The Side Woo is a podcast that takes place at the intersection of the physical and metaphysical worlds. Co-hosts Sarah Thibault and Elizabeth Bernstein interview artists, writers, creatives, and metaphysical practitioners to learn about strategies for nav
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About Mia WeinerResponding to the historical textile, Mia Weiner creates intimate declarations that explore identity, gender, and the psychology of human relationships. She hand-weaves each tapestry in her Los Angeles studio.Mia received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020) and her BFA in Fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. She was awarded the V&A Parasol Prize by the Victoria & Albert Museum and Parasol Foundation in 2024. Her work has been exhibited internationally including in New York, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and Rome. Weiner is a Yaddo Fellow and her work is in the permanent collection of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands.
This week Thibault sits down for a conversation with LA-based artist Samantha Rosenwald. They talk about a life-changing moment when Sam saw the face of someone (maybe Jesus?) in a vision as a child, and life as a hard-working artist. About Samantha RosenwaldRosenwald is based in LA and works primarily in colored pencil on canvas. By threading together contemporary culture, visual pun, and the dogmas of art history, she creates absurd, personal, and darkly funny portraits which illustrate what it feels like to be alive.She received her BA in Art History from Vassar College in 2016 and her MFA in Fine Art from California College of the Arts in 2018. Rosenwald has shown with galleries such as Arsenal Contemporary (New York), Carl Kostyal (Milan), Stems Gallery (Brussels), and Sebastian Gladstone (Los Angeles). upcoming solo exhibition at Carl Kostyal. She and has been featured in publications such as New American Paintings, Art Maze Magazine, and Art of Choice.Show Notes Sam Rosenwald's website https://www.samanthajrosenwald.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/samantharosenwald/?hl=en Sam Rosenwald at Carl Kostyal https://kostyal.com/department/draw-jam-2022/samantha-rosenwald/
In October 2024, Thibault sat down with Malado Francine and Kayla Tange to talk with them about moments when life forced change on them. They also talk about past lives, woo woo stories and being careful what you wish for. About Malado Francine Malado Francine (b. Malado Francine Baldwin-Tejeda) is an American multi-media artist based in Los Angeles. Her work in multiple media examines the intersection of culture and identity. Outstanding influences in her work include a childhood spent in Dakar, Senegal and Bamako, Mali as the daughter of former Peace Corps volunteers in a mixed-race family of Hispanic descent. She holds a BA in comparative literature from Swarthmore College, and an MFA in painting from the New York Studio School. She spent more than 15 years living and making art in New York City before moving to Los Angeles in 2013.About Kayla Tange Kayla Tange was born in South Korea and adopted by a Japanese American family. Her love for poetry and photography slowly progressed into a conceptual performance practice which incorporates elements of exotic dancing. Physical and psychic boundaries, sexuality and permanence are also recurring themes. She often uses dark comedy in her performance work to explore love and longing, societal taboos and catharsis. She is the co-producer of Sacred Wounds, a show around ritual, subverting cultural stereotypes and ancestral healing. Show notes: Kayla Tange Vime Page https://vimeo.com/tange Kayla Tange Website https://www.kaylatange.com/ Francine Malado Website http://www.maladobaldwin.com/cv/
This week Thibault sits down with artist and activist Rio Asch Phoenix to talk about his solo show with Monte Vista Projects, While Light Still Falls Here, documenting the hotly contested Canyon Hills property near the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles. They talk about Rio's nerd-level love of plants, Instagram's effect on art and why photography is still relevant. Rio's show will be up at Monte Vista Projects in DTLA until Feb 2nd. Go to his closing reception on Saturday, February 1st. Details on the Monte Vista Projects website. About Rio Asch Phoenix Rio Asch Phoenix (b. 1996) is a Los Angeles-based photographer documenting the contested boundaries between built and natural environments. Raised in North Florida, his work focuses on the intersection of these sites and the stories of destruction, renewal, and harmony that emerge from them. His photographs have appeared in Contemporary Art Review LA, Telegraph Magazine, and KCRW. Recently, he received an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and was selected for Review Santa Fe 2024. He holds a BFA in Photography from Northeastern University (2019) Show Notes Rio Asch Phoenix website https://www.rioaschphoenix.com/ Rio Asch Phoenix Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rioaschphoenix/ Monte Vista Projects https://www.montevistaprojects.com/ No Canyon Hills https://nocanyonhills.org/ Support the NCH legal defense fund! https://www.gofundme.com/f/nch-legal Watch The Side Woo on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjjmLJwGNrjyP1vbzNUJxKiJ4MXOw7sfE
This week Thibault talks with best-selling author Sarah Thornton about her latest book "Tits Up: Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts", which was listed as one of the New Yorker Best Books of 2024. After her own botched breast reconstruction surgery, Thornton delved into what breasts/tits/titties mean to women all over the world from the sex work industry to witches and everyone in between. About Sarah Thornton Sarah Thornton is a writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture.[1] Thornton has authored four books and many articles about artists, the art market, bodies, people, culture, technology and design, the history of music technology, dance clubs, raves, cultural hierarchies, subcultures,[2] and ethnographic research methods. Show Notes NY Times Book Review of Tits Up https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/books/review/tits-up-sarah-thornton.html The Guardian Review of Tits Up https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/15/one-womans-quest-to-reclaim-her-breasts
