Explore every episode of the podcast Authentic Obsessions
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| Ethan Keister - Observing & Drawing People | 17 Sep 2024 | 00:54:37 | |
Articulation, pivoting, sketchbooks, observation, and travel all play a key role in Ethan Keister’s creative life. Graphic designer, illustrator and art director Ethan was born in Vietnam, grew up in the backwoods of Upstate New York and now calls Milwaukee, Wisconsin his home. When Ethan isn't ruining his posture at his desk, you can find him snow skiing, water skiing, biking, hiking, traveling, and writing about himself in the third person. Takeaways
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| Paul Noth - Surprise | 03 Sep 2024 | 01:12:55 | |
Idea generation, your brain on cartoons, incongruency & divergent thinking, and how to encourage your creativity are all on the mind of cartoonist, writer and artist Paul Noth. Paul is a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, where his work has appeared regularly since 2004. He created the Emmy-nominated animated series "Pale Force" for Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He has been an animation consultant for Saturday Night Live and developed shows for Cartoon Network Adult Swim and Nickelodeon. Paul is the author of the middle grade novels “How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens,” “How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth,” and “How to Win the Science Fair When You’re Dead,” all published by Bloomsbury. Takeaways
'Midwest nice' cartoonist for The New Yorker is ready for Chicago and the DNC This is Your Brain on Cartoons article by Sarah Larson Photo credits, Camila Guarda, Chicago Sun Times | |||
| Susan Lerner - Nostalgia | 26 Mar 2024 | 01:07:19 | |
Susan Lerner is a New York City based contemporary hand-cut collage artist drawn to vintage imagery and maps, evoking a sense of familiarity and nostalgia. Her work is a reflection of the power of visual storytelling and its ability to connect us to our memories and emotions. Susan’s work has been published in periodicals and books, she’s the co-founder of the New York Collage Ensemble, and she is currently licensed with Jiggy Puzzles and Jiggy Studio. Enjoy our conversation about tag sales, boundaries, trying new things, taking pauses, and challenges of selling your work. Takeaways
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| Denise Daffara - Cups & Chairs | 12 Mar 2024 | 01:05:45 | |
The feminine form has returned in Denise Daffara's latest work along with every day familiar objects such as her much loved chairs and cups of tea. Denise is an artist, soulful seeker, wild wonderer, deep listener, sacred space holder, Creativitea Time inspirer & private priestess, Intentional Creativity Guide & Certified Color of Woman Teacher. Denise's art practice is an intuitive, light and colour fueled exploration of her life’s journey. Her paintings are filled with Australian and New Zealand botanicals and plenty of tea related moments. You’ll also find Matisse inspired feminine figures visiting her painted interiors and table settings depicted in a non-realistic, contemporary style. Her art expresses the sacred union between beauty and healing for the heart. Takeaways
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| Nirmal Raja - Material Intimacy | 27 Feb 2024 | 01:09:29 | |
The monumental labors of women that often go unnoticed, and the resilience of women under the invisible weight they carry are themes interwoven in the current work of interdisciplinary artist Nirmal Raja. Nirmal's current solo exhibition at the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art is titled Grace and Grit, and highlights her current authentic obsession with material intimacy. Nirmal’s keen observations and curiosity during her 3-month Kohler Arts/Industry residency resulted in an inspirational and wide body of work, including works cast in iron and brass, sound recordings and photographs. Nirmal is also part of the Paglees, a feminist collective of artists of South Asian origin living across the United states, currently exhibiting their work at the South Asia institute in Chicago. Nirmal collaborates with other artists and strongly believes in investing energy into her immediate community while also considering the global. Takeaways
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| Rena Diana - Line & Pattern | 13 Feb 2024 | 01:16:48 | |
