Outside of New York

Check out the latest episode with @spencerevans_art Spencer Evans is a Dallas-based artist who uses bold colors and dynamic gestures to create portraits that question the African-American identity. Originally from Houston, he earned a BFA from the University of Missouri and an MFA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Evans drew critical praise last year for his first solo show at Dallas’ Conduit Gallery entitled “I Am Because We Are”. The series was the product of research to explore the differences between Black Americans and Nigerian Africans. Examining his ancestral lineage which he traced to Nigeria and Cameroon, the artist worked with the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary and Bowen University to engage on-site interviews in Nigeria. The discussions focused on identity and social constructs looking for differences between Nigerians and the millions of African descendants living in the United States. In the end, Evans encountered a shift of his own point of view as he discovered many similarities between the Nigerians he met and the Black Americans he knew at home. This shift became the basis for his visual exploration of the topic. Craig recently sat down with Spencer at his studio in Dallas where they discussed growing up in Houston, playing college football, understanding one’s identity, code switching and challenging preconceptions. #art #artist #podcast #artpodcast #artistpodcast #dallasartist #uta #mizzou #mizzouart #mizzouartist #painter #blue #africanamericanartist #africanamericanidentity #identity #codeswitching https://www.instagram.com/outsideofnewyork/p/BuKGFpLHooD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zt3cq360aqat

Check out Episode 21 of the podcast with Benito Huerta. Benito is an artist, and a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington where he has been Director and Curator of The Gallery at UTA since 1997. Huerta received a B.F.A. at the University of Houston and his Masters at New Mexico State University. He was Co-founder, Executive Director and Emeritus Board Director of Art Lies, a Texas Art Journal. As a curator, he has organized surveys and retrospectives of Mel Chin, John Hernandez, Luis Jimenez, Dalton Maroney, and Celia Alvarez Munoz. As a painter, Huerta specializes in large-scale oils that utilize pop culture and historical art references to explore the juxtaposition of death and beauty. In addition to painting, Huerta also creates three-dimensional work. He has completed public works projects which include DFW International Airport, the Mexican-American Cultural Center in Austin, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Houston Metropolitan Transit and Fort Worth’s South Main Street Public Art Project. In 2002, the Dallas Center for Contemporary Art awarded Huerta with its Legend Award. His work is included in the Menil Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Albuquerque Museum of Art, the Art Museum of South Texas and the National Museum of Mexican Art, as well a variety of private and public collections. Craig recently sat down with Benito at his home studio near the UTA campus where they discussed growing up in Corpus Christi, decades in curation, beauty, death, chalupas, and booking the Rolling Stones. #painter #artist #art #texasart #curator #texascurator #podcast #benitohuerta #flyingchalupa #dallasart #fortworthart #arlington https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJ9VS1npNJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11khbfjnnz613

Check out Riley Holloway on Episode 20 of Outside of New York. @hollowayfineart is a Dallas-based artist whose dynamic portraits capture the faces of the world around him. A 2015 Hunting Prize finalist, he has attended @ai_dallas , @florenceacademyofart , and @utarlington . In 2013, Holloway completed a unique residency at @fairmontdallas, which was accompanied by a solo exhibition in the hotel’s gallery at the completion of his time there. He has been in a number of group exhibitions and repeatedly featured in solo exhibitions at @fortworksart in Fort Worth. In addition, he completed a prominent public art mural commission for a municipal court building in downtown Fort Worth and was recently added to the @deancollection , a contemporary art collection owned by hip hop producer Kasseem Dean (AKA @therealswizzz ) and his wife, singer-songwriter @aliciakeys . @craiggouldart recently sat down with Riley at his studio in Dallas where we discussed growing up in an artistic home, studying in Florence, the impact of the right artist residency and what it’s like to have Sedrick Huckaby as your mentor. #art #fineart #painting #oilpainting #artpodcast #podcast #rileyholloway #sedrickhuckaby #artistconversation #dallas #fortworth #dallasart #dallasartist @cedarsunion #artist #shook #portrait #portraitpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp8ve5vnagb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2qpvznuys52d

