Art

This art is not for you

What is art without an audience?

Oct 1 • Jenna Park

What Nabokov’s butterflies can teach us about science and art

Butterflies, biomaterial experiments, and why the Liberal Arts matter again.

Aug 6 • Jenna Park

Junk collage summer and lessons in surrender

Art dates, cathartic messes, and endless surprises.

Jul 2 • Jenna Park

Art matters, but nobody wants to fund it.

Is art a luxury or a necessity? Artistic freedom and the politicization of cultural legacy.

May 14 • Jenna Park

Draw like nobody's watching. On quieting your inner critic.

Approaching art making with my designer mindset. Basically, I'm making ugly drawings.

Mar 19 • Jenna Park

The end of the multi-hyphenate

In art, context often matters. How revisiting an old project gave me an understanding of my artistic paralysis.

Oct 23, 2024 • Jenna Park

What does it mean to be an artist?

Dreams vs. reality, art vs. craft, and rhapsodizing the romantic myth of being an artist.

Apr 10, 2024 • Jenna Park

The extraordinary in the ordinary

In another big year of change, I learn how to sit in cafes and sketch.

Jan 3, 2024 • Jenna Park

On quitting and returning to art 32 years later

Did I peak as an artist in high school? Stories from an art school dropout Ep 3.

Dec 6, 2023 • Jenna Park

Writer's block and leaving something you love

Stories from an art school dropout, Ep.1

Feb 15, 2023 • Jenna Park

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