We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Ruby Palmer a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Ruby, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
In my twenties, I moved from Wyoming to Brooklyn. I’d been raised on the East Coast, but had lived out west after college. This decision came out of missing a more informed art community and longing to see and talk about things that excited me-not just visual art, but also theatre, architecture, literature, all things creative. This was the first time I’d made a commitment to my art pursuits in a more serious way. I had to work full time at a variety of day jobs to support my studio work, but being in NYC was mostly fun and inspiring, and connections were made quite easily just by living there. I eventually attended grad school at the School of Visual Arts for my Masters of Fine Arts. That experience cemented things for me as far as commitment and focus. Of course, I still had to contend with how to pay the bills and the student loans. Being an artist is a long road for most of us. Only a very few are able to make their own work, from a young age, full time.
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