May belonged to the artists who carry something forward. Beatrice Ruobin Huang, Kendall Bas, and Bella Rivera rose to the top, three artists whose work draws on heritage, memory, and inheritance, ancient forms made new, shared humanity rendered on stage, design passed down like a birthright. Their features resonated with readers drawn to art that remembers where it came from. Alongside them, readers reached for the collective and the practical, from Nia Safarr Banks on the meaning found in working together to Professor Duckworth’s props guide. A month about lineage, community, and the art of carrying the past into the present.

Svitlana Kosiak: A Universe With No Borders.
Ukrainian composer Svitlana Kosiak on her Musical Paintings, where melody merges with poetry and color,







