Virtual Memories Show:
COVID Check-In with Kate Lacour
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“This is not an artists’ retreat for me at all, but emotionally, it’s been probably very healthy to be super-frazzled with lots of stuff from sunup to sundown.”
In our first COVID Check-In podcast, artist Kate Lacour (Vivisectionary, Fantagraphics) calls in from New Orleans while her kids are asleep. We talk about how she’s coping — taking care of her kids & her garden, reading Cixin Liu, making diary comics, helping neighbors — and how she’s planning to celebrate her birthday tonight. Give it a listen! And go buy Vivisectionary and listen to my full-length episode with Kate from CXC in 2019!
“Having a lot of commitments means you have to choose between self-expression and self-care, most of the time.”
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About our Guest
Kate Lacour studied biology and psychology at the University of Chicago and Oberlin, and Art Therapy at the School of Visual Arts. She learned to draw through the Art Students’ League in New York City. She is the founder of NOLArts Learning Center, a nonprofit serving young people with diverse abilities, and delivered a TED talk on autism, inclusion and Mardi Gras. Her art and comics are inspired by a love for the aesthetics of science and a fascination/revulsion towards bodies. She is the winner of the 2016 Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art award, and has given art talks at the Society of Illustrators, American Art Therapy Conference, New Orleans Public Library, Antenna Gallery, Signals, and the Pharmacy Museum. Kate lives in New Orleans with her husband and three children. Her new book is Vivisectionary
Credits: The conversation was recorded remotely via Zencastr. I used a Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone
