VOICE OF THE PEOPLE - FRONTRUNNER

Sierra Cortner, Social Media Marketing

So, I’m guessing purple is your favorite color? What significance does the color purple have to you?

It’s not my favorite color but I recently bought this sustainable jacket and I love how they match with these pants. They’re very comfortable, especially since we’ve been museum hopping all day for Armory week.

Your style seems like you’re very in tune with your inner child. Would you say that’s true?

For sure. I consider myself a 24 year old child. I … Read the rest

Alexa Caroline Modugno March 19, 2020

Dana Nehdaran, Painter

What’s something you consider “cool” and how would you classify what cool is?

Someone who’s outgoing, laid back, and a smooth talker

Would you call yourself cool?

I think yes, because many people tell me I am. But for me, I feel like I’m cool with people and not as much with myself. For instance, if someone else makes a mistake I’m totally cool with it. But if I make a mistake, I’m not cool with myself.

What influences your

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Alexa Caroline Modugno March 19, 2020

Rameet Chawla, Farmer

Can you tell me a little bit about your role as a farmer. What exactly do you do? Do you own land or animals?

I own a 300 acre piece of land in Upstate New York and it has a 5 acre biodynamic farm on it and what we do primarily is bring people up from the city and give them a down to the earth farming experience. We also have a restaurant on the property so we do group harvests,

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Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020

Amy van Doran, Matchmaker

So as a matchmaker, how would you say one finds compatibility in someone else?

I think it’s good to start with having a shared value system. A similar sense of humor is really important.

Do you think people who have different politics or religious differences could be compatible?

I think politics are much more decisive than religion right now. A lot of Trump people will date liberal people, but liberal people don’t want to date Trump people because it seems … Read the rest

Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020

Nima Veiseh, Painter

How does your fashion and style reflect who you are as an artist?

I’m the founder of a clothing company called “Dress Abstract”, which is sustainable art wear. We support and employ refugees in the United States. It’s reflective of my artwork which I label as “temporal abstractism” where I take some sort of moment or memory in time, could be a guitar chord vibrating or the memory of a birth of a child, even the sunset, and I distill that … Read the rest

Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020

Pajtim Osmanaj, Artist

What colors do you like to wear?

I go to both extremes. I’m either super shiny like I’m dressed today. A lot of the times I’m super colorful, but there are some days where I just dress in black.

How does what you wear affect your personality?

It mostly affects my mood. What I wear is what I’m feeling that day.

What kind of art do you do?

Contemporary paintings and sculptures using spray paint and mixed media. It’s complicated … Read the rest

Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020

Blair Quinn, Dancer/Artist/Designer

How would you categorize your style and how does it reflect who you are?

My style is very “real”. It represents my feelings and my emotions. I guess it’s my way to voice how I feel about the world, and I think a lot of other people feel the same way but don’t know how to find that outlet of it being okay to express who you are.

How do you feel about the fact that you are different and … Read the rest

Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020

Dennis Carroll, Photographer and Painter

What do you photograph?

I go to a lot of state sales and flea markets and I take pictures of people’s stuff that they’ve been holding onto for years and years.

Why do you do that and why do you enjoy doing that?

Maybe there’s something to do with the need to document things as memorabilia. It’s a bit of hoarding myself, because I also like to collect things.

What’s your painting style?

A little chaotic and cartoonish.

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Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Curator

As a curator, what kind of artists do you try to find?

At art fairs you can get pretty overwhelmed. So I’m looking for something really “special”. I look for color, texture, and interesting materials. I’m also constantly looking for artists of color because I’m trying to champion them, so I’m always paying attention to that too.

Are you an artist yourself?

No, I’m only a curator.

What’s the best thing about being a curator?

You get to take the … Read the rest

Alexa Caroline Modugno March 18, 2020