Stones, learning, confidence, pattern and line, expressing beauty, and promoting your work are just a few topics artist Rena Diana covers today. After retiring from a fulfilling career as an educator in Baltimore, Rena started focusing full time on her artwork. She worked every day in a studio at the Art Students League in New York City, where she began painting abstract landscapes. Rena is fortunate to divide her time between Baltimore and her home on Lake Champlain in Vermont, which is the source of much of her inspiration. Rena on art journals and sketching: "Throughout my adult life, I have kept notebooks chronicling my observations and experiences. Gradually these became art journals, filled with sketches and collages, along with personal narrative and remarks about the creative process. As these notebooks evolved into more formal exercises, I realized that they were distinct art forms in themselves. At that point, I began creating larger, single pieces. These art journals remain a core part of my studio practice." Takeaways
Links City Arts and Lectures, Ann Patchett The Art Students League of New York Last Light, How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph, Richard Lacayo | |||
| Nick Petrie - Creativity | 30 Jan 2024 | 01:13:16 | |
The challenges of creating on a deadline, having faith and trust in the thing you’re doing, and the feelings that arise when switching from the act of writing to marketing and promotion all come up during our conversation. Nick Petrie is the author of 8 best-selling Peter Ash crime fiction novels, including The Price You Pay, out February 2024. His debut, The Drifter, won both the ITW Thriller award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and was a finalist for the Edgar and the Hammett Awards. He is also an excellent husband (mine!) and father (to our son Duncan). Takeaways
Links Nick Petrie’s website Follow Nick Petrie on Instagram Follow Nick Petrie on Facebook Follow Nick Petrie on X Your Brain on Art, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross Mystery Tribune, The Cleveland Job Michael Mann, Blackhat and Collateral The Great Creators with Guy Raz episode 67 with Andy J Pizza of Creative Pep Talk | |||
| Carol Paik - Looking Closely | 03 Oct 2023 | 01:12:44 | |
Carol Paik, a New York based artist, is interested in many different media, but really found meaning working with repurposed textiles. After years of buying expensive and often toxic materials for her work, her goal now is to create art exclusively out of the unappreciated, overlooked, landfill-destined stuff she finds around her, of which there is never a shortage. During our chat, Carol talked about the idea of leaving a mark without marring a landscape, specifically in relation to her cairn projects, but it got me thinking of that in a broader sense. And she also assured me that sometimes finishing a project is overrated. photo by Sharon Schuur Takeaways
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| K. Woodman-Maynard - Emotional Expression | 19 Sep 2023 | 01:09:21 | |
K. Woodman-Maynard’s obsession with emotional expression comes out not only in her graphic novels but also through anger journaling and diary comics. She loves tree time, cold water swimming, running and cross-country skiing. Katharine is a sequential storyteller and an artist who writes (as opposed to a writer who draws) and loves to mentor other creatives. Her debut, The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation was called, “hugely rewarding” by The Wall Street Journal. Takeaways
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| Andryea Natkin - Being True to Myself | 05 Sep 2023 | 01:08:46 | |
From chenille bedspreads & fringe vests to mosaics & ceramics, Andryea Natkin shares her journey as a seeker, always on the lookout for what is truly hers so she can express it. She was born into a family of artists, which gave her that foundation of permission to trust herself. Andryea persevered and eventually received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, all along working in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, mosaic and ceramics. Takeways
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| Joanne Olney - Fragility & Delicacy | 22 Aug 2023 | 01:13:20 | |
Joanne is an artist and photographer whose work is “based in semi-abstraction, purposefully balanced between representational and the imagined. in my role as an artist, these two elements have become an integral part of my motivation to create, with the ‘doing’ often as important as the outcome. I firmly believe that natural curiosity and creative pursuits are essential to healthy living, regardless of age or education.” Jo shares her experiences and how they impact her daily life and her long term connections. Her obsession with fragility and delicacy is linked to her fascination with awe and transience, resiliency, and mortality. Takeaways
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| Brianna Martray - The Exquisite Interconnectedness of All Things | 08 Aug 2023 | 01:13:30 | |
