Artist to Artist

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: Why is it important to you to incorporate real stories or real people into your art? Margo Guernsey, filmmaker Storytelling is as old as human beings. For me, telling real stories about real people is a way to ground us in a deeper understanding of who we are in this … [Read more...]

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: What is your relationship to your early work? Amy Podmore, sculpture and multi-disciplinary artist Coming across older works conjure in me a multitude of responses, from stunned or embarrassed, to satisfied that the work still has some resonance for me. There was a … [Read more...]

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we're revisiting a question we first posed to artists in 2013: How do you use online platforms as an artist? Judith Motzkin, ceramic and mixed media artist I value direct, personal contact. Using MailChimp, with signup forms on my sites, I send occasional e-blasts to the whole … [Read more...]

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we're revisiting a question we first posed to artists in 2013: How do social, environmental, and political issues events your art? Dariel Suarez, writer I grew up in a place where politics was embedded in every aspect of life. The identity of the country and everyone in it—as … [Read more...]

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we're revisiting a question we posed to artists in 2014: How do you define success as an artist? Barbie Diewald, choreographer Success, for me, is closely tied to ease and depth. In my work, that means many hours in a studio with my collaborators. When I have the time, space, … [Read more...]