INTERVIEWS
Artist-Run KC: Digging Up Dirt with Davin Watne
Davin Watne, a painter based out of Kansas City, MO, and director of the UMKC Gallery of Art, had a conversation with me regarding the history of Dirt Gallery and the role it played in stimulating artist-run spaces in Kansas City.
iPhones & Rembrandts: A Conversation About Advancements with Catherine Futter
Catherine Futter, the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, spoke to me about her process of planning exhibitions and finding her personal inspiration to preserve the traditional methods of art institutions, while also being cognizant of the prevailing trends in museums and the contemporary art scene in Kansas City.
Michelle Lee Examines Familial History Through the Process of Photography
Isabel Vargas talks to Michelle Lee about using photography as a medium, material, and process to excavate and examine complicated familial history through a feminist and intersectional lens.
Dominique Carella Questions Identity Constructs By Reclaiming Language
Camile Messerley talks to Dominique Carella about pointing to the absurd social constructions of gender, race, and ethnicity by reclaiming language in her text-based installations.
Victoria Martinez Highlights the Energy of Urban Sites Through Pattern, Color, and Site-Specificity
Olivia Clanton speaks to Victoria Martinez about the undiscovered value of urban environments through a deep consideration and investigation of the re-purposed materials used in her site-specific installations.
Kayla Quan Challenges the Model Minority Stereotype Through Sincerity and Humor
Drea DiCarlo talks to San Francisco-based Kayla Quan about the complexities of race and ethnicity in her lighthearted and facetious illustrations, prints, and zines.
Silvia Beatriz Abisaab Uses Portraits and Conversation toUncover Personal Stories
am Stevens speaks with Silvia Beatriz Abisaab about intimately connecting and collaborating with her subjects through photography and conversation, and more recently, sharing the untold stories of of individuals existing and surviving on the fringe.
Enzo Antonio Moscarella Examines Cultural Assumptions Through Satirical Simplification
Camile Messerley discusses materials, process, and ephemerality with Enzo Antonio Moscarella, who assembles new icons out of everyday materials, such as rice and beans, to examine stereotypes and cultural assumptions.
Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero (Re)discovers Her Afro-Caribbean Roots through Spirituality and Ritual
Amy Hixson talks to Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero about reclaiming a space for queer bodies of color through her ornate fiber installations and experimental performances.
Melissa Leandro Constructs Narratives of HybridityThrough Experimental Textiles
Using process as metaphor, Melissa Leandro explores her composite identity and misplaced memories by translating her collages, photograms, and drawings into weaving and embroidery.
Carlos Ortiz-Gallo on Memory and Loss in ImmigrantNarratives
Mary Kuvet talks to Kansas City-based artist Carlos Ortiz-Gallo about the loss, longing, and frustration of the immigrant experience in the United States the he depicts in his prints and collages.
Maya Grace Misra on Decentering American Emblems and Iconography
Issac Logsdon speaks with New York-based artist Maya Grace Misra about highlighting the marginalization and exploitation of People of Color in American History in her new body of work.