Weather, layers, inner worlds, thick living and 10,000 folded paper cranes. Brianna’s work is driven by world-building. She’s interested in exploring possible and impossible landscapes that may or may not exist on this planet, in this dimension, in a memory, a dream, or a vision…they may never have existed anywhere — until now. Her creations convey an architectural/organic world which thrives in paradox and ambiguity; it’s a place that gives voice to so much more than can be articulated with sound or words. Each piece she creates is an earnest translation of the feelings, ideas, images, landscapes, and visions of her inner world — for Brianna, the ultimate goal of her creative life is to ardently impart to your inner world what she can from her own. Takeaways
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| Paula Hare - The Biker Lifestyle | 20 Aug 2024 | 01:06:03 | |
Rocker chick Paula Hare talks about no longer giving a rip what other people think, New York City, and Wisconsin’s most iconic dessert – the cream puff. Paula Hare is a life-long artist, designer and creative director, plein air and studio painter. She brings a unique perspective to her work which includes unusual juxtapositions, compositions, and subjects. Paula's keen eye for detail and appreciation for the unconventional allows her to breathe life into scenes that might escape the notice of others. Whether it's the play of light on chrome, the wind-swept landscapes that unfold along the journey, or elements of a back-alley way, Paula captures the essence of the moments they portray and the stories they tell. Paula’s obsession with the biker lifestyle (Harley’s, not bicycles!) spills over into all her ventures, including Gearhead Fashion, which features sustainable, repurposed, reinvented, one-of-a-kind apparel and accessories for anyone that wants to look and feel like a rock star. Takeaways
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| Rachael Singleton - Stone | 25 Jul 2023 | 01:15:34 | |
Rachael is an experimental textile and mixed media artist living in West Yorkshire, England. She describes her residency at the Nature in Art Museum and Gallery as a “cocoon of delight!” If you listen deeply and look closely, you will see how Rachael’s obsession with stone and stone walls seeps into all her work. Her feelings and experiences and surroundings all contribute to unique and thought-provoking pieces of art. During our chat, she talks about containment and constraint, delicious boredom, and Helen Keller’s keen observations. Takeaways
Links Nature in Art Artist in Residence program Henry Moore, London’s War: The Shelter Drawings of Henry Moore | |||
| Anna van der Putte - Beauty & Psychology | 11 Jul 2023 | 01:19:18 | |
During our chat, Anna talks about receptacles, the Minystery of Consideration, discovering and processing beauty, permission, belonging, and what makes us tick. Takeaways
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| Nicole Kronzer - Belonging | 28 Jun 2023 | 01:25:39 | |
Finding your people, measures of success, optimistic teenagers, and soft pants vs. hard pants with high school English teacher, former professional actor, and author Nicole Kronzer! There’s also some chatter about thinking you’re too weird for the world, and how to fit our weirdness into a greater life. Takeaways
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| Lisa Kellner - Nature & Being Present | 06 Jun 2023 | 01:15:06 | |
Lisa Kellner went through a major transition in her work life, moving from a textile installation artist back to her true love of painting. Over the course of a few years, she dug deep, got really honest with herself, and saw how all the intangible parts of herself find their way into her work. Lisa uses a reductive language and intuitive approach to make paintings and sculptural constructions about the environment, societal constructs and how we occupy space. Takeaways 1. Is there urgency? Links Lisa Kellner Lisa Kellner’s paintings and sculptural constructions have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally. Her work can be found in private residences and commercial spaces in the United States, Europe and Japan. Exhibiting institutions include the Bellevue Arts Museum (WA), the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (NY), the Brooklyn Arts Council (NY), the Weatherspoon Museum (NC), the Islip Art Museum, Washington Project for the Arts and the Muscarelle Museum of Art (VA), among others. She has created site-responsive installations for institutions including the Cornell Fine Arts Museum (FL), the Bellevue Arts Museum (WA), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space (NY), Brooklyn Arts Council (NY), the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (ME), Lehman College Art Gallery (NY) and the Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory (VA). Kellner’s work has been reviewed and mentioned in publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Sculpture Magazine in addition to several podcast and interview series. Lisa has received several awards including the New Media Invitational from the Target Gallery, DC and was nominated a Joan Mitchell Emerging Artist semi-finalist. She recently completed an artist residency at Don Pedro Island Preserve; a place dramatically impacted by Hurricane Ian. | |||
