Arts Award on Voice

Recently, I got the chance to see Les Misérables, here are my thoughts on the spectacular performance...

Review of concert for silver arts award

We caught up with four Sing City young musicians who, as part of their Silver Arts Awards with us, are project managing a fundraising event to raise money for Brighter Sound.

I learned how to make a pot using a potter's wheel.

The arts issue I have chosen is about representation of black people in the arts. In the galleries there are very few images of black people or art by black artists as a permanent display. Why is this? In music there are lots of representation may not necessarily be positive but it's there. Why is this? In theatre/films there is slow increase in the amount of lead roles given to black people. Only in February 2018 was there a predominately black cast that has been available in the mainstream. And recognition for our talents has been scarce. Oprah was the first black woman to receive a golden globe:  Cecil B. DeMille Award 2018. Jordan Peele is the first African-American to win the best original screenplay Oscar. Why has it taken so long? 

I wanted to explore why this is.

“There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables