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Conversations with the West Coast’s most innovative artists and creators
Photography as a site of safety: Thalía Gochez interviewed
Thalía Gochez on image making as a site of safety, desirability, and the transition from fashion to fine arts photography.
Queer in Utah in Portland: Fazilat Soukhakian Interviewed
Fazilat Soukhakian on her series Queer in Utah, the horrors of liberalism, and making images of communities outside her own.
Good Taste: interview with Courtney Dailey from Nike
We talk to Courtney Dailey from Nike about art, design, and creative inspiration in everyday life.
Facing Life: Pendarvis Harshaw & Brandon Tauszik interviewed
A two-year conversation chronicles a multimedia project about California prisons and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Opening Space for Bay Area writing: Claudia La Rocco and Jackie Im in conversation
La Rocco and Im discuss (art) writing, editing and curation, and the roles of community and institutions in the art world
We are having this conversation now, yesterday, and tomorrow: Michael Espinoza interviewed
The Portland-based artist talks about Queer Ancestors lost to persecution, disease, fatal sadness, and closets.
Good Taste: interview with Jessie Manning from Street Disco
Good Taste is a new column about West Coast creatives in all industries.
Leveraging Strengths, Moving Forward: Elena Gross and Kimberley Acebo Arteche Interviewed
Roula Seikaly talks to the two co-directors of Berkeley Art Center about how they approach collaboration, creating meaningful life-work balance, and how BAC welcomes diverse audiences.
Surreal Society: Marika Thunder Interviewed
Class, tradition, gender roles, race, and celebrity take center stage in Marika Thunder’s exhibition at de boer gallery in Los Angeles
Theaters for Frankensteins: Yuyang Zhang Interviewed
Yuyang Zhang’s paintings and digital collages offer cultural commentary through memes, Chinese-American culture, and dark humor.
Art of Glass: Emily Endo Interviewed
Through scientific discovery and mysticism, Emily Endo explores the possibility of glass.
A Condemned Building Gets a Last Breath of Life Through Sacramento Artists: Faith J. McKinnie, Liv Moe, Molly Stroud, and Genesis “The Mayor” Torres Interviewed
Four curators and thirty-five artists transform a soon-to-be demolished building in Sacramento’s rapidly gentrifying Ice Blocks district.
How Technology Feels: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Interviewed
In a bilingual conversation, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Sofía Córdova question the human relationship with technology.
Finding Meaning in Forgotten Objects: Pamela Ramos Interviewed
Found objects give intimate clues to the lives of strangers, and are given new lives as artworks.
Treasure Hunting in Grass Valley: Elizabeth Dorbad Interviewed
Two artists from Grass Valley, CA, talk about making art in rural communities and the magic of stones.
Dance That Spans Continents: Tumelo Michael Moloi Interviewed
A South African artist in Eugene, OR, uses dance and poetry to encourage compassion for difference.
If Not Now, When? Embracing Creative Uncertainty: Susan Feldman Interviewed
Building worlds with found objects and materials.
For the Love of Buildings: Avantika Bawa Interviewed
Portland-based Avantika Bawa talks about her “almost minimalist” installations, her love affair with buildings, and basketball.
FROM THE ARCHIVES | The Radical Potential of Graphic Design: Jules Cordova Interviewed by Ella Ray
Two almost strangers came together to support their community with design.
Giving Form to the Human Condition: Alex Anderson Interviewed
Anderson talk about his process, inspiration, favorite Ghibli character, identity, Los Angeles, and more.
Power Exhibited Through Sexualized Desire: Julie Henson Interviewed
LA-based artist Julie Henson talks about the psychology of celebrities, cult fandom, pop culture, femininity, and aggression
Make Your Work the Knife and the Healing Balm: Yétúndé Olagbaju Interviewed
Olagbaju on Black labor, legacy, myths, and healing processes.
The Care We Want—Designing a Better World for People With Disabilities: Emily Barker Interviewed
Installation, sculpture, and social activism challenge able-bodied conceptions of what people with disabilities want and need.
On Power, Art(s) Labor, and Resting in the Grass: Eden V. Evans and Brian Gillis Interviewed
A collaborative, web-based art project probes the causes and effects of power.
Chasing Ephemerality, Cheating Precarity: On Publishing During a Pandemic: Sarah Chieko Bonnickson and Gordon Fung Interviewed
Artists, writers, and designers discuss highlighting student voices in the pandemic and producing a digital publication.
Interrogation Through Ritual: Chris Eckert Interviewed
Chris Eckert discusses how his sculpting process gives him a space to consider the big questions of the digital age
Supporting Community Through Letterpress, Humor, and Activism: letra chueca Interviewed
A Portland letterpress studio uses humor and community building to encourage diverse perspectives
Celebrating the Complexity of Chicanx Identity Through Community Arts: Jake Prendez Interviewed
A Seattle-based artist celebrates his rich ancestry in vibrantly contemporary painting.
Storytelling and Making Kin as Survival Mechanisms: Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo Interviewed
Building resilient communities through an anti-institutional art practice
The Radical Potential of Graphic Design: Jules Cordova Interviewed by Ella Ray
Two almost strangers came together to support their community with design.
Climate Grief and Embracing Beautiful Confusion: Daniela Molnar Interviewed
Daniela Molnar discusses how her connection to place impacts the art she makes about climate grief