| Robin Davisson - Material Surprises | 21 Jun 2022 | 01:23:47 | |
Robin shares her life changing week at The Penland School, the importance of doing experiments to get to the truth, and the exhilaration of discovery and curiosity. Robin's lyrical, process-driven work is rooted in eclectic curiosity and the material surprises she discovers working with her finely developed visual vocabulary. Takeaways 1. It is important to keep doing experiments so you can get to the truth. 2. Pay attention to your materials and their ability to constantly surprise you. 3. Just make more time for it. 4. The more you learn about the business side of things, the more confident you get in your art making. And the more confident you get in your art making, the more confident you get in running your business. 5. “The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to uncover those jewels, that's creative living.” Elizabeth Gilbert Mentioned Follow Robin Davisson on Instagram | |||
| Lea Ann Slotkin - Nature & Color | 07 Jun 2022 | 00:52:31 | |
Takeaways 1. You can’t say yes to everything or everyone. 2. The more structure you add into your week the more flexibility you have. 3. We make HARD a problem, but it’s just part of life. Without the hard you don’t have the good stuff. 4. It’s just a layer. 5. What’s the next right step? Mentioned Follow Lea Ann Slotkin on Instagram Lea Ann creates bold and colorful mixed media paintings and collages, focusing on the background layers, which gives her work a lot of energy & visual excitement and leaves little hints of magic peeking through to leave space for wonder and reflection about one's own story. During our conversation we talk about nature, boundaries around our time, and how putting some structure in your week can be pretty freeing. | |||
| Tina Norén - Wanderlust | 26 May 2022 | 01:05:02 | |
Wanderlust, giving ourselves permission to do more than one thing and the inspiring non-fiction books that are holding our interest these days are just a few topics we chat about as we go down the beautiful meandering path of Tina Norén. Tina is an artist and designer, 2nd generation Filipino-American and mother to three school-aged children. Tina has designed and painted several murals, including 3 at elementary schools, as well as the mural in the Art Park at the Santa Paula Art Museum, where she also works part-time. Her art is bold and colorful and is often filled with meditative and therapeutic repetitive lines. Takeaways 1. Consider saying no without giving an excuse or a reason. 2. Embrace the fact that your creative practice is helping you be a better parent and partner. 3. If you often have kids or family barging in on you while you’re creating, try to find work that allows you to be interrupted. 4. Don’t say you don’t have enough time to do something just acknowledge that you haven’t prioritized it yet. Mentioned Follow Tina on Instagram Follow Tina on Facebook Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman Unfollow Your Passion, How to Create a Life That Matters to You, Terri Trespicio | |||
| Samantha Downing - Storytelling | 10 May 2022 | 01:02:00 | |
Takeaways 1. There is no overnight success. Everyone pays their dues, one way or another. 2. Every human being is unreliable in the way they tell stories. 3. Take pleasure in the striving aspect of the process. The fact that you worked really hard and accomplished the goal is the thing. “It’s not the having, it’s the getting.” Elizabeth Taylor Mentioned Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca | |||
| Duncan Petrie - The Yearning | 26 Apr 2022 | 01:21:01 | |
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Mentioned Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes Duncan is a photographer using spare, striking composition and the best natural light to emphasize emotion over the literal image and truth over objectivity, in hopes that he might one day capture how it feels to truly see. During our conversation Duncan talks about Sudoku and its relationship to being creative; being afraid of doing something poorly; why beginning is the hardest part; fear of stagnation; the relationship between good photography and enthusiasm and the magic of observing the little details that imply so much more than what they actually contain. | |||
| Phoebe Gander - Curiosity, Light & Shadow | 12 Apr 2022 | 01:19:17 | |