This episode is a recording of a live conversation between Thibault and Allison Schulnik, reknowned painter, ceramicist, animator, and filmmaker based out in the desert in Sky Valley, CA. They talk about trying to live a dumb phone life, being witchy, and delve into Schulnik's artistic practice. Schulnik's latest show, "Dumb Phone" was at The Pit in Los Angeles and can be found on their website. The conversation was recorded on December 12, 2024. About Allison Schulnik Allison Schulnik choreographs her subjects in compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre, a Shakespearian comedy/tragedy of love, death and farce. The subjects often stare back at the audience and study them as they are in turn studied, aware of their ancestors from the Grand Theme works of the past, the genre paintings that inform them. Although a haunting sense of foreboding, discomfort and unease is palpable, a sense of understanding, compassion and hopefulness for her cast of characters is still evident in the heavy impasto paintings. Her sculptural use of oil paint references her clay-animation background, as a motion-like sensibility affords her paintings unparalleled depth and energy. Show Notes https://allisonschulnik.me/ Dumb Phone at The Pit https://www.the-pit.la/allison-schulnik-2 The Side Woo on YouTube https://youtu.be/kDTlymYmHDM The Side Woo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesidewoo/
This is a little check-in to say happy new year, and a teaser to get you excited for all the good stuff we have coming your way in 2025, which is just days away - on Thursday of this week, no less. Also a huge thank you to all of our fans! We are listed as a Top 10, and Top 5 favorite podcast for hundreds of people which is incredible. And to the 37 of you who love us best, I love you best of all too :) Our first episode comes out on January 2, 2025 with Allison Schulnik! Leave me a comment, question or your thoughts on “the creative life” and we might share on a future episode https://www.speakpipe.com/Thesidewoo Follow us on Instagram instagram.com/thesidewoo Subscribe on YouTube to get all the video goodness. https://www.youtube.com/@thibault-thesidewoo
This week on The Side Woo, Sarah talks with grad school buddy Roberto Fatal about their beautiful short films, student loan debt, using grant money for good and the hilarity of sci-fi's white apocalypses. About Roberto Fatal Roberto Fatal [they/them/ellos] is a Meztize Chicana filmmaker and storyteller. They come from Rarámuri, Genízaro, and Spanish ancestry. Their Queer, gender fluid, Mestize/Mixed identity informs the sci-fi, films they make. Their work centers on humans who sit at the intersections of time, space and culture. From this unique vantage point, these characters can bridge divides, see all sides, find new paths forward and recall multiple histories long forgotten. The mixed people of Fatal's stories can connect us deeply to an undercurrent of humanity that we often overlook in a world that is increasingly divided. Survival, intersectional identity, perseverance, love, empathy, community, connection and creation are at the heart of their characters and films. Fatal is a Sundance Film Institute Native Film Lab Fellow Alum and an Imagine Native Director's Lab feature film fellow alum. Their debut feature script, ELECTRIC HOMIES, was selected by GLAAD x The Black List as one of the best unproduced screenplays of 2022 and was awarded the 2023 SFFILM Rainin Screenwriting Grant. Learn more about Roberto's work here: https://robfatal.myportfolio.com/video-art-and-film
This week Sarah sits down with Bay Area artist, owner of Pinckney Clay and karaoke aficionado, Holly Coley. About Holly Coley Holly Coley lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Born in LA county and raised in the desert of Southern California. Coley comes from a family of artists and craftspeople. An artist and educator, she is the owner of Pinckney Clay Studio in San Francisco. Coley studied drawing, painting, and sculpture at The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State, and SFCC. As an artist working in education, she has worked with many art education nonprofits in the Bay Area. Such as The San Francisco Art Education Project, Streetside Stories, Root Division, and The Crucible. Show notes: Holly Coley Website https://www.hollycoley.com/about Pinckney Clay https://www.pinckneyclay.com/ Holly Coley Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hollycoley
About Julia Haft-Candell Julia Haft-Candell (b. 1982, Oakland, California) received a BA from the University of California, Davis, before graduating from the MFA program at California State University, Long Beach, in 2010. She was a summer resident in 2016 at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, Maine, and has been awarded multiple grants from the Center for Cultural Innovation and most recently the California Community Foundation Fellowship in 2019. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Sarah interviews Iva about her solo exhibition Seascapes, Snowscapes, Kukeri for the closing reception at Night Gallery in Los Angeles. Recorded on August 24, 2024. About Iva GueorguievaBorn in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Iva Gueorguieva is an artist living and working in Los Angeles California. Notable solo exhibitions include at Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2024) GAVLAK Gallery, Palm Beach, FL (2022) Frederic Snitzer, Miami, FL (2016, 2018); Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe, New York, NY (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016); ACME, Los Angeles, CA (2013, 2015); Samson Projects, Boston, MA (2014); Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, Germany (2013); Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. (2013); Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2012); Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY (2011); Stitching Outline, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008); and Pomona Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (2007).
This week's guest, Nik Thakkar, aka NEO 10Y, was born same date that Freddie Mercury died - coincidence or reincarnation? You decide in this week's episode. Sarah and NEO 10Y chat about what it's like living his pop star fantasy, his vegan activism, taking 8 grams of mushrooms for a British reality show and growing up queer - among other things. About NEO 10Y NEO 10Y is a recording artist, media personality, and spiritual revolutionary from London. His purpose is to help manifest a protopian dimension of peace on planet Earth, through the expansion of love energy. He makes consciousness-expanding alternative pop, designed to amplify our collective connection with oneness, tapping into Vedic philosophies of peace with his Indian ancestry. NEO 10Y's sound is a cohesive blend of cinematic-grunge and industrial-R&B, with lyrics written through the lens of self-realization, and philosophies of love and curiosity. NEO 10Y is an independent artist with AWAL, and directs and produces their own hyper reality music videos; the more contentious of which have gone viral. His work has been featured by Billboard, Paper, COLORS, Dazed, BBC, The Evening Standard, Rolling Stone, them, CLASH, Earmilk, Notion, Noctis, L'Officiel, GQ, Gal Dem, Interview Magazine, plus major Spotify, Apple and TiDAL playlists including Glitch, Cosmic Playlists, misfits 2.0, TRANSCEND, Discover Weekly, Your Daily Mix and more.
