offering us a … Read More