Episode 23 ft. Penny Arcade

Sighs and Whispers

Penny Arcade is a performance artist and provocateur. “A runaway at thirteen, a reform-school graduate at sixteen, a performer in the legendary New York Play-House of the Ridiculous at seventeen, and an escapee from Andy Warhol’s Factory scene at nineteen, Penny Arcade emerged in the 1980s as a primal force on the New York art scene and an originator of what came to be called performance art.” She joins host Laura McLaws Helms to discuss the winding road of her life, family history, artistic influences, becoming a performance artist, her personal life and healing journey, in addition to her thoughts about New York and American culture at the moment. For full show notes, episode resources and a slideshow of photographs, head to https://sighswhispers.com/episode-23-penny-arcade Produced and hosted by Laura McLaws Helms Featured Guest Penny Arcade