As a follow up to the book release and live talk with Hayley Barker on July 28th at Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth DTLA, Sarah sits down to talk with Scott Ogden about his gallery, Shrine Gallery, why he loves self-educated artists and even a couple of ghost stories.
Sarah sits down for a live chat with Hayley Barker at Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth DTLA in honor of her new catalog release, co-produced with Shrine Gallery, About Hayley Barker Hayley Barker (b.1973) is a Los Angeles based painter whose bold and beautiful paintings combine apparently prosaic personal details of her immediate surroundings in her home and studio in LA, with an awareness of time passing and the contradiction of painting as a means of both measuring time and freezing the moment. Her subjects are sometimes explicitly rendered from life – the tree from her bedroom window, the view across her lovingly tended yard, or the plants on her windowsill – and yet they seem to come from an interior place, balancing real and imaginary worlds in works that suggest as much a dreamscape as a landscape. Show Notes Buy a copy of "ALTAR" from Shrine Gallery https://www.shrine.nyc/hayley-barker-altar Hayley's recent show at Ingleby Gallery in Scotland https://www.inglebygallery.com/artists/407-hayley-barker/overview/ Healing Machine at Shrine LA curated by Scott Ogden and Hayley Barker https://www.shrine.nyc/healing-machine-works Hayley Barker website https://hayleybarker.com/ Barker's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/barker_hayley/?hl=en
Sarah talks this week with LA-based artist Amir Fallah about his family of origin, immigrating to the US when he was 7, speaking at the recent UCLA School of Arts and Architecture commencement, and all the hard work that it took to get where he is now. About Amir Show Notes Amir at UCLA's Commencement https://arts.ucla.edu/single/amir-h-fallah-the-art-of-resilience/ Speech on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgcwVxE6m7c Amir H. Fallah website https://www.amirhfallah.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amirhfallah/?hl=en
This week we share a convesration between Sarah and friend of the pod, artist Natalja Kent. They cover so much ground from childhood stuff to Natalja's storied career in artist collectives, Sasha the Flute, and queer surfing. About Natalja KentNatalja Kent is a Czech-American artist based in Los Angeles,CA. Her work investigates process, materiality and embodimentthrough the expanding parameters of photograms, painting andsculpture. Solo Exhibitions includeLight Wavesat Oolong Galleryin San Diego, CA 2024;Light Waves Broken Watersat And PensGallery 2024 andLight Movesat Situations Gallery/ForelandCatskill, July 2022. She was recently included in group exhibitionsat The Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA; Pace Gallery NewYork, NY, Good Naked Gallery, Los Angeles/NYC and The BerryArt Museum, Norfolk, VA. She has shown work and/or performedat Tate Liverpool; Carpenter Center for The Visual Arts at Harvard;Hiromi Yoshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; PS1, MOMA Queens. She isthe recipient of the ArtAffect Grant, Google Artist-in-Residence,Camera Obscura at the City of Santa Monica AIR, RISCA ArtistFellowship amongst others. Show notes: Website https://www.nataljakent.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/natalja_kent/ Light Waves Broken Waters at & Pens in Los Angeles https://www.instagram.com/andpens/ RSVP to The Side Woo taping with Hayley Barker at Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth DTLA Sign up for Media Training for Artists July 23, 6pm - 8pm PT Check out Joanne Menon's Writing with the Divine retreat in Olympia, Washington https://joannemenon.com/retreat/
This week's epsiode is a live podcast taping of a talk with artist Vivien Ebright Chung about her solo exhibition "Verdant Arcadia" at The Trophy Room LA in Los Angeles. Sarah asks Vivien about her sexually fluid vision for the future, her past life in Paris, and what inspires her color palette. About Vivien Ebright Chung Vivien Ebright Chung (b. Santa Cruz, CA), is an artist working in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, where she took interdisciplinary classes in both fashion and painting. Her understanding and interest in the body, clothed and unclothed, has hugely influenced the direction of her painting. Using lush, sensual mark-making and rich colors, Ebright Chung explores the ongoing conflict between the sensual nature of humanity and the intellectual and spiritual. Drawing on familiar tropes of art history and literature her work aims to document the raw joy and sorrow of being human. She uses life drawing as well as personal experience, motherhood, and friendships to draw upon as subjects for her works. Recent exhibitions include May Flowers, Trophy Room LA, Los Angeles (2024 group); My Favorite Things, Trophy Room LA, Los Angeles (2023 group); 500 Below, Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe (2023 group); Power, Transport Gallery, Los Angles (2023 group); Hoarders at Quarters, Quarters Gallery, Los Angles (2023 group). Show notes: Verdant Arcadia at The Trophy Room LA https://www.thetrophyroomla.com/vivien-ebright-chung-verdant-arcadia Vivien Ebright Chung on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vivienpaints/
Sarah talks with NY based artist and recent MFA grad Alexander Brewington about his solo show "What Burns Beneath", leaving grad school and the significance of fire in his paintings. The conversation was recorded in April 2024. About Alexander Brewington Alexander Brewington is a Brooklyn based figurative painter, received his MFA from Pratt Institute, 2023. His painting practice is about forming a contemporary narrative between the intersection of classical mythology and urban environments. Brewington was commissioned to paint the Joseph Branch Creek mural in Silver Spring, MD. His work has been featured in Hyperallergic and E-flux Education. He was recently awarded a Pratt Fellowship to attend the 2023 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His solo show "What Burns Beneath" opened at Thierry Goldberg Gallery in March 2024. