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Artist Voices

Whenever possible, we feature content straight from Massachusetts artists – the individuals at the core of this state’s vibrant creative life.

Artist to Artist

We bring together Massachusetts artists from various disciplines, in dialogue about issues integral to their work and life. It’s a chance to highlight the innovation of Massachusetts artists by exploring some of their shared ground.
Periodic artist-to-artist discussions
Writers Lise Haines and Elizabeth Searle: Part one; Part two
Painter Candice Smith Corby and sculptor Julie Levesque
Writer Karl Iagnemma and new media artist Brian Knep

Studio Views

What is really going on behind closed doors in artist studios throughout Massachusetts? Artists let us peek inside their workspace and show us what they’re up to these days.
Isa Leshko, photographer
Judith Klausner, multidisciplinary artist
Elizabeth Alexander, installation artist
Hannah Verlin, installation artist
Kayla Mohammadi, painter
Susan J. Champeny, mixed media artist
Stephen Golding, photographer
Sophia Ainslie, visual artist
Brynn Dizack, sculptor
Tim Murdoch, sculpture/installation artist
Jodi Colella, sculptor
Julie Akeret, filmmaker
Constance Jacobson, visual artist
Ria Brodell, visual artist
Stacey Alickman, visual artist
Heddi Vaughan Siebel, visual artist
Lisa Nilsson, visual artist
Ariel Freiberg, painter
Joshua Meyer, painter
Adria Arch, visual artist
Michael Zelehoski, visual artist
Daniel Ranalli, visual artist
Yanick Lapuh, visual artist
Masako Kamiya, painter
Anne Krinsky, painter
Resa Blatman, mixed media painter
Todd McKie, painter
Morgan Russell, painter
Matthew Rich, visual artist
Stephen Tourlentes, photographer
Fred H.C. Liang, visual artist
Evelyn Rydz, visual artist
Leah Giberson, visual artist
Susan Post, painter
Sand T, visual artist
Lisa Olson, visual artist
Cynthia Maurice, visual artist
Kevin Hebb, visual artist
Adrienne Sloane, fiber artist
Jeanne Williamson, visual artist
Jessica Burko, visual artist
Clara Lieu, visual artist
Santiago Hernandez, visual artist

Three Stages

We ask Massachusetts artists to shed light on their art-making process by focusing on three stages in the creative life of one work of art.
Sarah Bliss and Rosalyn Driscoll, collaborating artists, sculptural video installation
Charlotte Meehan, playwright and interdisciplinary theatre artist
Steven Barkhimer, playwright, actor, director, and musician
Ben Berman, poet
Lydia Kann Nettler, installation artist
Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, playwright
Dawn Lane, choreographer
Betsy Damian, children’s book creator
Cynthia Morrison Phoel, writer
Eric Henry Sanders, playwright
Tara L. Masih, writer
Tracy Winn, writer
Christian Burns, choreographer

Interviews

We talk to some of our state’s most interesting artists and arts professionals, and their inventive brains make up for our lack of journalistic experience.
Nano-interviews
Cur8or – 8 questions for curators
Christian McEwen, writer
Megan and Murray McMillan, multidisciplinary artists
Charles Tracy, National Park Service
John Kuntz, playwright, actor, and theatre artist
Michaela O’Brien, filmmaker
Tova Mirvis, novelist
Liz Devlin, curator (video tour of the exhibition Pedigree)
Kathleen Smith, Exhibitions Director, New Art Center
Greg Cook, artist, writer, and critic
Julie Wu, novelist
Charles Coe, poet
Monica Raymond, playwright and poet
Bill Peters, novelist
Steven Barkhimer, playwright and theatre artist
Sagit Zilberman, jazz saxophonist and composer
Cristi Rinklin, visual artist
Mira Bartok, writer, artist, and blogger
Holly Lynton, photographer
Huckleberry Delsignore, crochet artist
Tracy Heather Strain, filmmaker
Laura Harrington, novelist and dramatic writer
Patrick Donnelly, poet
Leslie Williams, poet
Sharon Howell, poet
Jendi Reiter, poet
Gigi Rosenberg, author of The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing
Adam Schwartz, writer
Jamie Cat Callan, writer
Kathryn Burak, writer
Henriette Lazaridis Power, founder of the literary audio journal The Drum
Sophie Wood, co-founder of the Royal Frog Ballet performance troupe
Joseph Krupczynski, founder of the Movable Feast public art project
Judith Black, storyteller and John Fogle, theatre director
Justin Casinghino, co-founder of the Boston Composers’ Coalition
Daniel Ranalli, visual artist
Allan Reeder, writer and Director of Writing/Publishing at Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Mary Kocol, photographer
Naoe Suzuki, visual artist
Matthew Mazzotta, conceptual artist
Steven Bogart, playwright, theatre artist, and painter
Carolyn Hulbert and Stephanie Goode, visual artists and emerging arts leaders
Joan Leegant, writer
Lois Roach, theatre artist
Patrick Gabridge, playwright
Melinda Lopez, playwright
Sue Murad, performance artist
Nathalie Miebach, sculptural weaver
Erika Zekos, artist/architect
Kristin Andreassen, singer-songwriter
Michael Downing, writer
Gita Pullapilly, filmmaker
Karen Aqua, animator
Joyce Van Dyke, playwright
Jedediah Berry, writer
Kristin Bock, poet
Joan Wickersham, writer
Salvatore Scibona, writer
Brian Knep, new media artist
Barbara O’Brien, curator

Guest Bloggers

Massachusetts artists and arts professionals take the reins.
Jessica Burko, artist/arts marketer
Christian McEwen, writer
Ann Wessman, visual artist
Tim Devin and David Taber, organizers of Play-Jurisms
Joanna Priestley, in tribute to fellow animator Karen Aqua
Peter Snoad, playwright
Jonathan Papernick, writer
Christine Arveil, painter
Jenn Falcon, painter
Irina Rozovsky, photographer
Ilana Manolson, painter
Charlie Anderson, filmmaker
Alisia Waller, choreographer
Mira Bartok, writer
George Fifield, curator
Cam Terwilliger, writer
David Bookbinder, photographer
Mira Cantor, visual artist
Bren Bataclan, visual artist
Tracy Strauss, writer
Mary Sherman, visual artist
Ariel Kotker, visual artist

Image: Paul Endres, Jr., EARLY PORTRAIT OF ABIGAIL DAEDALUS (2010), acrylic on canvas, 36×24 in. Paul is featured in an artist to artist discussion.

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