Sean J. Patrick Carney is a visual and performance artist, writer, comedian and art educator. Sean talks about the similarities between comedians and visual artists, his love for teaching, cooking as a creative and meditative process, being a member of the Bruce High Quality Foundation, the fog of art speak, his Humor & The Abject podcast and comedy as a through-line in his work and life.

Jason Mclean is a multi-disciplinary artist but is primarily known for his elaborate and surreal drawings. Jason talks about his personal experience as content, drawing into the flaws of his materials, the obsession and rush of collecting, mental health and being diagnosed with schizophrenia, collaborating with his kids and the balance between art and life.

Kari Cholnoky makes multidimensional paintings and sculpture that collide assemblage, craft and readymade objects. Kari talks about the containment, control and examination in her paintings, sex toys as gesture, clashing rural and urban experiences, the challenge of beauty and chasing paintings in her sleep.

Ian Cooper makes sculpture that ranges from minimal and quiet to elaborate and heavy. Ian talks about reconciling materiality in his work, being a fetishistic maker, fluidity through parenting, songs that fade out and his new artistic identity as creative director at Monkey Paw Productions.

Elisabeth Kley makes ceramic sculpture that often takes on the form of a vessel, ornate peacocks or elaborate birdcages. Elisabeth talks about using historical decorative art as a model for her own work, color palette as a subversive tool, drag performance, studio as hospital, and making art as an activity to process emotion and experience.

Alex Dodge makes vibrant oil paintings that rely on technology and printmaking techniques. Alex talks about his multi-layered process, building his own tools, virtual and physical spaces, patterns, balancing control and chance, and a desire to make physical objects that endure.

Emily Mae Smith makes representational paintings that weave in and out of illusionistic rendering and graphic flatness. Emily talks about the process of making a painting as similar to building a strange machine, color gradients as concepts, symbolism and surrealism, incorporating art history into her work and making paintings that are self-aware.

Glen Baldridge is an inter-disciplinary artist that shifts in and out of printmaking, sculpture and painting. Glen talks about the thru-lines in his various ways of working, looking for tension in the legibility of a painting, co-founding Forth Estate, noticing the beautifully abject, the studio as refuge and finding joy through making.

Yevgeniya Baras makes abstract paintings on burlap that feature colorful geometric forms and serpentine lines painted over and around found objects that have been collaged onto the picture plane. Yevgeniya talks about challenging her own understanding of her work, being a founding member of Regina Rex Gallery, transforming objects into gestures, maintaining mystery in her work and paintings as issues that she solves over time.

Ethan Greenbaum makes sculptural photographs that often feature carefully cropped images of sidewalk and street markings, construction sites and window reflections. Ethan talks about his technical process, constantly revising what’s possible, the economics of an MFA, primal fears, and his work and practice in a feedback loop with the world.