This week’s contributing author, Cassidy Westjohn, is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Boston, working as the Public Programs Coordinator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center. She received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Two Artists Talking is a special limited-edition book of interviews with… Read more »
“Although writing enables me to contextualize my work in a more rational and deliberate way, the immediacy of dialogue—even when it is just between the interviewer and the interviewee—can be transformative in relation to my practice. It provides a kind of access to my work, and to me as a person, that may not… Read more »
“Si bien el trabajo escrito me permite contextualizar [la obra] de forma más racional y pausada, esa inmediatez del diálogo – incluso cuando es entre uno y uno, entre el entrevistador y el sujeto entrevistado – puede ser transformativa. Permite un acceso al trabajo y a mi persona que tal vez no está totalmente… Read more »
Contributing authors Josephina Green, Isabelle Song, and Lara Taylor are students at Northeastern University. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History Gloria Sutton’s Spring 2026 course, Edit Filter, Curate: Cultural Production in the Digital Sphere. The seminar explores how cultural production operates within the public… Read more »
Contributing authors Sage Antonio, Quinn Chen Phang, Ryan Coffey, Josephina Green, Soojin (Lucy) Lee, Hoa Hong Ly, Sasha Marmur, Naseem Mohideen, Hyerin Park, Thalia Rebello, Svetlana Russell, Isabelle Song, Lara Taylor, Julia Vazquez, Andrew Wallace, and Leah Wirley are students at Northeastern University. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate… Read more »
A message from VoCA Board Member Andrea R. Hanley (Navajo Nation) The Board and staff of VoCA join me in mourning the devastating loss of our friend and colleague, Susan Feller, as she begins her journey home. Susan was a beautiful, transformative force. As the founding President/CEO of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries,… Read more »
Contributing authors Sage Antonio, Quinn Chen Phang, Ryan Coffey, Josephina Green, Soojin (Lucy) Lee, Hoa Hong Ly, Sasha Marmur, Naseem Mohideen, Hyerin Park, Thalia Rebello, Svetlana Russell, Isabelle Song, Lara Taylor, Julia Vazquez, Andrew Wallace, and Leah Wirley are students at Northeastern University. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate… Read more »
This week’s contributing author, Giulia Walker, is in her final year as student at Northeastern University earning a BFA in Design in the spring of 2026. She is particularly interested in exploring how the practice of design and design thinking intersects with community engagement, sustainability, and urban spaces. Those familiar with Boston know the South… Read more »
Contributing authors Sage Antonio, Quinn Chen Phang, Ryan Coffey, Josephina Green, Soojin (Lucy) Lee, Hoa Hong Ly, Sasha Marmur, Naseem Mohideen, Hyerin Park, Thalia Rebello, Svetlana Russell, Isabelle Song, Lara Taylor, Julia Vazquez, Andrew Wallace, and Leah Wirley are students at Northeastern University. VoCA is pleased to present this blog post in conjunction with Associate… Read more »
La autora y colaboradora Fernanda Espinosa es historiadora oral, investigadora y trabajadora cultural. A través de su práctica crea, produce y participa en proyectos culturales centrados en la escucha y la documentación de la memoria. En el verano de 2025, Fernanda colaboró con VoCA como Public Humanities Fellow del The Latinx Project de NYU y… Read more »
This week’s contributing author, Leyi Yuan, is an undergraduate student at Northeastern University and a writer based in Boston. Her areas of interest include site-specific installation, material processes, and the role of cultural institutions in shaping public engagement with contemporary art. She previously worked at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in Marketing and Communications. … Read more »
Contributing authors Jen Ray and Jason Forrest began Data Vandals in 2021 as an experiment to bring data out of the digital world and onto the streets. Driven by the conviction that meaningful change happens when art meets community, they have engaged thousands of people through exhibitions, performances, and workshops, collaborating with global brands, universities,… Read more »