"artist on artist:"

William Sarradet talks with artist Will Heron about his current show at Cluley Projects in Dallas, and his role as a liaison for Meow Wolf's upcoming location in Grapevine.

“I became this artist who fell in love with being patient, taking little steps — little steps — towards the big goal at the end.” 

“All roads lead to Houston! All roads lead to Houston in Black art.”

“I don’t know if it’s some kind of weird time warp or something, but I feel like I run into different versions of myself at different stages.” 

“I moved to Seattle! And the thing about Seattle is that it is the emerald city, in an evergreen state. And so you can't be there and not focus on plant life.”

“We see this monolithic idea of what the world thinks is Blackness, but we know that the Black experience is whatever the Black person has. That’s the Black experience. And that’s the individual experience.”

“There can’t be that divide, because ultimately I’m going to be the one getting the scrutiny; I’m going to be the one that has to answer for [the art], so my life has to reflect that, you know — walking it like you talk it.”

"I heard someone actually scream out [during a performance] 'When is she going to do a magic act?' I was trying not crack up and I thought: this is just perfect.”

“A lot of the artists [here],  you grow up with them in the neighborhood, you just go from playing video games together to writing grants together. That's the path: playing outside, playing video games, grants. ” 

"It's not just the content of hate speech that is problematic. It's the algorithms that have funneled haters toward more hate."

“There are things that are happening in Dallas that Black artists will never know about, because there wasn’t a Black person in the room to share the information with a Black artist.” 

“I think that is ultimately what is at the foundation of my practice — it is an insistence on mobility, which is like freedom and liberation. To move.”

“It’s always like: In here we’re an artist, in here we’re a social entrepreneur, in here we’re making policy changes. Whatever it is, it's being in a space where we feel like we’re needed the most to make social impact.”

"These are mirrors. These are affirmations. I want people, especially Black people, to look at these paintings and see themselves."

Christopher Blay hosts Jonathan Morris, a Fort Worth Entrepreneur and community leader. They talk about the marriage of art and commerce, and how Morris' Hotel Dryce You Are Here Art Grant could help build an inclusive community in Fort Worth.

Christopher Blay and Riley Holloway talk about painting, family, politics, "Home," and recognizing ourselves in the people and culture that make up the Black experience. 

Christopher Blay and Bernardo Vallarino discuss Vallarino's work, which addresses the hollow sentiments of “Thoughts and Prayers” in the face of violence in society.

The first installment in Glasstire's video and audio podcast series, Artist on Artist, in which Glasstire's News Editor Christopher Blay, also an artist, hosts Texas-based artists and art professionals in one-on-one conversations.

Susan Chadwick writes about the life of Frank X. Tolbert 2 and his posthumous solo exhibition, which is on view at Andrew Durham Gallery in Houston.

Unique by Nature Juried Art Show Reception and Awards Presentation ’Unique by Nature’ Juried Art Competition and Exhibition is hosted by the McKinney Performing Arts Center (MPAC) with help from…