Check out the latest episode of Outside of New York as @craiggouldart sits down with @dornithdoherty. Dornith Doherty is an artist whose work stimulates conversations around the world’s ever-changing ecology. A native of Houston, she obtained her BFA from @riceuniversity and her MFA in Photography from @yaleschoolofart . She currently resides in Southlake, Texas and is Distinguished Research Professor at @unt , where she has been on the faculty since 1996. Dornith is a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow and has received grants from the @the_fulbright_program , @thejapanfoundation , and the United States Department of the Interior, among many others. In addition, she was recognized by the Texas State Legislature as the 2016 Texas State Artist for 2D work. Doherty’s work has been exhibited extensively domestically and abroad and can be found in the permanent collections of prominent institutions such as @theamoncarter , @crystalbridgesmuseum , and @mfahouston . Her project entitled “Archiving Eden” looked at the infrastructure around the preservation of the world’s plant life through the utilization of seed banks, as well as looking at the inner beauty of the seeds themselves. That work drew the attention of major media outlets and resulted in a host of artist talks around the world, including TEDx Monterey. Craig recently sat down with Dornith at her current show @hollyjohnsongallery in Dallas where they discussed growing up in Houston, the rigors of the Yale MFA, man’s impact on the environment, photographing the world seed bank vault in the arctic, backyard coyotes and the future of the banana. #art #artist #archivingeden #seedbank #coyotes #triggered #deluge #flood #ecology #environment #photography #photographer #hydrograph #svaalbard #dornithdoherty #unt #dallas #dallasartist #dallasart #texas #texasart #texasartist #texasstateartist #rice #yale #yalemfa https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVHn31n8St/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qcc72yy8v6bd

Check out the latest episode of Outside of New York as @craiggouldart sits down with @dornithdoherty. Dornith Doherty is an artist whose work stimulates conversations around the world’s ever-changing ecology. A native of Houston, she obtained her BFA from @riceuniversity and her MFA in Photography from @yaleschoolofart . She currently resides in Southlake, Texas and is Distinguished Research Professor at @unt , where she has been on the faculty since 1996. Dornith is a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow and has received grants from the @the_fulbright_program , @thejapanfoundation , and the United States Department of the Interior, among many others. In addition, she was recognized by the Texas State Legislature as the 2016 Texas State Artist for 2D work. Doherty’s work has been exhibited extensively domestically and abroad and can be found in the permanent collections of prominent institutions such as @theamoncarter , @crystalbridgesmuseum , and @mfahouston . Her project entitled “Archiving Eden” looked at the infrastructure around the preservation of the world’s plant life through the utilization of seed banks, as well as looking at the inner beauty of the seeds themselves. That work drew the attention of major media outlets and resulted in a host of artist talks around the world, including TEDx Monterey. Craig recently sat down with Dornith at her current show @hollyjohnsongallery in Dallas where they discussed growing up in Houston, the rigors of the Yale MFA, man’s impact on the environment, photographing the world seed bank vault in the arctic, backyard coyotes and the future of the banana. #art #artist #archivingeden #seedbank #coyotes #triggered #deluge #flood #ecology #environment #photography #photographer #hydrograph #svaalbard #dornithdoherty #unt #dallas #dallasartist #dallasart #texas #texasart #texasartist #texasstateartist #rice #yale #yalemfa https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPk_leH4h4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=skq9j5045e1

Check out the latest episode of Outside of New York with Camp Bosworth. @campbosworth is a Marfa-based artist who utilizes wood carving to create sculptures and paintings that reflect the world around him. Often carved and sometimes gilded in gold and silver, these pieces almost always utilize scale to create humor and interest. A native-Texan, Camp received his BFA in painting from the University of North Texas and worked in Dallas until relocating to Marfa in 1999. Camp has since become one of the de facto artists of record in the West Texas art mecca. The themes he explores range from drug cartels to boom boxes to the small-town-Texas Dairy Queen. He regularly exhibits his work throughout the Southwest, including @webbgallery in Waxahachie where I was recently able to sit down with Camp to discuss growing up in Texas, the influence of Claes Oldenburg, why it’s better to go big, how Marfa has evolved over the last twenty years, the oddities of interacting with busloads of tourists, giant gilded guns and steak finger baskets. #campbosworth #painting #sculpture #relief #popart #largescale #scale #narcos #dairyqueen #texas #texasartist #artistinterview #artistpodcast #marfa #webbgallery #waxahachie #dipcone #blizzard #bananasplit #steakfingerbasket https://www.instagram.com/p/BocAqS1n15T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1liqf7sc6d1lr

