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Japanese Kintsugi

Art & Social Change-Belonging & Identity-Creativity & Community-Cultural Commentary

July 4, 2025

Can the Arts Offer a Kinder Way to Belong?

Centuries ago, Japanese artisans began mending broken vessels with lacquer and gold. This tradition – called kintsugi (“golden seams”)[…]

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Art-Belonging-Identity

June 5, 2025

Art, Identity, and the Search for Belonging

Shown above, detail from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of[…]