Curator + Community Organizer // 9 Years
Words by Jessi Devenyns Photos by Eric Morales
Q: How has demand for art changed as the city has grown?
A: Rather than creating outside of the box, the Austin art consumer, corporate and independent, has pigeon-holed artists into creating “common art,” making the creative artist under-funded and under-
appreciated.
Q: What advice would you give to art supporters?
A: We all must support all the arts and artists in order to keep Austin, Austin. Artists and art supporters need to value the work, time, and creative expression.
Q: What role does public arts funding have in Austin?
A: Funding programs and initiatives create a place and community, where funding individual pieces of art create ego. Austin is at a point were funding the arts is crucial in expanding our equitable actions to make ‘Austin the most livable city in the country.’
Q: How do artists develop their career in an ever-changing city dynamic?
A: My main advice is developing relationships with mentors in different fields of work.
Mentors will help you learn the ever-changing pathways of the system and who and how to ask the correct questions.
