The Happy Middle: a story of an artist’s search for her dream career
December 3, 2020 App Interview

Kirby Hopkins is a Junior Art and Business major at Birmingham-Southern College. Hopkins is finding her place in both the business and art world in her current internship.

Addie and their art

my cousin addie talks about her life! will add time stamps later. cover chosen by addie

Her Passion for Art

Alicia shares how art is one of the ways she expresses herself. She uses art to escape reality and keeps her calm whenever she is stressed.

Greg Hull and Paul Williams

Paul Williams, a student, talks with the interim dean of Herron School of Art and Design, Greg Hull.

Thanksgiving

We talked about her children and her love of art

Yasir Mahboba and Evelyn Garey

[Recorded: Thursday, April 27, 2023] Yasir (22) and Evelyn (21) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Yasir is an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia studying biology on a pre-med track. Evelyn is also an undergraduate...

Jonas Boughter and Joanne Gigliotti

Jonas Boughter (18) talks to his grandmother Joanne Gigliotti (75) about her career as an artist.

Helen Thompson & the Great Thanksgiving Listen 2015

Artist & world traveler, Helen Thompson reflects on her life in an interview with her son.

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Anita Rodriguez and Naomi Love

Anita Rodriguez (82) shares the stories of her life with her conversation partner Naomi Love (27), reflecting on age, art, and her activism. Anita also speaks about the dynamics of race, racism, and culture, particularly through the lens of growing...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2018

We talked about just his past and memories that truly stuck with him even until now. Discussing his past influences, we were able to connect over the still relevant topics in society today.

“There was this socially isolated, “Bitch”, that I had to be to protect my vulnerable self”.

A 33 year-old artist retells his story of surviving child sexual abuse, and the role the trauma played in his growth & development.

Janet Hamiln and Alex Wu

Andover Stories of American Identity: a conversation with Janet Hamlin about her extraordinary childhood and life that gives her perspective to be compassionate and passionate.

My mother’s (art) history

I found out more about my mother’s past living her young adult life in San Francisco and her connection to the art scene.

Interview with Linden – COMM 1111

Linden and I spent some time together exploring his childhood, personal thoughts on his own life, and what has shaped him as a person.

Steve Desroches and Debbie Nadolney

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Debbie Nadolney (66) about running the art gallery Art Market Provincetown (AMP) for twelve years as well as her life in art and music.

Practice interview

Liv shared her story about what she wants to be when she grows up and how her childhood was like.

Steve Desroches and Jay Critchley

Steve Desroches (47) and Jay Critchley (74) talk about ReRooters Day a holiday unique to Provincetown, Massachusetts that Critchley created in 1983. Celebrated every year on January 7 on the flats of the East End of town its a beloved...

The Paul Studer Story

He lived in Nazi-occupied Europe, befriended Louie Armstrong, and aided in work on one of the first ever computers as a professor: Paul Studer is an immigrant, an artist, a father, and a friend. This is his story.

Jessica Museum Memories

Jessica recalls her first museum memories and how it impacted her continued love for and support of cultural institutions to this day

"Absolutely Finish Things" – An Interview With Saul Lyons

Pennsylvania artist Saul Lyons describes how he started working on creating graphite drawings as a living. He creates gay-positive artwork, where he hangs it in his gallery in New Hope, PA. Lyons started pursuing art as a career 4 years...