Artist Check-In Blog Post Series
Since March 2020, with the help of teammates from across the country and the generosity of artists near and far, Amethyst pioneered the weekly “Artist Check-in” series on the 21c Blog, publishing over 50 blog posts featuring XX artists. The posts have garnered over 7000 full reads on the website and generated 700,000 social impressions across Facebook, Instagram, and email. Below are a selection of Artist Check-ins with links to the full write up.
Artist Check-in: Susanna Crum and Rodolfo Salgado
Louisville-based artists, Susanna Crum and Rodolfo Salgado, the founders and creative energy behind Calliope Arts Printmaking Studio and Gallery and River City Tintype, answered our questions and shared more about their current (and on-going) projects—at home, in the garden, and on the road—and shared important ways the community can support the arts and advice for fellow artists in Louisville and beyond.
Artist Check-in: Natalie Frank
21c Museum Director and Chief Curator, Alice Gray Stites, and 21c Assistant Curator, Amethyst Rey Beaver, spoke with New York-based artist Natalie Frank whose work is currently on view as part of The Future is Female at 21c Durham.
Artist Check-in: William Paul Thomas
21c Museum checked-in with William Paul Thomas to see how he is feeling, what he is looking forward to working on this year, and what he has learned from this past year.
Artist Check-in: Josh Azzarella and Tiffany Calvert
Louisville-based artists Josh Azzarella and Tiffany Calvert share more about the new projects they have been working on this past year, how they have adapted their studio practices over the years with multiple jobs and a kid, (and, now, more recently, in a pandemic), and how they are cultivating community for themselves and others.