Lane Speidel speaks with artist Chenxi Shao about their practice of art making that involves (among other things) growing mushrooms in unusual materials and combining them in agglomerations that are purposely not beautiful but that evoke the precariousness of our world today.
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta speaks with two-time Velocity Fund grantee, Yvonne Lung, about her current project “Let’s Talk Aabout Chinatown,” an informational and educational project whose heart is advocacy to save Chinatown from the implantation of an unwanted basketball arena right on its doorstep.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs goes to an intensive printmaking workshop at Penland School of Craft, nestled under a mountain in North Carolina, and finds the experience exhilarating, fulfilling and wonderful, all round.
Read MoreIn this long-form interview, Susan Isaacs talks with Alexis Granwell about her studio practice, going in-depth into the use of paper, pigment and armatures in Granwell’s current sculptures on view in the Wind Challenge exhibit at Fleisher Art Memorial (to July 31, 2024).
Read MoreI sat down with Derick Jones for a conversation about his comic, ‘Nose Bleed,’ now in its second year on Artblog. We talked about the comics scene in the city, and how it’s booming right now with the arrival of Partners and Son, the comics dedicated shop that is very supportive of local artists.
Read MoreMiles Orvell visits Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz in their studios for this feature that explores the couple’s careers in tandem over the last 50 years and their individual bodies of work, noting also that they’ve been pursuing “the art of marriage (to each other) for the same fifty years,”
Read MorePete Sparber talks with Elizabeth Johnson about her solo exhibit at Gross McCleaf Gallery. Titled ‘The Cost of Sleep,’ the show presents large and small oil paintings that are dreamscapes of tornado-like swirlings, very beautiful, energetic, and a little terrifying.
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