Im thrilled to be included in
@artpapers final issue, “Fire Ecology.” Included in this special issue is an excerpt from a conversation with myself,
@tempestthazel and
@_james_hoff discussing “what models” we all operate within as arts publishers and nonprofits.
During the convo (and through the lens of Carla’s recent shift to a non profit structure), I shared, “It struck me, the word messiness. I write down professionalization, because I feel like that’s the other end of it. I think that’s a pressure we all feel to make our orgs look a certain way. I think people look at Carla and think it’s a team of 50. But it’s me and Evan doing the work.* And it’s messy, but people think that it’s not. It’s really powerful to claim that messiness. To be like, ‘listen, we’re out here doing the work, and it’s evolving in real time. We did things one way, and now we are doing things another way.”
After 50 years, Art Papers is closing intentionally and planting seeds for other Art publishers along the way. This special issue celebrates that shift. They write, “My hope is that fire ecology prompts people to think deeply about what sustainable models look like now, under our current conditions..we must decide if the institutions we hope to save can produce—or support—the change we’re fighting to implement, then choose what to keep, what to jettison, what to commit to, and what we will create together next.’” —
@pistachiocake
Thanks for including me and
@contemporaryartreview.la in this exciting issue and within the lineage of all of your great work!!
* at the time of this panel
@evaninwonderland were a team of two and now we also have the lovely
@sburton47 on our small by mighty crew. Plus wonderful editors, copy editors, designers, and writers. Takes a village!! 🥰🙏
