How did you start The Monkey & The Elephant, what was your inspiration? After finishing college I was not sure what I wanted to do with my life, as I think a lot of people are. During that search, I started working in coffee shops, which I really enjoyed, I spent some time working with … Continue reading Interview with The Monkey & The Elephant
Creators in Quarantine: Olivia Kaufman-Rovira of Ordinary O
How has this whole situation impacted you? There are different levels to this response. First off, I work part-time as an landscape designer. That work has been cut in half, so I essentially have an almost quarter-time WFH job right now. I am very grateful that I have that, but it's just one piece of my freelancing puzzle … Continue reading Creators in Quarantine: Olivia Kaufman-Rovira of Ordinary O
Creators In Quarantine: Clarissa Eck
How has this whole situation impacted you? I work in a communal space at The Clay Studio, which is how I initially found pottery. After the government started to take COVID-19 seriously, all non-essential businesses were ordered to shut down - and unfortunately, The Clay Studio fell into that category. I got a phone call … Continue reading Creators In Quarantine: Clarissa Eck
Creators In Quarantine: Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Tie-Up Textiles
How has this whole situation impacted you? I'm finding my emotions in regard to the novel coronavirus to be a bit of a roller coaster. My initial reaction and thought process, I'm sure like most small businesses, was to immediately think of the worst case scenario. What does this mean for my business? How will … Continue reading Creators In Quarantine: Kathleen Fitzpatrick of Tie-Up Textiles
Creators in Quarantine: Sarah Brett
How has this whole situation impacted you? Mentally, it's tough! Just trying to stay active in the studio has been difficult, I'm having a hard time getting myself into the creative mindset. The stresses of bills and sources of income just hang over my head like a dark cloud. I would love to say I've … Continue reading Creators in Quarantine: Sarah Brett
Creators in Quarantine: Eric Hinkley
How has this whole situation impacted you? First off this pandemic has impacted me greatly. I lost my job the morning of March 21st and that was a huge eye-opener. I also had my freelance jobs centered in the music industry put on hold so I now am left wondering where the next paycheck will … Continue reading Creators in Quarantine: Eric Hinkley
Interview With Ugly
In your own words, can you explain what you “do”? In terms of my art I try to deconstruct images. A lot of things I do, that are involved in the creation of an image, involve drawing and redrawing and drawing in different forms. I’ve been trying some different things lately that are a little … Continue reading Interview With Ugly
Interview with Tyler the Girl
Where are you from and how has that affected you? I’m from this small town outside of the city called Levittown, it’s a half hour outside of Philadelphia. It was not the nicest town in America, let’s just say that, so my only goal when I was a child was to figure out how to … Continue reading Interview with Tyler the Girl
Interview With Margo Hurst
Where are you from and how do you think that has affected your life and art? I grew up in Downingtown, and I went to college at PhilaU (which is now Jefferson University). I chose to stay here because Philly to me is a manageable size city. I don’t think I could ever live in … Continue reading Interview With Margo Hurst
Interview With Kyle Confehr
Kyle Confehr is an artist who’s work often borders between fine art and street art. His work can be found locally in many places including Honeygrow’s headquarters, the airport and at local art shows. I was lucky enough to sit down with Kyle and talk life, art and location. Where did you grow up and … Continue reading Interview With Kyle Confehr
