Maria Molteni is a Boston based socially engaged artist whose process and work defies any one category of art.  Our interview covers Maria's own time as a basketball player, the process of painting basketball courts as a way to create a conversation with the cosmos, and New Craft Artists in Action (NCAA), an artist collective that she is a founding member of which pushes back on traditional notions of the objects and people who contribute to sports. 

Maria and I both share a fascination with the history of basketball and use the game as a starting point for far reaching discussions. 

If you would like to see more of Maria's work, please visit her website here and follow her on Instagram @strega_maria. You can also learn more about NCAA  and their recent work here.