The Rabkin Interviews

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Get to know the winners of the Rabkin Prize. rabkinfoundation.substack.com

  1. Nicole Martinez, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    10/29/2025

    Nicole Martinez, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    Nicole Martinez is an arts journalist and the deputy director of Fountainhead Arts in Miami. She is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize, and you can read her full bio on our website. We invited Nicole to have a conversation about her work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of Nicole in her home office in Miami. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: * Ballet Etudes * “Trump’s Former Pal Plans To Beat Tariffs And The Immigration Crackdown” by Giacomo Tognini (Forbes, June 2025) * Carolina Drake * Artburst Miami * Fountainhead Arts * The Yearbook: 2024, An Annual Survey of Fountainhead Residency Artists by various writers (Fountainhead Arts, 2024) * Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates * Otter.ai app * Laurie Simmons’ Instagram account * “With the help of fellow Floridians and artificial intelligence, a Miami artist imagines a climate-resilient future for his city” by Nicole Martinez (The Art Newspaper, August 2022) * Ragnar Kjartansson’s solo show Las cosas que ves al momento de caer el telón, (The Things You See Before the Curtain Hits the Floor), Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, 2023. * Ragnar Kjartansson, God * Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors * Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) * RUNIK by Petrit Halilaj, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2023-2024) * Art on my mind by bell hooks * Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood, edited by Moyra Davey (Seven Stories Press, 2001) This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, Just for Kicks, and Curtis Cole. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    53 min
  2. Eva Recinos, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    10/22/2025

    Eva Recinos, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    Eva Recinos is an arts and culture journalist, educator, and creative nonfiction writer based in Los Angeles. Her essay collection, Underneath the Palm Trees, is forthcoming in 2027 from Northwestern University Press. She is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize. You can read her full bio at our website. We invited Eva to have a conversation about her work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of Eva in her home office in Los Angeles. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: * Mellon Foundation – Poet StoryLabNarrative, Community, and the Transformative Possibilities of Brown Storytelling at Whittier College * Carolina Miranda * KCRW’s Art Insider newsletter * Image Magazine * LA Public Press * Writer and brand strategist Tasbeeh Herwees * Fred Eversley at David Kordansky Gallery * Mona Lisa Smile movie, directed by Mike Newell (Sony Pictures, 2003) * Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays by Durga Chew-Bose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 2017) This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, Yarin Primak, and Out of Flux. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    52 min
  3. Brandy McDonnell, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    10/15/2025

    Brandy McDonnell, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    Brandy McDonnell is an award-winning journalist, a lifelong Oklahoman, and a features writer for The Oklahoman and Oklahoman.com. She is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize. Find her full bio on our website. We invited Brandy to have a conversation about her work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of Brandy in her home office in Lindsay, near where she grew up. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: * The Lindsay News, Lindsay, Okla. * Allied Arts * Ghibli Park in Aichi, Japan * Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki (2004) * “Spreading the feminist spirit of Hayao Miyazaki as ‘Spirited Away’ debuts on Blu-ray” by Brandy McDonnell (AWFJ Network Blog, 2015) * My Neighbour Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki (1988) * Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, Japan * “OKC museum celebrating 80th anniversary with art by Rembrandt, Chihuly and Ansel Adams” by Brandy McDonnell (The Oklahoman, February 2025) * Toy and Action Figure Museum, Pauls Valley, Okla. * Artist Kevin Stark * Squeaky Burger music * Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma * Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full Speed by Joe Andoe (Harper Perennial, 2008) * Don’t Never Be Afraid of Your Horses by Mike Larsen (Oklahoma Hall of Fame Publishing, 2017) This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, and Out of Flux. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    45 min
  4. America Meredith, 2025 Rabkin Prize Winner

