Cathy Byrd talks on the phone with Franklin Sirmans, curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Their conversation considers the essential role of public art at LACMA and Franklin’s upcoming curatorial projects.
I started offering online encaustic classes and they’ve been very popular, but I know I should be thinking bigger. I share the info on FB,…
Cathy Byrd meets with Jennifer Lane and David Hollander to learn more about CineMarfa, a film festival that takes place this May 16-20. Professional filmmakers,…
FAI finds endless creativity in the parched American Southwest. Our road trip took us to Lubbock,TX; Roswell, NM; and Marfa, TX…Miles of Fresh Talk to…
Tara Gentile, a professional consultant talks about what it takes for creatives to thrive in the new economy—challenging assumptions we might have about work/life balance,…
Regina Frank is a German artist now living a seaside village just outside Lisbon. When we sit down with her at water’s edge, Regina talks about social, cultural and environmental issues that interest her and how her performative installation projects explore the tension between analog and digital media.
Papo Colo is a Puerto Rican born artist who founded New York City’s Exit Art with his partner, Jeanette Ingberman. Across three decades, their dynamic…
Khadijah Queen, a poet who studied at Antioch University Los Angeles and recently completed a residency at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, MA,…

















