Ron Silver, Host
For Bubby’s and Azuca owner Ron Silver, creating art is a way of visually communicating questions about existence and experiencing the universality of beauty. Silver’s attitude about art is heavily influenced by Japanese culture and its emphasis on being of service to the community. Inspired by a lifetime of mentors and teachers from Alfredo Futuro and Egon Schiele to the Renaissance painters and Plato, his energetic relationships with the greats have guided him to be the artist he is today.
West Moss, Co-Host
West Moss is an author whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, McSweeney's, The Saturday Evening Post, etc. She has published a short story collection (The Subway Stops at Bryant Park, from Leapfrog Press) and a memoir (Flesh & Blood, from Algonquin Books), and she has a middle grade novel coming from Christy Ottaviano at Little, Brown. She's also a playwright.