A Conversation with Amaranth Ehrenhalt
“Art was all that I ever wanted to do,” said Ehrenhalt. For a girl born in 1928, it wasn’t going to be smooth sailing.
Category: Evolution of an Artist
Interviews with artists exploring their work and lives.
A Conversation with Derrick Adams
The need for an ongoing “dual identity,” as a means of survival for the adult black male, is a theme that repeatedly manifests itself in Adams’s work.
A Conversation with Grace Graupe-Pillard
“The work is a commentary on the age I have lived in. I am a documentarian, recording the critical moments of my life and those of society.”
A Conversation with Freddy Rodríguez
Discussing his early years with me, Rodríguez’s narrative was laced with the realities of the challenges he faced as a person of color.
A Conversation with Irene Hardwicke Olivieri
Her diaristic approach to personal history such as a failed marriage or the death of a loved one are what Olivieri called, “emotional hurricanes that are fodder for my work.”
A Conversation with Dudley Charles
“Once you are involved in making art, everything seems secondary.”
A Conversation with Kendall Shaw
While his father’s side of the family inspired a progressive path for Shaw, his mother was aghast at his choice—at age 26—to travel to New York City to study with Stuart Davis.
