Jonah and Renessa catch up about life, work, and the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. BLACK LIVES MATTER. DEFUND THE POLICE. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. SPEAK UP AND VOTE.

Our guest today is Marcos Chin, an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared as surface and wall designs, on book and CD covers, advertisements, fashion catalogs, and magazines. He has worked with clients such as MTA Arts for Transit, Neiman Marcus, Fiat, Budweiser, Time, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times. Marcos has given lectures and workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad, and currently lives in New York where he teaches Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. We heard about his work during the pandemic, his creative heroes and passion for writing fan letters, his Canadian and African roots, participating in the #BlackLivesMatter movement and what Pride meant for him this year, how he started getting big clients and being published, his experience with artist agents, his personal artwork, sharing his process and queerness on social media, teaching at SVA, and (bonus) his first time seeing a vagina!

Stay tuned after the interview for a new installment of Qmmunity Updates, where we highlight queer companies and creators! If you would like to submit yourself for an upcoming episode, send Jonah an email at info@thequeercreative.com with the subject line “Qmmunity Updates” and he’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Show links:

http://www.marcoschin.com

https://www.instagram.com/marcoschinart/

https://twitter.com/marcoschinart

https://www.facebook.com/marcoschin

What Does Pride Mean Now? article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/arts/author-gay-pride-2020.html

Qmmunity Updates links:

hillsandholler.com / Insta: @hillsandholler

evanjpeterson.com / Twitter: @evanjpeterson / Insta: @evan.j.peterson

gayprideapparel.com / Insta: @gayprideapparel / Twitter: @GayPrideApp