Artist Stories

My Art, My Family

From Traveling Teacher to Professional Artist: Carving Out My Career

Fear No ART Chicago on WTTW: How I Got From There To Here

How do you make decisions about exhibiting work? About representation?

In what ways have you become more legal-savvy in your artistic career?

What are the challenges of working as a photographic artist in a world of fast-changing technologies and what strategies have you developed in your practice and teaching career to meet those challenges?

How I learned to quit whining about the economy and embrace BBQing

How do you engage your audience in your project's process?

Why should artists work with an art consultant? A business consultant?

Chicago Artists Month Featured Artist: Land Use, Vacancy, and the Built Environment

How can artist organizations like Sculpture International support an artist's practice?

Chicago Artists Month 2011 Featured Artists

What does it mean to be a Black Artist? The Ironies of Diversity, or the Disappearing Black Artist

What advice do you have for emerging artists?

How did political oppression impact your art practice?

Learning about Chicago's art scene

The Pieces That Matter: Refocusing on My Own Art

Why did you start a network of arts websites for Chicago, and how are you going about it?

What is your most successful strategy for getting your work out there?

Ten Common Mistakes Arts Groups Make When Seeking Grants (from somebody who spent years seeking grants before joining a foundation and gradually learning how much he’d been doing wrong)

How can art-making impact social and political issues?

Chicago Artists Month 2011 Featured Artist

The Artist as Innovator: From “Starving” to Entrepreneurial by Thinking Outside the Box

How do you balance parenthood with your artistic practice?

Backstories and Collaboration