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Comedian and actor George Wendt, who played Norm on the show "Cheers," died Tuesday at the age of 76. CBS News' Carter Evans looks back at his life and legacy. The cost to take a summer vacation is a little less than last Memorial Day. Economic uncertainty is causing the airlines to see some weakness in bookings, which could allow for some deals. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave breaks down the numbers and shows how you can save.CBS News' Anthony Mason takes his first painting lesson at the Art Students League with acclaimed artist Sharon Sprung, exploring creativity, vulnerability, and a deeper connection to his late stepfather.Maria Avgitidis, also known as "Matchmaker Maria," offers her signature no-nonsense relationship advice in her debut book, "Ask a Matchmaker: Matchmaker Maria's No-Nonsense Guide to Finding Love."Eva Erickson, the show's first contestant with autism, shares how her bond with tribemate Joe Hunter shaped her "Survivor" journey. Both are now in the final five. Simon Pegg and Pom Klementieff reprise their roles as Benji and Paris in "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," with Klementieff's character seeking revenge against her former boss. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Altina Schinasi is known as the inventor of cat-eye glasses, but she was also an artist, a documentarian, and an activist. And she was very frank about her own faults and bad decisions. Research: “Altina Schinasi 1924 (1907-1999).” Helen Temple Cook Library. Dana Hall School. https://library.danahall.org/archives/danapedia/alumnae/altina-schinasi-1924-1907-1999/ “Altina Schinasi's 116th Birthday.” Google Doodle. https://doodles.google/doodle/altina-schinasis-116th-birthday/ “Altina Schinasi, The Harlem Girl Who Knew Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Salvador Dali And Invented Cat-Eye Glasses.” Harlem World. June 21, 2023. https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/altina-schinasi-the-harlem-girl-who-knew-martin-luther-king-rosa-parks-salvador-dali-and-invented-cat-eye-glasses/ “Artist Altina Schinasi Miranda Dies at 92.” Ventura County Star. Aug. 17, 1999. https://www.newspapers.com/image/935509837/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi Bachz, Betty. “From Audrey Hepburn to Hailey Bieber: How cat-eye frames became a timeless look.” Vogue Scandinavia. Oct. 8, 2021. https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/history-of-the-cat-eye-sunglasses “Heiress Asks Divorce.” The Cleveland Press. June 21, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1164656661/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi “The League’s Legacy.” Art Students League of New York. https://www.artstudentsleague.org/timeline#timeline “Mengel Module Furniture - Morris B. Sanders.” Modernism 101. https://modernism101.com/products-page/industrial-design/mengel-module-furniture-promotionalsales-ephemera-for-morris-b-sanders-furniture-designed-in-1946-produced-by-the-mengel-furniture-company-of-louisville-ky/ “Morris Schinasi.” The Daily Times. Sept. 13, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032205/?match=1&terms=Morris%20Schinasi “Morris Schinasi Leaves $1,300,000 to Institutions.” The Daily Times. Sept. 28, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032801/ Ravo, Nick. “Altina Schinasi Miranda, 92, Designer of Harlequin Glasses.” The New York Times. Aug. 21, 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/21/arts/altina-schinasi-miranda-92-designer-of-harlequin-glasses.html “Rose-Colored Glasses.” Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Sept. 12, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/image/88914623/?match=1&terms=%22harlequin%20eyeglasses%20%22 Sander, Peter. “Altina.” 2014. Schinasi Estate Put at $8,014,962.” The Springfield Morning Union. May 2, 1930. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1067224117/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi Peabody, Pam. “Visions: sculptor Altina interviewed by Pam Peabody.” American Women Making History and Culture. WFPW. 1978. https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-WZ0295.01 Zaltzman, Lior. “The Pioneering Sephardic Jewish Mother Invented the Cat-Eye Glasses.” Kveller. Aug. 4, 2023. https://www.kveller.com/this-pioneering-sephardic-jewish-mother-invented-the-cat-eye-glasses/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The scraped-up underbellies of skateboards add an organic texture to Betty Stafford's sculptures and hanging works. The scratches multiply when riders slide across curbs, railings and other urban obstacles while performing tricks. Stafford disfigures and reshapes the discarded boards to create abstract sculptures, wall hangings and mobiles that convey movement. They are carved with a handheld jigsaw and assembled with a drill. Beyond the wood decks, Stafford uses ball bearings and the metal trucks that connect the wheels. Like many of her low-lying sculptures, the components of "Catch of the Day" (a bird going after fish) fit together with slots and seem to lean into each other around a solid center of gravity. "Fiddlehead" features curlicues that resemble flowers. Cross-cutting the decks reveals from six to a dozen plies of laminated wood, some darker than others, though bright pinks, blues and greens peek through on occasion. Stafford often leaves the edges unfinished and incorporates the boards' natural bends. Her bane is removing grip tape, the sandpaper-like coating atop the deck. In the summer, after letting the boards bake in the sun for a few hours, she can peel it off with minimal effort. Otherwise, it can take hours, she says. Her fractured portraits, inspired by modern English painter Francis Bacon, include a work encased in a purple plastic milk crate and others that use the covers of wooden boxes that once shipped plumbing supplies. Thin, oxidized copper wires culled from boat windows sometimes add a minimalist touch. "Coffee Break" "Creature" Detail from "Ishod" "Ishod" "Kingsize Slim" Stafford has a BFA from the University of Texas, Austin and studied drawing and watercolor at the Art Students League in Manhattan before moving to Philipstown more than three decades ago. She worked in the fashion industry and still draws but began making art with skateboards following the death of her son Sam, an avid rider, in 2013 at age 19. Skateboards usually contain colorful designs beneath the deck, the part that gets scratched up. Riders will cover the damage with stickers and those images sometimes are reflected in Stafford's work, which caused a stir when a skateboard sculpture was accepted for a recent group show. The gallery asked her to remove any copyrighted images, so she pulled the piece. Stafford's Ishod and Mask series goes for an Oceanic look, including an image reminiscent of Easter Island. A profile of Bob Dylan during the 1960s conveys lightness because of circles and ellipses drilled into his faux Afro. No matter what medium she uses, Stafford says her art is "all over the place." Daily walks in the woods help inform her style. She gets the raw material from 2nd Nature Skatepark in Peekskill and Hacienda Skate Shop in Newburgh. "I've received some seriously broken boards that made me wonder if the skater was all right," she says. For more of Betty Stafford's work, see bettystafford.com.

Norman Buckley is a prolific director whose work spans various networks, genres, and styles. Most recently, he executive produced and edited the short film STORAGE FEES. He is currently the co-executive producer/producing director on the Netflix show SWEET MAGNOLIAS. His previous credits include NCIS: HAWAII, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, CHARMED, IN THE DARK, ZOO, QUANTICO, RIZZOLI AND ISLES, CHUCK, GOSSIP GIRL, AND THE OC. He was co-executive producer/producing director on PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: THE PERFECTIONISTS.After editing the pilot episode of THE OC in 2003, he began his directing career by helming six episodes of that series. He has gone on to direct over 140 episodes of television since then. His television movie THE PREGNANCY PROJECT won Best Primetime Program (Special or Movie of the Week) and Best Actress (Alexa Vega) at the 2012 Imagen Awards. His episode of THE OC “The Metamorphosis” was chosen by Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the five best episodes of the series. His episode of GOSSIP GIRL “The Handmaiden's Tale” was chosen by Newsweek Magazine as one of the top ten television episodes of 2007.Buckley began working in the industry as an assistant editor on the Oscar-nominated films TENDER MERCIES, SILKWOOD, and PLACES IN THE HEART. He continued editing for a number of years on many films, television series, and TV movies. He worked with many outstanding directors, including Bruce Beresford, Robert Benton, Mike Nichols, Rob Reiner, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Richard Donner, J.S. Cardone, McG, Doug Liman, and Robert M. Young. He also learned the editing craft from some of the best film editors in the business, including Carol Littleton, Sam O'Steen, William Anderson, and Bob Leighton.He worked as an editor on many independent films at the Sundance, Toronto, and Telluride film festivals, including HAPPY, TEXAS, which he also associate-produced. Beginning in 2000, Buckley edited several television pilots, all of which were picked up to series, which led to his regular work in television.He has been nominated twice for an American Cinema Editors award: in 2003 for JOE AND MAX, for best-edited motion picture for non-commercial television, and he won the award in 2008 for the pilot of CHUCK, for best-edited one-hour series for commercial television.Buckley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas and studied history at the University of Texas at Arlington, before moving to Los Angeles where he would later graduate from the University of Southern California with a degree in Cinema/Television.He was an adjunct professor at the University of California Los Angeles film school, teaching both graduates and undergraduates.Norman Buckley was married to the late artist Davyd Whaley and he established The Davyd Whaley Foundation (davydwhaleyfoundation.org) to carry on Davyd's legacy by supporting emerging artists with annual grants. Most recently the Foundation has funded scholarships at the Art Students League in New York and the film school at UCLA, as well as providing funding for Art Division, Art of Elysium, and the Brentwood Art Center in Los Angeles. 

Ep.230 Carl E. Hazlewood (b. 1951) was born in Guyana, South America. Parallel to his studio practice, Hazlewood co-founded Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ in 1983. Steeped in modest materials, such as polyester, push pins, map pins and metallic string, form is foregrounded and the slippage between drawing, painting and sculpture places his work in a space that challenges the conventions of each medium, and forces the viewer to experience form on its own terms. Hazlewood explains, “Like a sculptor, I work to find 'shapes' and 'volumes', implied or actual. And like painting, the layering becomes an intuitive search for textures, color and form…I define edges, where things begin and end, where they may find relationships and multiple transitions against or into each other. I think of this as 'drawing' the accumulation of parts into active and resonant connections. Then those 'active' parts are pinned into a final configuration, something that feels properly 'evocative' yet stable as plastic form.” Solo exhibitions of his work include BlackHead Anansi: Constellations at Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery, Wake Forest University, South Carolina (2023); Racing Thoughts-Fever Dreaming at Art Basel Miami Beach (2022); and BlackHead Lyricism at Welancora Gallery (2022). Hazlewood has been the recipient of fellowships at the MacDowell organization (2023, 2015); the Brown Foundation at the Dora Maar House, Ménerbes, France (2018); and the Bogliasco Foundation, Italy (2018). His fifty-two-foot-tall wall work, TRAVELER (2017), was commissioned by the Knockdown Center, Queens. Collections include: The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC , The Study Center, Bogliasco Foundation, Genova, Italy, The Dora Maar House, Ménerbes, France, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo - Brazil, The Schomburg Center Collections, New York, NY, The University of Guyana, South America and The National Collection of Fine Arts, Castellani House, Guyana, South America. Photo credit: Dia Art Foundation Artist https://www.carle-hazlewood.com/ Welancora Gallery https://www.welancoragallery.com/artists/71-carl-e.-hazlewood/works/ Brattleboro Museum https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2024/10/21/carl-e-hazlewood-infinite-passage/ Sharpe-Walentas https://www.thestudioprogram.com/artists-hp2023/carl-e-hazlewood Ortega y Gasset Projects https://www.oygprojects.com/swimming-blind-in-a-wine-dark-sea Duck Creek arts https://www.duckcreekarts.org/2024-group-show-ranee Whitewall https://whitewall.art/whitewaller/must-see-shows-in-the-hamptons-on-view-now/ Bomb https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2024/07/02/an-oral-history-with-cynthia-hawkins-by-julia-trotta/ Art Students League https://www.artstudentsleague.org/events/painters-talking-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-abstraction Wake Forest | Hanes Gallery https://hanesgallery.wfu.edu/blackhead-anansi-constellations/ Valentine Museum of Art https://valentinemuseumofart.com/artists/36-carl-hazlewood/works/ Art in Dumbo https://dumboopenstudios.com/listings/artist/carl-e-hazlewood/ Stabroek news https://www.stabroeknews.com/2024/02/04/sunday/eye-on-art/circling-back-to-carl-e-hazlewood/ Macdowell https://www.macdowell.org/artists/carl-e-hazlewood Art Cake https://artcake.org/artist-carl-e-hazlewood David Richard gallery https://davidrichardgallery.com/news/865-carl-e-hazlewood-demerara-dreaming-triptych-paintings-1996-2003-david-richard-gallery-chelsea-february-17-2022

In this insightful episode of Gratitude Through Hard Times, host Chris Schembra welcomes Mitch Warner, Managing Partner at The Arbinger Institute and co-author of Leadership and Self-Deception. Mitch guides us through the core principles of Arbinger's groundbreaking work, exploring the central idea of self-deception—a psychological barrier that prevents individuals from seeing others clearly and, ultimately, impedes personal and organizational growth.Mitch introduces the concept of self-deception as the tendency to see ourselves inaccurately, often with a biased or distorted lens, which leads us to misjudge others as obstacles or tools rather than as people with legitimate needs and perspectives. This inward mindset results from what Arbinger terms self-betrayal, a failure to act on our internal sense of how we should treat others. Mitch emphasizes that self-deception is not just a personal issue but a core problem in organizations, affecting everything from team collaboration to leadership effectiveness. He explains how leaders unwittingly create and sustain the very conflicts they seek to resolve by failing to see their own role in the challenges they face.The discussion shifts to Arbinger's proposed solution: shifting from an inward mindset to an outward mindset. Mitch explains that an inward mindset centers on self-justification, blame, and defensiveness, where others are seen merely as obstacles or means to achieve personal goals. By contrast, an outward mindset recognizes others as individuals with needs, goals, and aspirations as real as our own. Mitch discusses how adopting an outward mindset can transform workplaces, leading to stronger relationships, better communication, higher accountability, and improved results.One of the most powerful concepts discussed is the idea of collusion—a cycle of conflict where two or more people reinforce each other's negative behaviors. Mitch describes how this dynamic is fueled by self-deception, as individuals are more focused on defending their own views than understanding others' perspectives. Collusion often manifests as blame, resentment, and resistance, creating silos and perpetuating dysfunction in teams. Mitch explains that breaking the cycle of collusion requires leaders to first recognize their own part in the conflict, shifting their focus from changing others to changing themselves.Mitch also offers insights into the updated 4th edition of Leadership and Self-Deception, which features modernized examples, diverse characters, and new scenarios that address contemporary workplace challenges. The new edition incorporates practical tools and study guides to help readers apply Arbinger's principles in both personal and professional contexts. Mitch outlines some of these tools, such as identifying moments of self-betrayal, practicing active curiosity about others, and implementing feedback loops that promote transparency and accountability.The episode concludes with a discussion of why these concepts are particularly relevant today. Mitch emphasizes that in a world marked by uncertainty, division, and rapid change, the ability to see others clearly and adopt an outward mindset is more urgent than ever. He explains how leaders who embrace these principles can create workplaces that are more inclusive, resilient, and adaptable. By fostering cultures where people are genuinely seen and valued, organizations can enhance performance, improve retention, and unlock greater potential at every level.Why You Should Listen:If you're a leader, manager, or someone interested in personal development, this episode offers a practical framework for understanding how mindset shapes behavior, relationships, and organizational outcomes. Mitch Warner presents Arbinger's concepts with clarity, making complex psychological principles accessible and actionable. Whether you're facing communication breakdowns, conflict, or disengagement within your team, the concepts of self-deception, collusion, and outward mindset will provide you with new ways to diagnose and address root problems. By applying these principles, you can transform not only your leadership but also your everyday interactions, creating deeper connections and achieving sustainable results. Key Discussion Points:Self-Deception as a Barrier to Leadership.The Inward vs. Outward Mindset.Collusion: A Cycle of Blame and Justification.Self-Betrayal as the Root of Dysfunction.Practical Tools for Mindset Shift. Notable Quotes:“Self-deception isn't about the other person—it's about us and the stories we create to justify our behavior.” — Mitch Warner“To change others, leaders must first change themselves. It starts by seeing our own contributions to the problems we face.” — Mitch Warner“When leaders have the courage to recognize how they contribute to problems, they open the door to transformational change—not just for themselves, but for their entire organizations.” — Mitch Warner“Imagine a workplace where no one has an image to protect—where people are fully open to feedback and focused solely on the mission.” — Mitch Warner“We often create the very conflicts we seek to resolve by failing to see others clearly and acting from a place of self-deception.” — Mitch Warner“Gratitude is one of the tools that can shift us from an inward to an outward mindset, helping us to acknowledge the humanity and value of others.” — Chris Schembra Action Items:Subscribe: If this conversation resonated with you, don't forget to subscribe for more heart-centered discussions on leadership, empathy, and gratitude.Share: Send this episode to someone who could use inspiration and a reminder to practice gratitude.Reflect: Who in your life deserves a thank you? Take a moment today to reach out and express your gratitude. ABOUT OUR GUEST:Mitch Warner is a bestselling author and Arbinger managing partner with a background in healthcare and organizational turnaround. Mitch is the co-author of Arbinger's latest bestseller, The Outward Mindset. He writes frequently on the practical effects of mindset at the individual and organizational levels as well as the role of leadership in transforming organizational culture and results. He is an expert on mindset and culture change, leadership, strategy, performance management, organizational turnaround, and conflict resolution. Mitch is a sought-after speaker to organizations across a range of industries, bringing his practical experience to bear for leaders of corporations, governments, and organizations across the globe. Specific clients include NASA, Citrix, Aflac, the U.S. Army and Air Force, the Treasury Executive Institute, and Intermountain Healthcare. Mitch carries his first-hand perspective as a proven leader into his speeches and facilitation, dynamically bringing Arbinger's concepts and tools to life through his powerful stories and hands-on experience. His audiences leave inspired to improve and equipped with a practical roadmap to effect immediate change. In his role as managing partner, Mitch directs the development of Arbinger's intellectual property, training and consulting programs, and highly customized largescale organizational change initiatives. He has been instrumental in Arbinger's rapid growth, including its expanding international presence in nearly 30 countries. Mitch received his B.A. in philosophy and is a licensed nursing administrator. Trained in fine art at the Art Students League and the National Academy, he spends much of his free time painting. His work hangs in organizations nationwide. FOLLOW MITCH:Leadership and Self-Deception (4th Edition):Amazon LinkThe Arbinger Institute:WebsiteFollow Mitch Warner on LinkedIn:LinkedIn ProfileFollow the Arbinger Institute on Twitter:@ArbingerInst ABOUT OUR HOST:Chris Schembra is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Gratitude Through Hard Times and Gratitude and Pasta. USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru", he's a Founding Member of Rolling Stone Magazine's Culture Council, and he sits on the Executive Board at Fast Company Magazine.He is the Founder and Chief Question Asker of the 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ — an evidence-based framework used to strengthen client and team relationships in profound ways. He's used the principles of gratitude to spark thousands of relationships within the workplace. FOLLOW CHRIS:**WEBSITE |INSTAGRAM |LINKEDIN |BOOKS**