    10/08/2025

    America Meredith, 2025 Rabkin Prize Winner

    America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) is an arts writer, visual artist, independent curator, and publishing editor of First American Art Magazine. She is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize. You can read her full bio at our website. We invited America to have a conversation about her work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of America in the backyard space where she sometimes writes, alongside her dogs, Terin and Rosie. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: * Southeastern Indian Artists Association * The Coe Center * Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, Okla. * Center for the American Indian, (1978), Oklahoma City, Okla. * Institute of American Indian Arts * William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. * Artist T.C. Cannon * Artist Kelly Church * Artist Teri Greeves * Right After by Eva Hesse * Composer John Cage * Artist Robert Rauschenberg * Shingle Springs Rancheria, Calif. * Illiterate Digest by Will Rogers (A&C Boni, 1924) * Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples by Gregory Younging (Brush Education, 2025) * Track Changes: A Handbook for Art Criticism Edited by Mira Dayal and Josephine Heston (n+1, Literary Hub, and Burnaway, 2023) This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, Just for Kicks, and Jim Swim. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    46 min
  5. Tempestt Hazel, 2025 Rabkin Prize Winner

    10/01/2025

    Tempestt Hazel, 2025 Rabkin Prize Winner

    Tempestt Hazel is a curator, writer, and co-founder of Sixty Inches From Center, a publishing platform and archival project focusing on the Midwest. She is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize. You can read her full bio at our website. We invited Tempestt to have a conversation about her work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of Tempestt in her Chicago living room, where she often writes, with her dog, Humphrey. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: * Sixty Inches From Center * Margaret Burroughs * Noah Davis exhibit, Hammer Museum (2025) * Midwest Arts Writers Convening * Luz Magdaleno Flores * Christina Nafziger * Nadia John * Chicago Reader * Performance Response Journal * Newcity * Chicago Artist Writers * AirGo Radio * The Triibe * South Side Weekly * Contratiempo * Lumpen Magazine * Pigment International * The Space in Which to Place Me exhibit by Jeffrey Gibson (2025), The Broad Museum * “Thick: They say you are what you eat. Does how you eat what you eat matter too?” by Corey Smith, Rachel Lindsay (Sixty Inches from Center, May 2025) * Artist A.J. McClenon * David Hammons. Concerto in Black and Blue exhibit by David Hammons (Hauser & Wirth, February 2025) * “A New David Hammons Book Will Challenge You, Scold You, Flirt with You” by TK Smith (Art in America, May 2025) * Writer Hilton Als * Chicago’s Critic Table * Adrienne Brown This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, Ariel Shalom, and Just for Kicks. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    1h 1m
  6. J Wortham, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    09/24/2025

    J Wortham, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    J Wortham is a sound healer, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, author of a forthcoming nonfiction collection “Work of Body,” and a 2025 Rabkin Prize winner. You can read their full bio at our website. We invited J to have a conversation about their work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of J in their home office in New York featuring an art piece by Alisha B Wormsley. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. Mentioned in this episode: * Black Futures edited by J Wortham and curator Kimberly Drew (One World, January 2020) * Still Processing podcast * “In Defense of the Traditional Review” by Richard Brody (The New Yorker, July 2025) * “For ‘Purpose’ Cast, Navigating Revisions Became a ‘Juggling Act’ ” by Salamishah Tillet (The New York Times, June 2025) * TikTok Queer Ultimatum Season 2 review by J Wortham * Channeling, J Wortham’s Substack newsletter * Writer Rebecca Solnit * Hilton Als’ Instagram account * Hanif Abdurraqib’s Instagram account * Sculptor Simone Leigh * Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2023) * “ ‘I will Never Forget Any of It’: Brittney Griner Is Ready to Talk” by J Wortham (The New York Times Magazine, May 2024) * “The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial History” by J Wortham (The New York Times Magazine, May 2021) * “The Lives They Led: Wafa Al-Udaini” by J Wortham (The New York Times Magazine, 2024) * Stars and Stars with Isa podcast * Writer Colleen Kinder * Dear Lord, Make me Beautiful by Kyle Abraham * Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies at the Brooklyn Museum (2024) * ha ha ha ha ha ha ha by Julia Masli * Black Quantum Futurism books * The Lightning Field by Walter D. Maria * Roden Crater by James Turrell * The Star Axis by Charles Ross * Storm King Wavefield by Maya Lin * Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt * Native American mounds in Madison and Dane County, Wis. * Jupiter Magazine This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the eExecutive dDirector of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, Ben Hendler and Loya. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    1h 9m
  7. Paul Chaat Smith, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    09/17/2025

