Over the years I have had the pleasure of interviewing hundreds of artists and activists through projects like State of the Arts (SOTA) blog, Never the Same, Town Hall Talks, Five Questions About Art In Chicago. Farm Together Now, AREA Chicago, and Headlands Center for the Arts’ Creative Ecologies project.
Individual and Small Group Q & A’s In Print, Video and Web
- John Kinsman on Farmer Activism from the 60s to the present
- Ladyfest Midwest on their ten year reunion
- Jorge Felix on his Not Enough Space exhibit
- Aaron Hughes on his Intrusive Thoughts exhibit
- Calles Y Suenos on organizing across generations
- Josh MacPhee and Emily Forman on Department of Space and Land Reclamation
- Dara Greenwald on her art and the Pink Bloque and Butcher Shop communities
- Mary Jane Jacob on Culture in Action
- Nato Thompson on curating political art for The Squeeler
- Catherine Cole on Future Planning for the Public University
- Emily Forman on Pilot TV and Experimental Media
- Marc Fischer and Laurie Jo Reynolds on Artist Working On the Subject of Prison (Collaboration with Dan S. Wang)
- T. Allan Comp on AMD&Art
- Amy Franceschini on Victory Gardens
- Cynthia Hooper on Making Art About Water in California
- Rosten Woo on the Center for Urban Pedagogy
- Phil Ross on Bio Art
- Patricia Johanson on Eco Art
- Martha Boyd on Organizing Around Food Access
- Daniel Block on Mapping Food Deserts
- Mike Bancroft on Chitown Chefs and Co-Op Image
- Miguel Cortez on Pilsen Open Studios
- Mutual Aid Phonebook on Anarchist Networking
- Humboldt Park Food-Not-Bombs on Local Food Activism
- Nance Klehm on Art, Business and Food
- Faith and Justice Q&A – (Collaboration with Robin Hewlett and AREA #10 Editors)
- Mia Henry on the beginnings of the Chicago Freedom School
- Aaron Hughes on Art, Education and Activism with Iraq Veterans
- Jesse Senechal and Maura Nugent on the Myth of School Choice
- Anne Rapp on Taking Students to the US Social Forum in Atlanta
- Pauline Lipman and Eric Rico Gustein on Teachers for Social Justice
- Eric Rodriguez on the Latino Union and Worker Education
- Michael Staudenmaier on the Sojourner Truth Organization
- Eric Tang on the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
- Just Farming Confederation on Sharing Land and Resources
- Tom Baker on Nicaragua Solidarity Committee
- Jamie Kalven on the View From the Ground and Public Housing Journalism
- Sarah Kavage on Industrial Harvest
- Aaron Sarver and Emily Udell on Fire on the Prairie the In These Times Radio Show
- Members of the People’s Law Office on The History of the People’s Law Office
- Mia Henry, Eric Triantafillou, Harishi Patel, and Kristen Cox on City-Wide Movement-Building Centers (Collaboration with Robin Hewlett)
- Michele Rabkin and Gilda Haas on Sharing Resources in Academia
- Ken Ehrlich, Marc Herbst, Peter Krapp, Brett Stalbaum, and Fred Lonidier on Activism at the University of California; micha cárdenas on activism at the University of California in San Diego
- Peter Krapp and Brett Stalbaum on Online Education; Peter Krapp and Brett Stalbaum on Efficiency in Higher Education
- Fred Lonidier on Art and Labor Organizing
- Dayanita Ramesh and Lucille (Lucy) Potter on Exhibition Making and Student Activism
- Anthony Rayson, Lauren Berlant, Debbie Gould, Rogers Park Community Action Network, Leticia Cortez, Kristen Cox, and Gabriel Piemonte Tell their Solidarity Stories
- Chicago Couriers Union group interview
- Jesikah Maria Ross on the Art of Regional Change
- Beth Stephens on Art and Research
- Dee Hibbert-Jones and Dick Hebdige on Art and Research
- Dan S. Wang on Community and Place
- Raj Patel on Food , Localism and Markets
- Salome Chasnoff on Media Arts
- Terri Kapsalis on Performance Art
- Nicole Garneau on Theater, Public Art and Activism
