Interview

Elaine Bradford talks to Glasstire about art-inspired poems, the best pandemic TV, and crocheted cacti.  

Christopher Blay talks with San Antonio-based artist Jenelle Esparza about multitasking in the studio, the disproportionate effects of the pandemic across the globe, and how her family's history with the process of labor is in her genes, and her work.

Brandon Zech talks with artist Tommy Gregory about the importance of public art, the intricacies of traditional bronze casting, and planned obsolescence.  

Brandon Zech talks with artist Jules Buck Jones about the best pandemic reads and the wonders of nature. Also featured: an impromptu studio tour.  

"I think we’re all qualified to be astronauts now. We can all go to Mars."

Brandon Zech talks with Houston-based artist Bucky Miller about the nature of photography, how to communicate through Instagram, and the complexities of photographing raccoons.  

Christopher Blay and Alicia Eggert chat about Zoom teaching, the loss of MFA exhibitions, bucket-list lightening fields, magic, and licking envelopes.

Brandon Zech talks with Houston-based artist Melinda Laszczynski about the allure of goopy ceramics, the complexities of teaching online, and the best pandemic reads. 

Christopher Blay talks with Dallas-based artist Liz Trosper about her work, her students (she is a lecturer at the University of North Texas), and our perspectives on what comes next.

Christina Rees checks in with curator and writer Leslie Moody Castro, who is sheltering in place in Mexico. They talk about the true meaning of being an introvert, the beauty of studio visits, and their attempts to keep a handle on art across the whole state of Texas.

Christopher Blay talks with Denton-based artist Annette Lawrence about working with what you have in your studio, jurying art you can only see online, and art as essential work.

Brandon Zech talks with Marfa-based artist Camp Bosworth about small towns, Dairy Queen, and why root beer floats are the perfect snack. 

"I started to think about the gallery as a huge studio that allowed for these gestures of gravity to really be taken to an architectural scale."

"Draw something every day, read an art history book a week, make art about your life, and just crank it out."

Purcell spoke with mother and daughter on why they’ve chosen to open a second space, the differences between the two cities’ art worlds, and the surprising ways in which they overlap.

"We love this work and are trying to figure out how to manifest more hours in the day." 

"Do we seek to embrace or to dominate? Do we seek a thoughtful exchange of ideas or simply to impose our own?"

By examining what is so often overlooked, the artist exposes what is often most deeply embedded — historically, culturally, even geologically.

Part of Culpepper’s appeal, for critics and audiences alike, is a patent ability to marry technical, craft-focused mastery with a self-aware jolt of absurdism. 

"I have always loved fantasy. I create images of things I want to see — or do not want to see."