Welcome to an interview with Mitch Warner, a bestselling author and Arbinger managing partner.    In this episode, we dive deep into the critical topic of self-deception and its profound impact on leadership and personal effectiveness. Mitch shares powerful insights on how self-deception can undermine our relationships and professional success, often without us even realizing it. He explains the concept of self-betrayal and how it leads to a distorted view of ourselves and others, creating unnecessary conflicts and reducing our influence as leaders. Mitch shares a valuable advice on how to rebuild trust in relationships damaged by self-deception and how to not let it happen again.   Mitch is the co-author of Arbinger's latest bestseller, The Outward Mindset. He writes frequently on the practical effects of mindset at the individual and organizational levels as well as the role of leadership in transforming organizational culture and results. He is an expert on mindset and culture change, leadership, strategy, performance management, organizational turnaround, and conflict resolution.    Mitch is a sought-after speaker to organizations across a range of industries, bringing his practical experience to bear for leaders of corporations, governments, and organizations across the globe. Specific clients include NASA, Citrix, Aflac, the U.S. Army and Air Force, the Treasury Executive Institute, and Intermountain Healthcare. Mitch carries his first-hand perspective as a proven leader into his speeches and facilitation, dynamically bringing Arbinger's concepts and tools to life through his powerful stories and hands-on experience. His audiences leave inspired to improve and equipped with a practical roadmap to effect immediate change.    In his role as managing partner, Mitch directs the development of Arbinger's intellectual property, training and consulting programs, and highly customized large-scale organizational change initiatives. He has been instrumental in Arbinger's rapid growth, including its expanding international presence in nearly 30 countries.    Mitch received his B.A. in philosophy and is a licensed nursing administrator. Trained in fine art at the Art Students League and the National Academy, he spends much of his free time painting. His work hangs in organizations nationwide.   Visit Arbinger Institute here: https://arbinger.com/   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 489, featuring an interview with Mitch Warner, a bestselling author and Arbinger managing partner.    In this episode, we dive deep into the critical topic of self-deception and its profound impact on leadership and personal effectiveness. Mitch shares powerful insights on how self-deception can undermine our relationships and professional success, often without us even realizing it. He explains the concept of self-betrayal and how it leads to a distorted view of ourselves and others, creating unnecessary conflicts and reducing our influence as leaders. Mitch shares a valuable advice on how to rebuild trust in relationships damaged by self-deception and how to not let it happen again.   Mitch is the co-author of Arbinger's latest bestseller, The Outward Mindset. He writes frequently on the practical effects of mindset at the individual and organizational levels as well as the role of leadership in transforming organizational culture and results. He is an expert on mindset and culture change, leadership, strategy, performance management, organizational turnaround, and conflict resolution.    Mitch is a sought-after speaker to organizations across a range of industries, bringing his practical experience to bear for leaders of corporations, governments, and organizations across the globe. Specific clients include NASA, Citrix, Aflac, the U.S. Army and Air Force, the Treasury Executive Institute, and Intermountain Healthcare. Mitch carries his first-hand perspective as a proven leader into his speeches and facilitation, dynamically bringing Arbinger's concepts and tools to life through his powerful stories and hands-on experience. His audiences leave inspired to improve and equipped with a practical roadmap to effect immediate change.    In his role as managing partner, Mitch directs the development of Arbinger's intellectual property, training and consulting programs, and highly customized large-scale organizational change initiatives. He has been instrumental in Arbinger's rapid growth, including its expanding international presence in nearly 30 countries.    Mitch received his B.A. in philosophy and is a licensed nursing administrator. Trained in fine art at the Art Students League and the National Academy, he spends much of his free time painting. His work hangs in organizations nationwide.   Visit Arbinger Institute here: https://arbinger.com/   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Send us a Text Message.Guest: Liza LittleSculptorIn this interview episode, Eileen and Amy discuss Liza's journey from being a dancer to becoming a sculptor as well as the intersection of art and science, the importance of curiosity, and the challenges of the audition world. Liza shares her motivation to understand the self-image and the human body through sculpture and emphasizes the need for artists to step outside of their bubble and connect with the world around them. In this conversation, they also discuss how dance and sculpture meet, the importance of history and tradition in art, and the role of cross-training in their creative practices. The physicality and mindfulness of swimming as a form of cross-training and the need for dancers to be their own advocates is explored as well as the need for inclusivity and openness in the art world and the importance of celebrating different bodies and perspectives. Overall, this episode highlights the power of art to connect and express the human experience.Liza (she/her) is a figurative sculptor based in Queens, NY. Passionate for learning and driven by curiosity, Liza is always searching for connections between mediums. She graduated from the Certificate program at The Ailey School, studied at The Feldenkrais Institute, and The Art Students League of New York. She received a BS from The City College of New York with a Psychology major and Biology minor, and finished an honors research project in a neuroscience lab. In 2022, Liza received her MFA in Sculpture with a minor in Anatomy from the New York Academy of Art. She has received scholarships from Urban Glass, The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Craft, and The Fantasy Fountain Fund for the Arts. Her sculpture practice uses ceramic, glass and stone to express the physicality of the human figure, especially of women. Recently, Liza‘s work was selected for the Libensky Award Exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic, among a cohort of emerging glass artists.Follow / Learn More / Mentions:IG: @lizagracelittle_sculptor Website: https://www.lizagracelittlesculpture.com/ Backstage.com I Robert Beverly Hale I Stephen Rogers Peck I Dr. Paul Richer I Feldenkrais Institute I Linda Celeste SimsSupport the Show.M.O.V.E. with Eileen + Amy is a Kaia Evolutions Podcast.New episodes air on Wednesdays when in season.To learn more about Eileen + Amy, be sure to follow them on IG at @ekielty + @amyreah and keep up to date on the podcast at @movewitheileenandamy. For more information about Kaia Evolutions, a culmination of Eileen's life's work and a love letter to her sister, Katie, who died by suicide in 2019 - visit https://www.kaiaevolutions.com/ or follow on IG at @kaia.evolutions If you want to share part of your dancer / movement artist journey with us, email us at movepod@kaiaevolutions.com*If you or anyone you know is in need of support, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800.273.8255 OR text 988. You are not alone.

Kejoo Park (B.1956, Daejeon, Korea) lives and works in Frankfurt and New York. She earned a BFA in Painting from Cornell University, studied at Pratt Institute and The Art Students League of New York, and earned an MLA in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University. Kejoo Park, a Korean-American conceptual and multimedia artist, utilizes a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, performance, and sitespecific installations, to explore the intricate relationships between humanity and nature. Her work emphasizes the duality of internal and external existence and the dynamic interplay between natural and artificial elements. In her large-scale public art projects, Park seamlessly integrates diverse genres such as music, poetry, and philosophy, developing a unique artistic language. Drawing on her studies in art and architecture, she expands her practice to express the embodiment of both Western and Eastern cultures. As a landscape architect, she has collaborated with numerous architects on international competitions and projects across the globe. She also served as an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Ecology at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Her work has been exhibited at Gallery Reitz, Zurich, Switzerland (2024); Gallery Uhn, Königstein, Germany (2023); Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany (2023); Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany (2022); Galerie Uhn, Königstein, Germany (2022); Galerie Rieder, München, Germany (2021); Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany (2019); Galerie Rieder, München, Germany (2019); Galerie Artstation, Zürich, Switzerland (2018); Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany (2018); Galerie Rieder, München, Germany (2017); Galerie am Hirschengraben, Zurich, Switzerland (2017); Stadtgalerie, Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany (2017); Galerie Anna 25, Berlin, Germany (2016); Galerie Tuttiart, Luzern, Switzerland (2016); Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany (2015); the Permanent Collection of Pierre Soulages at the Museum Ludwig, Koblenz, Germany (2014). Kejoo Park, Drinking Song of the sorrow of the Earth - from the series the Song of the Earth ( Das Lied von der Erde) mixed media, 180x180cm (diptych) Kejoo Park Landscape Rondo, 2020 Mixed media on rice paper and canvas 47.2 x 59 in Kejoo_Park_ Homarge3 to Beuys from the Series Visible-Invisible, mixed media, 100x100

Louisa L. is a French contemporary visual artist living on the Upper West Side in New York City. After living in London and Reunion Island, Louisa L. painted at La Grande Chaumière, Les Ateliers de Paris and L'Ecole du Louvre, before moving to New York City in 2014, where she has been a member of The Art Students League of New York, the National Association of Women Artists and See.Me community. Her work has been exhibited in many companies and locations in New York, including Times Square for Best of France, the largest event in the world dedicated to French culture. One of her paintings, representing the Eiffel Tower, is now at the Elysée Palace as part of the collection of Brigitte Macron. With her project Terra Futura inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations with the 2030 horizon, Louisa L. has developed an original series of 17 paintings and “augmented” them with short videos from young people who are sharing their hopes for our planet. During the exhibition, visitors first discover the artworks and can then scan a QR Code guiding them to a video reel illustrating one of the 17 goals through the voices of students. Terra Futura was inaugurated in October 2022 in Louisa L.'s hometown in Lorraine, France and then presented at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris to the Art Shopping international art fair. One of Terra Futura's paintings was also on display at Antoni Gaudi's La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain. Terra Futura was selected among more than 600 projects as one of the most inspiring by the French Department of Ecology and Energy. And all over the 2022-2023 school year, the exhibition toured across French schools, cultural centers and city halls, touching over 3,000 visitors, before being presented in a New York school for Earth Day 2023.More recently, Louisa L. has been partnering again with the Arthouse Hotel on W 77th St and Broadway that decided to fill their walls in their library and lounge with Louisa L. 's artwork, making some acquisitions and putting other art pieces in consignment. The proceeds of Louisa L.'s artworks are helping fund Terra Futura's movement.Collectors of Louisa L.'s artworks live in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa.Social handles:https://louisal.com/terra-futura/Instagram: @louisal1 ***********Susanne Mueller / www.susannemueller.biz TEDX Talk, May 2022: Running and Life: 5KM Formula for YOUR Successhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT_5Er1cLvY 700+ weekly blogs / 400+ podcasts / 26 marathon races / 5 half ironman races / 2 books / 1 Mt. Kilimanjaro / 1 TEDx Talk / 1 Ironman….

Host Marshall Jones and Sophia Kayafas interviews Bruce Dorfman in person at the Art Students League of New York. Dorfman has over 60 solo exhibitions and have been teaching at the League since 1964. Some of his students include Ai Weiwei and Bob Dylan who was Dorfman's neighbor in Woodstock, NY. Enjoy this long conversation where Dorfman shares his insights over the decades as an artist.Find the video of the interview here: LinkBruce's website: LinkBruce's IG - @brucedorfmanSupport the Show.

Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Christopher Duncan has lived in England and the US, where he has been residing for 24 years, making him a - British South African American. Christopher is a multi-talented entertainment professional who graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in 2006. With over 5 years of experience as a Financial Aid Advisor and Promoter at the same institution, Christopher has demonstrated his commitment to the arts in various roles. He is an artist with a passion for painting, writing, playing guitar, singing, and songwriting. Christopher's latest creations include a children's book and music recordings, which he is currently in the process of publishing, along with new artwork. Check out his art on Instagram at:@duncan.mckewan.art Su Polo went to SUNY New Paltz for a BFA in Painting and is an accomplished artist, designer and makeup artist with a background in painting, video and TV production, graphic designer 3D designer for FAO Schwarz windows, worked for the last 8 years as a graphic production designer at KIND. Her passion for community work began in high school where she helped create dramas, comedies, and children's plays that were taken to neighboring schools and nursing homes. Su's creative pursuits include stage set design, poetry, singing and songwriting. She has designed stage sets for The Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza for over a decade, for over ten years, such as: P A'LANTE A LA LUZ (Charge Into The Light) and SOLARIS, which reflects thematic issues that the event has highlighted since its inception, such as the celebration and preservation of our planet's natural wonders, climate change, social justice, the power of the spoken word and participated in many Figment events as a sculptor, on Governors Island with 7' kinetic works titled Umbrella Reliquary l and ll and smaller pieces, utilizing found objects, emphasizing the importance of repurposing materials. As a jazz vocalist, musician and curator, Su has provided a platform for spoken word artists and musicians for 25 years through the Saturn Series. Currently, she is studying at the Art Students League and enjoys photography and painting still life and landscapes in watercolor. Follow Su at: @skylarksinging1 and www.supolo.com -Creator/Host: Ozzie Stewart - onthecallpodcast.com -Guest: Chris Duncan/Su Polo - @duncan.mckewan.art +  @SuPoloNYC  -Exec. Producer - Ozzie Stewart @otc_podcast20 -Camera: "Cheeze" -Graphics Design: Kevin Tinsley -Editor/Music: Cheese Slice Films @cheeseslicefilms -Artwork by: Crystal Shipp aka 'The Tree Lady' -Website: James Bailey Check: https://www.facebook.com/amentosweetspots Thank you @akinadebowale for my book's #coverart ! #otc #onthecallpodcast #podcaster #podcast #ozzie #host #service #shininglight #service #capetown #southafrica  @england  #watercolor #neighborhoodplayhouse #financialaid #advisor #promoter #artist #designer #makeupartist #painting #writer #painter #singer #songwriting #childrensbooks #music #recording #publishing #artwork #video #tvproduction #graphicdesigner #3d #FAOSchwarz  @SUNY  @KIND #passion #communitywork #highschool #comedy #childrensplays #state #schools #nursinghome #stage #setdesign #poetry #SpokenWord #celebration #preservation #planet #climatechange #socialjustice #power #sculptor #governorsisland #jazz #musician #curator #photography #landscapes #adobeillustrator #trailer #simonandgarfunkel #crosbystillsandnash #iguana #storyboard @@SpotifyforPodcasters

Doug Auld was born in Queens, NY and moved to New Jersey as a child. He had a love and fascination with nature and wildlife as well as mechanics. The second born in a family of four and son of a car dealer, he went to a trade high school and studied mechanics with the intention of taking over his Father's Chrysler dealership, but in his last year of high school he began studying piano and classical music, eventually writing  his own original music.  After a brief time in the music industry, he took up an interest in painting after visiting the "Salvador Dali Museum" in Cleveland, Ohio. Primarily self taught, Doug pursued Art and painting, eventually taking continuing education courses at the Art Students League, School of Visual Arts and The NY Academy in NYC. He presently lives, works and teaches in Hoboken, NJ. PAST HIGHLIGHTS  ~ Series of Dymorphioc realism artworks /  www.dougauld.com  ~ Series of 100 Whistleblower portraits titled  “Those who blew the Whistle”  website ~ Completed a three-year Art project called "State of Grace." This consisted of ten large scale portraits of adolescent burn survivors. The New York Times featured the project in a front page story of their "Metro Section" in June of 2006 titled  Facing thier scars and finding Beauty. ~As one of only fifty finalists in the 2007 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, painting "Shayla" was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. “Shayla” was the first burn survivor portrait to be featured at the National Portrait gallery. ~Guest at "The Art of Recovery," the 33rd annual event for the Regional Burn Centers where he featured several works at the Philadelphia Museum. ~~Doug and burn survivor volunteer Jelani Jeffry, were guest speakers at theJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC ~In the fall of 2007, Doug was given a one-man show at the Berrie Center Art Galleries at Ramapo College, Mahwah NJ. This was followed by an oral presentation to the student body by Doug and burn survivor Jelani Jeffry ~ Invited to Cologne, Germany to paint Maha Schaff, a 28-year old female burn survivor from Cologne who was tragically set on fire by her father. The painting and project was documented and featured on national television throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The painting was unveiled to Maha at an opening reception held at the Fifty Fifty Galerie in Dusseldorf, Germany ~Doug and burn survivor Jelani Jeffry were the invited guest speakers for the Grand Rounds at the Spaulding Medical Center in Boston, MA in Feb 08 ~Painted" Back from Iraq " (portrait of Corporal J. R. Martinez) oil 50”x 60” 2008. The painting will be part of an upcoming show called "Remnants of War" that will open on Jan 7th at the New York Arts Club in NYC. J. R. Martinez is a US soldier and veteran of the Iraq war who was badly burned when his vehicle hit an IED. Other highlights include 1993 Absolut Vodka “Artist of the Year '' original painting created for Absolut shown in publications throughout the year. - Featured on CBS ,Entertainment Tonight ,NYC,USA - Commissioned portrait of Jim Morrison for MTV " Museum of Unnatural History" - Featured on Sun up San Diego, morning TV program. - One Man Show at The Bergen Museum of Art and Science , NJ, USA - One Man Show at Drew University with Governor Tom Kean NJ,USA - One Man Show at The Limelight ,NYC,USA - Group show at The Time is Always Now Gallery, SoHo ,NYC,USA - Featured in the Salvador Dali newsletter. Featured on Inside New Jersey WNET TV-Channel 13, NJ,USA Two pages spread in the NYTimes on Burn Survivor series.  Presently, Doug has left painting to dedicate full creative time to creating a stage musical, Hypnotta. about disclosure of the UFO ET reality. www.hypnotta.com

Today on the Noize we got printmaker, Tenjin Ikeda! he has been making art as for over 30 years and its been a journey across all kinds of mediums. From painting, to dancing, to sculpting, to printmaking, Tenjin has been open to where his talents and opportunity take him. We learn about Tenjin and his philosophy on making work. We nerd out a little bit on carving and relief printmaking masters like Latoya Hobbs, Elizabeth Catlett and more. Tenjin talks about a turning point print for him, how his spirituality inspires his work and what he's learned by being in exhibitions over so many year. Listen, subscribe, and share!Episode 183 topics include:doing art for 30 plus yearsfinding printmakingcarving tips and secretsdeveloping compositionswhat piece was a turning point in his eyesthe differences between mediumsexperience gained from exhibitionsoffering critique to younger artistsTenjin Ikeda is an Afro-Puerto Rican artist born and raised in Brooklyn, New York on October 30, 1968. At a very young age learned the importance of tradition and heritage from his mother. He taught himself how to draw at an early age and he was hooked, he has been seriously making art for 30 plus years using the various mediums of painting, sculpture, and printmaking. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York first focusing on graphic design and ultimately Fine Arts where he felt more freedom to express himself. It was at the Art Students League that he discovered printmaking, which has been his focus for the past 20 plus years. “It is my desire to continue to visibly show the richness of my ancestry to the world.” He has various works in private collections in the US, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas as well as acquisitions by The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Print Club of Albany, and the Art Student's League. Tenjin's work has been featured as cover art and illustrations for various books. He has been included in “Modern Printmaking” an up coming book of 30 contemporary printmakers by Sylvie Covey.Tenjin, also worked for 6 years as an artist assistant to Richard Artschwager and with artist Keith Haring on a mural project Mr. Haring did at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He has participated in-group shows in different parts of the United States, Ireland, Japan as well as Spain and Australia.See more: Tenjin Ikeda's website + Tenjin Ikeda's IG @ify.chi.chiejinaFollow us:StudioNoizePodcast.comIG: @studionoizepodcastJamaal Barber: @JBarberStudioSupport the podcast www.patreon.com/studionoizepodcast

Barbara Mensch is a fine art photographer who probes her subject matter with the curiosity and stamina of a detective. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she began to draw at an early age, attending classes at The Brooklyn Museum Studio School and the Art Students League as a teenager. Mensch has published two books on New York's legendary Fulton Market, which she photographed under the scrutinizing eyes of federal law enforcement and organized crime.  Mensch's monograph, New York Photographs, was published with an essay by art historian Bonnie Yochelson in 2013.  Her book, was published in 2018 by Empire State Editions (an imprint of Fordham University Press). Her latest publication, was published in the fall of 2023 by Empire Editions with a foreword by NY Times Reporter and author, Dan Barry. Resources Barbara Mensch Igmar Bergman    Sven Kykvist    Websites Sponsors Nikon Z8 Camera Website Charcoal Book Club Frames Magazine Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download it for . Click here to download Become a Patron! Support the work at The Candid Frame by contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

In this episode, Eric sits down with the talented and celebrated artist Bernard Stanley Hoyes. They discuss his experience of growing up in Jamaica and discovering his passion for art. Working in carpentry, to transitioning into sculpture and painting. His unique upbringing and exposure to the Revival culture and spirituality… moving to the United States, his education in the arts and being taught by renowned artists. How he transitioned into becoming a professional artist; exhibiting and selling his works to prestigious collectors. His notable 'Rag series', how his work has evolved through the years… and the exciting works he is creating today..!  Guest Bio: Bernard Stanley Hoyes is primarily recognized as a contemporary painter whose work evolves from a highly intuitive space. He is heralded for his ability to capture spiritual realms on canvas in radiant and brilliant essence. His celebration of traditional African religion and spirituality continues to find universal appeal, exciting audiences worldwide. Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Cole, Steve Harvey, Keenan Ivory Wayans and the National Urban League are among his collectors. Selections of Hoyes' work have been featured in several television shows including the Showtime cult classic series, "Dexter." President Barack Obama has even been photographed in front of his work.Hoyes' professional artist career began at the early age of nine in his home town of Kingston, Jamaica. Bernard's mother sold his wood carvings and watercolors to visitors at the Jamaica Tourist Board to help maintain the household and support his creative efforts. Hoyes first exposure to professional art education was at the institute of Jamaica, Junior Art Centre.  At age 15 he moved to New York to live with his father, attend school and continue his art endeavors.  He attended evening classes at the Art Students League, excelling quickly. Hoyes matured as a painter and a sculptor under the apprenticeship of established artists such as Norman Lewis, Huie Lee Smith and John Torres.  A Ford Foundation Scholarship was received which allowed him to study with professional artists in a Summer Arts program at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont.Hoyes received a scholarship to finish his academic studies at Vermont Academy for the next two years. There he was instrumental in the development of a formal Art Department and at graduation was given a solo exhibition at the Shepardson Center Gallery on Campus. Upon graduation Hoyes received the Frederick Stanley Art Award. He participated in the Graduate art show and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting and design. During the period of the late 70's, Hoyes worked intensively on his "RAG SERIES," encompassing over 150 pieces.  He formed Caribbean Cultural Institute and Caribbean Arts, Inc. to Further expose Caribbean culture to America. Hoyes has participated in numerous solo exhibitions here and abroad. He has created murals in the inner city of Los Angeles, CA. He has curated exhibitions and held a position on the board at the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles and won awards of Excellence for his famous “Revival Series,” nationally and internationally. Since 2013 Hoyes has made his Studio in the Desert his permanent resident. Syncona Mesa, has for 25 years his Artistic Sanctuary, now it has a new Chapter. The Vortex which have been a safe haven for the Creative spirits to permeate his work, has convened. For more on Eric's Perspective, visit www.ericsperspective.com#ERICSPERSPECTIVE #AFRICANAMERICAN #ARTSUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/2vVJkDnConnect with us ONLINE: Visit Eric's Perspective website: https://bit.ly/2ZQ41x1Facebook: https://bit.ly/3jq5fXPInstagram: https://bit.ly/39jFZxGTwitter: https://bit.ly/2OM

Episode: 3216 World War II, the Los Angeles Art Students League, and Japanese American internment.  Today, art and survival.

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, Rob Lee interviews Kip Omolade, a talented mixed media artist famous for his marvelous futuristic portraits inspired by his Nigerian heritage who's career began as a graffiti artist while interning at Marvel Comics, and they discuss his career, inspirations and much more.  About the guestBorn in Harlem, NY Kip Omolade began his art career as a graffiti artist while interning at Marvel Comics and The Center for African Art. He continued his studies at The Art Students League of New York and earned a BFA at the School of Visual Arts.His work has been exhibited at Opera Gallery, Jonathan LeVine Projects, Joseph Gross Gallery and Art Basel Miami. Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose have also featured his work. Special projects include ESPN, Red Bull, Nike, 2 Chainz, The Versace Mansion, Fantasia Barrino and Sony Music. Kip Omolade's work is in the permanent collections of Viacom and Hallmark Cards. ★ Support this podcast ★

About our guestMarc Dennis is a celebrated artist who's masterful work challenges our perception and constantly provokes what we see in our mind's eye with polarity and play. Marc's incredible technical skill and vivid imagination explores the pictorial representation of the old masters, creating fresh paintings rich with irony, hype and narrative where elements of art history intersect with pop culture. He is represented in well known galleries and held in permanent collection across the globe and shows during Frieze London, Art Basel Miami and The Armory Show to name a few.Marc continues to teach the business side of the art world 'Succeeding as a Professional Artist' at The Art Students League of New York.Visit Marc's website and follow on instagram Marc's solo exhibition is on display at Gavlak Gallery in LA   Subscribe to the Art Biz Talk NewsletterApply to be a guest Ask a question for the show Become part of the community for professional visual artistsIf you're a late emerging or mid-career visual artist earning $5K or more a month and are ready to scale your studio practice, Art Biz Pro is the place for you. (Re) Emerging ArtistsStarting to build your full time studio practice and need a DIY guide with templates for your artist statement, Press Kit and pricing your art? Sounds like you need our Artist Starter Kit. CREDITSOriginal Music composed by Hillary Albrecht at Rhapsody on MarsArt Biz Talk is hosted by Andrea La Valleur-Purvis, Artist and Art Business Coach at Vivid Creative

  Dr. Judith Peck talks about art, the world of art, and her novel: Naked Under the Lights. This is episode 528 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Dr. Judith Peck is Professor Emerita of Art, Ramapo College of New Jersey. She is author of several fiction and non-fiction works and a sculptor with work in eighty collections, including the Yale Gallery of Art, the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Israel, libraries, universities, and cultural and religious institutions here and abroad.  Dr. Peck holds a doctoral degree from New York University and two master's degrees from Columbia University. She is recipient of the 2020 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and has completed the first draft of a 4th novel about an art therapist who helps solve a school shooting.  Judith grew up in Baltimore Maryland. She has four grown children and twelve grandchildren and resides in Mahwah, New Jersey.  Images and videos of her sculpture can be viewed at www.jpecksculpture.com.  Descriptions of her books can be seen at www.iapbooks.com Our focus today is on her novel … Naked Under the Lights The story is set in and around the iconic Art Students League in New York City where 20th Century stars of the art world studied and taught. Here, Bert Kossoff teaches painting when he is not cloistered in his studio. His wife Ruth defends her husband's distance and tolerates his infidelities for the sake of their daughter. Sonata at age 18, lacking purpose of her own, is drawn to the mystique of her father in his world of artists and models. In the struggle to find her way, Sonata encounters family secrets long concealed and later, one that tears open their lives, exposing the lies that have misled them, even as they sustained them. As each member of this shattered family finds a path to move forward, art itself—the urgency to create—is revealed as a force of its own. The terrain is confounding, where people searching for truth have learned to practice the art of illusion. Amazing conversation! So much to learn! Some extra information before you go... The new intro and outro music was written and performed by Brian K. Buffington. Connect with Brian at briankbuffington@gmail.com or go to his website at  https://briankbuffington.com/ He is an awesome musician, comedic power, teacher, trainer, technology guru, and overall creator of all that is cool. Thanks, Brian! Oh, yeah... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks! Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? That would so awesome! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening! Connect & Learn More: https://jpecksculpture.com/ https://iapbooks.com/ Length - 44:40

RICKY MUJICA http://www.rickymujica.com     Born and raised in New York City, Ricky Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons in Paris, and at Parsons School of Design /New School for Social Research where he won a full Presidential Scholarship. The artwork of Ricky Mujica was initially influenced by the old masters and this connection has helped him achieve a high level of success as an illustrator. Before returning to his roots as a fine artist, Ricky Mujica created art for all the top publishing companies including Harper Collins, Harlequin, Bantam, and Scholastic. He has created art for major magazines including the New York Times Magazine and Ebony. His work has been seen in commercials for such products as Cherry 7-Up, on murals for Sony and Leows theaters, and on clothes for fashion designer Rachel Roy. His artwork has been represented at the Museum of American Illustration on several occasions. Since returning to his first love, Fine Art, Ricky has received many awards. This includes a first place finish at the April round of The Representational Art Conference 2015 competition (TRAC2015). A signature Status from the Portrait Society of America where he has been a finalist and certificate of merit recipient in their international competitions on several occasions. He has been a finalist in the OPA National, Regional and members competitions, the Salmagundi Club members and non-members competitions, the Allied Artists Competitions, the National Oil and Acrylic Painters National competitions, the Richeson Competitions, the Artist Magazine figurative art competitions, and the ARC International Salon Competitions, he won the Art Expo Solo Award, and has received an Honorable Mention in the Figurativas competition in Barcelona. Most recently, Ricky won the Florence and Ernest Thompson Memorial Award at the 103 Allied Artists Exhibition, and First Place at the Lore Degenstein Gallery of Susquehanna University Ninth Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition. He currently teaches at the acclaimed Art Students League of New York and has been on the teaching faculty at the Portrait Society of America. He has given demos and workshops on representational painting all over the world. Ricky considers himself a humanist representational painter. The technique is influenced by Baroque masters like Rembrandt and Velasquez. His color model is influenced by Monet, Hawthorne and the 19th century ideas about retinal painting. The contextual ideas are influenced by 20th century modernist ideas, most specifically the Abstract Expressionists like Motherwell, Deibenkorn, and Kline. The subject matter is influenced by humanist painters like Kathe Kollwitz and Mary Cassat. Ricky has lived in Africa, Norway, Germany, Mexico, France, Spain, Japan, England, Italy, and Australia.  

RICKY MUJICA http://www.rickymujica.com     Born and raised in New York City, Ricky Mujica studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons in Paris, and at Parsons School of Design /New School for Social Research where he won a full Presidential Scholarship. The artwork of Ricky Mujica was initially influenced by the old masters and this connection has helped him achieve a high level of success as an illustrator. Before returning to his roots as a fine artist, Ricky Mujica created art for all the top publishing companies including Harper Collins, Harlequin, Bantam, and Scholastic. He has created art for major magazines including the New York Times Magazine and Ebony. His work has been seen in commercials for such products as Cherry 7-Up, on murals for Sony and Leows theaters, and on clothes for fashion designer Rachel Roy. His artwork has been represented at the Museum of American Illustration on several occasions. Since returning to his first love, Fine Art, Ricky has received many awards. This includes a first place finish at the April round of The Representational Art Conference 2015 competition (TRAC2015). A signature Status from the Portrait Society of America where he has been a finalist and certificate of merit recipient in their international competitions on several occasions. He has been a finalist in the OPA National, Regional and members competitions, the Salmagundi Club members and non-members competitions, the Allied Artists Competitions, the National Oil and Acrylic Painters National competitions, the Richeson Competitions, the Artist Magazine figurative art competitions, and the ARC International Salon Competitions, he won the Art Expo Solo Award, and has received an Honorable Mention in the Figurativas competition in Barcelona. Most recently, Ricky won the Florence and Ernest Thompson Memorial Award at the 103 Allied Artists Exhibition, and First Place at the Lore Degenstein Gallery of Susquehanna University Ninth Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition. He currently teaches at the acclaimed Art Students League of New York and has been on the teaching faculty at the Portrait Society of America. He has given demos and workshops on representational painting all over the world. Ricky considers himself a humanist representational painter. The technique is influenced by Baroque masters like Rembrandt and Velasquez. His color model is influenced by Monet, Hawthorne and the 19th century ideas about retinal painting. The contextual ideas are influenced by 20th century modernist ideas, most specifically the Abstract Expressionists like Motherwell, Deibenkorn, and Kline. The subject matter is influenced by humanist painters like Kathe Kollwitz and Mary Cassat. Ricky has lived in Africa, Norway, Germany, Mexico, France, Spain, Japan, England, Italy, and Australia.  

In this episode of the podcast Joe welcomes SYLVIE to the podcast! Yes, that's right - the wonderful children's author and illustrator Sylvie Kantorovitz comes on the podcast to discuss her self-titled memoir. Sylvie and Joe get into a discussion about art and artists, they detail what first drew Sylvie to art as a young child growing up in France, and how ultimately 'Sylvie' came to be published. Enjoy! About Sylvie Kantorovitz Sylvie was born in Casablanca in 1960 and grew up in France. She always loved to read and draw, often at the expense of homework. As an author-illustrator, she feels fortunate to be able to do both for work and for fun. In 1980, Sylvie went to New York City for a year and studied at the Art Students League. Back in France, she studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. It is during these years that she discovered — or re-discovered — the magic of children's books. Sylvie moved to the US in her 20s, and now live in the beautiful Hudson Valley with her partner, Barbara Lehman. Barbara is also an author-illustrator of children's books. Sylvie has illustrated about twenty five books, six of which she has also authored. About "Sylvie" An affecting portrait of a unique childhood, Sylvie connects the ordinary moments of growing up to a life rich in hope and purpose.   Make sure to check out the NEW Dtalkspodcast.com website! Thanks to Empire Toys for this episode of the podcast! Nostalgia is something everyone loves and Empire Toys in Keller Texas is on nostalgia overload.   With toys and action figures from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today, Empire Toys is a one-stop-shop for a trip down memory lane and a chance to reclaim what was once yours (but likely sold at a garage sale)   Check out Empire Toys on Facebook, Instagram, or at TheEmpireToys.com The DTALKS Podcast has also been ranked #9 in the "Top 40 Detox Podcast You Must Follow in 2020" according to Feedspot.com for our work in the Cultural Detox space. Thank you so much to the Feedspot team!  https://blog.feedspot.com/detox_podcasts/    

Website- https://www.toddmcasey.com Instagram -@toddmcasey   Todd M. Casey was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. His artistic education includes a BFA in Communication Design from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts. After receiving his degree in 2001, he moved to New York City where he worked as a Graphic Designer. He then relocated to San Francisco to pursue a Masters in Animation at the Academy of Art. While taking the foundation classes for his MFA, he discovered that his true passion was painting. Decision made, he soon returned to New York City to the studio of Jacob Collins at the Water Street Atelier and began his classical painting training in 2007.  Casey's work touches on more than simplistic realism. There is a haunting, nearly literary quality to each frame— a feeling that subjects are viewed from behind mottled glass, burnished by enigmatic candlelight, or brushed by the soft, hazy edges of a half-remembered dream. His work is classically styled but progressive in approach.  Every painting has a tale to tell, brewed from a deep well of introspective thought.  His paintings have been honored with awards several times in recent years. Most recently, he won first four times at the Portrait Society of America's Members Only Competition and placed first in oil painting from the Allied Artists of America in 2015. His work can be found in collections throughout the United States, and on the East Coast at Rehs Contemporary Gallery, in Midtown New York City, and Simie Maryles Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.  In resulting years, Todd has made the transition from painter to author and teacher. He published his first art book The Art of Still Life in 2020 with Monacelli Press. His second book The Oil Painters' Color Handbook comes out in August of 2022. His work will also be featured in Cocktails: A Still Life, by Christine Sismondo and James Waller, which is slated for release in August 2022. When not painting, writing, or illustrating, Casey teaches classes for the Massachusetts College of Art and The Academy of Art University Online, The Art Students League of New York, and through private online classes and workshops.    Casey lives in Connecticut with his wife Gina, and their daughter Scarlet. When not painting, writing, or teaching, he enjoys reading and spending time with his family. Todd is also on the Trekell Pro Team

Website- https://www.toddmcasey.com Instagram -@toddmcasey   Todd M. Casey was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. His artistic education includes a BFA in Communication Design from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts. After receiving his degree in 2001, he moved to New York City where he worked as a Graphic Designer. He then relocated to San Francisco to pursue a Masters in Animation at the Academy of Art. While taking the foundation classes for his MFA, he discovered that his true passion was painting. Decision made, he soon returned to New York City to the studio of Jacob Collins at the Water Street Atelier and began his classical painting training in 2007.  Casey's work touches on more than simplistic realism. There is a haunting, nearly literary quality to each frame— a feeling that subjects are viewed from behind mottled glass, burnished by enigmatic candlelight, or brushed by the soft, hazy edges of a half-remembered dream. His work is classically styled but progressive in approach.  Every painting has a tale to tell, brewed from a deep well of introspective thought.  His paintings have been honored with awards several times in recent years. Most recently, he won first four times at the Portrait Society of America's Members Only Competition and placed first in oil painting from the Allied Artists of America in 2015. His work can be found in collections throughout the United States, and on the East Coast at Rehs Contemporary Gallery, in Midtown New York City, and Simie Maryles Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.  In resulting years, Todd has made the transition from painter to author and teacher. He published his first art book The Art of Still Life in 2020 with Monacelli Press. His second book The Oil Painters' Color Handbook comes out in August of 2022. His work will also be featured in Cocktails: A Still Life, by Christine Sismondo and James Waller, which is slated for release in August 2022. When not painting, writing, or illustrating, Casey teaches classes for the Massachusetts College of Art and The Academy of Art University Online, The Art Students League of New York, and through private online classes and workshops.    Casey lives in Connecticut with his wife Gina, and their daughter Scarlet. When not painting, writing, or teaching, he enjoys reading and spending time with his family. Todd is also on the Trekell Pro Team

On this episode, Devin and Lauren discuss how the poor conditions of female textile workers in Capital Region cities led to the creation of a retreat where women could “escape” the cities. Wiawaka was founded by Mary Fuller, an advocate for women workers in Troy, and the wealthy philanthropists Katrina and Spenser Trask. Wiawaka originally included a planned artist's retreat, called Wakonda, where Georgia O'Keeffe was invited to stay as a young artist and member of the Arts Students League. This introduction to Lake George had a monumental effect on O'Keeffe's life and art, and she spent several years working in the area. Marker of Focus: Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George, Warren County Guests: Doreen Kelly, executive director of Wiawaka, and Karen Quinn, art historian and curator at the New York State Museum A New York Minute In History is a production of the New York State Museum, WAMC, and Archivist Media, with support from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. This episode was produced by Jesse King. Our theme is "Begrudge" by Darby. Further Reading: Messinger, Lisa Mintz. Georgia O'Keeffe. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001. O'Keeffe, Georgia. Georgia O'Keeffe. New York: Viking, 1976. Wiawaka Holiday House: https://upstatehistorical.org/items/show/84?tour=7&index=10 Capital Region Textile Industry: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/textile-industry.html The Collar City by Don Rittner: https://rensselaer.nygenweb.net/article11.htm Collar Maid Cuffed Bosses by Pam Trudeau: https://rensselaer.nygenweb.net/article4.htm More on Georgia O'Keeffe: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/ Follow Along Devin: Welcome to A New York Minute in History. I'm Devin Lander, the New York state historian. Lauren: And I'm Lauren Roberts, the historian for Saratoga County. On this episode, we're taking a deeper look at a marker located along Route 9L on the eastern shores of Lake George, which is located in Warren County. The title of the marker is “Georgia O'Keeffe,” and the text reads: “Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887 to 1986. American artist who stayed at Wakonda in June 1908 on a scholarship from the Art Students League. William G. Pomeroy Foundation, 2016.” The artist Georgia O'Keeffe is pretty much a household name, but I'm guessing many of our listeners haven't heard of Wakonda, which is the lodge Georgia O'Keeffe stayed in, or the Art Students League. So let's take a step back and talk about what brought this young artist to the shores of Lake George in the summer of 1908. In the 19th century, the city of Troy in Rensselaer County was known as the "Collar City," because Troy produced the majority of detachable shirt collars in the country. Detachable collars are now a thing of the past, but in the 19th Century, they were really popular. The collar was usually the dirtiest part of the shirt, and it needed to be laundered most frequently, and in the days before washing machines, this was really a pain. So someone in Troy — there's a couple of conflicting stories about who a

Previously a celebrity and on-air makeup artist in New York City, COVID caused Nikki Fontaine to seek refuge in the quiet coastal Maine town of Damariscotta. No stranger to New England, Nikki grew up in a creative family in rural Massachusetts. Influenced by their filmmaker father, she and her brother (a fellow makeup artist who specializes in ‘monster' effects) followed the bright lights to NYC. When their industry shut down in the midst of a global pandemic, Nikki remained connected to the city–and her ongoing interest in visual arts– through virtual classes offered by the Art Students League of New York. Now a member of the Portland Art Gallery staff, she continues to work on her own emerging career as an artist. Join our conversation with Nikki Fontaine on this week's episode of Radio Maine.

Ep.108 features Nanette Carter was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. She majored in art history and studio art at Oberlin College, Ohio, and spent her junior year in Perugia, Italy. Carter graduated from Oberlin in 1976 and received her MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1978. Nanette Carter has received many grants, fellowships, and awards throughout her career. Most recently in 2021, Carter was granted The Anonymous was a Woman Award. She has exhibited nationally and internationally with solo exhibitions in Cuba, Syria, Italy, and Japan. In 2017, Carter was featured in Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction: 1960s to Today, a traveling museum exhibition featuring African American women artists that was organized by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City. In 2021, Carter was the program curator and a participant in Creating Community: Cinque Gallery Artists at the Art Students League, New York. Last summer, Carter was included in the Parrish Art Museum's exhibition, Affinities for Abstraction: Women Artists on the Eastern End of Long Island curated by Alicia Longwell. Her solo exhibition at the Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clifton, New Jersey, Forms Follow Function: The Art of Nanette Carter recently closed. Currently, Carter has a solo exhibition featuring her most recent work at Berry Campbell Gallery in Chelsea. The exhibition features collages from three series, including several large-scale examples. This summer Carter will be in group exhibitions at the Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, the Featherstone Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, and the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers. Carter's work is in numerous corporate and museum collections including, the Perez Museum, Miami, The National Museum of Fine Arts Museum in Havana, Cuba, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Louis Art Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Yale University Art Gallery. Carter recently retired from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, where she was a professor of art for over 20 years. Photo Credit: Kenneth Laidlow Artist https://nanettecarter.com/ Work https://www.berrycampbell.com/artist/Nanette_Carter/works/ Berry Campbell https://www.berrycampbell.com/ Anonymous Was a Woman https://www.anonymouswasawoman.org/ ArtForum https://www.artforum.com/artguide/berry-campbell-11828/shape-shifting-203752 Culturetype https://www.culturetype.com/?s=nanette+carter Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/650425/cinque-gallery-another-chapter-of-black-art-history/ Detroit Art Review https://detroitartreview.com/2021/11/nanette-carter-contemporaries-nnamdi/ 27 East https://www.27east.com/arts/lets-talk-art-abstract-artist-nanette-carter-1775638/

Ep.105 features Frank Wimberley. His abstract painting is a continuous adventure. Born in 1926 in New Jersey, Wimberley currently divides his time between Corona, Queens, and Sag Harbor, New York. Wimberley is a well-known presence in the art scene on the Eastern End of Long Island and an important figure in African American art since the 1960s. Acclaimed for his dynamic, multi-layered, and sophisticated paintings, Wimberley is among the leading contemporary artists to continue in the Abstract Expressionist tradition. In 2013, Wimberley had a solo exhibition at Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton; in 2018, Wimberley was included in Acts of Art and Rebuttal, an exhibition revisiting the 1971 exhibition Rebuttal to the Whitney Museum Exhibition: Black Artists in Rebuttal at the Hunter College Art Galleries; and in 2021, Wimberley was included in Creating Community: Cinque Gallery Artists at the Art Students League, New York. Wimberley is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. In 1969, when few African American artists were able to exhibit their work, Wimberley was included in a group exhibition at CW Post College, in Brookville, New York. This constituted the first time he displayed his work publicly. However, in the next decade, he took advantage of many opportunities to display his art, participating in shows at The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York (1971) and the Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York (1972). His first solo exhibitions were in 1973, at The Black History Museum, Hempstead, New York, which opened in 1970 (now the African American Museum of Nassau County), and at Acts of Art Gallery, in downtown New York. Owned by artists Nigel L. Jackson and Pat Grey, the gallery was an important part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s. In 1974, Wimberley had solo shows at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and again at Acts of Art, where he displayed collages, drawings, and paintings. In February 1979, he participated in a show at Guild Hall Museum of the Eastville Artists, an informal council of African American artists on Long Island's East End devoted to promoting the arts. Other members were Alvin Loving, Robert Freeman, Nanette Carter, and Gaye Ellington (Duke Ellington's granddaughter). Reviewing the show, Helen Harrison noted that Wimberley had “embraced a cool, formal vocabulary in his assemblages of paper and found objects.” She observed that several of the works included “scraps of used canvases, suggesting the rejection of a previous mode of expression.” She felt that Wimberley was searching “but cautiously.” That summer, when Wimberley was included in an exhibition at Peter S. Loonam Gallery in Bridgehampton, Harrison felt that his collages were “busier but just as controlled in their composition.” Frank had a solo exhibition at Duck Creek Art Center in May 2022 and recently had a solo exhibition of his collages at Berry Campbell. Paintings were recently acquired by the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Smithsonian Museum. Frank Wimberley is currently represented by the Berry Campbell gallery located in Chelsea, New York City. Please visit the gallery website for additional information and an expanded bio. Photo credit: Laurie Lambrecht Artist website https://www.frankwimberleyart.com/ Berry Campbell Gallery https://www.berrycampbell.com/artist/Frank_Wimberley/works/ Expanded Bio https://www.berrycampbell.com/artist/Frank_Wimberley/info/ ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/artist-frank-wimberley-94-full-surprises/story?id=76184787 27east https://www.27east.com/arts/frank-wimberley-stratum-at-duck-creek-1931943/ Rafael Contemporary https://www.rafaelcontemporary.com/artists-frank-wimberley Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wimberley

