Focal Point artwork

EPISODE 8: JESS T. DUGAN AND RAFAEL SOLDI

Focal Point

English - December 22, 2020 15:03 - 41 minutes - 76.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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In this episode, MoCP Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Karen Irvine, sits down with artists Jess T. Dugan and Rafael Soldi of the Strange Fire Collective to discuss the founding of Strange Fire and its mission to showcase works made by women, people of color, and queer and trans artists. Dugan and Soldi also speak about their own practice as working artists, and their thoughts on the work of Harry Callahan and Diane Arbus in the museum’s collection.

To help stop the spread of Covid-19, this episode was recorded live in front of an audience over Zoom and not in the WCRX studios.

In this episode, MoCP Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Karen Irvine, sits down with artists Jess T. Dugan and Rafael Soldi of the Strange Fire Collective to discuss the founding of Strange Fire and its mission to showcase works made by women, people of color, and queer and trans artists. Dugan and Soldi also speak about their own practice as working artists, and their thoughts on the work of Harry Callahan and Diane Arbus in the museum’s collection.

To help stop the spread of Covid-19, this episode was recorded live in front of an audience over Zoom and not in the WCRX studios.


















Hermaphrodite and a dog in a carnival trailer, Maryland, 1970, Diane Arbus
























Eleanor, Port Huron, 1954, Harry Callahan