Questions of Practice: Performance Curator Kristy Edmunds on Risk
Visiting scholar and performance curator Kristy Edmunds describes how she approaches risk in the context of her curatorial work.
Questions of Practice: FringeArts' Nick Stuccio on Curating Performance
Nick Stuccio, President and Producing Director at FringeArts, on how curation in performance might differ from curation in the visual arts.
Questions of Practice: Arts Leader Sam Miller on Risk and Artistic Process
In 2015, we spoke with Sam Miller about the relationship between risk and artistic process.
Questions of Practice: Musician & Curator Argeo Ascani on Experimentation
How can a curator approach artistic risk? Argeo Ascani, Curator for Music at EMPAC, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, prefers to use the term “experimentation”.
An Experiment in Five Acts in Review: A Conversation with Ain Gordon
Playwright and director Ain Gordon reflects on An Experiment in Five Acts, a critical feedback program for mid-career artists of his own design. Here, he speaks candidly about the project's impact, what worked and what didn't.
Act V: A Final Report: The Archive of Gestures by Jay Kirk
Nonfiction writer and 2005 Pew Fellow Jay Kirk, "creative documentarian" of critical feedback program An Experiment in Five Acts, reports on the events of the Act V session, the final installment of this series.
Questions of Practice: Artist Bob and Roberta Smith on Virtuosity
Artist Bob and Roberta Smith creates work in what he calls the "communicative realm," from hand-painted slogans to social media campaigns.
Questions of Practice: Theater Artist Mary Tuomanen on Character
"I conceive of character as my responsibility within the piece," says Philadelphia theater artist Mary Tuomanen.
Questions of Practice: Dance Critic Claudia La Rocco on Dancing in Museums
Claudia La Rocco addresses the question “should we dance in museums?”
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Jumatatu Poe
Jumatatu Poe’s work as a choreographer focuses on exploring bodies and selves that are physical, emotional, representational, and spiritual.