Diné composer honored for work
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On the Wednesday edition of the ICT Newscast, the Diné composer reinventing music is a new MacArthur Fellow. How a BIC pen defines a Phoenix artist. Holly Cook Macarro shares the latest developments on the House still not having a speaker.
A Navajo composer has been selected for this year’s MacArthur Fellowship. Raven Chacon was recognized for creating musical works that cut across boundaries of visual art and performance to illuminate landscapes, their inhabitants and histories. ICT’s Shirley Sneve has this interview.
It’s easy to imagine the tools of an artist: Canvas. Brushes. Oil. But what about something less? Such as art from an ordinary writing instrument. ICT’s Demi Dupavillon has this profile of a Hopi artist Quinn Honanie.
A fractured Republican party still has not elected a House speaker. ICT regular contributor Holly Cook Macarro has more on where the party stands.
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