“Do you think we ever really survive our childhoods?”
Michelle Cunningham, Day
Parents often joke that, no matter how much they work to make their children’s upbringing free of events and emotions that may cause them trouble down the road, no one gets out without something to tell a therapist. What if that’s true? What if, regardless of how halcyon your youth may have been, all of us carry pieces that could use some reflection? After all, loss is inevitable – whether pets, grandparents, or other loved ones, and parents are only human, flawed in ways perhaps even they can’t see.
Yuya Saito spoke with us recently about Ground Rules, his show on view until July 25 at GOCA by Garde. The body of work on view encompasses a group of sculptures in the style of what Saito terms flow-chitecture, and Park-Scape. Beginning with the city park as a shared public space, Saito’s bent-wood works and new sculptures examine what an open public realm and the idea of freedom can mean today. To learn more, listen to the complete interview.
Kristin Marting joined us in 2021 to discuss her role as the founding artistic director of HERE, the award-winning progressive arts center in lower Manhattan. As communities began emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, Marting reflected on the unusual experience of spending so much time at home despite being, by nature, a deeply people-oriented theater maker. She also shared the lessons she took from that period, as artists and organizations navigated both the pandemic and a broader national reckoning around racial justice. To hear more about Marting’s work at HERE, her experiences during this transformative time, and her vision for the future of theater, listen to the complete interview.
A Few Words to Keep in Your Pocket.
Have you ever thought back to the things that shaped you and perhaps the things you’d like to process now?
Outings.
Join me at Pace Prints for work by Chuck Close
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More Books to Read.
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Opportunities.
The Mentor Artist-in-Residence program is a three-week interdisciplinary residency pairing artists with renowned mentors, fostering collaboration, experimentation, critiques, and creative exchange through shared studios and process-based artistic exploration. For more details and to apply, visit the website. Deadline is August 5.