A Very Twisted view of our Pop Culture World. We live in a pop culture world, a world filled with our favorite films, music, monsters and myths. It's a world of rock stars and scientists who rocked the world. It's a world of founding fathers, fiction, fast food, fairy tales and fantasy. A world of sit-coms, superheroes, sleuths, sci-fi, surrealists, and... read full bio
Michael Gross is an actor who most notably was in the long running series with Michael J. Fox, Family Ties. He also has a degree from Yale University in Acting. He began his acting career in theatre. After his long stint on Family Ties he also starred in some movie projects, such as Tremors. He has moved on to several... read full bio
Joseph McNally is an acclaimed photographer. He has traveled the world (visiting nearly 70 countries) taking photographs for various assignments. McNally has worked for FedEx, Sony, ESPN, Adidas, Epson, the New York Stock Exchange, National Geographic, LIFE, Sports Illustrated, and other notable companies. McNally has won the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Journalistic Impact for his LIFE coverage of The Panorama... read full bio
Heidi Schwartz is an artist from Dayton, Ohio. While growing up, she liked to play with color and while growing older she found herself within art. Creating a drawing or painting was how Schwartz gathered her thoughts and made sense of her emotions. She later moved to Nashville to become a singer and started taking classes at Belmont University’s commercial... read full bio
Holly Hughes started her career as a performance artist alongside Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver. In 1990 Hughes earned national attention as one of the so-called NEA Four, artists whose funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was vetoed. It has been argued that she is influenced by Sam Shepard. In 2010, Holly Hughes received a Guggenheim Fellowship. She... read full bio
Jennifer Chaparro creates unforgettable 3D images for every type of event. Chaparro began chalk painting as a fun activity with her two daughters, and it turned into a full time business. She began doing chalk art for special events, and has since won a long list of accolades, including a Maestro Certification from the Florida Chalk Artists Association, which certifies... read full bio
Joey Arias is a New York City performing artist, cabaret singer, and drag artist. His career began in the rock band Purlie and improvisational comedy group the Groundlings. After performing for a while, Arias landed a job at the Fiorucci designer clothing store where he would dance and model clothes in the shop window. Through his work, Arias was able... read full bio
Behind the Lens is a captivating live show, where photographers share their stories and photos with audiences nationwide. The show sold-out its first tour, exhibiting to cheering crowds and standing ovations. Behind The Lens brings the visual aspect to music. It features live presentations of still and moving pictures, along with stories told by each photographer.... read full bio
Alexandra Nechita is a renowned cubist painter, born in Romania and raised in the United States. Recognized as a child prodigy until her late teens, she began drawing at the age of two. On her seventh birthday, her parents gave her oil and acrylics. Alexandra had her first solo exhibition at the age of eight at the public library in... read full bio
Paint Out Loud - Brian Olsen's energy is infectious. To witness the explosion of lines, shapes and colors onto the canvas is to experience creativity in its most kinetic form. It truly is Art in Action.In less than 10 minutes, Brian can turn an oversized canvas not a work of art. In less than an hour, he'll turn a venue... read full bio
Damon Davis is an American artist, musician, and filmmaker who works in painting, illustration, music, film, printmaking, and public art. He uses his art to tell stories on systemic oppression and his best-known work is called “All Hands On Deck,” which has been featured as a permanent collection at the Smithsonian’s Nation Museum of African American History and Culture. His... read full bio
Nathan Sawaya, otherwise known as the LEGO Artist, is a sculpture-maker who creates art out of, you guessed it, LEGO bricks. Sawaya has led the touring exhibition titled The Art of The Brick across the globe to showcase his beautifully crafted LEGO sculptures. Prior to his work as a LEGO artist, Sawaya was a New York City corporate lawyer. Since... read full bio
Welby Altidor is a creativity expert. Drawing from over fifteen years of experience with Cirque du Soleil, Altidor is an advocate for the creative inside each and every one of us. During his role as the Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, Altidor utilized his creative mind in a variety of ways. In addition to working on... read full bio
David Jay is an award-winning photographer who has shot fashion photography that has been featured in magazines and outlets such as Elle, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Style, Shape, and more. While Jay was at his peak in his photography career, he found out one of his closest friends with diagnosed with breast cancer, which led him to start The SCAR Project. Through... read full bio
Steve Uzzell is an award-winning photographer, author, and former staff member for National Geographic. Uzzell has been working in photography for over 40 years and began his career working as an assistant to the editor of National Geographic’s magazine where he was also a member of their photographic staff. Uzzell has earned his Bachelor of Journalism from the University of... read full bio
Sophie Leseberg Smith, better known as her stage name, The Nasty Poet, is a poet from South London. As a poet, Smith has performed at venues which include Boiler Room, Just Jam TV, The W Project at Shoreditch House, Emerald Live Events, on NTS Radio, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and more. She has also been featured in outlets... read full bio
The main distinction of Laurence Gartel is that he pioneered digital art. The Museum of Modern Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Princeton Art Museum, the Norton Museum, the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History have all included exhibitions of his work. Over the past 35... read full bio
American activist, artist, and presenter Daniell "Danni" Washington is an inspiration who is committed to the cause of cleaner, plastic-free oceans. Washington has made a big contribution to educating young people about the oceans and the environmental issues they confront as the creator of the Not-for-Profit organization Big Blue and You. Washington, a Jamaican-American who was raised in Miami, Florida, has... read full bio
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In the fifties and sixties, a new school of artists, pop artists," emerged on the scene. They made Pop Art a household name. This group included Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Mark Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg and James Francis Gill. James Gill was one of the standouts among the pop artists. He experienced a rapid ascent in the art world,... read full bio
