JoAnne McFarland is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and curator. She is the Artistic Director of Artpoetica Project Space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, which exhibits works that focus on the intersection of language and visual representation. Her poetry collections include A DOMESTIC LOOKBOOK and PULLMAN, both recently published by Grid Books, IDENTIFYING THE BODY and the digital album Tracks of My Tears, both published by the Word Works, and ACID RAIN, published by Willow Books. JoAnne has artwork in the permanent collections of the Cooper/Hewitt Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Department of State, among many others. She has had fellowships at the BARD Graduate Center Library, KALA Art Institute, the National Arts Club, Cave Canem, Van Alen Institute, and the Painting Center. JoAnne's artwork is represented by Accola Griefen Fine Art.

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Q&A

Q&A with JoAnne McFarland, author of American Graphic

By GABRIELLE CIVIL

"...Often the draft has its own energy and then we almost kill it. We refine something down to death."