Ms. May, Victoria Fu

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Ms. May, Victoria Fu

by Annette Isham and Zac Willis in Centerfold Artist | May 23, 2013

We are pleased to introduce Ms. May, Victoria Fu. Victoria has a solo show, A Cloud is Not a Sphere, opening at Flashpoint Gallery in Washington, DC today, and she has a show, Lorem ipsum, running through the end of the month at Marginal Utility in Philadelphia, PA. If you want to learn more about Victoria, please visit her website for more information.

To see this month’s datasheet, click here.

Centerfold Artist is a monthly podcast that features actively showing artists from around the country. We ask the tough questions that cut to the heart and expose inner thoughts and feelings. Each featured artist is provided a datasheet, which they fill out and return in a sealed envelope. Zac and Annette then open the envelope and release an improvisational discussion. To learn more about Centerfold Artist, please visit our Facebook page.

Mr. April, Matthew Mann

by Annette Isham and Zac Willis in Centerfold Artist | April 22, 2013

We are excited to introduce Mr. April, Matthew Mann. Matthew will exhibit his next solo show, Salon of Little Deaths, at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC in May 2013, and he will be hosting a studio visit that is open to the public at 3 pm on April 27th at 411 New York Avenue NE, also in DC. There is limited space, so please rsvp to info@hamiltonianartist.org. To learn more about his work please visit his blog.

To see this month’s datasheet, click here.

Centerfold Artist is a series of monthly podcasts that features actively showing artists from around the country. We ask the tough questions that cut to the heart and expose inner thoughts and feelings. Each featured artist is provided a datasheet, which they fill out and return in a sealed envelope. Zac and Annette then open the envelope and release an improvisational discussion. To learn more about Centerfold Artist, please visit our Facebook page.

Mr. March, Brian Barr

by Annette Isham and Zac Willis in Centerfold Artist | March 25, 2013

We are happy to announce Mr. March, Brian Barr. Brian currently has the show No Longer Presidents but Prophets, which he co-curated with Lauren Rice, at Delicious Spectacle in Washington, DC. This summer, he will be a resident artist at the Luminary Center for Contemporary Art in St. Louis. Brian will also be showing at Cuchifritos Gallery in New York, NY with Lauren Rice in June of 2014. If you want to learn more about Brian and his work, please visit his website.

To see this month’s datasheet, click here.

To learn more about Centerfold Artist, visit our Facebook page.

Visiting Hours

by Lauren Whaley in Postcards | March 8, 2013

On recent Sundays, I’ve been spending some time photographing doggies at the new outdoor South Los Angeles animal shelter. I’m hoping the portraits will help them find their “forever homes.” They’re cute. Many of them are scared. And, as a group, they are loud. This is a postcard I wrote to my husband Jake.

Postcards is a work in progress. The project started when Alex told Jake about God’s Square Mile, New Jersey, a month after Hurricane Sandy. The goal was (and is) to send a message with a picture, two sides of one medium-thick paper rectangle.

Food

by Katie McMurran in Normal | March 1, 2013

Eating out isn’t as easy as it used to be. You can read more about the study referenced in this episode here. Comic by the talented MariNaomi.

This is the third episode of Normal. Appearing approximately once a month, Normal stories explore, celebrate, and question the quirks of human behavior.

Miss February, Bridget Sue Lambert

by Annette Isham and Zac Willis in Centerfold Artist | February 22, 2013

We’re excited to introduce Miss February, Bridget Sue Lambert. Bridget’s last show was BEDROOMS at Civilian Art Projects. She is currently a resident artist at Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, VA. You can see her work at Arlington Arts Center’s next open studios. To see this month’s datasheet, click here. To learn more about Bridget and her work please visit her website. And to learn more about us, write to centerfoldartist at gmail dot com.

27 Nights

by Alex MacInnis in Postcards | February 15, 2013

What does cold look like to you? Snow? Ice? Wind through leafless branches? Toronto in January, again and again, from the fifteenth floor?

