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Host Jojo demystifies how visual and performance art is made!⎯cultivate your creativity with our weekly segments that break apart the world of art history and criticism. Updated every other Tuesday.

Hippie Pink Ferret


    • Jan 1, 1970 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    S1E08 FIELD TRIP | Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from Stage and Screen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 37:33


    Delve into the world of costume creation at the CIC's pop-up museum in Times Square, Showstoppers! Featuring "tasty bead" enthusiast Erin Walsh and returning favorite Maddy Oldham.

    S1E07 SPOTLIGHT | David Rivas and "The Garden" Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 35:06


    Last night, David Rivas premiered his independent film "The Garden" at The Space at Irondale Theatre in Brooklyn, NY. But today, he walks us through how he created this pure movement piece from when it was a seed of an idea to booking a venue for its first screening!

    S1E06 FIELD TRIP | “from where i stand” at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 36:24


    Jojo heads to the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT to see two first-time solo exhibitions: Lucia Hierro's "Marginal Costs" and Hugo McCloud's "from where i stand." Featuring guests Alex Tripodi and returning favorite Jerusha Wright!

    S1E05 FIELD TRIP | “Speechless” at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 37:58


    To finish up our coverage on Eric Carle, Jojo and their siblings travel up his Museum of Picture Book Art! Their current exhibit "Speechless" explores how you tell a story without words. This episode is dedicated to new donor Jennifer Nelson Rogers!

    S1E04 SPOTLIGHT | Madeline Oldham and the ARC Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 39:44


    Guest Maddy Oldham sits down with us about creating the curriculum for the 1214 Foundation's social emotional learning project, the ARC Program! How did her background in theatre inform her teaching philosophy?

    S1E03 FIELD TRIP | Broadway Flea Market 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 39:58


    Guest Marina Kolitsas joins Jojo as they take a trip down to New York City and participate in the Broadway Flea Market, hosted by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. What stuff did they manage to snag? This episode is dedicated to our new patron, Lauren Barrett!

    S1E02 TRIVIA | The Art of Eric Carle, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 33:34


    Part 2 of 2. Guests Maddy Oldham and Jerusha Wright compete for a place in the Dada Daddy Hall of Fame! Today's subject is famed children's author and illustrator Eric Carle, and how his hectic and often bizarre childhood in Nazi Germany informed his iconic collage style.

    S1E01 TRIVIA | The Art of Eric Carle, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 39:20


    Part 1 of 2. Guests Maddy Oldham and Jerusha Wright compete for a place in the Dada Daddy Hall of Fame! Today's subject is famed children's author and illustrator Eric Carle, and how his hectic and often bizarre childhood in Nazi Germany informed his iconic collage style.

    Introducing "Dada or Nothing!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 2:09


    Teaser for a variety show about the visual and performing arts, presented by Hippie Pink Ferret. I'm your host, Jojo!New episodes every Tuesday starting October 5th, 2021.

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