Eva Avenue is an abstract expressionist painter in the East Village, NYC. She has mainly made a living as an editor and writer at newspapers and online publications. She has been publishing an art zine since 2009 called The Nightly Noodle Monthly, produces her own art shows, and is currently working on her debut film project The Art Show Movie. She is co-writing the soundtrack with friends and working a full-time job at The Art Students League of New York. Her dream is to have a storefront studio and bar in Manhattan where she can paint big paintings and have art parties with artist talks as a cultural beacon for voices in the city. Timestamp 3:06 Growing up with artist parents in Europe 4:30 Moving to Florida, getting an arts education, and starting out as an artist 6:51 The power of visualization, enabling access, and making things happen 9:32 Inheriting her late father's unfinished paintings and documenting their journey through film 11:09 Riding out the pandemic 13:37 Lessons learnt from living the artist life 14:17 Creating visions, illustrating dreams, and transforming them into reality 18:37 Dealing with self-criticism 19:28 The dynamic, evolving painting process and its unexpected surprises 20:50 Frank O'Cain, abstract expressionism, and why they matter 22:28 Future plans, visions, and dreams 25:29 Daily routines, support networks, and handling saboteurs in life 27:06 Detours and delays in realizing a vision are necessary for growth 28:53 How seeking clarity can help avoid pitfalls and identify unseen opportunities Social Media Website: evaavenue.com Instagram: @evaavenue Facebook: Eva Avenue Studio and Spoiled Horse Racer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EvaAvenueStudio TikTok: @eva.avenue Follow Patti Dobrowolski - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/upyourcreativegenius/ Follow Patti Dobrowolski - Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/patti-dobrowolski-532368/ Up Your Creative Genius - https://www.upyourcreativegenius.com/  Patti Dobrowolski 00:03 Hello, superstars! Welcome to the Up Your Creative Genius Podcast, where you will gain insight and tips to stomp on the accelerator and blast off to transform your business and your life. I'm your host, Patti Dobrowolski. And if this is your first time tuning in, then strap in - because this is serious rocket fuel. Each week I interview fellow creative geniuses to help you learn how easy it is to Up Your Creative Genius in any part of your life. Patti Dobrowolski 00:39 Hey, everybody, it's Patti Dobrowolski. Okay, this is gonna be fun because we were already cracking each other up. Eva Avenue is my guest today. She's an abstract expressionist painter living in the East Village of New York City, our favorite city in the world. Well, next to Paris, I just want to say. Now listen, she made her living as an editor and writer at newspapers and online magazines. And since 2009, she's got her own nightly noodle monthly art zine magazine that she posted. It's incredible. So right now she's working for the Art Students League in New York City, and she's working on her first film - The Art Show Movie. She's getting up walking around right now. I don't know what she's doing. But she produces her own shows in any city - she can get one because she's incredible. And her big dream is to have a storefront - I love this big dream because I always walk by storefronts thinking, "Yes, that's the place I'll be", but she always wants to have a storefront, you know, that's got a bar in it, and a place where people can meet, filled with big paintings, and art shows, and interesting conversations - to be a beacon for people and voices in this city. Please welcome: Eva Avenue. Whoo! Hey, welcome to the show - so nice to have you here. Eva Avenue 02:04 So nice to be here. I had gotten up ‘cause someone was calling me during your fantastic intro. And so, yeah, there you go. Patti Dobrowolski 02:11 I love that, that's okay - because that's how we are. We're all casual in here. And so, I don't know, where are you? Are you in New York City right now? Eva Avenue 02:18 I'm in New York right now. And yeah. Patti Dobrowolski 02:20 Because every so often, like, I'll see a post from her. And then she's in St. Pete, Florida. And then she's in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And then you'll see her, you know, on Instagram doing these amazing paintings that I'm always like, I want to buy that one. I want to buy that one, and that one, and that one. And so, when you see her artwork, you're gonna feel exactly the same way, because it's really beautiful and it really expresses who we are right now. You really are a "right now" kind of person. Eva Avenue 02:49 Thank you. Yeah, I feel like that. Patti Dobrowolski 02:51 Yeah, well, and somebody said about you, you're the most "artist" artist that they know. And I believe that I feel that way too. So tell us a little bit about yourself, so people can get to know you. Where'd you grow up, and how did you become an artist? Or how did that evolve? Eva Avenue 03:06 Right? So my proclivity to be an artist kind of came about naturally because I lived many different beautiful places. And both my parents were painters growing up, and so it was just not even a hard thing to slip into doing. Not even on purpose. So I was born in Amsterdam, in an attic, my mom was going to painting school there, my dad had sawed all the legs off the furniture to make this like Amsterdam attic child friendly...and so on the ground it was very Zen. It was very painter-studio and- Patti Dobrowolski 03:38 -kind of the experience. Yeah, I love that. I like that. Eva Avenue 03:44 And so then...right, we went to Portugal. I was like a year and a half so we moved there where my father was from and, right, so just a lot of painting, a lot of - again that sort of bohemian lifestyle - and, you know, no reason for it, that's just that's just what they did. You know, it wasn't explained to me, "Eva, you know, art is important", or you know, this is what we're doing, it's just what was there. And so by the time we left, my mom left and we came to Florida. I really had this culture shock with these perfectly manicured lawns, I had to wear clothes outside, it was like really bizarre. So, right. I don't know, I felt, yeah, it was a little jarring, and I don't want to say like I threw myself into some sort of creative thing, but I do- Patti Dobrowolski 03:46 - You probably were like, Oh my God, where am I? Who am I? How to I find myself? How do I calm myself down? Eva Avenue 04:30 - And so I remember, I might just, but for some reason, my first thought was like, "Can you get me piano lessons?" I asked. My mom was like, I want to take piano. I remember someone mentioning, on our way, like leaving Portugal, I was playing some sort of, you know, these metal keys and someone said: "She's really good," and I thought, "I am really good." (laughs) Like yeah, this sounds like a succession of correct notes. And I thought that was fun and so, right. So I, yeah. So living in Florida, taking piano lessons, you know, just writing poetry, drawing - you know, that was sort of what I did well at and in school. And, you know, there was, you know, not some sort of family thing where, you know, it was weird to want to be an artist, even though there's- Patti Dobrowolski 05:03 No, because your parents were artists, I don't think I knew that about you. That's fantastic. Eva Avenue 05:21 Yeah! Patti Dobrowolski 05:22 So you were allowed to express yourself in any way you wanted to. Eva Avenue 05:26 I was, right. And so I just kept doing that. And then I enrolled to an Art High School, and I got more training. And so the - you know, the underbelly of that is being financially illiterate, and not really having a sense of how certain real world processes work. Yes. So, you know, I ended up with student debt, going to school, you know, I got a full ride to MICA - the Maryland Institute College of Art, it was my first choice, but they didn't have a full scholarship. So I went to New Mexico, and my mom really wanted me to go to school, you know - on my own, I might have just painted and seen what could happen that way and ended up in the city like that. But you know what - it worked out. I learned how to write well, and I did make a living off of what I went to college for, which was, you know, editing and writing and sort of arts journalism, because I thought: you know, what, if you're gonna make it on your own, you have to know how to write, you have to know- Patti Dobrowolski 05:52 Yeah. Eva Avenue 05:53 -talk to people, and you know, it's just like, a good skill to have. So yeah, I kind of was just gathering all these things and taking um, you know, music composition, and African dance, and ballet, and French and like, comedy writing, and I just had a really great time in college. So, yeah, I kind of just by miracle of sheer will have been able to sustain the life I've been living my whole life with, you know, pockets of hardship, or a little something, it feels like a detour. But in the end, you realize it wasn't- Patti Dobrowolski 06:49 Yes, yes. Eva Avenue 06:51 Right. And so but a big part of what I've done is visualization. And I have always understood - before I met you - that there was this kind of, yeah, there was like a currency beyond economics, that could be like, you know, brought up- Patti Dobrowolski 07:05 Access. Eva Avenue 07:06 Yeah, there's something else you can access and activate, even if you don't have money. And sometimes you- and I think the people that discover this are the people that have to find another way to make that thing happen, right? Patti Dobrowolski 07:15 That's right, that's right. Eva Avenue 07:16 You have to discover like, you know, what's the, you know, where's the book of spells, and everyone's looking for their own book of spells? And so Patti, you're a big- Right, you're a big, yeah, spell chapter when I found you. It was, it was pretty great. Anyway, so here I am on your podcast. This is so- Patti Dobrowolski 07:16 I love it. Well, one of the things that I wonder about- so, when you grew up with a couple of parents who are painters, you know, were they critical about your painting at all? Did they give you feedback about it? Did they let you just express yourself? Or how did they encourage you, or not? I'm curious, like, I don't know, if my parents were painters, or illustrators, if I would have ever drawn, you know, I might have been worried about how the picture looked. Eva Avenue 07:59 So my mom would give tips when I asked, or if she felt moved to point out, you know, how to do a simple trick to achieve a visual effect, but she did not really sit me down and like give me art lessons. I always kind of had them - the supplies were there and she would like, you know, she would drag me into her, you know, anatomy class for the portrait sections. And I would say, I was just always immersed in it, I'd go to these art shows. And so, yeah, usually if I asked, but I think she was just happy I was doing it. So she wasn't trying to crowd me. And then my dad was just, you know, one of those critical, you know, hard to please. You know, it's why she left - I went back again in Portugal in 18 to see him again, I remember his friends coming to visit, and I could see him being visibly annoyed when they would joke that I was better than him - but I don't know how much. I was like I really wanted to do - He like set up this canvas. This was in the south of Portugal. And he was like - in Portuguese, he didn't speak English - he's like, show me, you know, show me what you can do. So I made this beautiful painting. And I made it with some green in there, because I remember he would say that like, green's a hard color to paint - but it was mostly blue and yellow. I remember chopping up the green to blue and yellow to its pure states because those two make green and so, yeah, it was like this beach in this desert. And these people like carrying these gourds and - so but I just remember it annoying him that I was better. Patti Dobrowolski 09:30 - that you were better. Yeah, that you were better. Eva Avenue 09:32 But not necessarily better. But because he made really beautiful work that tourists love, like, he's like the moon on the water and the thing, but right, maybe that was more absurd. Maybe he wasn't so...imaginative. Maybe they were out of his imagination, I don't know. But the funny thing is, so this art show movie I'm making - which is in lieu of a solo abstract show I was going to have but COVID shut it down - so, I'm making this movie instead, and my sister in Portugal just sent four paintings over that my dad had made - you know, he died in 2006. And, they're for me to finish, they're like, unfinished. Patti Dobrowolski 10:02 Wow. Eva Avenue 10:03 It's all, it's kind of beautiful. And so I, I still haven't picked them up because A) it's intense for me and B) I want to film going over there and getting them. Patti Dobrowolski 10:12 Yeah, as part of this movie. Eva Avenue 10:13 Yeah. And then the movie will culminate in an actual physical art show. And so I would like to have those paintings in there that my dad did, that I finished - one of them. I don't think I will, I think I'll just leave it as it is - but yeah, it's- Patti Dobrowolski 10:24 Wow, that is so great. So when we met, and then COVID happened - or maybe we met during COVID, I can't remember - but, what I do know is that you started to make this movie, The Art Show Movie. And I can't wait for that. Because the way that your brain works is just incredible. I mean, you are always piecing together new ideas, and they're just exploding. And so, for you to have that vision of what it will be, and then also, you're really a big, ginormous risk taker. I think, as an artist, I mean, you'll just move to a city and then you're just going to do it. you're going to figure out how it's going to go. And so tell me, you were recently in Albuquerque, what were you doing there? Eva Avenue 11:09 I was riding out the pandemic and painting for the show I had gotten. So I, initially when I got this show - and it was right before the pandemic it was finalized, and around the time I met you, although I had known your work beforehand. So yeah, I wanted to paint anyway. The pandemic hit, my work went remote. And suddenly I could go out west, where I used to live and work on these large paintings because it's hard to paint and a little like- Patti Dobrowolski 11:34 Yeah, in a studio apartment or one bedroom apartment, right? Eva Avenue 11:38 Which, which I'm back in the city, but whatever. But I have so much space- Patti Dobrowolski 11:42 When you get that big storefront space, right? Spread out, and the big paintings - I can't wait. Eva Avenue 11:49 Yeah, that's the dream, which is you know, back in the day, you see this beautiful pictures of these abstract expressionists in the 40s and 50s here in New York, and they had all these, these big warehouse spaces, because they're- Patti Dobrowolski 11:57 Even in the 70s. I mean, even if you look at those, you know, you can see this space in that movie. And I'm thinking, no, yeah, that's- Eva Avenue 12:06 - It's not like that scrappy city as much anymore. You really have to have money to buy it. And so thank God, I married someone with good credit. So I couldn't- I was thinking because before last time I moved here, I even had a snake in my room. And it was just like, like, Man, this is a lot. So but yeah, that's what I found your videos when I was looking- Patti Dobrowolski 12:21 Yeah, well, when you went to New Mexico, and then you just painted for the show itself, and created all the work. How many paintings did you do for the show? Eva Avenue 12:33 I have, like, I guess about 10. And I'm currently working on more because the longer this movie is taking, the higher my standards are, and the bigger my dreams for how this looks. So- Patti Dobrowolski 12:48 - That's okay. I was just asking you about how many paintings, but I was curious about how many paintings are in a typical show, like the one you did in New Mexico? How many were in that show? Eva Avenue 12:59 So I've had shows in New Mexico, there is not a show that I didn't- Patti Dobrowolski 13:02 Okay, so you went there to create the movie. Ah, I get it, I get it. Eva Avenue 13:06 I brought them with me to New York - I still have the work, I'm still working on the show. And so I mean, I've sent them like a large number of like, smaller abstract ones. And I'm now working on it. It's not abstract, but I meant to make it abstract. Now, I accidentally have this portrait of Fran Lebowitz and Dr. Dre because they're both ruthless and the baby's called Ruthless. Patti Dobrowolski 13:24 Fantastic. I love that. Yeah. I love that now. And then, what, how do you make money? Do you sell your artwork? Can you do it specifically with that now? Or how do you make a living as an artist really? What have you learned? Eva Avenue 13:37 I - Yeah, I've learned that it is such hard work. It's just really hard work unless you get lucky but, I mean, it's either hard work and then you know, nothing - or it's hard work and then you get lucky. So, we're gonna slow climb - you know, there's many ways to go about it, but yeah, I do work jobs. It's so, right now the financials of what I do is more hobby status because I get - I'd make sporadic sales because I'm not so concentrated on it. But, I do work at the Art Students League of New York, which is, like, if I can't be at the Yale School of Painting - Patti Dobrowolski 14:12 I was gonna say like, that is like the most incredible place to be, right? Eva Avenue 14:17 So basically every artist from New York and from outside of New York who had to use a, you know, as a way to study in the States went through there. Everyone, except Andy Warhol - but his nephew did go there. You know, we got Paula, we got Georgia O'Keeffe. I mean, just everyone went through there. And so to be in those walls, to be there, you know - with access to the teachers, being able to take classes there, just meeting all these New Yorkers and just being able to talk with my artistically minded coworkers. It's, I feel like I'm in a nucleus, like a little nucleus, like I just knew everybody. And so, right in there's people I want to interview for the show and I'm thinking like, how can I, you know, use the League for part of this movie? So yeah, the paintings are getting bigger, the dreams getting bigger. You know, I'm working on a soundtrack for it. And it's, you know, so much visualization went into this, I can't even - I thought I'd be like, you know, talking about sort of all these little points, but then, you know, I just want to tell you what happened. And it's like getting into how I even brought all this stuff about. But, I mean, everything has been a drawing. Like, I made a vision board about moving to Manhattan, which is just so hard. It was so expensive, and it's just the, but the COVID pricing made it happen. And so- Patti Dobrowolski 15:24 So you were able to- so you drew it in a picture. Eva Avenue 15:27 Yeah, all the cool stuff I make happen, I drew in a picture, visualized it, or I made a collage for it. And yes, just either - and either like how you say, you know, your brain guesses its way to an outcome, it'll either be like that, or the picture will solidify the thing in my mind so I don't give up on it. Like when I get this art show, and it was in Ireland and I was coming up with a lot of like, obstacles, but it was that drawing I made that I learned from you, that just counts like, I have like, no, I'm not gonna let that drawing down. I'm not gonna let that vision down. And it just works so well. Patti Dobrowolski 15:58 Yeah, well, I think as an artist, you know, you already understand the power of the visual, and that the visual just unfolds for you, and the painting evolves. And so, I don't know what your process as an artist is. And so, maybe you can speak to that. But what I do know is that, when you have that picture, you said it solidified it, and it made it so that you wanted it to happen. And those things - that's part of that magical energy you were talking about earlier. And your parents did it, right? And your mom moved from Portugal to the US, right? To Florida