“First of all, if I were starting now, as well educated, after Baltimore, I'd have a hard time getting a job — I'm white, male, and straight. Three strikes. They might say, "You're really good, but we have too many male curators, too many white male curators."

By Hugh Leeman

By Ani Moskovyan

By Matt Gonzalez

By Kelly Jean Egan

By Terri Cohn

By Carlos Alcalá

By Jan Wurm

"The biggest mistake I thought I could have made was to be angry or defensive. I was very much flying by the seat of my pants, trying to listen, to be understanding, while still defending the artwork's right to exist."

By Robert Brokl

By Chad Abbley

By S Anne Steinberg

By Garrett Caples

By Kevin T. Leong

By Scott Snibbe

By John Vochatzer

By Liz Goldner

"There's just something amazing about taking this textile that has that image of providing warmth and comfort, and oh, it's talking about how many bullet holes are on this quilt that represent how many bullets are shot in a short period of time…”