Article by Mystic Dawn From childhood, drawing was my entry point into another world—a private window into imagination where I could dwell safely. As a girl and then a teenager, I would sketch faces and spin whole stories inside them. I didn’t have stability in my external life—growing up in poverty with my mother, navigating the shadows of an abusive and eventually absent father—but I had art. Art was the one place I could feel safe. Yet I didn’t dare pursue it professionall

Interview with Liba Waring Stambollion 1. Please tell us something about your background and your art journey so far. I come from a family of four girls, and from a very early age, we each gravitated toward passions that eventually became our livelihood. Mine was art. There was never any doubt that I would be an artist; some things we simply know if we listen to ourselves. 2. Describe what a normal day looks like as an artist. In my mid-fifties, I finally shifted professions

Interview with Nadine Gordon Taylor 1. Please tell us something about your background and your art journey so far. Art was my earliest language – a pure way to translate thoughts and communicate emotions. This intuitive connection to making art was formalized at the Art Students League of New York, where I spent my teenage years studying anatomy, figure drawing, and painting. After earning my B.A. in printmaking at Hunter College and my MFA in painting from Long Island Univer