Early next week, I’ll be heading to North Carolina to visit three archives on an artifact-finding expedition. With the Delta…
Author: Alex Ates
Alex Ates (he/him/his) is a theater artist from New Orleans who's currently the director of theater at Westtown School in Pennslyvania. As a graduate student at Gallatin, he studies theater, education, and politics in the American South.
Alex Ates: The Trendy Sandal Time Machine
In my last blog post, I argued that the modern is traditional and the traditional is modern. This argument proposes…
Alex Ates: What Does “Avant-Garde” Even Mean? Why the Answer is Important to Understanding America
Featured image: photomural by Bauhaus and Black Mountain College faculty member Xanti Schawinsky in collaboration with Marcel Breuer and Walter…