We discuss:

- blending together a gallery, agency, and creative studio

- looking to fix broken parts of the art world

- a holistic approach to the needs of artists

- grant funding

- how they choose artists to work with

- the importance of community

- advocacy and ethics in photography

- is there still need for a photographic 'style'?

- the importance of authenticity

 

4 artist that inspire them:

Pacifico Silano - https://www.pacificosilano.com

Fumi Ishino - http://fumiishino.com

Alejandro Cartagena - https://alejandrocartagena.com

Vasantha Yogananthan - https://vasanthayogananthan.com

 

https://assembly.art

 

 

Hosted by Matthew Dols

http://www.matthewdols.com

 

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner - https://huntkastner.com

Kunstsentrene i Norge - https://www.kunstsentrene.no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript available here: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-164-co-founders-of-assembly-ashlyn-davis-burns-shane-lavalette-usa/