360 Degrees: About This Blog

Hall explores art, literature, and society and culture using rhetorical critique through the lenses of gender, race, class, identity, media and intersections of these. The notion of 360 degrees relates to the idea that gaining knowledge requires collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches and numerous perspectives. Posts may be original work and/or curated from external sources as cited.

The focus is to investigate art, society and culture through a broad range of topics, media, domains. Visit the "Blog Posts" tab to find entries of interest. You can also find links to posts by date in the "Blog Archive" on the right-hand bar. Or, use the search feature.

Openly and compassionately interrogating society's most pressing issues engenders trust and fosters growth -- individually and collectively. Participants must respect other participants. In other words, when commenting: attack the idea, not the person.

To ensure that you are honored as a participant, here are a few playground rules:

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The author reserves the right to delete without notice violations of any of the above.

Photo credits (L-R): Charlotte Hill O'Neil, Z. Hall, Chris Gelken, Deji Odetoyinbo, Chris Gelken (final two).

About Dr. Z. Hall

Hall is a researcher, artist, and art writer whose published scholarly writing and art writing focus on visual art, literature, visual and material rhetoric, race, identity, gender, performance art, media, and intersections of these. She has blogged about these since 2011. She is a poet, photographer, and emerging visual and performance artist. Ekphrasis is her poetry specialty.* Her performance art exhibitions include ‘Freedom is a Constant Struggle’ (Jan. 2016) for the Dialogue Institute’s Martin Luther King birthday celebration and ‘Intersession’ (Apr. 2016) at The Riverfront Readings Special 'What on Earth?' in celebration of Earth Day. Her art works articulate social and political realism as critique.

Hall began curating visual and performance art as a vital part of dialogic events in 2015. She is the Executive Director and Producer of Salon~360, a monthly event that brings together artists, business people, scholars, activists, and community members in dialogue around society’s most pressing issues in a safe and responsive space. Hall’s passion for creating room for genuine dialogue stems back to the 2011 online version of Salon~360, 'Shaken Not Stirred: Conversations with Friends,' here on her blog.

Themes of Salon~360’s inaugural 2015 season included: forgiveness, anger, suicide, humane capacity, and grief. The first year closed with a benefit show based on its five themes. Highlights can be seen on their website.

The connection between Salon~360 and Hall’s scholarship, artistry, curating and art writing is her interest in the relationships between artistic expression and dialogue and how these shape culture within societies.

*To read, listen to, and view some of Hall's ekprasis poetry collaborations go to Palisade of Poetry under the Blog Posts tab.

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