Artist to Artist

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...]

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: What considerations impact how you set value for your art? Clara Lieu, visual artist Pricing your artwork is a process that most artists dread; quantifying the value of your time to create an artwork by slapping a concrete number onto your piece feels inherently … [Read more...]

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: If you could deliver one message to yourself as a younger artist, what would it be? Jo Ann Rothschild, painter When I had just moved to Boston and had just gotten my BA, I went to the Boston Visual Artists' Union for companionship and information. I complained to an … [Read more...]