Phoebe Gander is a landscape, abstract and still life painter, inspired by the beautiful ocean, skies and landscape where she lives with her family in Wainui Beach on the east coast of New Zealand. Phoebe started her journey of self-discovery by carving out time for art to help her overcome severe panic attacks and anxiety. Nostalgia, solitude, vulnerability, texture and light are themes that reoccur in her art. During our conversation she talks about the importance of listening to the niggly voices, her love of light and shadow and her insatiable curiosity. Takeaways
Mentioned Embracing Neurodiversity with Phoebe Gander podcast with Susan Nethercote podcast Permission to Paint and Embrace My True Self with Phoebe Gander on The Laura Horn Art podcast
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| Victoria McDonnell - Chairs | 06 Aug 2024 | 01:09:27 | |
Diving deep into your own life to find your voice, the selfish nature of being an artist, the power of observation, and reacting to marks and layers are all considered during my conversation with Victoria McDonnell. Victoria relocated from Bogota, Colombia – at the age of 28 – to the rural countryside of Norfolk, UK. The cultural change was already overwhelming, but the language barrier added another layer of challenge. It was an act of courage, driven by love, to move to a town of just over 300 people. In response, she turned to the language without words – art – which became her constant companion that has deepened over time. Victoria offers glimpses of familiarity in her subjects, inviting viewers to engage playfully while allowing ample room for personal exploration. Working across a diverse array of subjects in oils and acrylics, she unifies them through the lens of abstraction. Victoria’s latest obsession is ‘Chairs,’ a project of exploration, observation, and discovery. Inspired by the simple objects that are central to our daily lives and our personal connections with them, she examines the narratives they embody. Whether it's the chair in the corner that sparks conversation, the kitchen chairs that keep the family united, or the old nursing chair passed through generations, each chair tells a different story. Takeaways
Victoria McDonnell on Instagram Victoria McDonnell on Facebook Victoria McDonnell on Pinterest Victoria McDonnell on LinkedIn Art and Success Pro Abstract Painting | |||
| Marissa Huber - Searching for Meaning | 15 Mar 2022 | 01:07:08 | |
Marissa Huber is an artist, connector, and creative instigator for the Carve Out Time for Art community and co-author of “The Motherhood of Art.” She works primarily in water-based mediums like gouache and acrylic, cut paper, and digital mediums and is interested in exploring memory, space, and color in her paintings and surface pattern designs. She creates playful & colorful patterns that aim to bring people a moment of delight, and a bit of sunshine. Marissa is passionate about keeping it real – if you need any evidence of this just check out her reels on Instagram - and encouraging others who are not full-time artists to make the most of their time and circumstances. Her greatest joy (besides her kids) is connecting with kindred spirits over an experience, a funny story, or shared dreams which makes her feel positively lit up. She believes in taking her dreams quite seriously but tries not to take herself too seriously. During our conversation Marissa talks about commute chats, not overthinking, and searching for meaning in the big and the small things. Takeaways
Mentioned Follow Marissa Huber on Instagram Follow Marissa Huber on Twitter Follow Marissa Huber on Facebook Follow Marissa Huber on Pinterest Follow Marissa Huber on LinkedIn Follow Marissa Huber on Tiktok The Motherhood of Art, by Marissa Huber and Heather Kirtland Range, Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World, by David Epstein | |||
| Liz Dexter - Materials | 01 Mar 2022 | 01:17:00 | |
Liz Dexter is a mixed media artist and architect who spends her days finding beauty and joy in the imperfect, unfolding layers of our lives, and discovering awe and wonder in our midst. Liz develops her paintings using many layers of acrylic, collage, plaster, image transfers and glazes – sanding, scraping, and cutting into them along the way to see what is uncovered. She is inspired by the continually transforming world around us by weather and age - crumbling stucco, rusting metal, peeling paint and vine-covered walls - the built environment being consumed by nature. During our conversation, Liz reveals her thoughts about decay, art pods, and the pain of self-promotion. Takeaways
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| Poppy Dodge - Color | 08 Feb 2022 | 01:21:32 | |
