Mary Smull‘s excellence with math and bookkeeping is matched by her excellence in art, where she works systematically towards the goal of a perfect piece. Among other things, Mary finishes other peoples’ unfinished needlepoint projects, which she purchases from EBay. In this podcast she tells us about her complicated relationship with work, with other peoples’ work and her belief in the truth of her projects. Mary is a member of the Philadelphia alternative gallery Grizzly Grizzly, which is an organizer of the upcoming Citywide festival arriving in November, 2013. She has a BFA from University of the Arts and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy. For more photos from our interview see Roberta’s Flickr set and Libby’s Flickr set.
This podcast was recorded and edited by Peter Crimmins. The music is by Eric Biondo. Thanks to the Knight Foundation for helping us get the ball rolling on this project. Thanks also to J-Lab‘s Enterprise Reporting Fund and William Penn Foundation for additional support and to our partner WHYY NewsWorks for their ongoing support. You can listen to Artblog Radio on Apple and Spotify.