and did that. And part of that is, you know, trust and will and grit, and going forward with the vision of you as an artist, right? Eva Avenue 16:45 That's right. And so, yup, the fact that we're bringing this up, I'm thinking about something I wanted to tell you I read in Jensen's History of Art. It's this like, tome of just the world's history of art, starting with cave paintings. And I read something and I immediately thought of you because it talks about the Lascaux cave paintings. So they're hidden away, they're not accessible by some casual intruder at the mouth of the cave, but they are put back because of the the ritual involved in the power. And so they would make these realistic, you know, big game animals as a part of a magic ritual to ensure a successful hunt. Now, so when the climate started to warm up a bit, and they start to head north, the animals start to head north, they shift from like, ensuring a killing of a hunt to literally drawing these paintings, these animals in the cave, and trying to get as realistic as possible, because they think they're now bringing them like into existence. They are making more animals, they're not drawing a distinction between an image and reality. To them, it's kind of the same. And I'm like, that's literally what Patti was talking about. And it's just like this. It's just amazing to see this thread from the dawn of, of humanity, like, and it's, you know, you can repackage it, but it's kind of the same approach. Patti Dobrowolski 16:47 Yeah, it is. Well, and I think people don't- they underestimate the power of drawing something, you know, and the fact that it's part of your DNA. It's your heritage, that you were some time - and you know, if you believe in, you know, evolution, you evolved from that. So somewhere in your cellular structure is a portion of you that can draw, if you can get the critic out of the way, right, right, then it's much more powerful. How did you learn to get your critic out of the way? What do you do when you start to feel critical about what you're doing? Eva Avenue 18:37 I remember in high school feeling very insecure and weird and self-conscious. And then I remember having this sort of breakthrough moment where I realized everyone felt that way. Like, people are too busy thinking about themselves and their shortcomings to maybe judge me. And if they aren't, then I don't know. Maybe they're a little bit like, oh, snaky, and I don't need them around. (laughs) So, I don't know, from there, I kind of just relaxed and you know, I remember appreciating when other people would mess up in front of the public eye, because I remember not judging them. I just remember feeling more relaxed within myself. And so I thought, you know, what, if you're messing up, like, just, that's fine. And so yeah, I just really haven't worried about how I look too much in public with uh- Patti Dobrowolski 19:23 Well, well, and also with your art, you know, that's part of it. Is that you? Eva Avenue 19:27 It's a big part. Patti Dobrowolski 19:28 Yeah, you evolve. Do you evolve within the painting itself, the process within itself? Or do you have a set idea of what you're going to paint and you sketch it out with a pencil? And then you go from there, but then does it evolve? If that's the case, how does it - how do you approach it? Eva Avenue 19:44 It evolves even if you have it sketched out. So, much like the drawings I do for visualization, and I started keep coming back to it, but that is what you're about. And so yeah, I've noticed that like with visualization, drawings, or posters, it doesn't always come out exactly how you put it, whether it's like one specific picture, like many things like- so there's always this sort of margin of, you know, the unexpected outcome of what your dream ends up looking like. There's the unexpected outcome of what the painting ends up looking like, and it's always kind of a surprise. And it's always a little, yeah, it's, it's kind of fun. Because I mean, if you are just trying to recreate what you see, and you succeed at that, then that's fine. And that's great. And there's a market for it. But I just feel like it's a little bit more exciting. It's a little bit more rock and roll to just sort of like- Patti Dobrowolski 20:33 - let it evolve and let it be what it is, I think. And then do you have, you know, other painters? I know you do probably at the Art League, but do you have any other painters in your life or other artists that really influence you and impact you? Who are your role models in a way? Eva Avenue 20:50 My role models are... Patti Dobrowolski 20:54 Or who do you / are you interested in right now that you think, oh, that is so cool, what they're doing - like that? Eva Avenue 21:01 Frank O'Cain - who I'm taking a class from right now - comes from this lineage that started the school of abstract expressionism in New York, and like, and the lineage goes back to Europe. So when you're somewhere in the country, and you think you're making an abstract painting, and you're thinking that you're just expressing a thing, you might not realize there's this very solid, like, coming about and process of thinking that made abstract expressionism possible. I mean, it's such a thing. And it's like a pearl of an oyster of a lot of discussion, a lot of turf wars. And the CIA, actually, at one point, was helping fund these art shows by the Abstract Expressionists because it seemed like an anti-Russian thing to invest in - because it was about, like, free thought. And it was like- Patti Dobrowolski 21:49 Oh, wow, doesn't that sound just so like the CIA? That is so crazy, wow! Eva Avenue 21:55 It is. And so you think it's these shapes on a canvas - and you just learned it's so much more. I mean, it's a national identity that, yeah, I mean, it's a lot. So yeah, I'm currently getting more kind of serious when it comes to abstract work that is more like committing to a form of committing something as solid beyond just expressing something that I think is a good composition, which is part of it. But yeah, so I'm really nerding out on the, yeah, growing as an abstract artist- Patti Dobrowolski 22:22 No, I like that, actually. It's interesting. I think that because if you're not an artist, you don't understand sometimes where you see people do a painting, and you think, hmm where they get that? Or where they get that idea, or how did they, especially an abstract expressionist painter, is a very unique stream of painting, right? It's not a realism. It's just such a free form, in and of itself. And so even if it has people in it, and things in it, it really is the composition is about that. And so - that freedom, and I could see why the CIA would want to study that and follow that. But it seems like a non sequitur to me, you know, like, that's not the right word, but it just doesn't seem to match up. Eva Avenue 22:24 It's surprising, yeah, information. Patti Dobrowolski 22:28 Yeah. And when you when you think about yourself, and what you want to do, like when you envision the future, what's on your future map now? Where do you see yourself? Is part of it the storefront studio, where you got these big paintings and stuff like that, but what else? Eva Avenue 23:26 Yeah. Well, so I see myself in like a high collaborative editorial place where people come to me for creative collaboration - if they want a certain, like, vibe on a photo shoot. I do like to get out and do these, like extracurricular sort of projects, which I do. Patti Dobrowolski 23:46 -You do all these weird things, yes you do. Eva Avenue 23:48 - But then yeah, I do want to have like a - Patti Dobrowolski 23:50 Give an example of one when you say that, so people know what extracurricular activities, what would that be? Like you standing in front, interviewing people - what is it? Eva Avenue 24:00 I would love to play Joan Mitchell - the abstract painter, in Amy Sherman-Palladino's upcoming project - she's supposedly doing you know, she did Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She's turning Ninth Street women about these abstract expressionists, the women there into this film and I'm like, how cool would that be, right? Or how cool it'd be if Wes Anderson called me up and was like, you know, we want to give this like, the Eva vibe on like, the backdrops - like can you help with the backdrops or like, to be in just one of his films is like an artist character. Like, I feel like I, yes, just- Patti Dobrowolski 24:34 Yes, yes, you definitely could do that. What I love about this - and so if anybody out there knows this person, I want you to connect her to them - because this is how the universe works. You just put it out there. So we're going to just see if we can manifest that because, you know, what's fascinating to me about what you do and who you are, is - you're always wacky, you're just doing some wild things. Even when you were coming through Denver, we didn't know each other at all. She shows up in these hot pants in my house, I've got these contractors, they're like, just totally scoping her. They can't like, take their eyes off of her. I'm like, get back to work. And we're just having this chat. And it's fantastic. You know, I mean, you really are an artist artist. You really are. And so I'm curious, when you - what's your day look like, from start to finish? What's it look like, a typical day? Eva Avenue 25:29 Well, when I wake up, I check on Zelenskyy. Is he still alive? How's he doing? I make coffee. I take the train to work. I'm there all day, I come home, where I just either, you know, work on one of my projects, or, you know, pass out or have dinner with my husband, who I also met through drawings that I did using your method. So good. And then- Patti Dobrowolski 25:56 Well, when he's such an - he's an artist himself, so you know, I mean, he's just an incredible person. Eva Avenue 26:02 Yeah, no, yeah. I mean, if - I'd heard, you know, to be successful, you need to have a supportive partner. Like, that's one of the things for success. And I was like, well, I really don't have that ever. What I really have are saboteurs of my life, who come and suck me dry and then are so rude. (laughs) Like, it's just like, yeah, I need to like really solidify my foundation so I can operate on a higher kind of plane where I'm not constantly having to like pick myself up again, which was, you know, sort of another like underbelly- Patti Dobrowolski 26:32 Well, and you drew a picture with him in it. That was how we met - is that you watched that TED video, you drew a picture of your husband, then somehow you contacted me to tell me that what you had drawn showed up in your real life. Your husband. Eva Avenue 26:47 Yes. Patti Dobrowolski 26:47 You married him. And it hadn't been that long that you were married to him that you contacted me. Eva Avenue 26:52 Yeah, yeah, it took a year. And I remember you saying in the TED Talk, like, "Oh it'll take about a year", and it took a year. And I was just like, that is a genius. What is happening? So anyway, yeah. So- Patti Dobrowolski 27:02 it just lodged in there. And then you took it as truth, that's all. Eva Avenue 27:06 Yeah. So since then, some things will take less than a year, some things will take more for you. Like I did this drawing like two years ago to like, clear my student loans. It's now been two years, but some take longer. So I'm still going through that. But yeah, so then the weekends, that's when I like, have time to work on my projects. So I'm either, yeah, painting or reading or, you know, playing guitar, my little honeycomb comb...tome...HoneyTone amp - and it's very cute, I love it. Yeah, but this full time job is new. So usually, when I would have that job, where I was working from, like remotely doing social media for coffee, I could just - I was traveling, I was staying with friends. I was like, creating artist residences for me. And so this is, yeah, I love the job. I love where I'm at. And I hope to eventually go back to a place where I do have more time. Yeah. Patti Dobrowolski 27:53 And what's true is that, you know, you said earlier, you said, you know, sometimes you move forward in this trajectory of getting your vision, and then sometimes you kind of have a detour. And to me, this is like the change Genie detour card, right? That in the weather that you might encounter in your life, you got a detour. However, this was an essential detour for you as an artist. And so I'm fascinated by that, because that tells me you're on the right track to stepping into even more into your greatness, and being seen and known for the beautiful work that you do. Because, honestly, people, it's beautiful. You know, there are painters, and she's just incredible - so, you have to check out her work. Now, tell me, Eva, if you were going to give advice to anybody about how they could pivot, how they get through, you know, and the highs and lows of what their experience is, what would you say? What are your tips? Eva Avenue 28:53 I'd say, do whatever you can to get really clear. That's a great basis, like and I mean, like, if you just noticed that maybe you are really stuck on something or it just, you know, physically or mentally or emotionally, I think it's really good to be clear, because then you do have the space to, yeah, go forward on these pivots. But when you're clear, you also can pay more attention to hunches. You know, you can recognize a wave, you know, you're like a surfer, you want you want to hop a wave, right? So if you're too scared, if you're sitting on the beach, like oh my god, I don't, like I can't tell the wave like, so you got to recognize these waves. And like, so just a quick example - I really wanted to work remotely. That was so important to me. I mean, that's really a dream, right? Patti Dobrowolski 29:39 Yeah. Eva Avenue 29:40 And I did not have a remote job. And I just got this like idea in my head, I don't know why, I just thought - there's this coffee shop called Janeiro's in St. Pete, and she wasn't doing very well. And I was like, I'm just gonna offer to do a mural, a very, very big mural. And i'm not gonna ask for money and I'm just gonna do it, and it was completely irrational. Why would I, I don't know, but I offered it, she gave it to me. One year later, you know, after I made that drawing, okay, so I did that like half year later, I moved to New York, I do that drawing that you had done, that the, my husband- Patti Dobrowolski 30:09 -Draw your Future with your husband, yeah- Eva Avenue 30:11 Right. And so, like a year, and then I eventually moved back to St. Pete to make this album. And it was that painting I had done of the coffee farmers in this coffee shop, where an interview I had - someone had set up for me, like just called me out of the blue like, hey, like they need this social media person. And so I met her like down the road from where that mural was. And at the end, I said, Hey, I want to show you something. And she goes in, and she sees this depiction of literally - literally, what is the core brand message of the company, right? Like, like Fairtrade, like pro-farmer, and I have these farmers, it's very uplifting, and she was like, what - I mean, that's a pretty big sign like, hire this girl, right? So you just have to like, you have to- Patti Dobrowolski 30:51 Follow your hunch, yeah. Eva Avenue 30:52 You have to follow it, you have to do something to start driving it forward. So yeah, you have to- Patti Dobrowolski 30:58 That's interesting - drive it forward to move it. Eva Avenue 31:01 Yeah, you have to drive the thing forward. So even if it's not landing an interview, if it's just like, yeah, putting a picture up, or you know, just getting an outfit that you would wear in this sort of situation - just doing something to start to shift your life toward that. And you have to, you know, kind of keep it like a big vision, because it's not going to happen immediately all the time. But, you know, sometimes you feel like you might be deserving of that because you see social media, and everyone's got so easy on social media, why can't you have it too easy too? But it's not. It's not. Patti Dobrowolski 31:28 Yeah, no, I love that. It's really not true. I think that, you know, look at how old I am, it's still not true. Sometimes it's not true, you really have to work - you have to. And we talked just briefly about grit, how grit is essential to you moving yourself forward. So you have a big picture vision of where you want to go, and then you pay attention to your hunches about what you should do, and then you do that. And then later, you see: maybe a year later, you see the link between the two things and what has happened. And you know, I think everybody - I don't know about you, but I think everybody's cycle of manifestation is very different. But, you can accelerate things, and you can inspire yourself by having that picture - and that is the whole point of it. There's no other reason to be doing it, except that it fills you with dopamine, you know, it makes you feel high, like you're capable and confident - you're suddenly you know, super person, you "There you go! You're gonna be able to do it", and you get your cape on, and then you go out and you do these weird things - and they all link up at the end. And so, you know, I think when I think about you, and just, you're growing up now that I know that and now you're at the Art League, you know, and that you're constantly learning and trying to do different things and stretch yourself. These two are other ways that tips of how you can be bigger in the world. Because it's not about you getting to the end result, I think people think, you know, it's all about making it, whatever making it looks like and trust me, every moment is making it. And I know that from watching you, because every moment you appreciate whatever it is - and you post that appreciation, so we can see it. And it's not always pretty, it's not always perfect - but it is appreciating the moment. And so, thank you for that. Eva Avenue 33:32 Thank you for that. That's, I guess I do do that - I feel so connected. Yeah. (laughs) Patti Dobrowolski 33:38 Well, that's fantastic. Well, I can't wait to have you back. Eva Avenue 33:41 I can't wait to come back! Patti Dobrowolski 33:42 After we've learned - whatever the, I mean, like in a year, I want you to come back on this very day in a year so that we could see what happened from here and to see whether you get in that movie or not - I don't care. I think you should! Eva Avenue 33:55 Yes! Patti Dobrowolski 33:56 I'm saying it's gonna happen. Eva Avenue 33:57 Whoo! Then I pay off my student loans, let's see what happens, in what year. Patti Dobrowolski 34:01 That's right. Will you be in that movie? Will they ask you to do the backdrops? Who cares? Will you be an artist? In that, that set of that - that would be fantastic. And will your movie be complete? I'm sure it will. So, I love you so much, and thank you for spending time with everybody. Oh gosh, thanks for being- Eva Avenue 34:17 I love you too, so much. Thank you for having me on this podcast. It's always good to see you and I'm happy that I could share my story with everyone. Yeah, Patti Dobrowolski 34:24 Me too. Thanks again. Alright everybody, you know the drill - you definitely want to connect with Eva Avenue. You want to follow her, you want to see her beautiful paintings and then you want to buy one, and then you want to go on with your day and take some of her tips and apply them. And then, you know, forward this to your friends if you liked the podcast, and send us a note just to tell us what you thought was incredible about this experience. So, I can't wait to see you again! And so until next time, Up Your Creative Genius and I mean it - I mean it. Patti Dobrowolski 35:00 Thanks so much for listening today. Be sure to DM me on Instagram your feedback or takeaways from today's episode on Up Your Creative Genius. Then join me next week for more rocket fuel. Remember, you are the superstar of your universe and the world needs what you have to bring - so get busy! Get out, and Up Your Creative Genius. And no matter where you are in the universe, here's some big love from yours truly, Patti Dobrowolski and the Up Your Creative Genius podcast. That's a wrap!

