Category: Interview
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Pictures From the Outside: Interview with Chantal Zakari
Pictures From the OutsideChantal ZakariEighteen Publications2023 136 pages5.875 × 8.25 in. closedOffset printingEdition of 500 For Pictures From the Outside, Chantal Zakari asked her incarcerated adult students if there was a significant place they would like to see photographed, and then attempted to make the photographs they requested. The premise seems simple, but the vicissitudes…
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Interview with Tiffany Gholar — Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two-part interview. Read part one here. Levi Sherman: What lessons have you learned as you become a more experienced book maker? And what are you eager to try out in your next book(s)? Tiffany Gholar: With every book I publish, I am becoming more comfortable with experimenting. For The…
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Interview with Tiffany Gholar — Part 1 of 2
Tiffany Gholar is a Chicago-based multimedia artist and freelance interior designer. She studied art at the University of Chicago, interior design at Harrington College of Design, fiction at Columbia College Chicago, and painting at Governors State University, where she received her Master’s degree. In distinct but related bodies of work, Tiffany explores the economics and…
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Interview with Tyler Starr — Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two-part interview. Read part one here. Levi Sherman: On the subject of teaching, I wonder if you can tell me about your artists’ book class at Davidson College. I’m wondering about the balance of studio work and time looking in special collections, but also subject matter: your course is…
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Interview with Tyler Starr — Part 1 of 2
Tyler Starr received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. In 1998, Starr was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland. In 2011, he graduated with a PhD in Studio Arts from…
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Interview with Tia Blassingame — Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two-part interview. Read part one here. Levi Sherman: It’s so empowering to have an instructor that holds themselves to the values they profess in the studio. Can you talk about a recent experiment or a time when you’ve broken through your own expectations as an artist or teacher? Tia…
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Interview with Tia Blassingame — Part 1 of 2
Tia Blassingame is an Assistant Professor of Book Arts at Scripps College and serves as the Director of Scripps College Press. A book artist and printmaker exploring the intersection of race, history, and perception, Blassingame often incorporates archival research and her own poetry in her artist’s book projects for nuanced discussions of racism in the…
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Interview with Hope Amico — Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two-part interview. Read part one here. LS: Can you talk about accountability and motivation? Generative constraints like making Eulalia in one sitting, using collage to make drawing accessible, even the Keep Writing Project all seem like a way to encourage art-making. HA: I’ve never had a regular job. I waited…
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Interview with Hope Amico — Part 1 of 2
Hope Amico is a collage artist, trained letterpress printer and former community bike shop volunteer, living and working in Portland, Oregon. She is the force behind Gutwrench Press — a letterpress shop, zine distro, and home of the Keep Writing Project, a postcard subscription she started in 2008. I spoke with Hope via Zoom on…
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Interview with Marnie Powers-Torrey
Marnie Powers-Torrey holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Utah and a BA in English and Philosophy from the Boston College Honors Program. Marnie is an Associate Librarian at the J. Willard Marriott Library where she serves as head of the Book Arts Program. She is the faculty mentor for book arts designations…
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