Amze Emmons’ shaky cityscapes–on artblog radio

By libby and roberta

February 21, 2011   ·   2 Comments

Artist Amze Emmons’ forlorn cityscapes of shaky, provisional dwellings seem ever more pertinent as we view on the news the tent cities in the center of Cairo. We talked to Emmons about his name, his art, and about his Refugee Reading Room exhibit at Space 1026. For the show, now in its last week, he invited about 50 artists to contribute prints and zines, all is free for the taking. Emmons is prolific and networked. He showed in 13 shows last year, from Philadelphia to Seattle to Osaka, Japan. And Emmons, who teaches at Muhlenberg College, is heavily involved in Printeresting, an amazing national blog/art project all about printing (look for a Printeresting-curated show at this year’s Southern Graphics Conference event in St. Louis).

Amze Emmons in his studio at 12th and Carpenter

First, a short sample from the interview; and below that the full 13-minute episode.

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This episode is edited by Peter Crimmins. The music is by Eric Biondo. Thanks to the Knight Foundation and our series sponsor, Fleisher Art Memorial, for their support of this project. You can subscribe to artblog radio on iTunes. And thanks to our partner WHYY, which shares artblog radio episodes on their community news site NewsWorks.org.

Tags: amze emmons, printeresting, sgc, space 1026

2 Responses to “Amze Emmons’ shaky cityscapes–on artblog radio”

1. BradyDale says:

   February 22, 2011 at 11:38 am

   Ever since the SPACE 1026 auction, I am a crazy Amze Emmons fan. this guy is amazing.
2. libby says:

   February 22, 2011 at 3:34 pm

   You’re not alone.