TO hear artists tell it, art these days is almost anything that strikes the eye. Framed empty space, neon bulbs, rooms with booming loudspeakers, a deliberately ill-tuned radio set—all ...

Green, pink, red and blue cloths are draped around the model’s body, and her skin is painted in the same hues. Branches and flowers sprout from her shoulders and the transformation is complete.

Part of being a creative storyteller is finding one’s niche medium: the path artists employ to guide people through an ensemble of poems, a portfolio of paintings/photos, or collection of prose. For ...