CAA Conversations

Emil Robinson and Squeak Carnwath discuss trust and voice in the studio, and how they approach teaching painting.

Emil Robinson is Assistant Professor in the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati.

Squeak Carnwath is an artist who maintains a studio in Oakland, California, and is a Professor Emerita from UC Berkeley.

Rachel Clarke is professor of New Media Art at California State University, Sacramento. Her work intertwines themes of nature, culture, and technology; combining physical and virtual modes of making.

Peter Williams is a new media artist specializing in interactive installation, and an assistant professor at California State University, Sacramento.

Dr. Barbara Bergstrom is an assistant professor of art education at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Darden Bradshaw is an assistant professor of art education at the University of Dayton.

Kirk Maynard is a mixed media artist born in Brooklyn, New York in 1993. He received his BS in Visual Arts Education from Andrews University in 2014 and is currently an MFA student at New Jersey City University. A second generation Guyanese-American, Maynard's work focuses on the political undercurrents of culture and identity in America.

Alexandra M. Thomas is a PhD student at Yale for History of Art and African American Studies with a certificate in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies. Her current research interests include global modern and contemporary art, Black atlantic visual culture, African art, queer theory, performance studies, and Black feminist thought.

Chelsea Farrar is Curator of Community Engagement at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Heidi Herboldsheimer has been teaching middle school in Arizona for seven years.

Red for Ed is a grassroots movement started by parents and teachers as a way to stand up for public education.

Denise Burge is an instructor of Drawing and Animation at the University of Cincinnati. Lisa Siders is a fiber and installation artist living on Whidbey Island, Washington. Jenny Ustick is the Interim Director of the Masters of Fine Arts Program, Foundations Coordinator, and Instructor of Drawing at the University of Cincinnati.

Sherry Muyuan He is an assistant professor of Graphic Design at the University of South Dakota. She is also an interdisciplinary designer engaging in the community with food-themed activities.

Jonathan Aller is an adjunct faculty member at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and contemporary portraiture artist exploring community and identity in the physical and digital realm.

A Mississippi native, Jennifer Drinkwater is an assistant professor with a joint appointment between the department of art and visual culture at Iowa State University extension and outreach.

Karen Gergely is a West Virginia native and an assistant professor of Art at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

Sissel Tolaas is an artist and founder of the SMELL RE_searchLab in Berlin. Yelena McLane is Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture & Design, Florida State University. Meredith Lynn is Assistant Curator & Director of Galleries, Florida State University.

Elaine Bezold (Stephen F. Austin State University) is a photographer and educator living in Dover, New Hampshire. She makes work about human-animal interactions, rebirth, loss, and instinct.

Sidney Stretz (University of North Carolina Greensboro) is an artist and educator living and working in Greensboro, North Carolina. She makes work about everyday life and its challenges, strange social situations, and failure.