Poppy Dodge is an abstract painter and a Color Maximalist who delights in creating harmony and balance using all the colors. Her work explores her obsession with stacking color and shapes and is influenced by modern improvisational quilting and abstract collage. Poppy says: "I approach painting intuitively and am entirely process driven. I like to think of my work as color celebrations; a stacking of playful color conversations joyfully stitching my life experiences together. We talk about newsletters, tea, the “Ladies of Yet,” and why it can be discouraging to make content solely to be seen instead of for Takeaways
Mentioned Hand Yoga Club on YouTube with Heidi Parkes Frankie magazine | |||
| Alison Watt - Ways of Seeing | 25 Jan 2022 | 01:16:05 | |
Alison Watt has worked as a biologist on seabird colonies, an ecotour guide, has published a novel, a work of non-fiction and a book of poetry. She teaches painting online and in her studio on Protection Island, near Nanaimo, British Columbia. Alison is interested in where science (especially biology) and art interface and her paintings are informed by landscape and botanical forms. As a self-taught artist who has been painting for over thirty years, Allison relates to both the dream of making the paintings we see in our minds, and the frustrations of mastering the tools, techniques, and mindset to achieving them. Alison is not interested in moral instruction but in illuminating new ways of seeing. During our conversation, Alison talks about creative destruction, informed intuition, and how freeing it is to paint without brushes. Takeaways
Mentioned Dazzle Patterns, by Alison Watt Triangle Island, Anne Vallée Triangle Island Ecological Reserve | |||
| Jane Davies - Visual Language | 21 Dec 2021 | 01:21:56 | |
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Mentioned Jane’s book, Abstract Painting: The Elements of Visual Language Rupert Village Trust and The Sheldon Store Musicians James Hill and Anne Janelle Aboriginal artists Minnie Pwerle and Emily Kame Kngwarreye | |||
| Marin Laukka - Authenticity | 23 Nov 2021 | 01:20:27 | |
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| Lisa Woodward - Footpaths | 16 Nov 2021 | 01:07:49 | |
Takeaways 1. You don’t have to make anything, you can just explore. And if meaning comes out of that, great, but it doesn’t have to. 2. We need to forgive ourselves for not being other artists than who we are. Who we are in the rest of our lives is going to come out in our work. It comes from who we are and we can’t change that. When we make art, we are who we are. 3. Don’t despair if your art doesn’t sell. Alice Sheridan said that sometimes you need to hold on to your art because you’re not finished learning from it 4. When you become an artist later in life, you’re not starting from zero. You have a huge resource of experience, confidence and self-knowledge that gives you a head start and lets you develop a clear voice and style more quickly and more surely. 5. “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take.” Wayne Gretzky Mentioned A Glorious Freedom: Older Women Leading Extraordinary Lives, by Lisa Congdon | |||
| Jess Pillay - Finding My Voice | 26 Oct 2021 | 01:25:06 | |
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| Frank Korb - Planning & Preparing Materials | 19 Oct 2021 | 01:01:11 | |
Takeaways 1. Keep working, keep moving forward and eventually it all gets done. 2. “The only rule is work.” Sister Mary Corita Kent 3. “Inspiration is for amateurs.” Chuck Close Mentioned in this episode Sister Mary Corita Kent's Rules of the Studio | |||
| Flavia Testa - Thinking | 12 Oct 2021 | 01:12:47 | |
Takeaways 1. Try to be stronger than your shadows. 2. Give your art away. 3. Tilt your head and looks sideways. 4. Art is a way to always move forward and open yourself up to curiosity. 5. Success is getting to your essence and being willing to have a conversation that is uncomfortable. Mentioned in this episode
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| Jon Horvath - Connectivity & Travel | 02 Jul 2024 | 01:19:40 | |
Monumental undertakings through multimedia narrative projects, travel and deep introspection, embracing chance and spontaneity, baseball, and how people define happiness, all come up during my conversation with Milwaukee interdisciplinary artist and writerJon Horvath. Influenced by his early formal education in creative fiction writing, philosophy, and composing music, Jon's practice has since expanded into the mixed use of photography, video, performance, sculptural objects, and other mediums brought into a combined space. He desires to share open-ended, poetic narratives rooted in an exploration of how we build personal and cultural mythologies as a way to better understand the world around us. Takeaways
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| Nirmal Raja - Mutability | 05 Oct 2021 | 01:15:14 | |
