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Empire State Embedded

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 55:36


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker interviews Fabienne S. Powell Assistant Director & Chief Curator for the NYS OGS Curatorial & Visitor Services. Which means her job is taking care of the Empire State Plaza Art Collection. Listen up because we get some history, the demands of taking care of such an important collection and what happened to our George Rickey? Check out the collection and schedule a tour: https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/art Music by: Jay - Z |  Empire State of Mind Terry Allen | Truckload of Art Theme music by Phantogram

with Judith Braun

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 64:56


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with Gina Occhiogrosso

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 53:22


This month Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits done with artist Gina Occhiogrosso and discusses her life making art and her current solo show Surfacing at the Arts Center of the Capital Region located in Troy, NY (Surfacing is up January 14 – March 11). 

Check out more of Ginas work here: https://www.gocchiogrosso.com Music by: Nick Drake |  Place To Be & Horn Theme music by Phantogram

with Katherine Chwazik

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 68:20


This month Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down and ZOOM'S with Katherine Chwazick who is an amazing artist and the brains behind the smallbany gallery (which if you don't know is a 1/12 scale gallery). Check out more of Katherine's work here www.katherinechwazik.com Music by: Thelonious Monk | In Walked Bud Arcade Fire | Wake Up (live from Glastonbury 2007) Theme music by Phantogram

Matt Tiernan Vol 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 96:15


This month Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker talks with painter/ sound artist Matt Tiernan about his studio practice and his sound work. As promised a year ago, the CW Radio team traveled up to Stillwater to record from Matt's studio and record the ultimate Tiernan, painting and guitar combined. In addition, in celebration of our last episode of the year, the CW Radio team put together a sound art piece to start the episode off in a nod to Tiernan himself. If you want to hear more of Matt's sound work check out his recording with DRSDMT hosted right here on the Collar Works Radio station. Music by: Intro sound piece | CW Radio Team Family Blood | Canned Heat (that's what I think it's called) Black Sabbath | It's Alright Theme music by Phantogram

DRSDMT

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 59:08


DRSDMT Dave Rick -Electric Bass guitar Steve Dibenedetto- Drums Matt Tiernan- electric guitar and real time loop manipulation. Recorded by Dave Rick

the Jason Martin transmission

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 89:50


This month Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with artist and musician Jason Martin and discusses his current project Power Animal Systems. Music by: Jason Martin | Patient Zero, Please Assist Us In Transmission & Schenectady Song Theme music by Phantogram

an evening with Danny Goodwin

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 62:00


This week Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker talks with photographer and educator Danny Goodwin about his studio practice, making pictures of nothing and what he's really building in there. Music by: Neil Diamond | Holly Holy Tom Waits | What's He Building? Theme music by Phantogram

a Regional Portrait

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 43:58


This week Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with Kathy Greenwood and Judie Gilmore, two area gallery directors who stepped in to host this year's Mohawk Hudson Regional, the region's most prestigious yearly survey of art makers. Kathy Greenwood is the director of the Albany International Airport Gallery and Judie Gilmore is the director of the Opalka Gallery on the campus of the Sage College. Not able to make it was Tony Iadicicco who is the director of Albany Center Gallery (which is the third venue hosting the regional). We get the first-hand account of how this year's regional dramatically changed hands and what went into putting this ambitious presentation of the Mohawk Hudson Regional on for its 85th showing. Music by: The Figgs | Regional Hits & Reject Theme music by Phantogram

is SEEN

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 51:40


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with artists from the Albany Center Gallery exhibition SEEN. Sharing the hosting duties for this episode again is Jennie Tang who curated the show and is also part of the amazing team at Albany Center Gallery. The artists present for the roundtable discussion, hosted at the gallery, are Sofeia Eddy, Alyssa McClenaghan and Aurora Powell. Not present for the discussion but also in the show are artists Maryam Adib, Alicia Barton and Arnela Mahmutovic, (they were sorely missed). Music by: Cat Power | Satisfaction The Rollingstones | Satisfaction Theme music by Phantogram

