Gregor Turk
Gregor Turk is an artist known for his public art installations, ceramic sculpture, photography and mixed-media constructions. His work is in a per...
We are a cultural institution rather than an arts organization, but I recall one incident with an arts organization partner. The partner was staging a performan...
Artists often turn their firsthand experiences into pieces of beauty that turn darkness into light. Consuming art gives audiences that chance to connect on a de...
As a mixed Filipino actor I’ve encountered my fair share of racial slights from the industry. An abbreviated list includes being called a “risk factor” in theat...
I’ve consistently noticed over the decade since my first book was published that when I attended writers’ conferences, first as graduate student, then as a spea...
After all of the time that has passed, I am still in utter disbelief. Not only are we in the midst of a global pandemic, but our nation is also confronting cent...
The brutal public lynchings of George Floyd and Ahmed Aubrey occurred at a crossroads in history where the “before life’” of the nation’s racialized past meets ...
I am uplifted by the ancestors who have come, who are here, who have never left. My work reclaims their stories as resistance and upholds their example to empow...
I pass as white most of the time. Maybe in the middle of summer I might get asked, “What are you?” Or, “You’re something, right?” To which I answer, “Yes . . . ...
My first reaction was immediate rage, just rage. Then I started feeling anxiety and fear because it’s very real. I am married to a black man. I’ve been in the c...
