“As an artist who lives here and wants a more sophisticated engagement between local social dynamics and global discourse, it's great to see that reflected via the relationships we've developed with our customers. For some people it's a political act to eat from us three days a week because they recognize they are financially supporting the premise of the project each time they come. 95% of our annual revenue is purely from the public via food sales.” PeopleWantPoliticalArtistThreeSocialWeekProjectsCustomersLocalsEngagementSophisticatedDiscourseRevenuePremisesAnnualsDynamics Author:Jon Rubin
“Well, it's pretty ironic to get an artist achievement award from the same foundation that disavowed one of my artistic achievements (that they had also earlier funded). It's a goddamn brainteaser. The Endowment had reinforced the worst bullying tactics of powerful lobbying groups and had created a less-secure environment for their own funded project to do its work in” WellsArtistPowerfulEnvironmentGroupsWorstAchievementProjectsFoundationSecureArtisticAwardsBullyingIronicTacticsEndowmentLobbying Author:Jon Rubin