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week we share a live recorded conversation Sarah hosted as part of her solo exhibition, Things Worth Saving, at Dreamsong Gallery in Minneapolis. Elisabeth Workman flips the script and asks Sarah questions this time. Let's get nerdy about painting! About Elisabeth Workman Elisabeth Workman is a writer and poet with a background in dance. Originally from the pharmaceutical suburbs of Philadelphia, she has since lived in Boston, rural Pennsylvania, the Netherlands, the Standing Rock Nation of the Dakotas, Qatar, and now Minneapolis.A recipient of a Jerome Emerging Writer Fellowship, a McKnight Artist Fellowship in Poetry, a University of Minnesota Marcella DuBourg Fellowship, and honors from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Minnesota State Arts Board, Workman has collaborated on numerous projects with visual artists and other poets. She is the author of twelve chapbooks—including ANY RIP A THRESHOLD (Shirt Pocket Press 2015) and with Michael Sikkema, TERRORISM IS WHAT WHALE (Grey Book Press 2014)—and the full-length collections ULTRAMEGAPRAIRIELAND (Bloof Books 2014) and ENDLESSNESS IS NO DESOLATION (Dusie Press 2016). She teaches creative writing and poetry at Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Show Notes Things Worth Saving at Dreamsong https://dreamsong.art/exhibitions/things-worth-saving-sarah-thibault Elisabeth Workman http://www.elisabethworkman.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week, Sarah takes a break from the reguarly scheduled program to announce a new live radio show on Friday April 26, from 8-10pm Pacific Time. The show will be once aired monthly on their platform, and then recorded and shared somewhere as yet to be determined. To listen you can go to https://gutsyradio.org/. The guest this week will be an encore presentation of our interview with Elisabeth Elektra, along with songs from her new EP. Plus Sarah shares her proof that vision boards work, information about her upcoming solo show, and the guest for the next episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
Xiao Wang (b. 1990), is a Chinese born, New York based figurative painter primarily working with oil paint. Wang's work combines dramatic and moody color palettes with a realism approach. He creates constructed scenes from photographs of still lifes, foliage, interior spaces, landscapes, himself, his friends, and loved ones. The contents of these scenes are rooted in everyday life, while the attention to atmosphere and emotion pushes the paintings to an uncanny space. With the use of theatrical lighting and distortion or exaggeration of colors, the world depicted in Wang's paintings is elevated to a dreamlike space. At the center of this space are human figures, often in solitude, unaware of the fourth-wall in front. Show Notes Xiao Wang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xiaowang_artist/ Xiao Wang website https://www.xiaowangartist.com/artist-bio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah chats with Basement VHS podcast and filmscreening hosts, Luca Antonucci and Mitsu Okubo. Sarah asks them about their love of horror and why it might be the best thing to get over the nighttime scaries. About Basement VHS The premier VHS seed bank of San Francisco! Highlights from our +3000 and counting vhs library. Basement Radio Fridays 6-8pm on Radio Valencia. Hosted by Luca and Mitsu. Show Notes: Basement VHS on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/basementvhs/ Colpa Press https://www.instagram.com/colpapress/ Mitsu Okubo website: https://mmmitsuokubooo.bigcartel.com/ Luca Antonucci website: https://lucaantonucci.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah talks with author and educator Natalie Serber, a former mentor of hers that she met randomly - so random - during the pandemic. They talk about writing good endings, loving your worst characters, and how Natalie thrived after her breast cancer diagnosis. About Natalie Serber: Natalie Serber is a fiction writer, essayist, and educator. She is the author of Shout Her Lovely Name, a book that was reviewed by the NY Times Book Review, O Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. She also wrote Community Chest, a compilation of essays written during her recovery from breast cancer. Natalie received an MFA from Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in The Bellingham Review and Gulf Coast, among others, and her awards include the Tobias Wolff Award. She teaches writing at various universities and lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. Show Notes Shout Her Lovely Name https://bookshop.org/p/books/shout-her-lovely-name-natalie-serber/7083353?ean=9780544002210 Community Chest https://bookshop.org/p/books/community-chest-natalie-serber/11699906?ean=9780692492598 Natalie's essay on consent https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-accurate-term Read.Write.Eat Substack https://readwriteeat.substack.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
Sarah sat down for a chat at the Space Program Recording Studios in November 2023 to ask Griff Williams, Founder of Gallery 16 about his 30+ years running a San Francisco-gallery. We also talk about his documentary "Tell them we were here" about 8 artists making art outside the gallery system and the impact they have made on the Bay Area's many diverse and underrepresented communities. About Gallery 16 Gallery 16 was founded in 1993 by artist Griff Williams with the primary focus of representing and advocating for the work of living contemporary artists. In addition to the regular exhibition schedule, the gallery sponsors artists talks, and hosts performances and music throughout the year. It's our belief that the brick and mortar gallery model, to be culturally relevant, needs to embody new strategies for facilitating and presenting artist's projects. The space, as Williams describes it, “allows for the artist to fail. We don't create exhibitions around curatorial agendas, but extend an invitation to artists we trust and hope they use the opportunity to challenge themselves without restrictions. Studio notes Gallery 16 https://gallery16.com/contact Gallery 16 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gallery16/ Griff Williams website https://www.griffwilliams.com/ Tell Them We Were Here https://tellthemwewerehere.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
