Interview with Visual Artist Maria Eugenia Fee

<p><a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/interviews/a-conversation-with-visual-artist-maria-fee" target="_blank">Hospitality of the Soul</a>: Visual designer and mental health professional Judy Ko speaks with artist Maria Eugenia Fee about art, theology, and hospitality. This excerpt of their conversation is from a video created by videographer Allen Wong.</p> <p>As an artist, theologian, and educator, <a href="https://www.mariafee.net/">Maria Eugenia Fee</a> embraces the term <em>mestizaje</em> to reference her bi-culture identity, a multi-ethnically rich urban upbringing, and interdisciplinary studies in art and religion. Mestizo is visually represented through the mixed-media composition of her artwork. These notions also drive her theological research explored in the upcoming book <em>The Art of Theaster Gates and a Theology of Hospitality</em>. She is currently an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University and The Seattle School.</p> <p><a href="https://seattleplaytherapy.com/judy-ko/">Judy Ko </a>is interested in the intersections of faith, creativity, beauty, truth, trauma, and soul care. She received a design education from Carnegie Mellon and worked as a visual designer in Manhattan before deciding to pursue the field of therapy. She moved to the Pacific Northwest to earn a counseling psychology degree at The Seattle School of Theology &amp; Psychology. Judy is currently a Licensed Mental Health Associate working as a play therapist in the Seattle area.</p> <p>Photographer and videographer <a href="http://allenwongcreative.space/about.html">Allen Wong</a> was trained classically on the piano and violin, and later studied viola. He has played with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra and was a finalist in the Washington State Solo &amp; Ensemble Contest. After picking up the guitar, bass, and drums, he recorded his first EP, <a href="https://twoawong.bandcamp.com/album/as-headaway-ahem" target="_blank"><em>As Headaway Ahem</em></a>. After graduating from the University of Washington with a Bachelors i