Alexis Clements is a writer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York, and a regular contributor to Hyperallergic. Her writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Salon, Bitch magazine, American Theatre, The Brooklyn Rail, and Nature, among others. She recently started a podcast, The Answer Is No, focused on artists sharing stories about challenging the conditions under which they are asked to work.
Alexis Clements
Articles
And Then What? The Road After “Success” in the Arts
Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel “Spent” to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today.
Breaking Up with the Arts
The pandemic has highlighted the broken relationship between artists and the institutions that support them.
We Are Monsters: On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings”
On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle,” a look at a lesbian haunted house art project as well as the anti-trans clouds that haunt stereotypes about lesbian identity.
Portrait of a Middle-Class Butch Academic
Alexis Clements reviews Esther Newton’s “My Butch Career,” a memoir of the early life and career of an important pioneer in the field of LGBTQ Studies.
The Secret Recipe for Success in the Arts
Alexis Clements on how the rigged game of capital exploits artists.
What Are the Chances? Success in the Arts in the 21st Century
On the struggle to define artistic success in an age where the odds and the economics are stacked against you.
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