Arts & Entertainment - May 14, 2009
True Skool stirs things up "After Dark"
True Skool, a non-profit organization, collaborates with Milwaukee Art Museum's "After Dark" for the second time this year. Focused on invigorating Milwaukee's urban communities with positive influence, True Skool illuminates the artistic talent and community alliance hidden by poverty, gangs and drug use.
Tags: milwaukee art museum, after dark, true skool, graffiti art, dawoud bey, urban photography

Arts & Entertainment - May 13, 2009
"Class Pictures" of social and emotional complexity
Photographing and interviewing students from private and public high schools in Michigan, Massachusetts, Florida, California and New York, Bey's efforts result in not only a visible representation of "true" American diversity but also a cultural revelation about what it means to be a young adult in the 21st century. The series is as much documentary as it is fine art and unapologetically battles a balance of objectivity and subjectivity.
Tags: Dawoud Bey, Class Pictures, Milwaukee Art Museum, Harlem 1979