Denise Shanté Brown on the value of collaborative design and the importance of trusting marginalized communities to realize the future of their wellbeing.

Interdisciplinary designer Dierdre Shea on the genesis of Poll2Poll, a mutual-aid voter resource app developed in collaboration with Emergent Works.

Chi Nguyen discusses the inspiration behind #Textiles4MVP and the rich historical interplay between textile arts and social justice.

In the first of En Pointe’s 2020 Election series, Chenoa Baker interviews the artists behind Carla’s Quince, an immersive theater experience aimed at engaging the Latinx vote.

Linsen Chai talks with Giovanna Borasi about the challenges cultural institutions face in implementing lasting structural change.

Interdisciplinary artist Lenka Clayton on the art of “extending the familiar into the realms of the poetic and absurd.”

Ilana Curtis talks with Pittsburgh-based graphic designer Elana Schlenker about her eclectic and colorful practice.

Ilana Curtis talks with VCA founders Irina Verona and Jennifer Carpenter about their mission to create timeless spaces designed for humanity and resilience.

Claudia Haines interviews Rachel Delphia, decorative arts curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art, about her exhibition: Designing for Accessibility.

Jesse Solmon talks with Annie Wang, who blends psychology and design in her work as an artist and design associate at MASS Design Group.

Arthur Lubetz discusses his work creating immersive buildings and innovative cityscapes.

Dominique Seneca talks with Pittsburgh-based curator and performance artist, Tara Fay.

PLP talks with GBBN’s Anne Chen about her experience leading the transformation of University of Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library.

Nina Barbuto, founder of Assemble, shares the story of her community space in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.

Jai Kanodia interviews Inés Guzmán and Gregory Melitonov, founders of Taller KEN, an architectural design firm focused on playful design with social and cultural relevance.

Kenneth Wahrenberger explores the practice of José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum.

Sarah Rafson talks with Saba Innab about her extraterritoriality-informed architecture practice, which draws from important questions pertaining to her involvement with a Palestinian refugee camp.

Michelle Millar Fisher offers insight on the challenges and opportunities of curating in a large institution, her curatorial role models, and ways to encourage accessibility in the museum.

Casey Droege on building a sustainable, curatorial, “art-reprenurial,” and creative practice.

Jen Wang interviews Dang Qun, architect and partner of MAD Architects, who discusses MAD’s design and publication work, Chinese and American approaches to architecture, and her path to becoming an architect.

Ingrid Schaffner, curator of the 57th Carnegie International, shares a behind-the-scenes look at the process of putting together the exhibition.

Fernanda Canales discusses her Mexico-based architectural design firm, Fernanda Canales Arquitectura, and the ways it draws inspiration from her research on Mexican social housing.

Esther Charlesworth describes her practice and design non-profit, Architects Without Frontiers, and speaks to the urgent need for architecture’s response in today’s disaster-prone world.

James Graham, of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, spans the supposed print-digital divide and critically examines the role of the academic press in today’s media landscape.

Architecture critic Victoria Newhouse describes the process of writing Chaos and Culture and establishing the Architectural History Foundation.

Toronto-based artist Elizabeth Czartoryski discusses her performance installation work THE PERCH.

Sarah Rafson conducts a studio visit with Pittsburgh-based artist Seth Clark.

Jakob Uhlenhopp interviews Gerard Damiani, director of the architecture firm Studio d’ARC, which reimagines Pittsburgh’s post-industrial and rural landscapes.