Lonnie Holley sees things. Standing in a dirt lot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he spied a piece of rusty metal, a bit of blue string, a broken yellow broom handle, a plastic spoon. “If you don’t mind, would you step away from the camera and get me that rottening piece of tin right there,” he directed. “Now […]

Shumerria Harris was standing on stage at Alabama State University when she delivered a line that would change her life. “I was in the play ‘Six Characters In Search of an Author,’ playing the old character lady,” she remembered. “One of the other characters tried to take my hat and I said, ‘Back up! Gimme 50 feet!’ […]

Nearly 80 years after Walker Evans and James Agee shined a light on life in Hale County, Alabama, Greensboro and its environs are taking center stage again, this time in RaMell Ross’ Oscar-nominated documentary film, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” follows Daniel Collins and Quincy Bryant, and their […]

High-tech space travel and down-home hospitality have seemingly little in common, but for Bradley Dean, owner and creative director of Bradley Dean Creative Services, they both serve as sources of inspiration. Dean grew up in Huntsville, home to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. He developed an interest in art and design at an early […]