Interviews
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Remembering the Beginning: An Interview with 2007 Balquier
In May of this year, Kansas City based artist 2007 Balquier exhibited their work at LAND, a gallery located in a house in Northeast KC.
The Self and The World in Progress in dreamyou
dreamyou, an exhibition of paintings by Sophia Reed and Kyra Gross at Vulpes Bastille, was a chaotic and surprising experience.
From Fleetwood Mac to BDE: Angela Dufresne Makes a Scene
Our human perspectives have shifted with the rise of technology as well as our cached and tracked online personas.
6/6 (m) or 20/20 (ft) Vision: A Conversation with William Plummer
In Patricia Moran’s article,“The Flaw in the Centre”: Writing as Hymenal Rupture in Virginia Woolf’s Work, Moran claims there is a hole in language resulting from fragmented historical representation.
Artist-Run KC: Peregrine Honig on Fahrenheit, All Is Fair and Other Exploits.
In the main room of Peregrine Honig’s new space, Greenwood Social Hall, I sat around a table with Honig, All Is Fair’s Christian Mitchell and fellow Informality editor Melaney Mitchell, observing the conversation and occasionally directing questions.
Artist-Run KC: A Conversation with Sean Starowitz About Artist-Run Community Catalysts
Sean Starowitz is a visual artist, activist, and civic leader currently based in Bloomington, Indiana where he works for the City’s Arts and Culture department.
Artist-Run KC: Tom Gregg and the Old Post Office
Tom Gregg is a quiet presence in the Kansas City art scene. And like his still life paintings, Tom understands how the art world is manifested through the unification of all its components.
Artist-Run KC: Mike Erickson and Erika Lynne Hanson on 1522 Saint Louis, a Humble West Bottoms Space
It was via email I was able to meet and interview former Charlotte Street Fellows Mike Erickson and Erica Lynne Hanson about 1522 St. Louis, a project space in Kansas City founded in 2012.
Artist-Run KC: With David Ford, the Door is Always Open
An artist and a provocateur, David Ford does not shy away from cultural, political and social themes in his work. His installation, painting, performance and sculpture are fearless. Full ofAmerican history and its accompanying diaspora, East-West political relations, racism, economics and fear are presented through dark humor and intelligent truths.
Artist-Run KC: Fish Food: Heidi Van’s Fishtank Theatre
I had the opportunity to talk with actress, producer, director, and curator of the Fishtank Theater, Heidi Van, about the performing arts scene in Kansas City. Through this conversation, Van explains her role in the organization and the purpose of artist-run spaces to address injustices in the community.
Artist Run KC: Dylan Mortimer on The Drugstore Studios and Connecting Faith Communities to the Arts
Dylan Mortimer is an artist, organizer, and pastor living and working in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the Director of The Drugstore, an artist community in midtown supported by Redeemer Church and Fellowship.
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.