Chase Hall approaches painting as a form of personal inquiry, using his work to untangle questions of race, identity and class. Photo: Jack Platner Chase Hall speaks like someone who has thought about ...

Katie Hudnall’s interest in woodmaking stems from her childhood hobby of putting things together and taking them apart. “I was not a very good student when I was a kid, but I was good at drawing and ...

Satomi Shirai discusses her work in "Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter." Recorded at NPG, September 16, 2011. Interview by Jasmine Fernandez, intern, Smithsonian Asian Pacific ...

In my “plush” upstairs office (known to my family as “the closet”), I listen to at least one radio station daily. Periodically, I catch on-air interviews with artists and other notables noticing ...

For Hugo McCloud, there are no definitive instructions for creating art. Known for his use of nontraditional mediums, the 34-year-old designer-turned-artist prefers roofing materials and blowtorches ...