Issue 7
Listening with Artists
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” –Octavia Butler
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” –Octavia Butler
New Suns: Listening with Artists is an online publication of commissions, experiences, and stories from artists responding to life and the world around them. Each issue centers the curious-minded ways artists challenge and reconfigure established frameworks through play, conversation, reflection, and speculation. New Suns hopes to encourage learning from and listening with the individuals behind the art.
Program Intern
She // Her // Hers
[ID: A slightly blurry zoomed shot of a sunset over Middlebury College’s campus. Orange, pink, and yellow colors splashed behind a grey fence and pine tree.]
Hawa Adam is a spoken word artist who thrives in challenging environments. She is a Netflix fanatic, book enthusiast, and a loving friend and caregiver.
Communications Coordinator
She // Her // Hers
[ID: a porcelain cat figurine and burning candle nub are framed in a reflective metal surface.]
Kate is a jotter and daydreamer who enjoys coffee, books, houseplants, and bits and bobs. She lives with her wife, dog, and cat and a growing collection of journals.
Program Manager
She // Her // Hers
[ID: An image of a spider plant resting on a windowsill in a greenish-blue pot. It is made up of three different photographs of the spider plant at different angles, layered one on top of the other to create a ghostly, aura-like effect. The plant’s long, thin leaves are a little scraggly and burnt at the tips, and some are punctured with cat bite marks.]
Jessica is an artist who explores forms of tacit knowledge through weaving, text, video, and sound. She is a former figure skater, current Formula 1 fan, and future fossil.
Founding Editor
She // Her // Hers
[ID: A collage of a Peruvian passport with a young girl age seven with the word “Passport” in English and Spanish. Overlaid is a photo of a young girl age five in traditional Peruvian dress framed from the neck down, and an image of dried up flowers on a windowsill facing a city street.]
Lynnette Miranda was the Program Director at United States Artists until January 2022. She studies the economy of individual artists and is committed to the well-being of our country’s culture makers.
Initiatives Manager
They // Them // Theirs
[Image ID: On a beige wall in a minimal dentist office hangs a cup dispenser holding a stack of disposable lavender cups.]
Allie is a curator and artist exploring collaborative institution-building, site-responsive practices, and crowd-sourced archives. They enjoy reading groups and alternative education, bread baking, and handbuilding.
Designer-in-Residence
She // Her // Hers
[ID: Animated loop of a photocopy of a person’s side face, eyes shut, pressed to the copier glass. A gradient from black to ochre and a change in picture resolution move the contours into focus or make them undecipherable.]
Nadine’s favorite medium for making graphic work is screen printing because so many ideas flow through, even if they are flat! She’s currently very interested in the holographic principle, apropos flatness.
Development Coordinator
She // Her // Hers
[ID: Close-up of a classical guitar.]
Zoë is a composer and guitarist who enjoys cooking, reading poetry, and visiting art museums. When she is not at the office or performing, she can be found composing at the beach or at the local dog park with her adorable dog Quinn.
United States Artists is a national arts funding organization headquartered in Chicago, IL. We raise money and redistribute resources to the country’s most compelling artists and cultural practitioners. We focus on supporting and centering individual artists through unrestricted awards, professional services, and content development. For more information, visit unitedstatesartists.org.
United States Artists
200 West Madison Street, Fl 3
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 470-6325
info@unitedstatesartists.org
A publication of commissions, experiences, and stories from artists responding to life and the world around them.
Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Ferrer | Issue Editors: Kate Blair, Allie Linn
Designer: Nadine Nakanishi
Web Development: Matt Arbogast, Leadtooth Inc.
Typefaces: Karla, Sporting Grotesque, New Suns
United States Artists, 200 West Madison Street, Fl 3, Chicago, IL, 60606
unitedstatesartists.org