    Paul Chaat Smith, 2025 Rabkin Prize winner

    Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche Nation) is an author, essayist, and curator, and until recently a longtime curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. He is returning to arts writing and working on an anthology of essays. He is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize. You can read his full bio at our website. We invited Paul to have a conversation about his work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of Paul in his home office, where the family cat, Ms. Tina Turner, lounges at his feet. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. Mentioned in this episode: * American Indian Movement * National Museum of the American Indian * Americans exhibit, Smithsonian Institute, (2017) * National Gallery of Art * Hirshhorn Museum * Writer Christopher Hitchens * Officially Indian: Symbols that Define the United States by Cécile R. Ganteaume (National Museum of the American Indian, 2017) * “Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Show Over Censorship” by Robin Pogrebin (The New York Times, July 2025 ) * Total Eclipse, Dallas, Texas, 2024 * Total Eclipse in Paducah, Ky,, 2017 * The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture exhibit, Smithsonian American Art Museum (2025) * Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson (Straight Arrow Books, 1973) This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa and Aves. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    45 min
  8. Corrected: Jessica Lynne, 2025 Rabkin winner

    09/10/2025

    Corrected: Jessica Lynne, 2025 Rabkin winner

    Jessica Lynne is a writer, art critic, podcaster, editor, and co-founder of ARTS.BLACK, a journal of art criticism that centers Black perspectives while engaging the contemporary art world. She is a winner of a 2025 Rabkin Prize. You can read her full bio at our website. We invited Jessica to have a conversation about her work. The interview is accompanied by a newly commissioned portrait of Jessica in her studio during a residency at ALMA | LEWIS, an art platform for critical thinking, constructive dialogue, and creative expression dedicated to Black cultures in Pittsburgh. Please note: Jessica is no longer at Momus, a change that occurred after our podcast was produced. The interview has been gently edited for length and clarity. Mentioned in this episode: * ALMA | LEWIS: Artist Residency * Educator, artist, and architect Amaza Lee Meredith * Art on My Mind by bell hooks (The New Press, 1995) * Writer and curator Taylor Aldridge * Poet June Jordan * Writer Toni Cade Bambara * ”Toward a Black Feminist Criticism” by Barbara Smith (Center for Critical Education Inc., 1978) * Writer Greg Tate * Writer Joan Morgan * ARTS.BLACK * Jupiter Magazine * Writer Camille Bacon * Artist Chloe Bass * Negroland by Margo Jefferson (Pantheon, 2015) * Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson (Pantheon, 2022) * Writer Randall Kenan * WNBA * Bisi Silva, founder and curator of Contemporary Art CCA, Lagos, Nigeria * The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property by Eunsong Kim (Duke University Press, 2024) This episode of the Rabkin Interviews was produced by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation based in Portland, Maine. The interview was conducted by Mary Louise Schumacher, a journalist and the executive director of the Rabkin Foundation. The portraits were made by artist-photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki. The production team for the Rabkin Interviews also includes Cindy Eggert Johnson, producer; Johnathon Olsen, editor; with research and copyediting by Katie Avila Loughmiller and Karen Samelson. Music is by Flint, HaHaHa, Ori Kaplan and Jimit. The Rabkin Prize is awarded through a nomination process, and an independent jury selects the winners. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rabkinfoundation.substack.com

    54 min
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Get to know the winners of the Rabkin Prize. rabkinfoundation.substack.com

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  • Creator
    The Rabkin Foundation
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
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    Clean
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