Professional Practice

INTERVIEWS

As part of their coursework, intermediate and advanced printmaking students have conducted interviews with creative professionals. These interviews illuminate the many ways that creative people develop their careers, maintain their artistic practices, interact with their communities, and more.

Professional Practice Interviews: Headliner

Georgi Johansen

May 1, 2021

Interview with Camilla Taylor

1. How do you balance the stress of work life with personal life? Camilla doesn’t have kids so it relatively easy to balance as they...

Manuel Hernandez

May 1, 2021

Interview with Marco Morales

What inspires you? I would say what inspires me is my spirit, that thing is always guiding me places you know? Secondly Frank ocean is...

Kenzie Brock

May 1, 2021

Interview with Ehren Tool

1) What does a typical studio day look like for you? I try not to have typical days in the studio. Studio time is my special time. I take...

Carly Riegger

May 1, 2021

Interview with Donté K. Hayes

Is there a conceptual framework to your art that has been consistent throughout your career? All of my artwork is based on research. I...

Stashia Smyrichinsky

May 1, 2021

Interview with Barbara Westman

Barbara Westman Professor, Slippery Rock University of PA www.barbarawestman.com @fiberartprintmaking 1.What was the first thing that...

Emma Schad

May 1, 2021

Interview with Heidi Tarver

1. How did you set up your first studio outside of school? What alternative materials did you use, and how did you use them? My first...

Kenzie Brock

May 1, 2021

Interview with Katherine Jones

1) What is a typical studio day like for you? I have two small children so I get up at 6.30 and get them ready for school etc. I get to...

Emma Schad

May 1, 2021

Interview with Laura Cone

1. Have you always been a tufting artist, or did you begin with a different medium? - Tufting is new to me!! I studied fine art at OCAD U...

Georgi Anderson

Dec 15, 2020

Interview with Joanne Price

What inspires you to make art? My life and surrounding environment always influence and inspire my art. My husband is an amateur...

Stashia Smyrichinsky

Dec 15, 2020

Interview with Drew Peterson

1. What was the first thing that informed / inspired you to know that you wanted and/or needed to become a maker? I was introduced to art...

Stashia Smyrichinsky

Dec 15, 2020

Interview with Eleanor Erskine

1. What was the first thing that informed / inspired you to know that you wanted and/or needed to become a maker? I remember as a child...

Cecilia Winters

Dec 15, 2020

Interview with Martin Azevedo

1. What does your work day look like? My work day dramatically changes based off of the time of year/where I am. As an educator, during...

Erin Korb

May 5, 2020

Interview with Elizabeth Foley

1) Describe your influences. Colors, shapes and patterns influence me. I travel a lot and am intrigued by landscape – both rural and...

Merlin Lee

May 5, 2020

Interview with Jaime Knight

1. What does a typical week look like for you? How do you balance art making with other responsibilities in your life? I'm very lucky to...

Professional Practice Interviews: Blog