Anna van Schaap: Hope and Tragedy // Part 1

About this episode

Anna van Schaap discusses building a creative life and the challenges faced by women and queer individuals in the art industry.

To kick-off the two-part season 7 finale, Anna van Schaap (fine artist, tattoo artist, curator) sits down with Aaron McCall to talk about building a creative life that refuses to be small. She gets into finding her voice and claiming her space out of passion and defiance, and carving out something different for women and queer folks in an industry with a history of the opposite. They talk about art history, women in art created by women in art, and the cost of going all in on something ...

People in this episode

Host: Aaron McCall

Guest: Anna van Schaap

Topics covered

• creative life
• art history
• women in art
• queer representation
• defiance

Keywords

• fine artist
• tattoo artist
• curator
• art history
• women in art

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