Heinrich van den Berg, 03/07/12

Nature Photographer in South Africa

Natalie Pace, 03/07/12

Author, 'You vs. Wall Street'; CEO and Founder, Women's Investment Network, LLC

Ovo simply embodies the essence of what made the world fall in love with Cirque du Soleil in the first place: Artistry.

Marcia G. Yerman, 03/07/12

Writer on Women's Issues; Co-founder of cultureID

The arts can impact understanding and harness visibility for the key human rights issue of the 21st Century.

Thomas Gladysz, 03/07/12

Arts Journalist / Pop Culture Archaeologist

Did you know that The Artist wasn't the only silent film to take home an Academy Award at this year's Oscars?

Anne Couillaud, 03/07/12

Independent curator

"The real beauty of MAKER magazine is its ability to grow itself, like a living organism. It's the shared spirit of creativity that sustains it, giving it momentum which I believe will make it stronger with each issue."

Evelyne Politanoff, 03/07/12

Publisher, Trouvaillesdujour

In Of Beasts and Super-Beasts, Indian-born Raqib Shaw created a universe inspired by the Empire style typical of European -- and more specifically French -- art from the early 19th century.

Marc Shaiman, 03/07/12

Award-winning composer, lyricist, 'Hairspray'

I was not lucky enough to meet Robert, but I thank him for touching my little four-year-old heart by expressing his.

Vanessa Becknell, 03/07/12

TV and Film Department Editor, The Donnybrook Writing Academy

I recently had the honor of sitting down with Mecier to not only talk about the Whitney controversy, but more importantly, focus on his other incredible works.

Marty Lipp, 03/05/12

Music writer

At a recent show, guitarist Hubby Jenkins joked that a white person playing banjo in the mid-1800s was like "Vanilla Ice rapping in the 1980s."

David Katz, M.D., 03/05/12

Director, Yale Prevention Research Center

We need to know that we consume too much sugar and that it does us harm because, ostensibly, knowledge is power. In that spirit, we in public health have cause to welcome some important new allies to the mission of advancing health through better nutrition: museums.

Alicia Jo Rabins, 03/07/12

Poet, songwriter, performer and Torah scholar

In honor of Queen Esther, heroine of Purim -- and of her predecessor, Queen Vashti, who gets a lot less scroll-time in the Purim story but is no less fascinating -- here's a roundup of some especially badass ladies of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish legend.

Maggie Jackson, 03/07/12

Award-winning columnist, author of "Distracted"

If we drive children away from their innate needs to go within themselves to reflect and imagine, we'll be losing something of our humanity. Are we looking up from our screens often enough -- and teaching our children to do so?

Mary Orlin, 03/07/12

The WineFashionista

Of course there is the wine at these wineries, but art is the main attraction. That the art pairs with the wine is a happy bonus.

Kat Coiro, 03/06/12

Director/writer

In order to feed our artistic hunger we have to believe that there are new stones to turn over, new levels of consciousness, new inspirations, new ways of seeing the world. Unlike a piece of music or a painting, I can't walk away from a movie set knowing exactly what I've just made.

John R. Eperjesi, 03/07/12

Assistant professor of English, Kyung Hee University in Seoul

Rainhat's gently staggering poems are spontaneous, lyrical, physical and immediate. When his grandmother, a farmer, tells him she doesn't understand poems, he explains to her, "A poem is a song. It is in your heart and you can breathe it with your mouth."

Chava Tombosky, 03/06/12

Writer, singer, filmmaker

With a bare set and minimal visuals to distract the viewers from this poignant story, four strong and brilliant actresses mesmerized us into the lives and horrors of human trafficking.

Bonnie Kavoussi, 03/06/12

Love Never Dies' lesson: Don't expect some prince to save you. Hold on to the people that give you art and love, since they make our short lives more worthwhile.