Sculptor Lydia Musco on Finding Clarity in Your Studio Practice

I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists

Release Date: 12/12/2025

Color and Craft with Artist Lisa Solomon

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Lisa Solomon is a studio artist that moonlights as a college professor and illustrator/graphic designer. Profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization (sparked from her Hapa heritage), Solomon's mixed-media works and large installations revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and personal histories. She often fuses "wrong" things together--recontextualizing their original purposes, and incorporating materials that question the line between ART and CRAFT. She also is focused on bridging the gaps between being creative, living creatively, and making a living as a creative.She...

Exploring Race, Class, and Social Standing though Painting with Artist Kyle Hackett

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Kyle Hackett's paintings explore race, class, and social standing through approaches to self-representation and the constructed image. Hackett (b. Still Pond, MD) earned his MFA from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and his BFA in Fine Arts from the University of Delaware. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship, the Civil Society Institute Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center Residency, the Ruth Katzman Scholarship at The League Residency in New York, and Best in Show...

Building Structures and Community: Weaving, Sculpture and Painting with Artist Beck Lowry

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Beck Lowry (New Haven, Connecticut, 1980) is a mixed-media artist whose intricate, wall-hung abstractions explore themes of protection, labor, and lineage. Lowry’s work has been exhibited at Yossi Milo and Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY; Elijah Wheat Showroom, Newburgh, NY; Headstone Gallery, Kingston, NY; Fred Giampietro Gallery and Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT; and Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE. Lowry was a 2024-25 resident of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY; and has participated in residencies at Interlude, Kingston, NY; and Millay Arts,...

Artist Richard Raiselis: Painting the Boston Landscape

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Richard Raiselis is a Boston-based painter known for his perceptive urban landscapes that explore the act of seeing within everyday environments. His work frequently focuses on the city of Boston—its rooftops, streets, power lines, clouds, and architecture—often viewed from unusual vantage points such as high windows or rooftops. Through careful observation and subtle shifts in perspective, Raiselis transforms ordinary scenes into meditations on light, structure, and visual perception. Raiselis is Associate Professor Emeritus at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, where he taught...

Live Interview with Painter Dion Johnson at Contemporary Art Matters

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Dion Johnson (b. 1975, Bellaire, OH) is based in Los Angeles, CA. Johnson received a BFA from The Ohio State University and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States. His solo exhibitions include: Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA; L.A. Louver, Venice, CA; Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH; Western Project, Los Angeles, CA; Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ; and Stux Gallery, New York, NY. His group exhibitions include: Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA; L.A. Louver, Venice, CA; PRJCTLA, Los...

Tribeca Gallerist Jared Linge on Building High Noon Gallery

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Jared Linge received a classical education in Drawing & Painting and Art History at the Laguna College of Art and Design. After eight years of experience working in contemporary art on both coasts, he founded High Noon in New York’s Lower East Side in 2017 with an interest in exhibiting under-represented artists. He has curated over 70 exhibitions throughout his career, focusing on work that is grounded in art historical context with an emphasis on craft and hybrid practices. In addition to his work as a gallerist, he is a regular faculty member at the NYC Crit Club, a collaborative...

It's Never Too Late To Start with Artist Lisa Congdon

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As we begin a new year, we’re revisiting one of our most encouraging conversations on I Like Your Work—my interview with artist, author, and educator Lisa Congdon. Lisa’s story is a powerful reminder that there is no single timeline for becoming an artist. She didn’t begin pursuing art seriously until later in life, and her career unfolded through persistence, curiosity, and a deep commitment to learning. In this episode, Lisa shares what it was like to start later, how she built confidence in her work, and how she navigated the fears and doubts that often accompany a...

Applying to Artist Residencies: CVA Insights & Practical Application Tips

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Artist residencies play an important role in supporting creative development, professional growth, and sustained studio practice. This episode offers insight into artist residencies through the lens of Chautauqua Visual Arts, alongside practical guidance for artists preparing strong, thoughtful applications. Chautauqua Visual Arts offers two distinct residency experiences, each designed to support artists at different stages and working styles. The Faculty-Led Six-Week Residency is designed for emerging/student artists seeking an immersive, structured experience. The program...

Keep Painting: John Walker on a Life in the Studio

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We’re revisiting one of my favorite conversations from the archive with painter John Walker, an episode that feels just as relevant now as when it first aired. In this conversation, John reflects on what it means to stay with the work over decades, how a painting practice evolves over time, and the quiet discipline required to keep showing up to the studio. We talk about the deeply meaningful realities of a life devoted to making art. As we move into a new year, this episode feels like the perfect reminder that sustainable creative lives aren’t built overnight they’re...

Doing the Next Thing in Your Art Practice: Following What Lights You Up in the New Year

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In this New Year episode of I Like Your Work, I talk about doing the next thing in your art practice by following what genuinely lights you up — even when it means making a change. I share why I chose to refocus my energy on teaching, creating courses, and building spaces for artists, and how that clarity led me to an exciting move to Patreon. This shift makes it easier for more artists to access professional practice support, classes, and conversations in a way that’s flexible, affordable, and rooted in real studio life. I Like Your Work Links: ...

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Lydia Jenkins Musco’s work has been exhibited in galleries and public spaces throughout the United States. With an MFA from Boston University and a BA from Bennington College, her artistic practice has been shaped by international experiences, including stone carving studies in Italy and participation in art symposia in Norway, South Korea, and China. Musco’s work has earned recognition through awards including two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants, a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, and an Edward F. Albee Residency Fellowship, among others. Her work has been featured in exhibitions including the 43rd Annual Peace Exhibition in Nagasaki, Japan, the International Print Center in New York, and numerous outdoor sculpture exhibitions nationwide. Musco has contributed to the art community through academic roles, serving as a lecturer in sculpture at Boston University and a visiting assistant professor at Davidson College. Musco lives and works in Royalston, Massachusetts.

"I interpret the world into a vocabulary of objects with weight and mass that can be viewed from all sides, that help me explore the connections and intersections of elements. Basic construction materials like concrete and wood — ubiquitous and often used in humble ways we take for granted — offer me a path to honesty through their fundamental simplicity. Two groups of work are currently in progress, Logarithmus and Unconformity. The Unconformity series began as an investigation into perception and place, a reflection of the landscape of the woodlands of Massachusetts. In geology, an unconformity refers to a break in time, a boundary between rocks caused by erosion or a pause in sediment accumulation. Investigating the environmental changes accumulating in the landscape over the course of a year, each sculpture is an unconformity, a break in time, capturing a moment, holding it still, and documenting the changing color, light, and forms of a single place. The Logarithmus series explores navigation, inspired by the Chip Log, an early nautical instrument for gauging speed. The form of these sculptures is derived from the geometry of a circle's quadrant. The resulting shape, somewhat vulnerable due to its accessible interior, becomes an exploration of pathfinding, with all its inherent hope and uncertainties. With the guarantee of detours and missteps, my goal is to keep moving forward with curiosity. These objects are built from the ground up, echoing the process of memory or landscape formation. Like geological strata, each layer both influences and is influenced by those adjacent to it, above and below, side by side. Bound by gravity only, they are built in movable sections that can be dismantled and reconstructed. Each reassembly tells a new story, revealing how intention and environment reshape our understanding, making the familiar strange and the static dynamic."

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