In this Art Scene interview, Brad McCombs discusses his interest in creating experiences around the ways people encounter artwork. Speaking from the context of Northern Kentucky University’s visual arts program, he describes new media as a field that brings video, performance, film, interactivity and digital technologies into conversation with contemporary artistic practice.

McCombs frames artmaking as an ongoing process of experimentation. His comments move between teaching, studio practice and public engagement, emphasizing the importance of giving students tools to make work that is relevant to the present moment while remaining open to discovery. His advice to artists is direct: keep making work, keep learning through the act of making, and continue questioning both process and ideas.