Art AND: Meredith Moore
The artist discusses obsession with images, audiovisual archives, and exploring the limits of technology
Her work tells a story of real objects typically recast in an otherworldly way.
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Art AND: Bonnie Crawford
On care work, connection, and paying close attention
"I do think that artists have always played an important role in imagining alternatives and bringing to light things that we’re not discussing otherwise."
Art AND: James Williams II
The painter and professor on parenthood, vulnerability, and why it's important to have a 'mindset of experimentation'
"While exploring new hobbies, I came across new materials [and] I had collected ideas over the years that I had always hoped to explore."
Art AND: Amy Boone-McCreesh
The maximalist mixed-media artist talks about taste, class, and asking questions of the world—and other artists—around her
"I think fundamentally artists are always interested in what comes next—what happens if I push this idea further, what happens if I try this new material, etc."
Art AND: Bill Schmidt
There is a feedback loop between Bill Schmidt's studio and his visual world, where mysterious shapes take on greater significance
Schmidt works at a tiny scale so that viewers to have to get close to his paintings, to have an intimate and “one-on-one relationship with the surfaces.''
Art AND: Jessica Gatlin
An integral part of Gatlin's process is to look at a big idea in different ways and consider it from every angle
"I identify as interdisciplinary and sometimes I even go as far as to say non-disciplinary because I have a craft and DIY background. I don't necessarily feel like discipline is the right word to use. I love materials and I love playing with something new, I think that’s the thing that pulls me."
Art AND: Sam Bessen
Why the director of the performance series In the Stacks and curator at Hopkins' Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection wants you to listen to Classical music
"I’m inspired by these musicians that weren’t satisfied with the presenting platforms or ensembles that existed, so they just created new ones."
Art AND: Mama Sallah Jenkins
The Barclay native discusses teaching and learning, art as sustenance, and starting grad school in her 60s
"I like to encourage them that this is yours; own it, own its greatness. I say there’s always a blessing in the lesson."
Art AND: Katie Pumphrey
The artist and swimmer on navigating the business side of things, establishing routines, and dealing with the failure gremlin
“Someone told me years ago, you have to be your biggest fan and always remind yourself of that when you’re in doubt.”
Art AND: Valeska Populoh
How to make decisions, build community and kinship, and create spaces for liberation
Like a good therapist, Populoh’s inquisitive nature gets anyone in conversation with her to view the world from a new perspective.
Art AND: Tracey Beale
The art jeweler, vocalist, and BMA program manager is constantly thinking about metal—for its malleability and its permanence
Largely self-taught, Beale now mostly allows her intuitive process to guide her from design to realization of new pieces.
Art AND: Kris Fulton
Kris Fulton of Sophomore Coffee on hospitality, inspiration from 'Cheers,' caramel macchiatos, and more
Fulton wants Sophomore to be a place for people to have experiences—some of them hopefully a little more profound than my remembrance of being sweaty and late—a place where friends can gather and conversations can be sparked.
Art AND: Abigail Lucien
The sculptor talks about moving to Baltimore during the pandemic, thinking with your hands, and singing to your plants
Lucien’s work is an investigation of how everyday materials can function as metaphors recalling an absence or intimacy of the human body
Art AND: Pooneh Maghazehe
How the sculptor selects materials, why Baltimore is her 'Bermuda Triangle,' and what goes into the hour-long pandemic salad
Adapting and problem solving excite Maghazehe and motivate her materially centered sculpture practice.
Art AND: Gaia
His murals dot Baltimore City and are immediately recognizable for their realism, sense of color, and strong, often political narratives
"Our abilities are not proprietary and should not be hoarded. If someone needs assistance producing a mural, I try to make myself available."
Art AND: Chris Bathgate
Constantly pursuing the feeling of learning something new, Bathgate finds himself experimenting on the edge of the technologies he employs
It’s important to Bathgate that his works be makeable, at least by someone with his extremely specific skill set, which he admits only a few people in the world possess.
Art AND: John Brothers
The T. Rowe Price Foundation President talks about community self-determination, sharing resources, and hanging out with Prince
"What communities are asking for is to be heard and to determine their own futures."
Art AND: LaToya Hobbs
The 2020 Sondheim winner talks about balancing family and studio time, portraiture as power, and symbol systems
Hobbs is the rare sort of person who sets intentions and actually accomplishes them, who revels in being busy and can forgive herself when she falls short of her own extremely high standards.