Growing up as an artist

Elane Elias was born on June 1, 1937. She spent most of her early years growing up in Webster, New York with her two other siblings. Her father was an artist, so she grew up in an artistic environment, later...

There's great value in failure

Dave talks to me about his favorite memories, his life, his wisdom that he has learned through his trials,memories, and experiences.

Jan Roddy

Jan whose been a member of Christ Church for 25 years, shares her story as an artist and person of faith.

”I’ve been an artist all my life, but I found out two years ago.” Christa Newberry

Maggie Donoho interviews Christa Newberry about her journey becoming an artist. They discuss Newberry’s love of art and unique perspective on creating ugly art and why it is important.

Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Cyril Van Landingham

Originally from Connecticut Cyril moved to Philadelphia to live with his Grandparents after the loss of both of his parents. Cyril and I talk about his day job working in the school system, how he went to Fisk University and...

Cathie Kasch X Astha Sinha

Astha Sinha interviews her former dance teacher Cathie Kasch. She’s been monumental to Astha's life not just as a dancer but in making her a better person. In particular, Cathie's shown the importance of forming a tight knit community that...

Interview with Spaz – 07-03-2023 14:19:13

this is an interview with friends ,Spaz and Amy Kerlin. Spaz is 53 years old. Amy is 54 years old and we recorded this in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We talked about a number of things about Spaz's art, history of how...

Interviewing a young artist – Dylan Spencer

Today I interviewed my younger brother, Alex as we dive through his life and experience as an artist.

Frank Born and Julia Dunn

This interview about Frank Born's (75) life was conducted by Julia Dunn (29) in New York City. Frank is a close friend of Julia's father. In the interview, they discuss his journey into portrait and narrative painting, his upbringing in...

Calvin Shawler PART 1— artistic genius and wonderful human

CALVIN Shawler is a 17 year old genius and we discussed being gay, religious, and an artist.

Individual Against Society

The general struggles of artists in our society.

Moosy Graffiti on the B-Line & Mentors and the Legacy of Graffiti Art

Moosy is a Graffiti artist that I met on-site at one of his projects. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was admiring the art and then around the corner pops the artist! To my surprise, he was interested...

Mom interview

We talked about her favorite song her favorite artist and movie and why she liked them and what attracted her to that