Collar Works Radio is Frame // Unframe

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 53:21


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with artists from the Albany Center Gallery exhibition Frame//Unframe. Sharing the hosting duties for this episode is Jennie Tang who curated the show and is also part of the amazing team at Albany Center Gallery. The artists present for the roundtable discussion, hosted at the gallery, are Katherine Chwazik, Laura Cannamela, Dorthea Osborn and Drea LaRose. Justin Baker steps aside this month to take questions and split the hosting job because his work is also included in the show Frame//Unframe. Not present for the discussion but also in the show are artists Sean Desiree and Kralovic (they were sorely missed). Music by: A Tribe Called Quest | Can I Kick It Theme music by Phantogram

Christian Ortega/ Rants For Social Media/ Embedded

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 72:58


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with poet Christian Ortega whose new book Rants for Social Media is out now. The conversation included a breadth of topics from art, inspiration, the choices we make in life and figuring out what you are good at. Surprisingly, it was not until the end they talked about social media and Christians deep dive into the medium as an art form. Music by: The Figgs | Someone Took the Coffee & I Brought the Kicks Theme music by Phantogram

SUNY Albany MFA Embedded

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 54:25


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down this week at the University Art Museum @ SUNY Albany to talk to four of the MFA candidates graduating and presenting their thesis at the museum. Music by: Charles Bradley | Changes Theme music by Phantogram

Youth Spotlight with Tyler Ki-Re and Jayana LaFountaine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 48:17


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker interviews photographers Tyler Ki-Re and Jayna LaFountaine, two photographers featured in the 43rd Photo Regional at the Opalka Gallery at Sage College. Additionally Jayna is one of the four jurors who curated the show. Music by: Joan Jett | Crimson and Clover Tommy James and The Shondells | Crimson and Clover Theme music by Phantogram

The Shanekia McIntosh Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 64:09


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker interviews Shanekia McIntosh, poet performer and all-around creative force. Her work is powerful, important and everyone should read her poem Epitaph. Check out Shanekia at shanekiamcintosh.com. Music by: Rico Rodriguez | Jam Rock The Beach Boys | Heroes and Villains

Terry James Conrad Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 39:08


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with artist Terry Conrad at the Opalka Gallery in Albany NY on the Sage Campus. Terry’s show at Opalka is full of amazing vision, curiosity and energy that is compelling and inspiring. Justin and Terry discuss his work, his process, and his life since the lockdown and how this experience of “now” has shaped what we see or hear in the gallery. music by: Louis Armstrong | Indiana Wussy | Pizza King Terry Conrad | Noise Makers

Collar Works Radio with Jack Magai

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 46:50


This week Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with artist Jack Magai and discusses how his current studio practice has changed during the pandemic, what he has in the works and the old testament.

The Thomas Lail Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 62:58


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with SpaceLAB artist Thomas Lail to discuss his work. Thom was a great sport in agreeing to be interviewed twice as the Collar Works Radio mobile studio on it's first outing had a some technical difficulties. As Collar Works Radio moves forward, now without a studio to call home we are looking to up the sound quality as best we can.

Collar Works Radio Julie Chase and Dina Bursztyn Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 32:52


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker sits down with SpaceLAB artists Julie Chase and Dina Bursztyn to discuss their work in the show and what it's like making art as a team.

Joseph O'Neal Edition

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 42:38


This week Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker Zooms with painter Joseph O'Neal about his studio practice and how he went from skateboarding teenage to mystical painter. www.josephoneal.com

Collar Works Radio Sanford Mirling

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 46:46


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker discusses art, relationship insecurities and Brancusi with artist and Collar Works Gallery co-founder Sanford Mirling.

Darian Longmire Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 33:20


With me this week is Darian Longmire an artist from Brooklyn, NY. Darian opens up about his experience as an artist during COVID-19 and how it’s effecting his life right now.

Rise Up and Shine! Featuring JoAnne Carson

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 29:13


For this episode we sat down with JoAnne Carson in the middle of the Opalka Gallery in Albany, NY and talked to her about her recent 25 year retrospective Rise Up and Shine!

