LIFESTYLE: ARTS

Like most little girls, American Ballet Theater ballet dancer, Sarawanee Tanatanit, had always dreamed of being a dancer. Coming from Thailand, where ballet is a rare dance form and is not considered as a stable profession, Tanatanit didn’t let that stop her from pursuing her dream.

More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose to indelibly mark their bodies.

She’s So Money was a fun trip back through high school in the sense of a mini-adventure story! Cherry’s sense of humor shines throughout. It is an easy read, for adolescent girls. But the book is intriguing to a more mature audience as well, who can easily drum up feelings of adolescence from the book. The way Cherry

“Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating: caring not a whit for the pauperism staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd

A thin and small body, she seems to be firm with her short hair cut, just like her compact works. Each painting went through an extremely elaborate process; minute and detailed geometrical patterns are painted very neatly, solid flower patterns are made only by being coated with acrylic over and over again, and becomes

Yong Soon Min defies definition. Internationally renown as a multimedia artist as well as a scholar and curator, Min has been a voice and visual stimulus behind the emergence of multiculturalist and decolonial art activism in the ’80’s up to today with her latest exhibition on view at NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American

Steven Speloitis is at it again with his latest discovery, artist/fashion designer/business women, Elizabeth Sison.

"So perhaps what's shared in the work is a set of values flowing from experiences that cross generations and cultures: take care of yourself by any means and respond to your environment, no matter how challenging, in a responsible way. And if you can manage, always find ways to be inspired." - Athena Robles

The “One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now” exhibition showcases a selection of artists with Asian American backgrounds at the Asia Society Gallery and Museum until December 1, 2006. The curators, Melissa Chiu of the Asia Society, Karin Higa of the Japanese American National Museum and Suzette Min, an art