Last month, I set up a DIY art show in the alley next to The Catalyst.  A fellow artist, Gretel Stoudt, had an opening exhibition inside The Catalyst.  I noticed an unusual amount of high school students milling about, some of them with clipboards and notebooks in hand, heading into The Catalyst.  I realized that it was an art class field trip to First Friday Gallery Walk. 

Many of them stopped by the alley to admire my work.  Two of them asked if they could have one of my cards and contact me later for an interview.  I gave them a card, and last week they got ahold of me with an email interview. 

They asked some good questions, and I tried to answer them as best as I could.  But I did so on the condition that they also submit to a similar interview.  They agreed.  Here is the interview I did with them.  I chose my question to mirror the questions they asked me.  Tune in tomorrow to read the interview they did with me.

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INTERVIEW WITH CHARLIE PRITCHARD AND TREVOR DIEHL

Marc: Where is your favorite place to see art in Missoula?

Charlie: I like to see art in public places like parks, street corners, and alleys I think its better than a gallery because all kinds of people will see it not just people that like a certain type of art.

Trevor: Sometimes the Art Museum and random restaurants like Taco del Sol and Bernice’s Bakery.

Marc:  Where is your favorite place to find art online?

Charlie: Probably www.artnet.com

Trevor: Banky’s website and now trying to find art that’s from the Cannes Festival.

Marc:  Who are your top 3 favorite Missoula artists?

Charlie: Marc Moss, Andrea Brew, Dennis Sloan.

Trevor: I’m a horrible person for this but I literally don’t even know three.

Marc:  Who are your top 3 well known national/international artists (dead or alive)?

Charlie: Basquiat, Banksy, Keith Herring.

Trevor: Banksy, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Jasper Johns.

Marc:  What is your favorite kind of art to view and why?

Charlie: I really like graffiti art because I think it makes the place it’s at unique and original

Trevor: Impressionism and Graffiti. Probably because I’m trying hard right now to understand and create art like that.

Marc:  What is your favorite kind of art to make and why?

Charlie: I also like to make street art for a couple of reasons, first is that it can be seen by people who love and hate it and second is that it requires alot less drawing (Something that I’m not very good at). I also am trying to make music too.

Trevor: Graffiti stencil art because…the culture around it and everything makes it interesting to me. If doodling in class counts as art (which I’m guessing it does) thats my second favorite kind to make.

Marc:  If you were going to have an art show in Missoula and could show anywhere, where would you want to show and why?

Charlie: Good question, I’d want to have an art show under the Higgins Bridge, and I guess because it would be just a fun place to have my art.

Trevor: Maybe in the Wilma theater or on top of a building or something,

Marc:  What is your favorite thing to eat @ Taco del Sol?

Charlie: Oh, this is an easy one, 12″ Fish Supreme with refried beans, medium sauce, and a Jumex nectar to drink.

Trevor: Easy. 12 inch fish supreme w/ mild sauce

Marc:  Have you ever publicly displayed your artwork/poetry/fiction? If so, where?

Charlie: No, but maybe sometime in the future.

Trevor: Only within the walls of Loyola Sacred Heart.

Marc:  What is your favorite thing about summer?

Charlie: Not being in school and being able to just hang out downtown.

Trevor: All of the free time and riding my bike everywhere.

Marc:  What inspires you when you create art?

Charlie: I get inspired by Music.

Trevor: Weird things that I see in town and things my friends and family do.

Marc:  What is your favorite thing about high school?

Charlie: Well, to be honest it’s probably graduation now.

Trevor: Besides all the homework…not alot…I guess my friends.

Marc:  What do you think about our current president?

Charlie: I think he is the most inept president this country has ever had and will ever have. I’d go on but I’d end up getting a migraine thinking of all the problems he created in the world.

Trevor: I think he has sprung the US into a downward spiral that will eventually lead to the destruction of the middle class. I don’t like him.

Marc: If you could vote, Trevor, for whom would you vote to be President of the United States in the upcoming election? Charlie — are you registered, if not, why not, and for whom will you vote?

Charlie: Yes I am registered and I am going to vote for Obama in the primary and general election when he’s the nominee.

Trevor: I’m voting for Obama…or Ron Paul.