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CULTURESERVE.NET is a global art + culture news website that seamlessly combines academic discourse, street vernacular and philosophical perspective with a focus on urban contemporary art and a passion for social justice. As a result, art + culture become a platform to explore the human condition in the 21st century while simultaneously re-defining the “value” of art in contemporary culture. With a focus on street art, women artists and creators of flavor around the world, the site serves a global network of artists, activists, arts professionals, and the general public. Cultureserve’s content is written and curated with the aim of exploring intersections and pathways across race, gender, religion, class, age, nation, and the cultural landscape. For more information, email Cultureserve!

About Diana McClure:

Ms. McClure is an interdisciplinary artist who works in photography, mixed media, writing and web based projects. In 2009 she was a member of the Curatorial Committee for photoMiami, the international contemporary art fair for photo-based art, video & new media, and wrote the Living Arts column for the NewYorkTimes.com/LOCAL as part of a New York Times experimental project on hyperlocal and collaborative journalism. Diana has also written for Art Asia Pacific and The Studio Museum in Harlem magazine among others. She has received grants/fellowships from The New School for Social Research and The Mellon Foundation. Her photographic work has appeared in The Philadelphia African American Museum, The Los Angeles Times, Judy Chicago’s Envisioning the Future project, NYMAG.com, and in galleries across the United States. From 2007 – 2009 she founded and curated Cultureserve.net, a global art + culture news website that was a 2008 Finalist for a Creative Capital l Warhol Foundation – Arts Writers Grant. Diana holds a BA from Columbia University, an MA from The New School, consults for non-profits, curators and arts organizations, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York..

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