Anne Pollard James

September 16, I submitted my application for a Guggenheim Fellowship for my work ‘The Delight Project’. Last week I was invited to submit Work samples in support of that (!!!) and yesterday, I did it. They asked for 20 pieces, within the last five years, in chronological order most recent on. Well, I’ve only been painting for five years and so deciding which works were reflective of my message and also technical skills was a really interesting experience. Some of the works I chose were...

A few months ago, I was contacted out of the blue by a photographer of St. Louis. He’s got a project called ‘cameras across the country’ and he goes to every state and photographs artist in their studio. A Couple days before we were scheduled for the shoot we chatted over the phone about what the look of the day would be. I assumed I was one of a couple of subjects. I asked who else who was shooting in Tulsa and he said no one. He was flying into town just to shoot me.I suddenly got a little...

Friends, I applied for a Guggenheim Fellowship! And yesterday, I got an email that I made it to the next step. What a feeling🖤 On September 16, I clicked 'Submit' on my full application for a Guggenheim Fellowship. The project I put forward is called The Delight Project: Art & Archive.  It’s a body of work about reclamation, truth, and joy as resistance. Ten monumentally scaled portraits of Oklahoma women, each paired with her voice, story, and photograph. Every participant answers the same...