Bad at Sports Episode 953: George Scheer

Executive Director of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, former co-founder of Elsewhere Museum, printmaking evangelist, institutional theorist, and recovering residency founder George Scheer joins Duncan and Ryan for a sprawling conversation about artist-centered institutions, the legacy of Robert Blackburn, socially engaged practice, the economics of DIY arts infrastructures, and what happens when artists try to build sustainable worlds inside systems that rarely reward care work.

The conversation moves from the legendary Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to the anarchic magic of Elsewhere's living archive, through New Orleans arts policy, cross-sector cultural work, printmaking discourse, academia, administration, and the impossible balancing act between artists, institutions, donors, and communities. 

George discusses the evolution of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts from grantmaking organization to one of the most significant artist studio and printmaking ecosystems in the country, including the continuation of Blackburn's radical community printshop model and the preservation of a major archive featuring artists like Faith Ringgold, Elizabeth Catlett, and Romare Bearden.

Name Drops & Links

• Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts — https://www.efanyc.org/

• Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop — https://www.rbpmw-efanyc.org/

• Elsewhere Museum — https://goelsewhere.org/

• NADA New York — https://www.newartdealers.org/

• Library of Congress — https://www.loc.gov/

• Mellon Foundation — https://www.mellon.org/

• Faith Ringgold — https://www.faithringgold.com/

• Elizabeth Catlett — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Catlett

• Romare Bearden — https://beardenfoundation.org/

• Jasper Johns — https://www.jasper-johns.com/

• Robert Rauschenberg Foundation — https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/

• Common Field — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Field

• Creative Time — https://creativetime.org/

• Walker Art Center — https://walkerart.org/

• Central Saint Martins — https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — https://www.unc.edu/

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