The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is distinct in its interdisciplinary and rigorous curriculum that allows its students to broaden their skill sets and interests. It is well-reputed and placed amongst the best art schools in the QS world ranking and identified by Columbia University’s National Arts Journalism survey as “the most influential
Picking up the pieces. Katie Farnsworth wasn’t going to share her story. She didn’t write it for anyone to see, she wrote it for herself at five am one fateful morning. Words poured on the page like she never imagined. She had not written a poem since she was ten, but something was different it
Full of feel good vibes, musician Jenna Paulette’s “New West” music is catchy and addictive. Just in time for summer, Paulette dropped the music video for her latest single ILYSM, which can be watched here. Affinity is proud to give both a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion that went into creating the perfect music video,
X Japan, arguably the most successful Japanese rock band to date, made their Coachella debut this year. Selling over 30 million albums, on top of selling out the Tokyo dome a record of 18 times, X Japan is undoubtedly an iconic rock band. They closed out the Mojave stage both Saturdays of Coachella, competing with
The new indie film And Then I Go takes you inside the mind of two troubled teenagers who end up deciding to ignite a school shooting event. The film deals with the social stigma of teenagers who start off getting bullied and then later resort to an act of violence. I was able to see
When searching for new music to listen to and artists to support, I look out for multiple things, but the main things are the passion and honesty the author puts into their art. I found just that Katy Rose describes her music as “humid.” Katy is a Californian songwriter based in Paris, whose hit “Overdrive”
Sacred Space is a gallery taking place on Sunday, April 22nd to show off art done by Atlanta teens. I had the opportunity to interview Kendall Greene, the founder of Positivity Party. She’s been passionate about art for as long as I can remember, and it’s amazing to see her passion blossoming into something extraordinary
A Wrinkle In Time is now in theaters in the United Kingdom, as of yesterday. I attended a screening for the movie last week on Monday, and I’m honestly still in awe of how beautiful it was. In addition to attending a screening of the movie — thanks to VAMP and Disney — I had
Nashville, Tennessee is one hell of a city known for hot fried chicken, an abundance of BBQ, and being, of course, the Country Music Capital of the World. However, in recent years, the city has immersed itself into a vast haze of R&B, becoming home to recording studio Blackbird (where Jack White and Alicia Keys
26-year-old Alexandra Shipp has been bubbling in Hollywood for a minute now. She played the title role in the Aaliyah biopic and took over for Halle Berry as Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse. And Shipp is on the cusp of even more stardom playing Abby Suso in 20th Century Fox’s movie adaptation of Simon vs. the Homo
Heather Brave is one pop artist you need to have on your radar. Hailing from New Jersey, Brave is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter and activist. Her debut single “Like a Wave” debuted at #32 on the Billboard Indicator chart and has hundreds of thousands of streams. If you’re a Halsey or Daya devotee, listen up —Heather
It all started when Maris cold-entered a competition to sing on a popular YouTube series Postmodern Jukebox. After its founder, Scott Bradlee heard Maris’ voice, he brought her in to sing a version of “Jolene” in May 2017, which would go on to earn over 900k views. However, she experienced her true taste of internet fame only
