Allegra Jones on Perfectionism, Identity, and Her Deep Personal Connection to the Story of ‘From Scratch’.

Allegra Jones is a half Italian, half African-American multidisciplinary artist who lives in Los Angeles. As a multimedia visual artist, Allegra creates art pieces that speak to her interest in psychology, buried histories, Black studies, and her own experience growing up bi-racial in America. As a multi-instrumentalist, Allegra has performed in spaces such as Carnegie Hall, and has experience performing with accomplished musicians such as Rodrigo Amarante. Allegra holds a BFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts. She sees animation, filmmaking, and performance as a means to merge her passions for music and visual arts together. As an artist, Allegra has worked for entities such as Slamdance Film Festival, Coldplay, Hulu, FX, and Adult Swim. But most recently you may recognize her art in From Scratch, as Allegra created all of Amy’s artwork. Allegra is gregarious, insightful, and wildly talented. Her parallels to her onscreen artistic persona will definitely surprise you, and I was moved by her thoughts on how, when we give our lives more structure, it can create a beautiful freedom in our artistic endeavors.  Stay in Touch: IG: @liftedpod @tembilocke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices