Interviews Update

Since my last Interview Update, I have had an interview published by ArtWay with artist Neil Tye and his collaborators Randall Flinn and Bill Wade. I have also published an interview with artist, poet and writer Rupert Loydell, who has also interviewed Nick Battle and Steve Scott. As a result, I am updating this index of interviews.

I have carried out a large number of other interviews for Artlyst, ArtWay, Church Times, International Times, Seen and Unseen and Art+Christianity. They provide a wide range of fascinating insights into the approaches and practices of artists, arts professionals, clerics, curators, performers, poets and writers.

They can be found at:

Artlyst

• Michael Petry Discusses In League With Devils with Revd Jonathan Evens
• Sean Scully A Humility Towards Nature
• Winslow Homer: American Passage An Interview With Biographer Bill Cross
• Grayson Perry Tapestries On Show At Salisbury Cathedral
• Sidney Nolan’s Africa: Interview With Andrew Turley
• Ilona Bossanyi: Tate’s Ervin Bossanyi Stained Glass Window Mothballed After 2011 Redevelopment
• Louis Carreon: Sampling Art History
• Modus Operandi - What Makes Successful Public Art: Vivien Lovell Interviewed
• Genesis Tramaine: A Queer Devotional Painter
• Lakwena Maciver: Review-Interview Hastings Contemporary
• Nicola Ravenscroft - Sculpture With A Peaceful Stillness
• Artist Hannah Rose Thomas – Tears of Gold – Interview
• Marcus Lyon: Human Atlas Explorations
• Elizabeth Kwant Interview
• Helaine Blumenfeld: Undulating Structures
• National Gallery Explores ‘Sin’ In New Exhibition – Interview Dr Joost Joustra Curator
• Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates
• Christopher Clack: Connecting The Material And Immaterial
• Peter Howson Artlyst Interview
• Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay
• Alastair Gordon A Testament To His Faith
• Katrina Moss Chaiya Art Awards Interview: Where is God in our 21st century world?
• Apocalypse Now: Michael Takeo Magruder Interviewed
• Jonathan Anderson: Religious Inspirations Behind Modernism
• Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding
• Art Awakening Humanity Alexander de Cadenet Interviewed
• Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields
• Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar

ArtWay

• Painting the Life of Christ – an interview with Francis Hoyland
• “Giving identity to forms” – an interview with Marta Jakobovits
• Jonathan Evens in conversation with Roberta Ahmanson, Siobhán Jolley and Ben Quash
• Interview with Steve Whittle
• Paul Chandler and Brian Whelan: WHITE ROBE: An exhibition celebrating the life of Rev. Dr John Roberts among Native Americans
• TEARS OF GOLD: “The invisible light that radiates from the other” – Jonathan Evens interviews Hannah Rose Thomas
• Stations of the Cross in Hornsea: Jonathan Evens Interviews Artist Matthew Askey
• David Miller - "Form welcomes the formless home"
• Sophie Hacker - The Calling Window
• Peter Koenig interview
• Belinda Scarlett interview

Church Times

• Looking Up by Helaine Blumenfeld
• Proverbs of Micah Purnell, poster painter
• The Calling Window, by Sophie Hacker for Romsey Abbey
• Global Images of Christ: Challenging Perceptions at Chester Cathedral
• Betty Spackman: The art and the conversation

International Times

• Touching the Void – Communicating with a loved one, post-mortem. An interview with Alexander de Cadenet
• Scrappy and unconventional and paradoxical. An interview with Spencer Reece
• Polyphony, poetry and publishing. An interview with Chris Emery
• Jago Cooper: Living art and urgent questions

Seen and Unseen

• Emily Young: the sculptor listening as the still stones speak
• Critics and curators are missing this about contemporary artists: An interview with Jonathan Anderson
• Interview: Alastair Gordon on the artist’s attention
• Art, AI and apocalypse: Michael Takeo Magruder addresses our fears and questions
• Matthew Krishanu: painting childhood
• How to look at our world: Aaron Rosen interview
• The Devil's perspective: Jonathan Evens interviews author Nicholas Papadopulos
• Finding the human amid the wreckage of migration: Shezad Dawood’s multimedia Leviathan exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral
• Charm in tunes on the eastern edge: Musician and priest Rev Simpkins discusses how music is an expression of humanity and his faith

Art+Christianity

• Interview: Richard Kenton Webb by Jonathan Evens
• David Hawkins interviewed by Jonathan Evens

Also see my interviews with artist Henry Shelton here and here and David Hawkins, former Bishop of Barking, here, here and here.

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Nick Drake - Place To Be.

ArtWay - The things we carry – A collaborative exhibition by Neil Tye

In my latest interview for ArtWay I talk with artist Neil Tye and his collaborators Randall Flinn and Bill Wade:

'For the last 25 years Neil Tye has been working as a physical visual theatre performer, instructor, teacher, and installation artist, and has taken his performances and teaching skills around the world ...

Tye has worked with Ad Deum, a professional modern/contemporary dance company based in Houston, Texas, directed by its founder Randall Flinn, who established the company in January 2000. The mission of Ad Deum is to create and perform excellent and vital works of dance that serve to wash over the heart and soul of humanity with relevant meaning and redemptive hope.

At Flinn’s invitation Bill Wade also became involved in a collaborative dance performance at the opening of Tye’s exhibition in Houston. Wade founded Inlet Dance Theatre in 2001 and the company embodies his belief that dance viewing, training and performing experiences may serve as tools to bring about personal growth and development. Inlet’s ensemble-based culture intentionally focuses on craftsmanship and mastery while employing a collaborative creative process in the development of new work. All of Inlet’s repertory speaks creatively about human life issues and does so in a life-giving manner. The company presents a wide aesthetic range of works that speak to what could be, rather than only what is.

I spoke to all three about their collaboration and Tye’s work.'

For more on Neil Tye click here.

My other writing for ArtWay can be found at https://www.artway.eu/authors/jonathan-evens. This includes church reports, interviews, reviews and visual meditations.

ArtWay.eu has been hailed "a jewel in the crown of work in Christianity and the arts," and having come under the custodianship of the Kirby Laing Centre, the much-loved publication has entered an exciting new chapter in its story following the launch of a new website in September 2024.

Since its founding, ArtWay has published a rich library of materials and resources for scholars, artists, art enthusiasts and congregations concerned about linking art and faith. Founded by Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker in 2009, ArtWay's significance is reflected in its designation as UNESCO digital heritage material in the Netherlands.

In 2018, I interviewed ArtWay founder Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker for Artlyst on the legacy of ArtWay itself.

In the video above, the ArtWay team recounts the history of this much-loved resource and looks ahead

  to an exciting future for ArtWay.

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Ad Deum Dance Company - Be Still My Soul.