Category Archives: Interviews
It Is Our Duty to Fight: A Curator’s Interview with Adrienne Skye Roberts
I was asked to participate in Strange Bedfellows, a group exhibition about collaborative practice in queer art. For the show, I decided to collaborate with four prison survivors and members of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners. I asked each … Continue reading
An Infinity of Traces, an interview with Evan Bissell on Organizing Upgrade
This interview has been a long time in the making. Partly because I find Evan Bissell‘s work so damn powerful that it felt difficult for me to do it justice. I knew I wanted to interview Evan after seeing the … Continue reading
Introducing the new contributing editor for Organizing Upgrade
For some time now I’ve been seeking out a forum that emphasizes the dual practice of art making and rebel rousing, otherwise known as cultural organizing. I am so pleased to announce that I am now a contributing editor for … Continue reading
We thought the world we built would be forever, An Interview with Lenn Keller
Maybe it has something to do with turning 29, but it seems that all I want to do lately is talk with older generations of queer artists and political organizers about their lives and work. Last week I met with … Continue reading
Toma Las Calles! Take It to the Streets! An Interview with Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde
Whoa, lucky me! I recently interviewed printmaker and activist, Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde. I see Melanie’s prints everywhere: at each protest or demonstration I attend, in the office of the grassroots organizations I volunteer with, in the collective households … Continue reading
Reports From the Field: Works In Progress in Visual and Critical Studies, March 30th
I will be presenting my work as a featured alumni speaker at the event, “Reports From the Field: Works in Progress in Visual and Critical Studies” at California College of Arts. I am presenting alongside my former classmate and friend, … Continue reading
Interview with Jeff Chang and Favianna Rodriguez on SFMOMA Open Space
Sometimes you get to interview your artists whose work you’ve admired for a long, long time. Before the event, “Strategies for Artists in Social Justice Movements” I sat down and talked to Jeff Chang and Favianna Rodriguez, who later presented … Continue reading
Documentation of Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare in Philadelphia and New York
Coral Street Arts House, Philadelphia, PA Boggsville Boatel and Boat-In Theater, Far Rockaway, Queens, NY Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
CCA Alumni Spotlight: Adrienne Skye Roberts Traces Her Radical Roots
Here is an article written by Simon Hodgson for the California College of the Art’s Alumni News site about my Philadelphia project and the overlap of working as an artist and organizer. Read it here.
