PinnedAsk ArtistsSAME 5 QUESTIONS, DIFFERENT ARTISTS: a simple but meaningful list of questions offers concise, engaging conversations with a variety of artists. The series features Tank and the Bangas, Bruno Big, Marco Gallotta, Jungho Lee, Christian Hook, La rouille, Nik West, Chris Cuffaro, Karen Francis, Mo Ganji, Guante, Trevor Carroll and many others. All mediums and forms of creation are included — visual, performing, written, digital, community-based, etc.Ask Artists1 min readAsk Artists1 min read
May 12, 2022Moments of Unexpected Beauty: Alissa Everett“Photography [is] a way to create an emotional connection.”Alissa Everett6 min readAlissa Everett6 min read
Apr 22, 2022Art Is Divinely Inspired: Karen Francis“I’ve always found safety within my writing.” — Featured Works: Culture By Karen on MediumKaren Francis4 min readKaren Francis4 min read
Oct 22, 2021Nature’s Imagination: How Christian Hook Makes Love Visible“Every time I look at science, what I see and what I find is stranger and more incredible than anything that I can imagine by myself. It’s nature’s imagination.” — Featured work: Innocence Part I & IIChristian Hook7 min readChristian Hook7 min read
Sep 15, 2021If You Want to Be an Artist, You Are: Steve Leadbeater“I don’t consider a work finished until someone else has seen it.” — Featured work: EarthboundSteve Leadbeater5 min readSteve Leadbeater5 min read
Jul 5, 2021Look at How Remarkable We Are: Jennifer Rittner“Everything we do in this world beyond survival and self-destruction is art.” — Featured work: May 2021 Design Museum Magazine: The Policing Issue (edited by Jennifer Rittner, cover art by Blacksneakers)Jennifer Rittner7 min readJennifer Rittner7 min read
Jun 21, 2021Joshua Barkman: Art Is a Very Natural Experience“Pick up a pencil, brush, hot glue gun, tambourine!” Featured work: Lucky BirdJoshua Barkman5 min readJoshua Barkman5 min read
May 28, 2021Browse Ask Artists Interviews:2021–2022: — (alphabetical by last name) Joshua Barkman Nico Cathcart Doreszell Cohen Beau Patrick Coulon Chris Cuffaro Alissa Everett Karen Francis Christian Hook Steve Leadbeater Ana María Martínez Jaramillo Sharon Paster Jennifer Rittner Natalia Rojas-Gómez Archive of Interviews on WordpressAsk Artists1 min readAsk Artists1 min read
May 24, 2021Chris Cuffaro: Photography Is My Life“I love and live to create.” — Featured work: Nirvana, from the “Greatest Hits” seriesChris Cuffaro5 min readChris Cuffaro5 min read
May 18, 2021Beau Patrick Coulon: A Language Everyone Can Understand“ I want people to feel validated and connected again.” — Featured work: Image from the “Tap Kids” seriesBlackLivesMatter6 min readBlackLivesMatter6 min read
