The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews
The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews was created to highlight the artists of the 2020 Naked Truth Pride Exhibition. Expanding beyond the 5 artists of the show, the show will continue beyond June with interviews of queer artists of all backgrounds and mediums, sharing their lives, discussing their work, and exploring the connections between their sexuality and their artistic practices, processes, and careers.Beyond the 2020 June show, The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews seeks to amplify the reach of queer artists, as the freelance art community has been deeply affected by the COVID-19 crisis, both bringing their works to a wider audience and bringing us all closer through a digital community of celebrating art and sharing our unique narratives as queer people. Artists will mostly be based out of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews
The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews - Russell Henry Holbert
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Peter Pup Orpheus / Russell Henry Holbert
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Season 2
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Episode 3
[Recorded on Friday, April 9]
Today I am joined by Russell Henry Holbert. They are a queer artist and scholar who works in and around opera and rhetoric. Russell received his BFA in vocal performance from Carnegie Mellon University, where he is currently pursuing his MA in Rhetoric. They currently live in Pittsburgh, where they have performed with Steel City Opera, The Pittsburgh Savoyards, and Carnegie Mellon's School of Music.
Examples of Joan's work (including works referenced in the episode):
- Zombie Poem (poem used as a text in the song cycle Beautiful People, music by Joshua Brown)
- Queer Apocalyptics - An Anthropological Manifesto
- An Ode to Vinegar Pie (published in Apricity Press, Issue 5)
- Vocal Performance as Terry Pickens in "Helen Martin: An American Moment" Music by Matthew Heap, Libretto by Darren Canady.
Ways to Connect:
- Website address: www.russellhenryholbert.com
- Twitter: @russellhholbert
- Email: russellhholbert@gmail.com