Displaying 30 Posts written by Annette Richmond

Play It Forward

Art influences society. It’s a visual preservation of our history that documents our changing opinions. As a society, we hold art in such high regard, but the same can’t be said for artists. Nearly all industries have been negatively impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic, but none have been more devastated …

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Press Trips, Covid, and Influencer Media

As we continue to struggle during this pandemic, we’ve begun to accept that travel will never be the same. Destinations, travel businesses, and travel content creators struggle to define a new industry standard, all while keeping their brand top of mind for consumers who aren’t currently traveling.  In the past, …

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Black in Arts

Records were broken at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, 2020, when Black performers received the most acting Emmys in major categories in one night, seven. From the outside, it would appear that the Emmys organizers are making an effort to diversify, but let’s look a little deeper. …

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The Diversity Metric

Diversity and Inclusion (D & I) have become buzzwords in recent months but the benefits of workplace diversity have been clear for years. Data shows companies that hire for and promote D & I are stronger than those who don’t. Racial and ethnically diverse companies are 35 percent more likely, …

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The New Entrepreneur 

From 1760 to about 1840 the First Industrial Revolution introduced new processes that moved manufacturing from small shops and homes to large factories. This was quickly followed by a shift in culture as people moved from the rural areas where the manufacturing once took place and into big cities where …

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Art as Activism

In the 1920s Mexican Muralists like Diego Rivera painted murals that told the stories of the working class; miners, farmers, and industrial laborers. Today artists all over the world are answering an artistic call to action.   View this post on Instagram   “The Uprising” by Diego Rivera 1931. A …

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