Takeaways 1. Installation – within an exhibit space - is an art form in itself. 2. Entering a wooded area feels like a hug. 3. Reach out to someone who is different from you in language or color or heritage and connect over art or making or simply just being together. Mentioned in this episode Reimagining the Global Village Reimagining the Global Village on Instagram Reimagining the Global Village on YouTube Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life by Natalie Goldberg Global Village and Marshall McLuhan The Tate Modern short art documentaries UWM Special Collections Library
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| Nicola Bennett - Flavour | 28 Sep 2021 | 01:10:35 | |
Takeaways 1. “Food is edible love” Nicola’s mom. 2. Write a list of nice things you’d say to a friend and tell those to yourself. 3. Say “shut up” to your inner critic. 4. Celebrate where you are and be proud of the work you make. Mentioned in this Episode Neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen | |||
| Brianna L. Hernández Baurichter - Mind-Body Connection | 23 Jul 2021 | 01:16:25 | |
Takeaways 1. Be more forgiving of yourself for not meeting those impossible standards every single time. 2. Ask yourself: What do I authentically want to communicate and what is the best way for others to receive that message? If you don’t try it definitely won’t go anywhere. 3. During the creative process give your body permission to lead where things are going, and the reasons will become clear. 4. If it’s genuine part of your experience, anger is an acceptable emotion during the grieving process. 5. Try and create as many access points as possible because your viewers are living in the framework they are given, and don’t necessarily have the context to see your work from just one point of view. Mentioned in this episode Follow Brianna on Instagram Brianna L. Hernández Baurichter | |||
| Emma Freeman - Nature, Poetry & Buddhist teachings | 20 Jul 2021 | 00:49:51 | |
Takeaways 1. My art table is my oxygen, my sanctuary, and the place I go to let my breath out. 2. If I can get out of the critical part of my mind and enter the deeper place it feels better in my body and the work feels so much richer. 3. Befriend those difficult emotions. Acknowledge the anxiety. 4. When there isn’t a tool between me and the artmaking, there’s a deeper intimacy and it becomes an intuitive, sensory experience. Mentioned in this episode Follow Emma on Instagram Emma’s podcast, Reflections from My Art Table The First Free Women Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns At Home in the World Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life Beyond podcast with Daphne Cohn | |||
| Chelsea Littman - Glass | 16 Jul 2021 | 00:50:53 | |
Takeaways 1. There are endless possibilities if you’re paying attention to what [the glass] wants. 2. “I will stop underestimating the power of my drive and what I can accomplish.” 3. Stop being so hard on yourself. 4. Mountain biking and glassblowing are both good ways to look hard at yourself and know that there are only certain things you can control. Mentioned in this episode Follow Chelsea Littman on Instagram | |||
| Nicole Shaver - Geology | 13 Jul 2021 | 01:18:27 | |
Mentioned in this episode Follow Nicole Shaver on Instagram MARN, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network Takeaways 1. Pay attention to the “oooh factor,” that genuine interaction with a place or object. 2. If the work starts to get stale or is stuck, put it in the blender to get out of the dip. 3. It's got to come from a genuine place otherwise it is kind of false. 4. Artists are strategic hoarders. 5. “The future belongs to those who are still willing to get their hands dirty.” – unknown | |||
| Kassandra Palmer - Framing | 09 Jul 2021 | 01:21:43 | |
Takeaways 1. Our bodies are not machines. 2. Prioritize how things FEEL vs caring about how things LOOK. 3. Sometimes you can have a tricky relationship with things leaving the studio. 4. Language happens so fast, but art happens much more slowly and is open to interpretation. Mentioned in this episode Follow Kassandra on Instagram | |||
| Frank Juárez - Art | 06 Jul 2021 | 01:00:02 | |
Takeaways 1. The beauty of art is that you’re always looking for a solution, and sometimes the solution isn’t always singular. 2. “Art is my savior and art is my destruction.” 3. Be willing to try even if you make mistakes. 4. “The trick for all this madness is for it to become part of your daily routine.” Mentioned in this episode Follow Frank Juarez Gallery on Instagram Follow Frank Juarez on Instagram Follow Artdose Magazine on Instagram Ricky Powell, “the Lazy Hustler” | |||
| Sketchbooks with Mel and Sandi | 29 Jun 2021 | 01:11:53 | |