Northern Lights featuring Berly Brown and Will Hutnick

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 35:40


With me this week is Berly Brown and Will Hutnick, two artists who are featured at Collar Works Gallery in the upcoming exhibition Northern Lights that opens January 31st. The work in this exhibition creates a surreal and vibrant visual experience, much like the bright, dancing lights of the north, these artists do too. Collar Works Gallery is located @ 621 River St in Troy, NY.

Michael Van Winkle Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 10:16


This week is part two of my conversation with Michael Van Winkle. if you didn't hear last time, Michael is an amazing painter who works figuratively but also incorporates brilliant abstraction. The conversation this weeks turns towards the studio and the importance of daily activity in the studio. Michael also explains how coffee and a paintbrush is like eating healthy and brushing your teeth, but more importantly how you can't make the work you admire the most.

Michael Van Winkle Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 9:38


My guest this week is Michael Van Winkle. Michael is an amazing painter who produces work that blends the figure, landscape and abstraction in a way that situates itself somewhere between absurdist humor and unmistakable beauty.

Dorothy Englander

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 9:40


My guest this week is Dorothy Englander. Dorothy is an incredible artist that was recently honored with a four decade retrospective of her art in September of this year, at the Albany Center Gallery. Our conversation starts with the two of us discussing how her imagery is connected to the ideas of biology and at the times the home. From there we delve deeper.

LABspace Part Two

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 10:14


This week is part two of my interview with Julie Torres of LABspace. If you heard last weeks account, then you know LABspace is a contemporary art gallery located in Hillsdale, NY that is run by Julie and her partner Ellen Lecther. This weeks segment picks up in dialogue about the gallery and why exhibiting local artist's is so important, then we continue our conversation about how LABspace keeps putting such damn good shows.

LABspace Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 10:00


With me this week is Julie Torres of LABspace. If you don't know LABspace is a contemporary art gallery located in Hillsdale, NY that is run by Julie and her partner Ellen Lecther, and in my opinion is showing some the most challenging and exciting work in the area. The current show Hillsdale, which features 10 artists that live and work in Hillsdale NY is up and running till December 1st.

Matt LaFleur Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 9:33


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker interviews artist Matt LaFleur. Matt was at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency and is home now but Matt was able to stop by the studio and sit down for a two part interview. In part two of the interview Justin talks to Matt about his work in the beautiful show Everyday Perfection at the Albany International Airport Gallery.

Matt LaFleur Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 11:19


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker interviews artist Matt LaFleur. Matt was at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency and is home now but Matt was able to stop by the studio and sit down for a two part interview. Justin talks to Matt about his time at the residency and also his work in the beautiful show Everyday Perfection at the Albany International Airport Gallery.

J Houston Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 12:54


Part two of the extended interview with Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker and J Houston. Houston is a Pittsburgh based photographer that is exhibiting work in the group show Art Stand Stills currently showing at Collar Works Gallery. In this interview we find out more about the work showing at the gallery and other projects Houston is currently working on.

J Houston Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 11:16


Collar Works Radio host Justin Baker is reporting for the first time from Collar Works Gallery to interview photographer J Houston. Houston is a Pittsburgh based photographer that is exhibiting work in the group show Art Stand Stills currently showing at Collar Works Gallery. In this interview we find out more about the work showing at the gallery and other projects Houston is currently working on.

Daesha Devón Harris Part Two

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 10:35


This week is part two of my interview with Daesha Devón Harris, in this segment we discuss spirituality, making things by hand and our mutual love of looking at painting.

Daesha Devón Harris Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 10:02


This week my guest is Daesha Devón Harris an artist who's work in photography was recently awarded a prestigious Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Fellowship Grant and a NYFA Artist Fellowship in Photography. Daesha was kind enough to sit down and discuss in depth her work that is on display at the Esther Massry Gallery as part of their alumni exhibition.

Ken Ragsdale Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 10:28


Part two of Collar Works Radio host Justin Bakers interview with Ken Ragsdale, they continue their conversation about memory, folding paper, 11 year undergraduate degrees and how they both enjoy sitting in their basements making photographs.

Ken Ragsdale Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 10:02


Ken Ragsdale is my guest this week and we sat down in the Sanctuary's basement studio and had a conversation about memory, folding paper and photography.

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