As part of the Pure Beauty exhibition at Eleanor Harwood, Sarah hosted a live panel discussion on Resilience and Joy with artists Tara Daly, Mary Finlayson, and Rachel Kaye. Everyone shares the trials and triumphs they have faced over the course of their careers and fields audience questions. The conversation was recorded on March 13, 2024. To inquire about any work in the show, reach out to the gallery directly. Show Notes Pure Beauty at Eleanor Harwood Gallery https://eleanorharwood.com/exhibitions/124-pure-beauty-a-group-show-with-tara-daly-mary-finlayson/works/ Tara Daly on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ghertie/ Mary Finlayson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/painted_mary Rachel Kaye on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ray_ray_kaye/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week host Sarah talks with author, energy worker and life coach Sarah McCrum who channeled / wrote the book Love Money, Money Loves You. Sarah M shares what money wants you to know about getting rich, enjoying life more and finding balance between woo woo stuff and the reality of the world. About Sarah McCrum Sarah believes in a society that is fundamentally based in love, generosity and a deep understanding of the essence of being human. Her purpose is to contribute to creating a world that works for 100% of humanity. She's an author, educator and business innovator. She's the Founder of Liberate Humanity, which is a place for learning and sharing the skills for liberation of the human spirit.Sarah has spent more than 20 years teaching and coaching business owners and their families. She's the creator of the innovative program, Thank You Money, based on the principles of her book, Love Money, Money Loves You. Over 10,000 people have completed courses with Sarah, building a relationship with money that's founded in love, abundance, generosity and nature. She's also co-Originator of LOVE TO, a group of Mutual companies that have created new financial products, backed by the regeneration and protection of nature and human quality of life. LOVE TO has been built from the ground up on the principles of Sarah's book and work. It's an example of what's possible when we build businesses based in the spirit of generosity. Show notes Love Money, Money Loves You https://books.google.com/books/about/Love_Money_Money_Loves_You.html Sarah McCrum's website https://sarahmccrum.com/about/ Sarah McCrum on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarah_mccrum/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
In honor of the end of Flip Phone February, this week Sarah talks with the co-creator of the Light Phone, a "dumbphone" made to help people spend less time using their phones. Most recently Light Phone has done a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar for their instantly sold-out Light Phone II this past fall. Joe shares how he and his partner Kaiwei Tang came up with the idea for the phone, and what impact running a business has made on his creative life. We also talk about the very real addiction most of us have to our smartphones, and some strategies for stepping back from the most unproductive digital habits. About Joe Hollier Joe Hollier is a multi-disciplinary artist from Brooklyn. He studied design at the School of Visual Arts. He's a filmmaker, designer, director, and entrepreneur. He likes to make stop animations, collages, patterns and drawings, music videos, documentaries, and books. Show Notes Joe Hollier's website: https://www.joehollier.com/ The Light Phone: https://www.thelightphone.com/ Kendrick Lamar x Light Phone II https://www.businessinsider.com/kendrick-lamar-launches-limited-edition-light-phone-2-2023-11 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah is in San Francisco and gets the chance to talk with artist Jason Hanasik about his career as a photographer and filmmaker. Jason talks about creating GAP's contribution to the It Gets Better Campaign, losing a sister to mental health challenges and what personal liberation can look like. Sarah shares some personal news. About Jason Jason Hanasik is a filmmaker, artist, journalist, and curator. His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, screened at various international film festivals, and featured on the BBC, The Guardian and in The Los Angeles Times. He has curated exhibitions for the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art and his scholarship has been published in the academic journal “Critical Military Studies.” Hanasik's photography monograph, "I slowly watched him disappear," is in the research collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA NYC, and other institutions. Show Notes: Personal Website: www.jasonhanasik.com "A Great Gay Book: Stories of Growth, Belonging and Other Queer Possibilities": https://agreatgaybook.com "How to Make a Pearl": https://vimeo.com/255561801 “A Childhood on Fire” http://theguardian.com/childhood-on-fire “Tomorrow Will Be A Better Day In an Unknown World:" https://youtu.be/_ptvmahVE-s --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
About Lindsay and Lana Lindsay and Lana are married artists, living, working and raising a baby together in Oakland, CA. They are two-thirds of the art collaborative, Bonanza, with Conrad Guevara, recently exhibiting work at the Museum of Craft and Design, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, and Gallery 16. Lindsay is a filmmaker with experience in the documentary field and currently serves as the Senior Director at Creativebug, an online platform for craft classes. Lana is a painter, ceramicist, author and garden designer. She owns and runs The Tender Gardener, a boutique plant shop and design company. Her first book, The Container Garden Recipe Book, published by Artisan Books will be available May 2024. Lindsay and Lana's podcast Lez Be Moms chronicles their adventures as queer parents. The show can be found wherever you get your podcasts! Show Notes: Lez Be Moms Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lez-be-moms/id1707595726https://open.spotify.com/show/6ndwxksX53dBZZDF2Sm8uUhttps://shows.acast.com/648e26d87404e60011793836The Tender Gardener:https://www.thetendergardener.com/Bonanza:https://www.bonanzaart.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week I talk with Ben Venom, textile artist and studio manager at The Space Program. We recorded our conversation in July 2023 at The Space Program's recording studio. About Ben Venom Ben Venom graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts degree. