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Laura Zabel: Zig-Zagging Careers and the Artists Who Love Them

State of the Artist note: This post, from Laura Zabel, is in response to our Visualizing Artists’ Careers project, which you can see here.   I can’t stop looking at these graphics. I love the unbalanced stars that show us just how different each person’s trajectory and career is. And somehow simultaneously demonstrate how important [...]

Laura Zabel: The Importance of Being Ordinary

“Artists aren’t special. WE are not special!” I’m in a conference room at a prestigious university with 30 of my colleagues from across the country and the world – most of whom I had just met. My face is a little flushed and I’m aware that my voice is a little too loud. Did I [...]