committed<\/a> to it and said, actually we should have a show together. And then we formalized it in the sense of we spent time writing this proposal together. We edited it together. We committed to deadlines.\u201d \u2014Melinda Laz<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I drafted the initial two paragraphs I went in without any ego, there was no, We must use this amazing language that I\u2019ve created<\/em>. It was a few thoughts [and then] What do you think?<\/em>\u201d \u2014Melinda Laz<\/p>\n\u201cThe deeper you can dive into something, the more exciting it can be.\u201d \u2014Alicia Bailey<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody wants to collaborate and I think it\u2019s easy to lose track. It doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s less work. It\u2019s not magic. It just is a different kind of work.\u201d \u2014Alicia Bailey<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a great skill to have to work this way because if you\u2019re doing a big art project, you\u2019re collaborating. You got people to work with and answer to, and board members and construction people and all kinds of stuff. You need to learn to work with people.\u201d \u2014Alyson Stanfield<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a lot about the business of being an artist, but our collaboration is a lot about community and so the ways that we support each other continue, even if we\u2019re not showing collaboratively.\u201d \u2014Alicia Bailey<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like our group is really just a group of four friends who happen to be artists.\u201d \u2014Melinda Laz<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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