![Mary Weatherford, Through the Trees, 2021. Private collection. Photography by Fredrik Nilsen Studio.](https://sistaticv2.blob.core.windows.net/cultured-mag/img/library/3930eaf6-afc4-4cfb-b6b9-7cb8cc7a0251.jpg)
“Six years ago, founder and editor Sarah Harrelson contacted me about an article for her new, independent publication—Cultured. We needed a new voice covering art, design, and architecture, but I didn’t know it then," says Mary Weatherford, who appeared on the magazine's cover in 2015, and whose work now graces Cultured's next 10-year anniversary art cover.
“She sent Maxwell Williams to interview me on the hottest day of the year. I invited him to cool his feet in a bucket of water. Elena Dorfman took my picture. I loved working with her so much that I called her earlier this year to shoot another portrait—this time for an exhibition at Palazzo Grimani in Venice. I made lasting friendships from Sarah’s phone call... Happy Birthday Cultured!”