Art Practical Partnership

​During Anderson’s recent month-long residency at the Lucas Artists Program, Emily K. Holmes of Art Practical met with her to discuss her past multidisciplinary projects, her views on current political events, and her future book All the Things I Lost in the Flood: Essays on Pictures, Language, and Code.

Lucas Artists Fellow Weston Teruya sat down for a conversation with visual artist, educator, curator, and cultural organizer Taraneh Hemami in the latest episode of Teruya’s (Un)making podcast series produced for Art Practical. In this wide-reaching conversation Hemami discusses constructing an archive as a creative practice, the history of the Iranian Student Association, and her vision for One Voice (Yek Seda), a new commission for the grounds of Montalvo Arts Center, which premiered last summer.

​Rochelle Spencer of Art Practical met with Máximo González​ at Montalvo to discuss recent events and his latest project, The Collector. Spencer reveals González​​’s inspiration behind his new project and how the recent events surrounding his stolen artwork relates to this.

​Art Practical sat down with visual artist Matteo Rubbi to discuss the projects he’s been working on while a resident at Montalvo as well his recent collaborative piece in France. Hurcomb’s interview reveals the complex ideas behind Rubbi’s latest installation at Centre D’Art Contemporain la synagogue De Delme.

​During Judy Darragh’s third visit at the LAP residency, Art Practical met with the New Zealand artist to discuss her latest installation on the Montalvo grounds. Ashley Voss shares the process and thoughts behind the conception of Darragh’s latest project.

Art Practical met with visual artist Jonas Becker during the final days of his residency at the Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo. Vivian Sming reflects on Becker’s multifaceted investigation into how authenticity is constructed and shapes our understanding of truth.

Lucas Artists Fellow Weston Teruya moderated an episode of his (un)making podcast series produced for Art Practical at a live-recorded event at the Lucas Artists Program in April 2017. He spoke with artists/writers Jaime Cortez and Genevieve Quick about the ways their visual and literary practices inform one another and how they negotiate the other roles they play in supporting the local arts ecology.

Montalvo Arts Center is pleased to announce that it has entered into a new collaborative relationship with the Bay Area online arts publication Art Practical. As part of this partnership, Art Practical writers will create a series of articles that go behind the scenes at Montalvo’s Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program to highlight the creative work of Lucas Artist Fellows.