Lucas Artist Residency Interview with Jennifer Johns

In my third installment of interviews of artists at the Lucas Artists Programs working in performance, I interview singer-songwriter-performer Jennifer Johns before the premiere of her new performance work LIV: A Ritual For Humanity at the Montalvo Art Center's Art on the Grounds: We the People event in July 2018. One month later, we meet again to discuss how it went. Listen along in this before-and-after audio-blog journey as we discuss Johns’ courageous piece in which she builds a home for the history of police brutality in the US and “arrests” a police officer as part of a ritual for finding love and forgiveness.​

Available to read/listen now on the LAP Open Access Blog.

Jennifer Johns. LIV: A Ritual for Humanity. 2018. (2018 Art on the Grounds: We the People) ​Photo: David Gonzalez