Esteban Samayoa: Cancer Sun, Cancer Moon

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Esteban Samayoa: Cancer Sun, Cancer Moon

As he and I connect to discuss the charcoal drawings that have recently filled my dreams, Esteban Samayoa, most lovingly known as Pops, is quiet and soft spoken. I’m not sure what first struck me a February 07, 2022
Sarah Slappey: The Well of Fucked-upness

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Sarah Slappey: The Well of Fucked-upness

The plethora of prescriptions society places on personal appearance has been imprinted for so long, that its inherent wrongness, or fucked-upness is taken for granted.  Women and increasingly, m January 31, 2022
Dustin Canalin: It’s More Than A Game

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Dustin Canalin: It’s More Than A Game

“Put me in Coach, I’m ready to play!” Listen to John Fogarty’s song, and you know the feeling. If you can’t be on centerfield, you at least want to hear, see—feel it. Dustin Canalin has b January 28, 2022
Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh: Life as an Open Studio

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Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh: Life as an Open Studio

Lenworth McIntosh Jr. is a strong name. So is Joonbug. As with many, these names are the residuals of complicated history for my friend and prolific artist Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh Jr. I know January 24, 2022
Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh: Stories of West Oakland

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Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh: Stories of West Oakland

My studio in the Lower Bottoms of West Oakland was great, even more so because it stood only three blocks from my house. We found it when the previous tenant was moving out. I shared it with a group   January 19, 2022
Layla Andrews: Luminary Light

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Layla Andrews: Luminary Light

Layla Andrews is currently brightening Brixton and beyond with dynamic portraits of humankind and anthropomorphized creatures, like her signature crocodile. She’s currently working on secret new pr January 10, 2022
Tania Franco Klein: The Gorgeous Hitchhike

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Tania Franco Klein: The Gorgeous Hitchhike

There are different ways of being lost, and intention might be what makes all the difference. Often, when you say you're lost, Tania Franco Klein tells me, "You’re actually feeling other things. Yo January 05, 2022
Salman Toor: From Pakistan with Love

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Salman Toor: From Pakistan with Love

The fantasy of an unknown artist suddenly being discovered so rarely happens, but for Salman Toor, born in 1983 in Lahore, Pakistan, it became his reality. For over a decade or so, Salman had been cr January 03, 2022
Lindsey Brittain Collins: Her Space Odyssey

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Lindsey Brittain Collins: Her Space Odyssey

Artistically speaking, Lindsey Brittain Collins is an enigma. The New York-based painter received her MBA from Columbia University, but it was her time in business school that gave her the courage to December 27, 2021
The Flight Attendant: The Travels of Molly Choma

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The Flight Attendant: The Travels of Molly Choma

“I started at Virgin Airlines. I was on airport standby a lot and wasn’t getting called to work much, so I asked my supervisor if I could walk around the airport and take pictures.” Molly Choma December 23, 2021
Julian Pace: The Big Picture

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Julian Pace: The Big Picture

We talk a lot about luck in our lives, whether we even think the concept exists. We claim to be unlucky when the world doesn’t tip in our favor, consider ourselves lucky if at the right place and r December 20, 2021
Hilda Palafox: The Open Vessel

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Hilda Palafox: The Open Vessel

Hilda Palafox is known for glorious, colorful murals and confident, comfortable paintings of women, but an appreciation of her ceramics gives extra insight into an artist who exquisitely portrays the December 13, 2021
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