The Beach

by Jake de Grazia in Postcards | February 8, 2013

Ever told a fish story? Want to tell it again? I do. Right here. On this website. So email me: jake at tropmag dot com.

This is our very first Tropcasted fish story. It’s a postcard to Alex MacInnis, whose postcard to me was our very first Tropcasted postcard. Enjoy.

Mom

by Jake de Grazia in Overheard | February 1, 2013

There are three Thompson children. Michael, the youngest, won’t be back from Mexico until March. Justin, the oldest, missed Christmas because he had other obligations. And Kathy wishes she didn’t have to do this.

It’s not a bad idea to listen to the first episode of Overheard before you listen to this one, but we don’t think it’s necessary.

Big thanks to today’s two featured Thompsons: Caroline Slaughter and Shawn Dempewolff. And a big welcome to the Thompson-to-be, Deborah Baker Jr.

Mr. January, Ben Kinsley

by Annette Isham and Zac Willis in Centerfold Artist | January 25, 2013

Centerfold Artist is a series of monthly podcasts that features actively showing artists from around the country. We ask the tough questions that cut to the heart and expose inner thoughts and feelings. Each featured artist is provided a datasheet that is to be filled out and returned in a sealed envelope. This envelope is then opened for an improvisational discussion.

In this our first installment of Centerfold Artist, we introduce Mr. January, Ben Kinsley. Ben is currently teaching in Washington, DC at American University. He recently had a show called Harry Smith Was So Skinny… a Janks Archive at the Practice Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. To see this month’s datasheet, click here. To learn more about Ben and all of his artwork please visit his website. And to learn more about us, write to centerfoldartist at gmail dot com.

Epilogue

by Janice Sapigao and Bel Poblador in Paperjam | January 19, 2013

In Paperjam’s third episode, Janice and Bel meditate on the closing of 2012 and their grand entrance into 2013 by discussing their past resolutions, the importance of intuition in light of a new year, and how Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” continues to supply the soundtrack to their memories. Keep up with them on Facebook and on Twitter.

The Commute

by Katie McMurran in Normal | December 21, 2012

Sometimes getting where you need to go requires unusual effort. A special thank you to Tanya Aguiñiga, who agreed to talk to me about this subject multiple times. It’s an experience that has shaped her amazing work—which you can check out at www.aguinigadesign.com.

This Week

by Lauren Whaley in Postcards | December 14, 2012

Do you have a hero? Is there anything you want to say to him? Something about dental work, maybe?

God’s Square Mile

by Alex MacInnis in Postcards | December 7, 2012

Where are you? What does it look like? What does it sound like? And how has Hurricane Sandy affected those things?

A Thompson Family Meeting

by Jake de Grazia in Overheard | November 30, 2012

A fictional story pretending to be a work of journalism within another fictional story that’s also sort of pretending to be a work of journalism? We’ve been wanting to get this project started since summertime. J.R. Nutt was our original muse, but he went to see about a girl. Luckily, though, we met the Thompsons: Caroline Slaughter, Nic Stanich, and Shawn Dempewolff.

Drive

by Jake de Grazia in Life Advice Radio | November 16, 2012

Parts of this story take place in a Jeep Liberty. If you listen closely to those parts, you’ll hear quite a few off-mic giggles. The giggles, like the Liberty, belong to Katie Browne. Katie doesn’t want to sound pompous, but she considers herself an expert in driving. “You can’t be sheepish when you make left turns,” she says. “You have to be a stallion.”

Open Door Policy

by Katie McMurran in Normal | November 9, 2012

This is the first episode of Normal, our most extraordinary new Tropcast. Appearing approximately once a month, Normal will explore, celebrate, and question the quirks of human behavior. A special thank you to Heidi Darchuk and Michael Chick for lending their voices to what would have otherwise been an awfully normal intro.