As a White woman with Southern and liberal roots living and working in a predominantly Black city, Rice’s large-scale installations confront issues of race, identity, and personhood.

We discuss multi-hyphenated artistic practice, creative influences, and how all creativity and productivity have seasons and her season is inevitably coming again.

Finding positives of alienation, the importance of highlighting African diaspora, and reframing failures as doors to new opportunities.

Inspirations, boundaries, growth mindset, and trusting yourself to go after your dreams.

We get personal about reconciling the struggle of being born into two cultures, loss of career momentum due to motherhood, and other insightful ideas that define Teresa’s work.

“The biggest failure you could possibly make as an artist is not showing up.”

“Art has no race, it’s any and every color, it’s life.”

In this interview, we discuss the importance of developing your own vision with Brittany a.k.a Zola Arts Factory.

“I want my work to touch on topics of beauty and the connectedness that we all share as humans.”

“The point is that the idea that you can only be a “real” artist if you don’t have a day job is baloney.”

The subjectiveness of the art world and advice to recover from an unsuccessful show

“All About the Failures!”

Turning “no” into “not at this time”.

We chat about showing your work in museums, launching residency programs, and understanding your worth as an artist.

“There is beauty in the ruins”

We chat about her ties to Martiniquan culture, the difficulty around conveying race in an academic setting, and more! Let’s dive in.

“Low-brow medium for high-brow art”