NK von S is a self-taught portraitist, a satirist, and a craftsperson whose work probes what it means to be human. She has nurtured a child, a garden, and her beasts in Takoma Park, drawing family here like aliens to the mother ship. She relishes the challenge of wresting the instantly cognizable from the unfamiliar. If you are interested in
Does an artist need a benefactor? Does a diplomat need a nation? These questions and others may be among the contemplations that avant-disco music director and writer Patrick Paulus sought answers to, when traveling from Takoma Park to Havana in March 2023, in support of the Cuban people. With his new photography book, curiously titled, “Banana Wine”, he chronicles a