In the Studio with Patricia Sonnino (2022)
Patricia Sonnino’s feature exhibition with Michele Foyer All You is Brimming is on view at Gearbox through April 30, 2022. As I drove over to Patricia Sonnino’s studio in San Francisco, I was reminded of how Soninno approached interviewing me last year and that our roles are now reversed. It’s a ritual–revealing one’s workspace and […]
In the Studio with Heidi Brueckner (2021)
Heidi Brueckner is our 2020 Juried Show winner, and last year, Gearbox alumnus Dennis Hanshew interviewed Brueckner over Zoom for our blog series (linked here). Their conversation is an in-depth look at Brueckner’s art practice and trajectory as an artist. In preparing for my in-person conversation with Brueckner, I wanted to make sure I covered […]
In the Studio with Rachel Major
I arrived to Rachel Major’s San Francisco home and studio to a glorious spread of homemade bread, cheese and afternoon espresso. As I perked up from my after-teaching-day lull, I absorbed the visual spectacle of a home and work space brimming with creative hunger. Up until now, I have mostly seen Major’s work one or […]
In the Studio with Christine Ferrouge
I chatted with Christine in her luminous West Oakland studio in late September, as she prepared for her first Gearbox feature exhibition Unlikely Heroes, with sculptor Samuelle Richardson. Since meeting Christine a few years ago, I’ve been fascinated by the way she is able to balance her studio practice, being a parent, home school educator, […]
Interview with Stephanie Thames
PS: Can you tell me how your art practice has developed? ST: One thing leads to another, leads to another: The unorthodox program where I received my Masters in Spirituality and Cultural studies began an awakening process for me. Before that, I had been making art since high school and continued at the California College of Arts, with […]
In the Studio with Jamie Treacy
Unbinding The GearBox Gallery June 11-July 17, 2021 Fridays & Saturdays 12 noon to 5pm What questions do you ask yourself about painting? When I started this body of work, I knew I wanted to work primarily from my imagination and instincts again, after two years of making work that was about intensely observing the […]
In the Studio with Irene Nelson
Shapes and Spaces An Exhibit at The Gearbox Gallery with Artists Irene Nelson and Sheila Ghidini April 30 through June 5, 2021 Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5:00 p.m. This interview was conducted virtually on March 16, 2021 via Zoom. You are an abstract painter but in my mind I don’t really think there is […]
In the Studio with Sheila Ghidini
Shapes and Spaces An Exhibit at The Gearbox Gallery with Artists Irene Nelson and Sheila Ghidini April 30 through June 5, 2021 Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5:00 p.m. This interview was conducted virtually on March 26, 2021 via Zoom I see such a strong connection to architecture. I think of chairs as mini architecture. […]
In the Studio with Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
Outside of Time The Gearbox Gallery March 19 through April 24, 2021 Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5:00 pm Artists Diane Williams and Chuck Potter are a married couple and share a very large studio space in Benicia where they have worked for over two decades. While they describe their work as not a collaboration, […]