Arizona Muse: Natural Beauty

The Model Channels Her Inner Animal for James Houston’s Eco Photo Series

Sporting a feathered mohawk, Arizona Muse communes with a crow in James Houston’s short for his green initiative, Natural Beauty. A mix of still and filmed portraits, Houston’s project features foremost environmentally conscious celebrities and top models—including Emma Watson, Brooke Shields and Karlie Kloss—and simple natural objects. “I was looking at the relationship between man and nature. We are really one and the idea of including the crow and Arizona worked well to illustrate that,” explains Houston. “It’s a dramatic journey of flight.” The images are showing at both the New York and Los Angeles outposts of MILK gallery and are showcased in an accompanying book that released in conjunction with World Earth Week 2013. Houston has shot innumerable campaigns for the likes of L'Oréal Paris, Donna Karan and Gap, but Natural Beauty is a project close to his heart and aims to raise awareness and funds for the non-profit Green Global USA, with all book royalties and a hefty percentage of print sales going directly to the environmental cause.

April 29, 2013

Apply Now: Tate Collective Producers

Putting young people at the heart of the museum and, Tate expands its groundbreaking Tate Collective Producers programme, supported by Gucci. Nurturing a new generation of creative talent, Tate Collective Producers are a group of 50 creatives aged 16 to 25, recruited from youth and education organisations local to Tate Britain and Tate Modern – providing a space to access unique opportunities, and gain new skills. Applications to join the current cohort are open to young people aged 16-22 from Southwark, Westminster, Lambeth, and Croydon, offering the opportunity to contribute to creative projects and help shape the future of Tate. Apply by 15 April.

Picturehouse Create

Three days of screenings, masterclasses, panels, networking events and a brand new short film competition come to Picturehouse Central for a new industry event. Leading a series of screenings and conversations, Harris Dickinson presents Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2002), while director James Griffiths, Tim Key and Tom Basden preview The Ballad of Wallis Island. Filmmaker John Maclean will preview his second feature film Tornado, and acclaimed costume designer Sandy Powell reflects on her career highlights via Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine. In a new competition for short films, eight finalist shorts will screen to the public and industry during the festival, with the winner unveiled after a special Saturday screening. 3 - 5 April 2025.

London Performance Studios Spring Season

London Performance Studios (LPS) announces a curated season of interdisciplinary performance and dynamic, expansive new works – performed from its South Bermondsey theatre gallery spaces this Spring. Opening with The Whole Routine by Edward Thomasson, the programme invites a spectrum of approaches across movement, music, durational work, readings, an orchestra, a film screening and song circle. As well as two world premieres, LPS showcases new work, the ‘Salon’, bridging bold flares of new work by early career and more established artists, in active conversation with each other and the space. 4 - 26 April 2025.

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