Pussy Riot’s Punk Prayer documentary tells the story of Maria Alyokhina, Nadya Tolokonnikova, and Katia Samutsevich, members of the radical feminist art collective Pussy Riot. In…
This may seem strange, but I really miss the deadlines and critiques that were forced on me in grad school. Working alone in my studio…
Twenty-four hours in Houston. Just enough time to visit Radical Presence at the Contemporary Arts Museum, The Progress of Love at the Menil Collection, the…
Valerie Cassel Oliver is Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum. In Houston, Cathy Byrd visits Valerie’s latest exhibition project: Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art….
I met a really nice couple during my very first open studio last year. They seemed really excited about my work and asked if I…
American-born, Belgium-based photographer Tamara Rafkin captures the character of houses in Flanders and the Netherlands. Sleeping Houses: An interest in issues of safety, security, and…
Adam Schreiber is Chicago-based photographer. Cathy Byrd meets him at an outdoor coffee house on East 5th Street in Austin, Texas. Adam talks about the…
In summer 2012, we travel to New England to visit MacDowell, a New Hampshire retreat for artists, writers, and composers. We’re among hundreds of visitors…
While in residence at Open Ateliers Zuidoost, in Southeast Amsterdam, Cathy Byrd meets Dutch novelist Rashid Novaire. Of Dutch and Moroccan descent, Rashid is an…
In Berlin, Cathy Byrd meets German artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis in the control tower of Tempelhof, an abandoned airport at the edge of the city, to…