Takeaways 1. “If you are producing good work, you likely have a lot of bad work holding it up.” Sandi 2. “Just drawing what I saw in front of me grounded me and I just felt like I could breathe again.” Mel 3. “When you draw it, it becomes interesting, especially kitchen utensils.” Mel 4. “Get absorbed in the ordinary.” Sandi Mentioned Follow Melanie Chadwick on Instagram Melanie’s website Melanie’s workshops, postcard project and shop can be found on this website Find Melanie on YouTube Follow Sandi Hester on Instagram Find Sandi on YouTube at Bits of an Artist’s Life Sandi’s website | |||
| Amy Weil - Light | 22 Jun 2021 | 00:57:06 | |
Takeaways 1. It’s ok to do a whole bunch of different things. That’s why we work in series - to do something with all these ideas. 2. Persevere even if you have a lot of anxiety, insecurity and self-doubt. Showing up is such a big part of being an artist. 3. “I allow the painting to take me to where it needs to go. I can never force the idea into the painting.” 4. Just trust the process. 5. Recognize that they are just thoughts and feelings – push through and learn to trick that inner critic. Mentioned in this episode Follow Amy Weil on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/circles_and_grids/ Amy Weil’s website https://www.amyweilpaintings.com/ 440 Gallery Brooklyn, New York https://gallery440.squarespace.com/artist-amy-weil Gowanus Studio Space Brooklyn, New York https://www.gowanusstudio.org/ Eva Hesse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Hesse
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| Stacy Bogdonoff - Being Known By the Work | 18 Jun 2024 | 01:08:43 | |
Listen in as Stacy Bogdonoff talks about using verbs as she works on a project, the importance of not putting too much (psychologically) into social media, slowness and control, living at the intersection of design and art, and why the media & the process – the heart and head of knowing and being known- is her authentic obsession. Stacy is a mixed media artist who divides her time between her very messy studio in Kent, CT. and her neater tabletop workspace in NYC. Stacy works with textiles, vintage fabric, paper, paint, dyes, and found objects to explore the theme of “Home, Safety, and Shelter”, and how those change as we age and move through life. "My inspiration comes from three directions. I am deeply drawn to a wide variety of unconventional media, and I love to explore tools and new ways to use them. I am also equally driven to explore my inner world and understand my feelings." Takeaways
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| Ginnie Cappaert - Color and Books | 15 Jun 2021 | 00:47:40 | |
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Mentioned in this episode Follow Ginnie Cappaert on Instagram Follow Cappaert Contemporary Gallery on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cappaertcontemporarygallery/ Follow Ginnie Cappaert on Facebook Ginnie Cappaert’s website Cappaert Contemporary Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI Ninth Street Women, New York Times book review Globe Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico | |||
| Jenna Freimuth - Patterns | 08 Jun 2021 | 01:05:03 | |
Takeaways 1. The graveyard of ideas that never got finished is where all of the hang ups live. 2. Be open to the opportunity to bring people into your life. You meet the people you need when you need it. 3. Explore the invisibles that come with making work. 4. Navigate your own narrative. 4. Deadlines can help override the overthinking. Mentioned in this episode Follow Jenna Freimuth on Instagram Jenna Freimuth’s website Sign up for Jenna’s Pencil Post Newsletter The Wondermakers Collective with Mindy Sue Wittock on Instagram The Wondermakers Collective website Lynda Barry’s website, The Near-Sighted Monkey Syllabus: Notes from and Accidental Professor, by Lynda Barry You’re Wrong About podcast My Favorite Murder podcast Armchair Expert podcast | |||
| Amy Jarvis - Eyes | 01 Jun 2021 | 00:55:59 | |
Takeaways 1. Nature is like sketchbook in real time; it makes you feel like it’s going to be ok. 2. You have to interact if you want an audience. (You have to be a friend to get a friend.) 3. "You need to work with the medium that works with how fast you think and paint." (source unknown) 4. If you want to get to the next level, then it’s time to put the phone down. 5. The universe will rearrange itself to help you live out your dreams if they come from a sincere place. Mentioned in this episode Follow Amy Jarvis on Instagram Follow Amy Jarvis on Facebook Amy Jarvis website Megan Woodward Johnson Artist Masterminds Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Steve White Yoga Pranayama video. Calming, centering and balancing breath work for the nervous system.
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| Gill Edwards - Vessel Shapes | 25 May 2021 | 01:16:33 | |
Mentioned Follow Gill Edwards on Instagram Follow Gill Edwards on Facebook Alice Sheridan’s Connected Artist Club Nicholas Wilton’s Creative Visionary Program (CVP) Takeaways
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