Liz Adams www.lizadamsart.com Liz is an American figurative painter based in Paris, France. She received her BFA in Drawing and Painting at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She continued her studies in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy School of Fine Arts, focusing on classical life drawing and painting. A winner of the Newington Cropsey Foundation for the Arts Scholarship Program in Florence, Italy, Liz studied the rich art history of the Renaissance. After her studies, she taught painting at the Art Students League, the Art Center New York and privately. In 2015 Liz was a recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields grant for figurative artists. She has participated in artist residencies in New York and Vietnam. Her paintings have been exhibited across the United States, Canada, France and Vietnam. Liz's commissioned portraits are in numerous private collections. In 2020 Liz was granted a French Talent Visa for artists and relocated to Paris where she works out of her studio. In addition to exhibiting her work, she currently teaches an Online Art Mentorship program.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/join/Laviecreative)

How many people can say that they grew up on studio lots and learned one of Hollywood's best-kept secrets from their mother? We're truly excited to bring this conversation with Hollywood/literary legend, Jill Schary Robinson. Jill Schary Robinson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of two artists. Her father was Oscar and Tony winner Dore Schary, head of MGM during the ‘40s and ‘50s, the only writer to ever run a film studio. Her mother, the painter M. Svet, studied at the Art Students League in New York. During the ‘60s, she wrote on revolutionary women's issues for Cosmopolitan and covered political trials for the Soho Weekly News. Her first memoir, With a Cast of Thousands, was a runaway hit. During the late fifties and sixties, she also interviewed political and film personalities on KPFK and had a talk show on KLAC. Jill was given a lifetime grant in 2005 to develop the non-profit Wimpole Street Writers program, which continues in London and Los Angeles, where she has run workshops for the Veteran's Administration, working with Veteran's with PTSD, encouraging them to release the stories they fear to tell. She also hosts workshops twice a week for all writers including playwrights and screenwriters. The only rule, “No pages, no dinner.”  www.jillscharyrobinson.com  www.wimpolestreetwriters.com  Twitter: @JillSRobinson  Instagram: @jillschary Facebook: @jillscharyrobinson   Special thanks to our sponsors: BetterHelp: BetterHelp is a great, affordable option for professional counseling done securely online. As a listener, you'll get 10% off your first month by visiting betterhelp.com/one   Away: We love our new sponsor AWAY, the modern lifestyle brand that creates thoughtful products for every traveler and every kind of trip. Start YOUR 100-day trial and shop the entire Away line-up of travel essentials, including their best-selling suitcases, at AWAYTravel.com/theonlyone. PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Rose Pricks Podcast: Check out their latest episode here Storytime J aka Jason Williams: Check out his YouTube channel here Mercedes Cusick LMFT, Website: www.mercedescusick.com, IG: @recoverhealbloom Join our Patreon: Become an Only One In The Room patron by joining us on Patreon! Starting at only $5.00 per month, you'll get bonus content, access to outtakes that the general public will NEVER see, extremely cool merch, and depending on what tier you get, monthly hang time with Scott and Laura. Join our Patreon today at https://www.patreon.com/theonlyonepodcast  Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays and our brand new series On My Nightstand on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.  Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series.  Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Philip Jay O'Meilia was born in 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Between military stints during WWII and Korea (serving as a Navy artist), he attended the Art Students League in New York and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art.O'Meilia's work has been displayed in galleries and museums across America, including the Smithsonian Institution, the National Academy of Design in New York, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.His sculptures, paintings, serigraphs, and prints are in the permanent collections of more than 500 private and corporate organizations worldwide. 

In 1965, he won first place in a national competition sponsored by Abercrombie & Fitch for his painting Night Baseball, which began his rise to prominence as one of the country's finest sports artist.O'Meilia is highly regarded for his artistic depiction of professional and collegiate football, particularly the University of Oklahoma.In 1970, he created his first sculpture, On Deck which began yet another phase of O'Meilia's career.After starting small, he graduated to greater-than-life-size monuments, beginning with his first commissioned piece, Roughnecks, which stands in Tulsa's Mid-Continent Building. The Oil Patch Warrior which resides in England's Sherwood Forest, was O'Meilia's first international monument. 

O'Meilia has won twenty-six regional and national awards for both oil and watercolor. He has been a member of the American Watercolor Society since 1965, and is a member of the Watercolor USA Honor Society. He is also a colleague of the National Sculpture Society in New York. 

In 1999, O'Meilia was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.Jay died January 26, 2022 at age 94.

Jeff McCracken is an actor, director, writer and producer of feature films, television and the theater. A major television headliner in the 80's, having starred in Bay City Blues, Stephen Bocho's follow up to Hill Street Blues, Running Brave – The story of Billy Mills Olympic Triumph and Hawaiian Heat, Jeff segwayed into producing and directing.Jeff co-produced Academy Award nominee Quiz Show (directed by Robert Redford) about the first lie perpetrated on the American public by television; and he executive produced the Sundance Award winner Pastime about baseball's racial inequality during the 1950's.  He then then directed many successful television shows, including the hit series, NYPD Blue, Dinosaurs and Boy Meets World.Born in Chicago, the son of an architect and a painter, Jeff was introduced to the world of art through drawing workshops at the Art Institute of Chicago and the South Side Community Center.  This early exposure to the power of art had a definitive impact that continues to influence his work across all visual mediums. Most recently, Jeff studied with leading figurative artists Jon deMartin and Dan Thompson at The Art Students League of New York.  His recent series of paintings focus on individuals being private in a public place, capturing that fleeting moment when their inner humanity is revealed regardless of who they are or where they're from. Be sure to watch for this episode of A Mick A Mook and A Mic, as it will surely be an interesting interview with this talented and intriguing man.

Curated by Graham Nickson and Rachel Rickert in collaboration with the artist's estate, the exhibition features works from both public and private collections as well as Anderson's gallery, Leigh Morse Fine Arts. Ranging from figurative works like Mrs. Suzy Peterson (1959) to the unfinished painting Three Nymphs on a Bluff left on his easel in 2015, the exhibition brings together a variety of genres, such as the human form, still life, portrait, landscape, and streetscape. Viewed together, the works attest to Anderson's lifelong interest in the interplay of tone, color, and light. Speaking with Jennifer Samet in 2002, Anderson explained, “When you look at nature from a distance, you can see how it all fits together. There is a harmony, and that is what interests me.” The presentation also demonstrates the singular approach that informed his artmaking, which defied trends such as Abstract Expressionism. Described in the New York Times as one of the “most prominent and admired painters to translate figurative art into a modern idiom,” Anderson had a profound interest in formalism and an appreciation for both Old and New Masters, especially Piero della Francesca, Diego Velázquez, and Edgar Degas, and his work was directly inspired by this knowledge of art history. For instance, Idyll 4 (2012) is one of four paintings inspired by Claude Poussin that depict pastoral bliss, a subject Anderson began exploring in the 1970s. Born in Detroit, Anderson earned an undergraduate degree at the Art Institute of Chicago, a Masters at Cranbrook Academy, and later studied briefly at the Art Students League in New York with Edwin Dickinson. Anderson taught at several prestigious schools, including Columbia University, Princeton University, and Yale University, before serving as a distinguished professor of Brooklyn College. He received numerous awards, including the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Tiffany Foundation. Anderson was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design. Anderson's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Fralin Art Museum, Palmer Museum of Art, and Delaware Art Museum, among others. This exhibition has been spearheaded by the artist's daughter, Jeanette Anderson Wallace, who manages the estate for the artist's family. Of the process of bringing together this collection of works to show the scope of Anderson's practice, she says “It has been particularly meaningful to bring out paintings that have not been seen by the public for many years, and introduce a new generation of painters, curators, and collectors to his work.” Co-curators Graham Nickson, Dean of the NYSS, and Rachel Rickert, Exhibitions Coordinator, comment “Lennart Anderson was a terrific painter; his works are pure obsession made palpable in paint. He mused constantly about tone, surface abstraction and measure. He painted things, people, and places in relationship. Anderson's work is never exactly what one expects. Perceptual works transcend observation and synthetic move into territory of belief. In this exhibition, we pull together a collective force of his slow works for the unacquainted to understand and revel in their profundity. Lennart was a great wit, so serious it allowed for surprises in his painting. He had an absolute passion for Degas and yet an attraction to DeKooning. He shaped his own vision with links to the great tradition from Roman times to present day. Lennart painted firmly and resolutely to the end. His warm shadow in the cool landscape is still with us.” NYSS will present a virtual lecture the evening of Tuesday, October 26, 2021 to delve into Anderson's work: “The Unexplained is Irresistible: A Discussion On the Work of Lennart Anderson with Jennifer Samet, Brian Schumacher, Amy Weiskopf & John Yau, Moderated by A'Dora Phillips.” The exhibition is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue that pairs more than fifty full color reproductions of Anderson's work with essays by art historians Martica Sawin and Jennifer Samet and painters Susan Jane Walp and Paul Resika. It is available for pre-order now from New York Studio School and independent bookstores. An in-person catalogue launch will be hosted by the Milton Resnick and Pat Pasloff Foundation on Saturday, November 13, 2021, a fitting location as Anderson, Resnick and Pasloff worked together in the Lower East Side and remained life-long friends. David Cohen, the publisher of artcritical, will moderate a conversation with curator Rachel Rickert and painters Kyle Staver and Steve Hicks. Following its presentation at the New York Studio School, the exhibition will travel to other venues, including the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and the Southern Utah Museum of Art. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF), BNY Mellon, Center for Figurative Painting, Charina Foundation, Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation, Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, Richard T. Spurzem, The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Wolf Kahn | Emily Mason Foundation, private collectors, individuals, and anonymous patrons of the arts. Restoration for work in the Estate of Lennart Anderson has been generously donated by Simon Parkes Art Conservation in New York, NY.   LINKS:   https://nyss.org/exhibition/lennart-anderson-a-retrospective/ Submit Work I Like Your Work-The Works- Year Membership Exhibitions Studio Visit Artists I Like Your Work Podcast Instagram Observations on Applying to Juried Shows Studio Planner

World-renowned artist and former political prisoner Ai Weiwei sits down with Margaret Hoover at The Art Students League of New York, where he studied in the 1980s, to reflect on his life's work and his new memoir, “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows.” Ai describes his resistance to Chinese authoritarianism and the 81 days he spent in secret detention; he says he is hesitant to return to a China that has become “more extreme” in censoring dissidents. He calls suffering “necessary” for his art and describes how the 2008 Sichuan earthquake made him question himself "as an artist, as an individual” — and merged his art and activism. Ai warns of the rise in authoritarianism across the globe, including in Western democracies, telling Margaret, “You are already in the authoritarian state. You just don't know it.” Support for “Firing Line for Margaret Hoover” is provided by Stephens Inc., Robert Granieri, Charles R. Schwab, The Fairweather Foundation, Asness Family Foundation, Pfizer Inc., The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, and Damon Button.

ArTEEtude Shop https://www.arteetude.com/shop/Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tIn this ArTEEtude podcast episode Detlef Schlich talks with visual artist Julia Haw about her growing up in Michigan. About how helpful it can be to grow up as the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, the difficulties and advantages for an artist in the digital age, her journey from India to Salt Lake City, the Capital of the Mormons, the current situation in Cambodia and more.ArTEEtude is West Cork´s first art, fashion and design podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich. Schlich operates with his podcast cross-sectorally. For him, a visual artist has to think transversely instead of just enjoying the luxury of being the antagonist. To drive the narrative and to be a protagonist, he will dive and discover with us into the unknown and exciting deep ocean of the creative mind. Julia Haw splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an oil painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her education at Western Michigan University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in painting. Haw works primarily in oil paint on cotton, and since 2006 has committed to addressing issues surrounding feminism, ageism, marginalized communities, intimacy, death, and overlooked societal “norms.” Her paintings have encouraged thorough discussion and inquiry amongst viewers, bringing a sense of public forum forth. Haw's work has been exhibited internationally in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in the U.S. at the Chicago Cultural Center, IL State Museum, P.S. 1 Biennale (New Orleans), and galleries located in New York, Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana.Haw has been invited as a lecturer at CUNY and recurring lecturer at Western Michigan University, and currently instructs workshops at The Art Students League of New York. The artist splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia.Detlef Schlich is Podcaster, Visual Artist, Film Maker and Ritual Designer, living and loving in West Cork and best known for his Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture and the video installation Transodin´s Tragedy. He is mainly working in the field of performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. To research our human condition and create artwork from this reflection he is using often the methodology of the digital shaman as alter ego.WEBSITE LINKSInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectLinks Julia Haw: Instagram: @Julia_haw Website www.juliahaw.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG8IacQ7RbnLC5s7PLJD5A Julias´ Read: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali/dp/1516895126/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=The+Yoga+Sutras+of+Patanjali&qid=1633210998&qsid=260-8333904-4206459&sr=8-3&sres=1938477073%2C1846042836%2C1516895126%2C0865477361%2CB086PVRVXY%2C0932040284%2CB08MHRRJZS%2C1578637309%2CB07MQ2C4PJ%2CB01FIYPQEM%2C0486836797%2C1517543622%2C0932040578%2CB008CBDJ7U%2C812082069X%2CB09HNGJWTH&srpt=ABIS_BOOKWorld Saving Art Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nCQpskf2cDet´s Read: Nietzsche und Wagner: Geschichte einer Hassliebehttps://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kerstin-Decker/dp/3548611982/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wagner+nietzsche&qid=1633211258&sr=8-3Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

