Welcome listeners to 5 Questions: A Critical Mass for the Visual Arts Podcast in which we ask 5 questions of our interviewees aimed at positioning and contextualizing their respective bodies of work within the St. Louis artworld.This episode we’re talking with Danny Houk.
Danny Houk is an interdisciplinary craftsperson interested in playful and accessible images serving as Trojan horses for more politically and religiously charged ideas. He is co-owner and operator of Public Defender on main street in Belleville, IL, a contemporary art gallery and shop carrying zines, prints, and indie comics.
- Why art? And you identify in your bio with the term craftsperson. What does that mean to you?
- Where should your work live, where does it live?
- What do you want for St. Louis and its people?
- What do you wish someone would ask you about your work?
- What are you building towards?
5 Questions is a program by Critical Mass for the Visual Arts – a nonprofit, self-formed visual arts collaborative dedicated to promoting, enhancing and initiating contemporary visual art in the St. Louis region.
With Danny Houk and Joe Kohlburn
Editor – Sarah Hammond
Producer – Brett Williams
