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Art School for the Wild: An Interview with Sarah Grass, Artist and Founder of The Pack
In addition to her studio practice, Sarah Grass is Founder of The Pack, a new alternative art school. Now in its third year, the school offers both short and long-term virtual courses, one-off intuitive art reading sessions, and ongoing drop-in sessions. Having served over 50 participants in 10 states, five countries, and counting, The Pack is carving out a new (digital) space for artists seeking a different kind of creative dialogue.
Studio In Situ and Ecological Equilibrium: Interview with Artist Duo Alchemyverse
Alchemyverse, the NYC-based artist duo, makes multisensorial installations, rooted in extensive field research and production in remote locations, trace passage of time and the history of the earth. Yihsuan Chiu connected with Alchemyverse during their artist residency on Rabbit Island, Michigan.
Indigenous Matriarchs, Art as Cultural Preservation, and Experiencing the Human Touch in Clay: An Interview with Artist Raven Halfmoon
With her show, “Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers,” currently on view at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut, Annie Lyall Slaughter interviewed artist Raven Halfmoon for a conversation on indigenous perseverance, falling in love with clay, and bringing contemporary ideas to ancient traditions.
New Formations: Hanna Washburn's Studio Spotlight
Hanna Washburn is an artist and curator living in New York's Hudson Valley. Using remnants of discarded textiles and forgotten household items, she constructs compound sculptural forms that look and behave like bodies or body parts. Join us on our visit to Hanna's Beacon, NY studio for a conversation on materials, inspiration, and the ever-evolving nature of her process.
Nothing Without Desire: Annie Duncan’s Objects Can’t Live Without You
In this essay, writer and curator Katherine Hamilton discusses the symbolism of objects in Annie Duncan's paintings and how her work carries and subverts the history of still-life painting as a genre. Duncan's work insists that the history of women’s relationship to things must be studied, as modern capitalism attempts to sell us back our identities in pretty prim packages.
Kiah Celeste on Recycling, Re-Purposing, and Following Your Instincts
In this interview, Louisville-based sculptor Kiah Celeste discussed her practice as she prepared for two summer shows at DOCUMENT and Swivel Gallery. Celeste transforms industrial materials into playful yet precarious sculptures that make beauty out of waste.