A Forest Grows in Sugar Hill
Tatiana Arocha has a deep connection to the land of her native Colombia, one which she brought to the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum in Harlem, for her exhibition “Respiro un Bosque.”
A Chat with the Business Witch
Virginia Lee Montgomery (or VLM, for short) makes mesmerizing videos made from images mined from her dreamworld.
A Disrupted Inheritance
Paola Martínez Fiterre came to the United States from Cuba thinking she would be back in a few months. Because of the complex immigration relationship between the two countries, two years later she is still here. It is in limbo space that her work thrives.
Respect the Hotdog
The day Ivy Haldeman saw an anthropomorphic hot dog on the side of a bodega changed her life. These days, they’re the center of her painting practice.
Of Staples and Stitches
less than half is “Face to Face” with Elana Herzog who uses her work to tell the complex story of the history of the world through textiles, which have embedded within them more information than you might think.
Across Time and Space
less than half is “Face to Face” with not one but two great women: artist Chitra Ganesh and curator Beth Citron of the Rubin Museum. Join us as we talk museum interventions, animation, and public art on a scale you’ve never seen it before.
Data Harvest
less than half is “Face to Face” with installation artist Jean Shin who collects objects to incorporate into her monumental works. Whether shoe leather or plastic bottles, Shin uses the poetry of the everyday to make both a visual and social point.
Milk and Bones
less than half is “Face to Face” with Allison Hill-Edgar, who knows bodies inside and out––she trained to be a doctor, after all. We’ll cover everything from her winding path towards becoming a painter to her unusual approach to painting her subjects submerged in milk.
You Are What You Read
Amanda Valdez is neither craftswoman nor painter, but something in between. Join less than half as we are “Face to Face” with this research-based artist as we talk about books, myths of the moon, and the place of women in art history.
Beauty and the Mess
“Face-to-Face” with sculptor Barb Smith. Smith works with the most unexpected of found objects, the detritus of our lives that most of us would rather throw away. This makes for fascinating art and conversation.
From Lead to Gold
Kennedy Yanko makes sculpture from salvaged material to which she adds her signature latex “skins” to stir up something unexpected in us.
Instagram Worship
less than half is Face to Face with installation artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian, in which we explore topics of information, connection, and our collective obsession with perfection.