Focus is the ongoing blog from Mission Projects. Here we spotlight emerging and established artists, collaborators, and ideas that shape how we think about creative production.
Each feature offers a closer look at the people and processes behind the work — a way of tracing the connections, inspirations, and exchanges that keep the creative world in motion.
Updated regularly, Focus is where we slow down, look more closely, and share what we find.
Barkley L. Hendricks
Barkley L. Hendricks was an artist known for memorializing “ordinary Black men and women” in a new and exciting way.
Suzanne Saroff
It must have been around 2018 that I first came across Suzanne Saroff’s work.
Kate Friend
Kate Friend’s book There Are Always Flowers For Those Who Want To See Them is balm for the eyes.
Geordie Wood
Geordie Wood is a Brooklyn-based photographer known for his authentic, understated style. With his debut short film Divers, he expands his practice as a director.
Will Matsuda
On a recent consulting project for IBM, we had the pleasure of working with Will Matsuda.