Earthtones was created in the spring of 2022 as a collective for artists of color of all skills and mediums to grow and practice their craft together in an atmosphere responsive and flexible to their needs.
Virality’s Darkness: Balancing Privacy and Surveillance
“The desire for virality has led to a breakdown of previously respected boundaries and a disregard for privacy and security.”
Praying for Aesthetic
“Something vaguely religious, vaguely insane and inevitably the result of a victim of serotonin syndrome. These accounts are often diaphanous and purposely indecipherable by nature.”
The Cobbler
The Cobbler is a short film written and directed by Tyson Edwards, produced by Keller Huffman and starring Dillon Cavanagh and Caroline Cochrane.
Ahead of its premiere at the Carolina Film Association showcase on April 23, Coulture’s editor-in-chief Clay Morris spoke with some of the film’s cast and crew about the process of making the film and what viewers can expect to see in the horror-comedy.
Vivienne Westwood Broke the Mold
The British designer, Queen of Punk style, died on December 29, 2022.
Macey Keung and Miumi Shipon on Antifragile Zine
Antifragile Zine, above all, is a diary for Gen Z, capturing ugly, raw, real adolescence outside of whitewashed mainstream media. Keung and Shipon know from their own experiences as Asian-American artists that mainstream media overlooks marginalized youth’s experiences. Antifragile aims to correct that.
Encapsulating Turmoil
But with time, we gave into the chaotic nature of life during COVID-19. By doing so we opened ourselves to the facets of life that get lost when we move at such a fast pace we can barely keep our feet beneath us.
Write What You Know, Not What You’ve Been Told
My main problem with journaling has always been the time commitment. Sometimes, sitting down and writing about my day just seems like a hassle, and in quarantine times, when the days all feel the same, recounting my day is even less appealing.
The Chiffon Trenches: André Leon Talley’s Apology to Himself
Beyond my superficial connections to the former creative director of Vogue, my admiration for Talley comes from the respect I owe him for existing in an industry that has historically had little-to-no room for men who look like me. However, what is even more important to me is Talley’s permanence as a cautionary tale about the whims and woes of the fashion world for Black people and, more specifically Black men.