Collaborative Art with Amy Franceschini | KQED Arts

Amy Franceschini is a San Francisco based artist whose practice spans drawing, sculpture, design, net art, public art, and gardening. She is concerned with notions of community, sustainable environment, and the relations between humans and nature.
We hang out with Franceschini in her Mission District studio that also serves as the headquarters for Futurefarmers, an international collective of artists, bakers, architects and other builders. Listen in as she talks about working collaboratively and making work that encourages dialogue and exchange.
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[@manzanillita]

"when i work alone i'm like 'that's not good enough' and i never can finish something, or i never feel like i'm proud of something" this is where i am right now, and feel this heavily. good to know it's not weird for me to feel this way, gonna try to more actively seek out collaborations.

[@ZajaKrisztina]

Thanks for sharing this project. It was very interesting short video.

[@NightNekomata]

I'm kinda the opposite. I feel like when I'm alone I am the most creative, but when other ppl are around, they always make too many suggestions (especially when I don't ask for any suggestions is really annoying) and I just end up stopping everything because they just made me and my idea feel not good enough. But it probably just depends on the kind of ppl u have around. I have a lot of toxic ppl around me, so that's probably the bulk of my problem :P Edit: I also struggle a lot with self-criticism, so I totally get that. But I guess when u don't have anyone around u to validate you, you have to learn to validate yourself and turn off that inner critic. That wut I'm working on rn :)