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally including the Levi Strauss Museum (Germany), National Folk Museum of Korea, HPGRP Gallery (Tokyo), Fort Wayne Museum, Charlotte Fogh Gallery (Denmark), Taubman Museum of Art, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, and the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles. He has been interviewed by NPR: All Things Considered, Playboy, Juxtapoz Magazine, KQED, Maxim, and CBS Sunday Morning. Venom has lectured at the California College of Arts, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Midlands Art Centre, Humboldt State University, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and Adidas. Recently, he was the artist in residence at MASS MoCA and the de Young Museum. Ben Venom is currently Visiting Faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute. Show Notes https://www.benvenom.com/bio https://www.instagram.com/benvenom Problematic review of problematic Jason Rhoades' show in 2017 at Hauser & Wirth http://artobserved.com/2017/05/los-angeles-jason-rhoades-installations-1994-2006-at-hauser-wirth-los-angeles-through-may-21st-2017/ Art Date Substack: https://artdate.substack.com/ Art Date Social Club - Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.com/o/sarah-thibault-18411193477 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week we are asked to tune in to our intuition to find our way. Tune in but don't tune out if things get tough. Use guided visualizations and ask for help when things don't feel clear. Sarah is using the She Wolfe deck. Join the upcoming Art Meet-Up hosted by the Art Date Social Club. Use the energy of the new moon to set intentions about the month ahead and the Capricorn energy to create a plan. The group welcomes all LGBTQ+ and BIPOC community members. Ticket details: Members get in for free, $15 for non-members. Reserve your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-date-social-club-monthly-online-art-meet-up-january-2024-tickets-790738759917 Become an Art Date Social Club member by subscribing via Art Date on Substack. Go to artdate.substack.com/subscribe to get all future newsletters and updates. If you don't want the emails you can select no emails in your settings and still benefit from the subscription model. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah talks with Bay Area artist Amber Jean Young about her work, grief from losing her mother, and then why she chose to have a double mastectomy and an oophorectomy after the birth of her second child. About Amber Jean Young Amber Jean Young (b. 1984) is an interdisciplinary artist residing in Berkeley California. Young's work explores ideas about place, grief, and resilience across mediums, creating vibrant patterns and plant imagery in her compositions. She has exhibited nationally including Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Hashimoto Contemporary, and Marrow Gallery in San Francisco, Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, Monte Vista Projects and Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles, the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. She is a 2012 Djerassi Resident Artist Program fellow. Her work has been published the San Francisco Chronicle, Palo Alto Weekly and in catalogs including The MediaMath Collection: Selected Acquisitions 2012 - 2016, A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists At Kenyon College, MusiCares 2010 catalog. Her art has been used on the covers and inside jackets of multiple Neil Young and Pegi Young albums and is included in the MediaMath and Fidelity Investments corporate art collections. Show Notes Order Amber's Shelter In Place book https://amberjeanyoung.com/shop/p/shelter-in-place-book Website https://amberjeanyoung.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amberjeanyoung Amber on The Residuals Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/36fYXZSCJBP0k3Pb43P998?si=20d60302551b43b6 Sign up for Plein Air Painting in Los Angeles https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weekly-plein-air-painting-meet-ups-frogtown-in-january-tickets-777395289237?aff=oddtdtcreator Join Art Date Social Club via Substack: https://artdate.substack.com/subscribe The Side Woo Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3obgaJzgBPe7TiIN0yDm1Q --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
Last week's Chariot follows us into the new year. It's time to start making some moves. Don't let old blocks and other people's expectations throw you off course. Focus on who you will be helping to stay inspired. Sarah using the Morgan Greer deck. Sign up at: artdate.substack.com/subscribe to learn more about the new Art Date Social Club community. News will be coming out in a newsletter email this week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
A quick two-card reading for the full moon in Cancer this week. The energy of the week is moving eagerly, and perhaps a little hurriedly, towards a big change, but being afraid to take the big leap because you're so used to the status quo. Tap into your courage and determination to break with old patterns, and let the pieces fall where they may. This feels very internal so not necessarily an outward change yet, but we may be moving towards that in the new year. Sarah is using the Morgan Greer deck. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
The last week of the year finds us relaxing, or at least trying to despite family togetherness and future projects looming large. Try to find the good in people and take this time to relax while you can. Regain your energy so you can use that energy to go into the new year with gusto. Sarah is using the Morgan Greer tarot deck. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah talks with editor, creative director and co-writer of Taschen's Library of Esoterica books, Jess Hundley. Jess shares her plan for creating the as of today four encyclopedic books, Tarot, Astrology, Witchcraft and Plant Magick, and the important part the Philosophical Research Society played in finding materials for the books. About Jess Hundley Jessica Hundley is a Creative Director, Writer & Producer specializing in music, film, counterculture, magick and psychedelia.As an author and editor, Hundley is currently engaged on projects for book publishers Abrams, Phaidon and Rizzoli. Hundley is also creator, author and Series Editor for Taschen Publications multivolume collection, The Library of Esoterica, a book series exploring the visual history of Tarot, Astrology and other esoteric traditions.Recent projects as a Creative Director include overseeing staging, visuals and overall concepting for John Legend's 2021 Bigger Love Tour and Legend's 2022-23 Las Vegas residency. Hundley continues to work collaboratively with John Legend and his team as a Creative Director and Producer, overseeing the recent launch of Legend's LOVED01 skincare line, as well as album art, limited edition book and album packaging and commercial projects. Hundley also served as co-creative director alongside Darren Romanelli on the DomeRX an immersive art experience at the 2022 FORMAT Festival. Other recent copywriting and creative directing work includes drink brand GHIA and an expansive campaign for Corona/Mexico alongside the team at CAA/Observatory.As an author, Hundley has published over a dozen books in the last decade, an acclaimed biography on country rock icon Gram Parsons for DaCapo, a book on music and meditation with the director David Lynch, and an overview of photographs from longtime Michael Jackson photographer Todd Gray and extensive overview of the photography of Dennis Hopper from Taschen Publications. Show notes: Jess Hundley https://www.jessicahundley.com/BIO Philosophical Research Society https://www.prs.org/ Buy the Library of Esoterica Books and donate to charity at the same time: https://linktr.ee/thelibraryofesoterica --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week we are looking at beginnings and endings within our communities. Whether you reading to take on a new professional relationship or are celebrating your existing community, it's all about finding a way to center in your heart space and be grateful and gracious to those around you. Sarah is using the Morgan Greer tarot deck. