In each culture, I have experienced the feelings of an outsider... My need to communicate this point of view is what drives my art.

My recent work has been influenced considerably by the concept “ichi-go ichi-e” (一期一会), originally from the tea ceremony, meaning “one lifetime, one meeting” or “once in a lifetime.”

"The greatness of a people is eventually judged by what they contribute to the arts and culture of their times."

"This is a live feed with glass artist Tim Tate who is also the founder of the Washington Glass School. Welcome, Tim and thanks for doing this interview."

My current figurative work features portraits of people that I know – friends and family. Thus I take images of models, people I don’t know, who don’t look like the people I see every day, and construct portraits of people that I recognize.

"The recurring images that I have for this new piece have been relating to how I grew up, and fundamental mid-life questions of love, identity, and home."

Patricia Spears Jones writes about D.C.'s recent 2010 Split This Rock poetry festival. Photos by Jill Brazel.

DC Artist Prudence Bonds discusses the good and bad of being a self taught artist.

"When I applied for the Commission it was just supposed to be a story about the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo... As I started creating, the idea came to connect the volcanic eruption to other kinds of environmental destruction."

Theater artist Anne Veal writes about the creative process of writing and producing La Rinascita Theatre's new adaptation of Oresteia, which opens February 10th, 2010 at the Capital Hill Arts Workshop.