Maggie Adler is Curator at @theamoncarter in Fort Worth, Texas, where she organizes exhibitions that explore the breadth of American art that exists within and outside of the museum’s collection. A native of rural New York, @magadler received her higher education at @williamscollege in Williamstown, Massachusetts where she obtained a BA in classical languages and art history and a Masters in art history. Prior to the Amon Carter, Maggie held positions at @wcmaart and the @addisongalleryofamericanart at @phillipsacademy , as well as a fellowship at the @philadelphiamuseumofart . In addition to her curatorial duties, she also serves as co-chair for the Association for the Historians of American Art. Though her research focuses on nineteenth-century art, she is also passionate about collaborating with contemporary artists to create large-scale commissions and has worked with Jenny Holzer, Pepon Osorio, and @gabrieldawe on site-specific installations. She is currently planning a major commission with artist @markdionstudio and collaborating on a traveling exhibition pairing Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington. I recently sat down with Maggie in the main gallery of the Amon Carter where we discussed her attraction to Williams College, her love of Winslow Homer, the color theory of Michel Eugène Chevreul, her winding career path, what makes the Amon Carter unique, and finding contemporary work that fits within the museum’s narrative. #art #curator #amoncarter #americanart #winslowhomer #fredricremington #gabrieldawe #markdion #chevreul #fortworth #fortworthart #museum #artmuseum #philipjohnson (at Amon Carter Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmgsGPQBKFN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m7g97qybooqi

Catch Episode 17 with Maggie Adler, Curator at @theamoncarter , where she organizes exhibitions that explore the breadth of American art that exists within and outside of the museum’s collection. A native of rural New York, @magadler received her higher education at @williamscollege in Williamstown, Massachusetts where she obtained a BA in classical languages and art history and a Masters in art history. Prior to the Amon Carter, Maggie held positions at @wcmaart and @addisongalleryofamericanart at @phillipsacademy , as well as a fellowship at @philadelphiamuseumofart . In addition to her curatorial duties, she also serves as co-chair for the Association for the Historians of American Art. Though her research focuses on nineteenth-century art, she is also passionate about collaborating with contemporary artists to create large-scale commissions and has worked with Jenny Holzer, Pepon Osorio, and @gabrieldawe on site-specific installations. She is currently planning a major commission with artist @markdionstudio and collaborating on a traveling exhibition pairing Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington. I recently sat down with Maggie in the main gallery of the Amon Carter where we discussed her attraction to Williams College, her love of Winslow Homer, the color theory of Michel Eugène Chevreul, her winding career path, what makes the Amon Carter unique, and finding contemporary work that fits within the museum’s narrative. #art #curator #amoncarter #americanart #painting #arthistory #winslowhomer #fredricremington #gabrieldawe #markdion #chevreul #fortworth #fortworthart #museum #artmuseum #philipjohnson (at Amon Carter Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmbHyWfBCLd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=81blvz0mnjhc

Check out Episode 15 featuring Webb Gallery. Bruce and Julie Webb have owned and operated the @webbgallery in Waxahachie, Texas since 1987. The art gallery is a destination for collectors worldwide who share the Webb’s fondness of art in its rawest and most authentic form. Bruce funneled the eccentricities of his family’s history and a childhood combing through flea markets to develop a love for the odd, handmade and unique. He and Julie have worked over the last 30 years to curate an aesthetic that recognizes contemporary folk art that in Bruce’s words “feels like it’s from another planet.” The couple’s world-class collection of art from fraternal organizations (like the Masons and Odd Fellows) led to Bruce co-authoring a fully-illustrated book on the subject in 2016 titled As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society, 1850-1930. The Webbs are a household name in the world of “outsider art” and are participants each year at @outsiderartfair @craiggouldart recently sat down with Bruce and Julie at their gallery where they discussed flea markets, punk rock, Free Masonry, hobos, folk art, the uniqueness of Waxahachie, their friendship with @davidbyrneofficial , and spending half the year on the road finding treasures. #folkart #selftaughtart #primitiveart #outsiderart #fraternalart #freemasonry #oddfellows #waxahachie #roadtrip #barnfind #antiques #oddities #freakshow #punkrock #handmade #carved #artpodcast #artist #texasart #southernart #artconversation (at Webb Gallery Waxahachie)