A Mother and Child Reunion

Last minute Mother's Day gift ideas from three creative kids who work with their moms

Expressing to Mom just how much you appreciate her can stump even the most clever gift-givers. To help with the last-minute quest for the perfect gift, we reached out to some of our favorite mother-and-child partnerships to see how they celebrate the holiday in their family. Emily and Joan Sugihara Creators of one of our favorite on-the-go essentials, Baggu‘s Emily Sugihara and her mother Joan …

The University Avenue Project

A community's secrets shared through Wing Young Huie's photos of a Saint Paul neighborhood

What happens when you ask people what they think about race? Who they are and their dreams? What happens when you ask them to write it down? Photographer Wing Young Huie did just that, wandering a six-mile-long stretch of University Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota to create his newest public art installation, The University Avenue Project. The public photo gallery and community outreach project, funded …

Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art

An interview with Steve Powers from the new encyclopedic book redefining street art

“Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art” is a behemoth of a book loaded with a who’s-who of the contemporary urban art scene edited by Patrick Nguyen and Stuart. Surveying the work from figureheads such as Aaron Rose, Wooster Collective, Deitch Projects, Stephan Doitschinoff, Faile, Brad Downey and Swoon, in-depth interviews supplement loads of color images and artist biographies to create a …