An InterviewJacqueline Lawton: What type of artist are you?
Mitch Mattson: Teaching Artist.
Rachel Grossman: DC-based creative and performing artist focused on theatre.
JL: Where were you born?
MM: We were both born in the Midwest (Mitch from Minnesota; Rachel from Michigan) and we both came East to be free.
JL: Why did you want to be a part of intersections?
RG: We believed the festival to be the perfect platform for a larger conversation about the relationships Teaching Artists, particularly white ones, have with the youth they interact with in area schools.
JL: If you could be an animal, what would you be and why?
MM: A Narwal, because they are the unicorns of the sea.
RG: I can't compete with that.
JL: List five words that describe your personality.
MM: A Cancer (but what I really mean is indecisive), educator, people-pleaser, smiley, naïve.
RG: Bossy-pants, overly-sensitive, self-deprecating, thinker, lover (but what I really mean is naive).
JL: What is your favorite quote?
RG: "All power to the imagination." "Art saves lives." "Never be haughty to the humble or be humble to the haughty." "Army had half-day.” "Yes, and..." (We wish we used that last one more).
JL: What do you think will be cool about the festival?
MM: Us. ... Really, though... all of it. We're both passionate about theatre and civic dialogue, and are on the look-out for more conversations about race and culture.
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Rachel Grossman with Mitch Mattson
All our Neighbors, a hands-on experience for artists who work in schools focusing on classroom cultural awareness.
Sunday, Feb 21 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lab I
Registration: $10
http://www.intersectionsdc.org/
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