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week with a new moon in Sagittarius you may be feeling a bit overworked and needing a break to get back in line with the universe. Get into nature to rediscover the magic and mystery of life. Sarah is using the Queer Tarot deck. Links: Instagram @sarah_thibault @thesidewoo Art Date Substack: https://artdate.substack.com TikTok: / the.side.woo Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sarah_thibault --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
Ever since she picked up Moonology in 2019, Sarah has been wanting to talk with Yasmin Boland, creator of Moonology the book and oracle decks inspired by the phases of the moon. Finally, this week, Sarah shares her conversation with Yasmin in early November 2023. During their conversation, Yasmin shares her career path from Journalist to Witchy Astrologer, and what led her to create a system of New Moon and Full Moon rituals to help her manifest her life goals and dreams. About Yasmin Boland Yasmin Boland is an award-winning astrologer and the Sunday Times best-selling Hay House author of books including Moonology and Astrology Made Easy and the creator of the Moonology oracle cards, possibly the best-selling oracle cards in the history of oracle cards. A former journalist and TV producer, Yasmin's work has been featured around the world, including Vogue, Oprah and Red, and she was recently named as one of the most spiritually influential people on the planet. Yasmin' taps into ancient lunar wisdom to explain to people that they can use Moonology and the Moon, as the most consistent and effective manifesting tool. Show Notes Yasmin Boland's website https://www.yasminboland.com/about/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetyasminboland/ https://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/astrology/midheaven-mc-astrology-sign-career Yoga Journal, What Your Rising Sign in Astrology Means Keen, The Basics Of Astrology's Rising Sign Host & Creator: Sarah Thibault Sound & content editing: Sarah Thibault Intro and outro music: LewisP-Audio found on Audio Jungle The Side Woo is a podcast created through The Side Woo Collective. To learn more go to thesidewoo.com For questions, comments, press, or sponsorships you can email thesidewoo@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week, Dec 3-9th, we are asked to juggle our dreams with the reality of our material resources and the work it will take to achieve them. Big ideas are balanced with staying present in our bodies. If we don't enjoy the process, will any of it be worth it? Sarah is using the Queer Tarot deck. Links: Instagram @sarah_thibault @thesidewoo Art Date Substack: https://artdate.substack.com TikTok: / the.side.woo Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sarah_thibault --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah talks with Amir Hamaoui, friend and husband of former guest Rachel Dawson. He shares his journey through recovery and how he answered the inevitable question after any major life change, "What now?" As part of his recovery process, he created a new wellness-focused oracle deck called Welldim Journey that helps people along their path to transcendence and inner peace. Plus they talk about Amir's insane adventures in kite surfing in the San Francisco Bay. About Amir Hamaoui Born, raised, and residing in California, Amir studied and practiced engineering during his early profession. Despite what most would consider milestone life achievements in career and family, alcohol was a persistent layer that began as fun and became a troublesome method to cope with typical life stresses. As time mindlessly passed, the daily suffering of addiction merged with the appearance of a high-functioning life. Fortunately, with ever-present support from friends and family and a personal dedication and persistence to sobriety, life's path turned towards recovery, gratitude, and self-improvement. A new chapter was born with a commitment to lifelong wellness, bringing Amir back to childhood dreams as an artistic creator to help those seeking to improve their lives and community. Show Notes: The Welldim Journey Deck welldimjourney.com Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html The alternative pyramid of needs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161123/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
Time to level up this week despite whatever the full moon in Gemini brings. Lean on trusted advisers and your own entrepreneurial spirit to move towards being own boss when it comes to your art. Sarah is using the Morgan Greer deck. Follow along with video on The Side Woo's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3obgaJzgBPe7TiIN0yDm1Q --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
