The Culture LP

culture. lifestyle. progress | uniting creators since 2012.

Welcome to our blog where we highlight the tell the stories and share work by artistic humans we admire.

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🎭🎨🎤 OPPORTUNITY:
Find out how you can get up to $15k to bring dance, music, poetry, and more to your neighborhood. Pitch sessions for @carnegiehall’s #NeONArts program starts this week.

RSVP today to by emailing neonarts@carnegiehall.org to learn more, no application required to attend the sessions. Tell them The Culture LP sent you.

Learn more about this platform shining light on what it means to be Black and Latinx. Visit TheCultureLP.com for 21 questions with @biancakathryn_ | 🎨: by @daizydoodles | #Frida Kahlo, #Insecure, #Adobo, #EdgeControl, Selena #YoSoyAfroLatina

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Michigan native @biancakathryn_, founder of @yosoyafrolatina to talk about her inspirations, challenges, and what makes New York City so special. Visit TheCultureLP.com for 21 Questions with Bianca Kea | 🎨: by @pushjimmy #Regram

Squad goals. We interviewed @biancakathryn_, founder of @yosoyafrolatina — she cited @solacilike as one of her creative inspirations and we agree 🎨🔥. Who inspires you on the ‘gram? [visit theculturelp.com to learn more in our interview with Bianca]

CULTURE: Caught this fire @kobrastreetart mural in the East Village last week 📸: @mikey718_ #walkthisway #hiphop #mural

Self care, but make it artsy | thank you @healhaus, today I (@mikey718_) took my mom and @daniellalexis to a Yin Yoga class. It was the first time she had a Black yoga instructor. She’s 61. #Representation matters.

Bianca Kea, founder of Yo Soy AfroLatina

21 Questions With Bianca Kea: The Mind Behind Yo Soy AfroLatina

Michael Tonge January 6, 2019

The Culture LP interviews Bianca Kea, founder of Yo Soy AfroLatina to shed light on her transition to New York City and how she’s built a lifestyle brand that echoes what it means to be Black and Latina.

Photo Credit: Henry Danner, 2018

Bianca Romero: Around the World in 60 Days

Michael Tonge November 14, 2018

To celebrate Bianca Romero’s largest work to date, The Culture LP sat down with the New York based mixed-media artist to learn more about her process, challenges, and goals for future projects.

From left: Tamron Hall, Kate Novack, and André Leon Talley at the Schomburg Center on Tuesday night. Photo: Kristina Bumphrey from Starpix.

André in Harlem

Michael Tonge October 14, 2018

André Leon Talley has an icy relationship with the fashion industry, but at a screening of his new documentary in Harlem, he felt the love.

“Rise” by Patrick Martinez for We Buy Gold in NYC.

Artist Patrick Martinez on “Less Drake, More Tupac,” Police Brutality, and the New American Dream

Michael Tonge October 14, 2018

This is America: police brutality and pop culture. Immigration and the NFL. Gentrification and…Drake. These are all themes explored by artist Patrick Martinez, who was born and raised in Los Angeles to a Native American and Mexican father and a Filipino mother, and uses neon, ceramic, and mixed media installations to unpack the idea of the American Dream.