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Performing artists from different disciplines speak about issues relating to their creative development and working lives. Dancers and Choreographers
David Sharp interviewed by Edith Meeks (from the fall 2003 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
Seeking work to support his career as a dancer and choreographer, David Maurice Sharp discovered he had an aptitude for finance. A founding member of the Thriving Artists Investment Club, Sharp talks about artists and financial planning.
JoAnna Mendl Shaw interviewed by Edith Meeks (from the summer 2004 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
Gender Project co-founder JoAnna Mendl Shaw speaks about the origins of the Gender Project and some of the questions it is raising.
Musicians and Composers
Elliot Goldenthal interviewed by Frank J. Oteri (from the American Music Center's February 2003 issue of NewMusicBox)
One of the few composers to be successful in both the film score and concert music worlds, Elliot Goldenthal talks about his approach to a film score.
Meredith Monk interviewed by Frank J. Oteri (from the American Music Center's April 2000 issue of NewMusicBox)
Composer, choreographer, and performance artist Meredith Monk talks about why she considers herself a composer first and about her compositional process.
Steve Reich interviewed by Richard Kessler (from the American Music Center's July 1998 issue of NewMusicBox)
The music business and the symphony orchestra today are discussed in this interview with noted composer Steve Reich.
Frederic Rzewski interviewed by Frank J. Oteri (from the American Music Center's November 2002 issue of NewMusicBox)
Composer and pianist Rzewski gives his views on publishers and recording companies and the role of the composer in society.
Theater Artists
George Bartenieff interviewed by Edith Meeks (from the summer 2003 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
Performer, producer, and co-founder of the Theater for the New City, George Bartenieff speaks about his long and varied theatrical career.
Woodie King, Jr. interviewed by Edith Meeks (from the winter 2004 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
Pioneer of the Black Theatre Movement, founder and artistic director of the New Federal Theatre in New York City, Woodie King Jr. shares insights about his extensive and groundbreaking career as a producer.
Eric Bogosian interviewed by Edith Meeks (from the fall 2004 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
Playwright, solo performer, actor and novelist Eric Bogosian speaks about balancing creative work and partnership in his marriage to theater artist Jo Bonney.
Group Discussions
Artist Survey: "Emerging" and "Established" (from the summer 2000 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
An interview with Judith Barry, performance artist; Ken Butler, musician, visual artist; Lenora Champagne, playwright, performance artist; Emily Jenkins, writer; Craig Konyk, architect; and Harley Spiller, artist, collector.
Consuming: Multimedia, Gender and Identity, by Jennifer Hickman (from the fall 1999 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
An interview with Patty Chang and Prema Murthy, performance artists.
Generational Dialogues, by Alan Gilbert (from the summer 2000 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
An interview with Lawrence Brose, an experimental film artist; Tim Griffin, Art Editor for Time Out New York and Founding Editor of ArtByte magazines; Martha Rosler, photography, video, and installation artist; Gwen Smith, a photographer; John Yau, a poet, fiction writer, and art critic.
Holly Sidford, Director of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) and three performing artists interviewed by Edith Meeks (from the spring 2004 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
Here, Holly Sidford, Director of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a new organization designed to build on the findings of the Investing in Creativity study, joined Meeks and three performing artists to discuss what struck them most about the study and how it might be put to use.
Passing Art Along, by Kate Wilson (from the fall 2000 issue of NYFA Quarterly)
An interview with artists of various Native American communities in upstate New York, including Marcella Bowen, corn husk dolls; John Fadden, painter; Joanne Shenandoah, writer, performer, songwriter; Trudi George-Huff, stonecarver; and Clint Shenandoah, painter.
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