Displacement: Visual Artist Veit Stratmann Paris-based artist Veit Stratmann, who presented the work title L'Aquila at The Project Room in 2012, has made a practice of researching and writing about places of massive upheaval and its impact on the people who have lived there. After the recent terrorist attacks in Paris which took place near his home, we had a conversation about the connections between this event and his work, and what motivates him to be an artist, especially during difficult times.

Learning Outside The Classroom: Electronic Artist Michna Adrian Michna shares his perspective on what makes a good song, how college transformed his musical style, and advice for young musicians.

The New Art Marketplace: Digital Artist Kevin McCoy In this interview, we visit with Kevin McCoy during the launch of his first company, an online platform for the buying and selling of digital artwork.  Monegraph, as this company is called, could change everything about how we value artwork and how artists get paid for the work they make.

In 1978, Gilbert Baker, a drag queen and community activist in San Francisco, responded to his friend Harvey Milk's assertion that the gay rights movement needed a new symbol. The pink triangle had been in use but was connected to the atrocities of the Holocaust, and the movement needed something uplifting to replace it. Using his creativity, his sewing skills, many many volunteers and even more fabric dye, Baker designed and produced the Rainbow Flag- or Gay Pride Flag- that we know today.

This month's podcast is a conversation with Seattle-based artist Ellie Dicola. As part of Seattle Storefronts, a program that places artist projects in vacant storefront spaces, Ellie created the installation Was Here. As a corporeal monument to places that are gone, Was Here is a documentation of local businesses and organizations that have disappeared over the last handful of years. Ellie refers to her project as a map of experiences, and in our discussion of evolution and change, we explore what it means to give voice to memory and to create a place to collectively mourn the intangible.

For this month's podcast, TPR Editor Tessa Hulls sat down with Sarah Smith and Micah Stanovsky of Sawhorse Revolution, a Seattle nonprofit that teaches carpentry skills to high school youth. With an emphasis on projects that serve their local communities, Sawhorse has constructed everything from tree houses to garden beds. Recently, they've been garnering national attention for their project The Impossible City, a partnership with the Nickelsville homeless community in Seattle, in which students are building micro-homes for homeless residents.

TPR is proud to share our first ever online sound piece, created by New York-based Daniel Neumann in response to our interview with him in his studio. The conversation addresses the idea of monument through Daniel's use of found objects and personal history- have a listen!

Getting Good: Interdisciplinary Artist Tameka Norris Artist Tameka Norris dives into issues of intellectual property, authorship, appropriation and her relationship to art history as she discusses the vulnerabilities encountered while building a legacy in our digital era.

This month, Director of the Project Room, Tia Kramer sat down with Seattle-based poet and artist Natasha Marin. Their discussion moved from her various works in poetry, performance, and visual art, to her upbringing in Canada and how the country's politics influences her work.

Monuments, Durian, & Portable Toilets:  Artist Jenifer Wofford   Visual artist and educator Jenifer Wofford met with TPR editor, Tessa Hulls, in San Francisco to discuss the themes of monument and memory and their presence in Jenifer's diverse body of work.