Studio Stories: Artist Features
Seeking Connection to Origin and Baring it All with Carina Ho
The art of storytelling bears a few responsibilities. Between getting out of the way to let a tale speak for itself, weaving together the perspectives of real-life characters, and choosing where to simplify and expand, it can be the most joyous yet frustratingly non-linear process.
Returning to Art and Trusting in Oneself with Jackie Sarah Brown
Introducing Jacqueline (“Jackie”) Sarah Brown
Sparking curiosity for STEM fields in African and Black women and girls with Alison Tuiyott
As a child, Alison Tuiyott was fascinated by math and engineering but saw very little representation of women and - even more so - women of racial and ethnic minorities in books and real-life interactions encouraging the pursuit of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in their education and lifelong careers. As she advanced in her own education, she began to see fewer and fewer classmates and mentors who looked like her. Realizing that the field needed more young, curious, engaged, and supported minds in the fields of data science and technology...
Allowing people to exclusively speak for themselves with Stebs Schinnerer
Stebs Schinnerer observes the world around him in epic detail. In an uncommon way, he seeks the presence of novel settings, persons, and phenomena with the curiosity of a small child becoming aware of a body part for the first time. Every movement and interaction with the world is mesmerizing.
Creating a space to breathe together with Dave Möschler
Awesöme Orchestra Collective (AÖC) is something of a unicorn in the San Francisco Bay Area (and that’s saying something). Existing among other radically inclusive and experimental groups (e.g., improv troupes with a political bent, flash mob musical productions), AÖC gathers around a hundred volunteer instrumentalists every month to put on “awesome orch…