On November 5, 2023 Sarah hosted three guest artists at the Institute of Contemporary Art - San Francisco for a live panel discussion on creativity and what blocks it. During their conversations they discuss where ideas come from, why do we as artists get creatively blocked and what can we do about it. Show Notes Rupy C. Tut https://www.rupyctut.com/ Rupy's show at the ICA SF: Out of Place https://www.icasf.org/exhibitions/5-out-of-place Heesoo Kwon welcome video https://heesookwon.com/filter/installaion/welcome-from-Heesoo Heesoo's show at the ICA San Jose: https://www.icasanjose.org/current-exhibitions/heesoo-kwon-leymusoom-garden/ Cate White https://www.catewhite.com/ Cate White's How Do You Paint Youtube Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZpBSnaYl9HO4hN0sAuHlQ About The Side Woo Host & Creator: Sarah Thibault Sound & Content Editing: Sarah Thibault Intro and outro music: LewisP-Audio found on Audio Jungle Recorded at the Institute of Contemporary Art - San Francisco on November 5, 2023 The Side Woo is a podcast created through The Side Woo Collective. To learn more go to thesidewoo.com For questions, comments, press, or sponsorships you can email thesidewoo@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week the 8 of cups has us in a mood. Go out and spend some time in nature, but don't be too hard on yourself if you're not measuring up. Take stock of where you are and then put some plans into action with the exuberance of the Knight of Wands. Sarah is using the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Links: Instagram https://Instagram.com/sarah_thibault https://instagram.com/thesidewoo Art Date Substack: https://artdate.substack.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.side.woo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week we share a conversation with Sarah and Bay Area artist Jamil Hellu. They talked during a shared artist residency at the Space Program in August 2023. About Jamil Hellu Jamil Hellu is a visual artist whose work focuses on the fluidity of identity, cultural heritage, and queer representation, often pointing to the tensions found in the evolving discourses about sexuality. He is a Photography Lecturer in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University and is represented by Rebecca Camacho Presents in San Francisco.Through a multidisciplinary practice rooted in photography and that includes video, sculpture, and installation, Hellu's projects interrogate the dominant patriarchal ideology of masculinity while challenging preconceived notions about gender expression. Navigating from a personal lens, he frequently incorporates his own history as an immigrant to the United States, exploring the impact of cultural hybridity. His art fosters empathy and dialogue, ultimately promoting a more inclusive and equitable world.Hellu holds a Masters in Fine Arts in Art Practice from Stanford University and a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been discussed in publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Artforum, and VICE. He has held multiple art residencies including at the Headlands Center for the Arts and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Public collections holding his work include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Cantor Arts Center; and the Blanton Museum of Art. Show Notes: https://jamilhellu.net/about Jamil's solo show at Rebecca Camacho, "Odyssey" https://rebeccacamacho.com/exhibitions Folsom Street Fair https://www.folsomstreet.org Pop Out https://www.dukeupress.edu/pop-out About The Side Woo Host & Creator: Sarah Thibault Sound & Content Editing: Sarah Thibault Intro and outro music: LewisP-Audio found on Audio Jungle Recording Studio: The Space Program The Side Woo is a podcast created through The Side Woo Collective. To learn more go to thesidewoo.com For questions, comments, press, or sponsorships you can email thesidewoo@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week the two of cups is asking us to have a heart-to-heart with someone or perhaps a part of ourselves that we have been at odds with. You have to imagine peace before you can manifest it. Use visualizations to help you get where you need to go. Sarah is using the Radiant Tarot Deck. Links: Instagram https://Instagram.com/sarah_thibault https://instagram.com/thesidewoo Art Date Substack: https://artdate.substack.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.side.woo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week's reading is for artist Katherine Vetne whose solo exhibition, Palate Cleanser, is opening at Catherine Clark on November 11, 2023 in San Francisco, CA. Show Notes Katherine Vetne http://katherinevetne.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kavetne/?hl=en Palate Cleanser at Catherine Clark Gallery https://cclarkgallery.com/exhibitions/katherine-vetne-ccg-solo-palate-cleanser-2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week, you might be feeling full steam ahead but be ready for some major changes to your agenda. Sarah is using the Morgan Greer deck. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah talks Delia Brown, an artist and psychedelic-therapist-in-training living in the Bay Area. Delia shares her ups and downs of having a multi-decade career in the art world and why she is leaving it all behind. She shares her experience getting diagnosed with cancer, her subsequent recovery, and how she came to her new career path in psychedelic therapies. About Delia Brown Delia Brown's work is primarily engaged in exploring desire as an individuated experience that connects the personal to the collective unconscious, often mediated through advertising and commercial culture. Referencing early bourgeois painting genres, she paints herself and her friends enacting their fantasies of being part of the leisure class, with props from snacks and beverages to million-dollar artworks functioning as important accessories in the assumption of privilege. Show Notes Delia Brown http://www.deliabrown.net/ The review Charles Labelle: https://www.frieze.com/article/delia-brown UCLA Doctor Sued for Harassing Patients Whole Foods Parking lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU Revenge of the Black Prius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idG_Odfk9fI CIIS https://www.ciis.edu/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week the Lovers asks is there something that looks too good to be true, or too challenging to tackle? Use your inner wisdom of the 9 of swords, to approach any decisions. But also don't get taken off track by the demands of others, and don't overdo it even though being high-functioning has been your MO in the past. The Eclipse, happening on Oct 28th, is all about setting boundaries and having tough conversations about what needs to happen. You may end up letting things go, or taking on new responsibilities just for a time in order to move towards a goal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message
This week Sarah reads for artist, activist, and podcast host Nikki Nolan. They talk about how to break from the patterns of perfectionism and let your inner Leo take center stage. Show Notes Instagram: @thenikkinolan TikTok: @theonlynikkinolan Get your human design chart https://www.ihdschool.com/get-your-chart The AI, Data, Ethics, Privacy & Security Association: https://theassociation.ai/ https://www.instagram.com/thenikkinolan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message