Artist Spotlight: Gloria Pacis

April 05, 2020/ Interviewed by Mia Funk

When I’m painting I don’t think about gender. When I’m doing artwork, it’s about the only time I get to forget that I’m a woman, that I’m Asian, and I belong to a certain social class. These things that define me in my waking life disappear when I’m painting.

December 06, 2019

Mamiko Nakatsugawa

December 06, 2019/ Interviewed by Mia Funk

I was a very active child. My mom said that I started walking very early when I was young. I loved to go to long hiking with my father and dogs. I remember that I just loved being physically active.