Chicano artist Jimmy Longoria is known for his colorful, layered style created with thousands of brushstrokes. A recipient of the prestigious Bush Foundation Fine Artist Fellowship, his work is on permanent display in Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art. Jimmy’s work also hangs in the homes or offices of United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Julián Castro, Keith Ellison, and other prominent politicians and community leaders.

q&aLillie GardnerJanuary 28, 2022artist, painter, chicano, muralist, community, minnesota, picasso, rivera Comment

Q&A with Sugar Vendil: Deconstruct, Construct, Repeat

Sugar Vendil is a New York City-based composer, pianist, choreographer, and interdisciplinary artist who performs her own solo music for piano and electronics and has a keyboard/synth duo with composer Trevor Gureckis. We chatted about Sugar’s processes of trial and error, self-critique, and the ongoing learning that is necessary to art-making.

q&aLillie GardnerDecember 3, 2021sugar vendil, piano, pianist, interdisciplinary artist, artist, choreographer, dance, performance anxiety, composer Comment

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