Changing location and staying in touch with other artists. In this interview, painter and screenwriter Mark Lesser talks about pursuing new ideas & taking risks in this unique season. Mark was part of our second annual Convergence residency in 2017 and has remained in close contact with a number of the artists from that 4 …
Catching up on incomplete works & remembering Morocco. Canadian printmaker and founder of Zocalo art center, Claire Lemay speaks of focusing on completing past works and using different processes to produce new ones until she can get back to the engraving studio. This post is part of a series of interviews with former Artists in …
Time has slowed down and that’s great for me! Quebec printmaker and teacher Céline Goudreau talks in this interview, about how confinement has opened opportunity for new pathways into her printmaking. Celine spent time at Green Olive Arts in Fall 2019 for a group residency with three other printmaker friends whom she has known for …
Stocked up with painting supplies for the lockdown! Karachi, Pakistan based miniature painter Rabia Farooqui finds creative and emotional community in regular virtual studio visits with peers as she paints in her home studio during confinement. This post is part of a series of interviews with former Artists in Residence at Green Olive Arts asking …
Holding a schedule, remembering Tetouan & enjoying the garden! In this interview with printmaker and painter Cathy Weiss you’ll hear how her time in Tetouan, Morocco has continued to influence her art and how she has maintained creative community. This post is part of a series of interviews with former Artists in Residence at Green …
Stick to routine, take long lunch breaks, and keep writing. Bilingual writer and instructor at the American University in Cairo, Gretchen McCullough shares in this interview about the projects she has been working on during Covid19 confinement. This post is part of a series of interviews with former Artists in Residence at Green Olive Arts …
The bigger the project, the greater the distraction. In this interview with Mexico-based American sculptor and author Carolyn Watson-Dubisch talks about letting her art distract her from bad news and take her into new projects. Carolyn’s art residency at Green Olive Arts in 2016 was focused on building a paper mache model of Tetouan’s medina …
Balancing tears of lament with faith and creative work. In this interview with Indian American painter and poet Salma Arastu, you’ll hear and see her lyrical offerings of both as she processes this difficult season for humanity. Born with what she describes as “a life-defining challenge of a left hand without fingers” Salma has defied …
Capturing the humanity of people together. In this interview with Maryland watercolor painter and blogger Scott Ponemone you’ll catch a glimpse of his creative process and shift of focus in this season. Scott’s paintings and writing about his 2018 residency in Tetouan can be found on his blog here and here. This post is part …
Slowing it down has allowed bigger ideas to simmer. Join us for an interview with Hudson Valley author and artist Larry Ruhl. At the heart, Larry is a storyteller with a gift for describing the brokenness of his own story in such a way that deeply resonates with people even across cultures. His writing consists …