ArTEEtude Shop https://www.arteetude.com/shop/Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tIn this ArTEEtude podcast episode Detlef Schlich talks with visual artist Julia Haw about her growing up in Michigan. About how helpful it can be to grow up as the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, the difficulties and advantages for an artist in the digital age, her journey from India to Salt Lake City, the Capital of the Mormons, the current situation in Cambodia and more.ArTEEtude is West Cork´s first art, fashion and design podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich. Schlich operates with his podcast cross-sectorally. For him, a visual artist has to think transversely instead of just enjoying the luxury of being the antagonist. To drive the narrative and to be a protagonist, he will dive and discover with us into the unknown and exciting deep ocean of the creative mind. Julia Haw splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an oil painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her education at Western Michigan University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in painting. Haw works primarily in oil paint on cotton, and since 2006 has committed to addressing issues surrounding feminism, ageism, marginalized communities, intimacy, death, and overlooked societal “norms.” Her paintings have encouraged thorough discussion and inquiry amongst viewers, bringing a sense of public forum forth. Haw's work has been exhibited internationally in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in the U.S. at the Chicago Cultural Center, IL State Museum, P.S. 1 Biennale (New Orleans), and galleries located in New York, Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana.Haw has been invited as a lecturer at CUNY and recurring lecturer at Western Michigan University, and currently instructs workshops at The Art Students League of New York. The artist splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia.Detlef Schlich is Podcaster, Visual Artist, Film Maker and Ritual Designer, living and loving in West Cork and best known for his Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture and the video installation Transodin´s Tragedy. He is mainly working in the field of performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. To research our human condition and create artwork from this reflection he is using often the methodology of the digital shaman as alter ego.WEBSITE LINKSInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectLinks Julia Haw: Instagram: @Julia_haw Website www.juliahaw.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG8IacQ7RbnLC5s7PLJD5A Julias´ Read: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali/dp/1516895126/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=The+Yoga+Sutras+of+Patanjali&qid=1633210998&qsid=260-8333904-4206459&sr=8-3&sres=1938477073%2C1846042836%2C1516895126%2C0865477361%2CB086PVRVXY%2C0932040284%2CB08MHRRJZS%2C1578637309%2CB07MQ2C4PJ%2CB01FIYPQEM%2C0486836797%2C1517543622%2C0932040578%2CB008CBDJ7U%2C812082069X%2CB09HNGJWTH&srpt=ABIS_BOOKWorld Saving Art Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nCQpskf2cDet´s Read: Nietzsche und Wagner: Geschichte einer Hassliebehttps://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kerstin-Decker/dp/3548611982/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wagner+nietzsche&qid=1633211258&sr=8-3Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

ArTEEtude Shop https://www.arteetude.com/shop/Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tIn this ArTEEtude podcast episode Detlef Schlich talks with visual artist Julia Haw about her growing up in Michigan. About how helpful it can be to grow up as the daughter of a farmer and a teacher, the difficulties and advantages for an artist in the digital age, her journey from India to Salt Lake City, the Capital of the Mormons, the current situation in Cambodia and more.ArTEEtude is West Cork´s first art, fashion and design podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich. Schlich operates with his podcast cross-sectorally. For him, a visual artist has to think transversely instead of just enjoying the luxury of being the antagonist. To drive the narrative and to be a protagonist, he will dive and discover with us into the unknown and exciting deep ocean of the creative mind. Julia Haw splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia. She is an oil painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her education at Western Michigan University and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in painting. Haw works primarily in oil paint on cotton, and since 2006 has committed to addressing issues surrounding feminism, ageism, marginalized communities, intimacy, death, and overlooked societal “norms.” Her paintings have encouraged thorough discussion and inquiry amongst viewers, bringing a sense of public forum forth. Haw's work has been exhibited internationally in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and in the U.S. at the Chicago Cultural Center, IL State Museum, P.S. 1 Biennale (New Orleans), and galleries located in New York, Michigan, Illinois and Louisiana.Haw has been invited as a lecturer at CUNY and recurring lecturer at Western Michigan University, and currently instructs workshops at The Art Students League of New York. The artist splits her time between Brooklyn, New York and Siem Reap, Cambodia.Detlef Schlich is Podcaster, Visual Artist, Film Maker and Ritual Designer, living and loving in West Cork and best known for his Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture and the video installation Transodin´s Tragedy. He is mainly working in the field of performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. To research our human condition and create artwork from this reflection he is using often the methodology of the digital shaman as alter ego.WEBSITE LINKSInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectLinks Julia Haw: Instagram: @Julia_haw Website www.juliahaw.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG8IacQ7RbnLC5s7PLJD5A Julias´ Read: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjalihttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Sutras-Patanjali/dp/1516895126/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=The+Yoga+Sutras+of+Patanjali&qid=1633210998&qsid=260-8333904-4206459&sr=8-3&sres=1938477073%2C1846042836%2C1516895126%2C0865477361%2CB086PVRVXY%2C0932040284%2CB08MHRRJZS%2C1578637309%2CB07MQ2C4PJ%2CB01FIYPQEM%2C0486836797%2C1517543622%2C0932040578%2CB008CBDJ7U%2C812082069X%2CB09HNGJWTH&srpt=ABIS_BOOK World Saving Art Performance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nCQpskf2cDet´s Read: Nietzsche und Wagner: Geschichte einer Hassliebehttps://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kerstin-Decker/dp/3548611982/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wagner+nietzsche&qid=1633211258&sr=8-3 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

In today's episode, plein air instructor Chris Kolupski joins us over Skype from the top of the Colorado National Monument.  Tim and Jess find out what led Chris to this beautiful (and seemingly treacherous) painting location and his philosophy on how best to develop your artistic skills.   Chris Kolupski began painting outdoors as a teenager in the forests of Upstate New York and Canada. After working as a freelance illustrator for five years in Rochester, Chris moved to New York City where he studied portraiture and figure painting at the Art Students League of New York. Instructors such as Nelson Shanks, Everett Raymond Kinstler and Dean Keller shaped Chris's modern approach to painting from life. Chris continued his studies at Shanks's Philadelphia painting school, Studio Incaminatti.   In 2004 Chris founded Boxart Street Atelier in Rochester, New York, where he taught drawing and painting for almost a decade. He continued teaching at Gallery 7 Studio, and currently teaches at Pittsford Fine Art. His Realist Painting Course is an intensive 24-month curriculum that teaches modern techniques for controlling hues, values and chroma, the three dimensions of color.    When painting indoor portraits, Chris prefers a subdued palette to help him capture subtle skin tones. When painting outdoors, the brilliant light pushes his palette to the widest range of color. He loves hiking and painting rugged landforms like the deep gorges of Upstate New York and the red rock of Colorado and Utah. “There is nothing like painting roaring waterfalls or sun baked badlands. Nothing like the swoosh of a hawk slicing through a canyon updraft as I try to capture fleeting effects of light.”   Follow Chris Kolupski: Official Site Facebook Instagram   Follow Plein Air Easton: Official SiteFacebookInstagramYouTube   To inquire about being a guest or sponsoring the Plein Air Easton Podcast, send us an email at info@pleinaireaston.com.   This episode is sponsored by Paint Out West, a virtual painting workshop with Chris Kolupski.  Chris will conduct a combination of live and recorded classes from the Colorado National Monument, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Zion National Park, and Monument Valley. Spots are limited so don't miss out!   Music in this episode was generously provided by Blue Dot Sessions.

Mitch Warner is a bestselling author and Arbinger managing partner with a background in healthcare and organizational turnaround. He joined Arbinger from Plum Healthcare, where he was an administrator and heavily involved in operationalizing Arbinger's work into the fabric of Plum's culture. In his role as managing partner, Mitch directs the development of Arbinger's intellectual property, training and consulting programs, and highly customized large-scale organizational change initiatives. He has been instrumental in Arbinger's rapid growth, including its expanding international presence in nearly 30 countries. Mitch received his B.A. in philosophy and is a licensed nursing administrator. Trained in fine art at the Art Students League and the National Academy, he spends much of his free time painting. His work hangs in organizations nationwide.

Many artists take risks in their businesses and in their art without even thinking about it. They are hard-wired to experiment and stretch the boundaries of what is possible. Artists are innate problem solvers. My guest for this episode is one of those artists. The list of what Michael Gadlin has done (legally) to earn a living as a working artist for more than 20 years is impressive. He sells originals, consults, teaches, designs, builds websites, and even hosted a show on public television. He has also sat on boards and committees in his local Denver art community. Michael was gifted with what seems to be an endless supply of energy. I came at him with one topic and his mind connects it to numerous other experiences. The result is a wide-ranging interview. Michael waxes philosophically about the life of an artist, and you won't want to miss his take on the lessons he learned from other working artists, the artist's collaboration with viewers, gallery representation, why it's important to be part of a community, and much more. Highlights Michael Gadlin reflects on his journey as an artist and the key role of mentors along the way. (1:32) The lessons Michael learned from reaching his first major studio goal. (6:28) The payoff that comes with showing interest in every opportunity that crosses your path. (9:34) Michael describes his approach to both figurative and non-representational art. (12:23) Experimenting, problem solving creatively, and collaborating with the art community. (18:55) You cannot be a one-person band and succeed in your art business. (27:00) Figuring out who you are as an artist (beyond the art that you make). (29:20) What does it mean to be an integral part of the art community? (31:24) Positioning yourself in the places that will allow you to shape the decisions that are being made in your community. (37:28) When can you truly consider yourself an artist? (43:18) Creating a legacy with your art and with your life. (46:01) Constant hustling — Micheal shares his multiple income streams. (47:36) Staying organized and getting things done starts with finding the right tools. (52:13) Mentioned Pratt Institute Art Students League of Denver Blue Silo Studios Darrell Anderson Aliki McCain Michael Gadlin Contemporary Vision on Instagram Resources Full show notes including photos and listener comments Art Career Success System Art Biz Success Community Intro and outro music by Wildermiss About My Guest Michael Gadlin began his art education at the Art Students League of Denver, followed by Metropolitan State University, Denver, and New York's prestigious Pratt Institute of Art & Design in Brooklyn. He was awarded a residency at La Napoule Art Foundation in France. Gadlin sits on the board of directors at both Denver's MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) and PlatteForum, an artist's residency in the city. He has won numerous awards throughout his career as an artist, including the youngest artist ever to win Best of Show at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Gadlin's work now hangs in the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art's permanent collection among other city and government collections. First posted: artbizsuccess.com/problem-solver-gadlin-podcast Let's do this together: https://artbizsuccess.com/community Music by https://wildermiss.com

On this episode, The Barretta Brothers welcome Creative Director of Character Design for Sesame Street, Louis Henry Mitchell. Plus, Gene discusses his Sesame Street animation.   ABOUT OUR GUEST: Louis Henry Mitchell As Creative Director of Character Design, Louis Henry Mitchell directs and oversees all aspects of character art for Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street. From designing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons and floats to directing Sesame Street Muppet photo shoots, Mitchell has been at Sesame Workshop for 20 years.   Prior to that, Mitchell freelanced for the organization since 1992. Most recently, Mitchell designed the character Julia, the first Sesame Street character on the autism spectrum. Julia was first designed exclusively as an illustrated character for an autism outreach book and then Mitchell expanded his design and art directed the Jim Henson Company in building the actual Muppet, and her family, for the show. He continues to be the chief Sesame Street Muppet designer along with his other duties as creative director of character design. Before his successful ongoing work for Sesame Workshop Mitchell began his artistic career at 17 years old working for Neal Adams, one of the top comic book and sequential artists in the world at that time. Mitchell continued his career through illustrating children's books, designing characters and toys as well as teaching and lecturing internationally. Among the skills he uses to accomplish his work are drawing, painting, and sculpting. In addition, he creates and art directs in traditional and digital media. Mitchell attended The School of Visual Arts, and The Art Students League. Mitchell resides in Rego Park, Queens, with his wife Yvonne.

In 1952, when Pauline Adams was just five, she took a life-changing taxi ride from Cambridge, New York to West Arlington, Vermont with her mom and siblings to pose for Norman Rockwell. As Adams recalls, the famous American artist wanted African American models for a work known as "We the Peoples." It was a project for the United Nations. Adams, now a retired nurse with 13 grandchildren, shares her fond memories of Norman Rockwell and how his legacy has shaped her life. Who Was Norman Rockwell? Norman Rockwell received his first commission at age 17. In 1916, he created the first of 321 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell's Americana images were loved by the public, but not embraced by critics. He created World War II posters and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Early Years Born Norman Percevel Rockwell in New York City on February 3, 1894, Rockwell knew at the age of 14 that he wanted to be an artist, and began taking classes at The New School of Art. By the age of 16, Rockwell was so intent on pursuing his passion that he dropped out of high school and enrolled at the National Academy of Design. He later transferred to the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduating, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys' Life magazine. By 1916, a 22-year-old Rockwell, newly married to his first wife, Irene O'Connor, had painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post — the beginning of a 47-year relationship with the iconic American magazine. In all, Rockwell painted 321 covers for the Post. Some of his most iconic covers included the 1927 celebration of Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic. He also worked for other magazines, including Look, which in 1969 featured a Rockwell cover depicting the imprint of Neil Armstrong's left foot on the surface of the moon after the successful moon landing. In 1920, the Boy Scouts of America featured a Rockwell painting in its calendar. Rockwell continued to paint for the Boy Scouts for the rest of his life. Sources: biography.com and show notes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-aidan-byrne0/support

Author Stephen Haggerty, who writes under the name, ST Haggerty, has spent his summers in Arlington, Vermont since he was a toddler and the history and folklore of the rural Vermont hamlet is steeped in his bones. Arlington his where the late America painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell produced some of his best known and finest works. Rockwell lived here with his wife and three sons, including Jarvis Rockwell. Haggerty and Jarvis Rockwell knew many of the same models that his dad made famous on canvas and in cover illustrations. These models are the inspiration for Haggerty's much anticipated book, Call Me Norman: The Back of Rockwell's Beloved Models. Who Was Norman Rockwell? Norman Rockwell received his first commission at age 17. In 1916, he created the first of 321 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell's Americana images were loved by the public, but not embraced by critics. He created World War II posters and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Early Years Born Norman Percevel Rockwell in New York City on February 3, 1894, Rockwell knew at the age of 14 that he wanted to be an artist, and began taking classes at The New School of Art. By the age of 16, Rockwell was so intent on pursuing his passion that he dropped out of high school and enrolled at the National Academy of Design. He later transferred to the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduating, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys' Life magazine. By 1916, a 22-year-old Rockwell, newly married to his first wife, Irene O'Connor, had painted his first cover for The Saturday Evening Post — the beginning of a 47-year relationship with the iconic American magazine. In all, Rockwell painted 321 covers for the Post. Some of his most iconic covers included the 1927 celebration of Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic. He also worked for other magazines, including Look, which in 1969 featured a Rockwell cover depicting the imprint of Neil Armstrong's left foot on the surface of the moon after the successful moon landing. In 1920, the Boy Scouts of America featured a Rockwell painting in its calendar. Rockwell continued to paint for the Boy Scouts for the rest of his life. Sources: biography.com and show notes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-aidan-byrne0/support

Charleston, SC. Artist, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Fer Caggiano joins Eric Cox and Leslie Haywood for this episode of #beyondthebusiness!Fer Caggiano is a Brazilian-born painter known for her colorful, textured impasto landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Fer studied at New York's Art Students League, where she began receiving recognition and awards for her work. After three years, she moved to London and immersed herself in the studio, developing as an artist independently. Though she was exhibiting in well-known galleries, Fer felt there had to be more to life than fame, so she left London to serve as a resident artist at a Buddhist temple. Her four-year spiritual journey reminded her of her early desires to protect the world. She redirected her artistic life toward bringing joy and shining a light on matters that deserve attention. Fer's work has been exhibited and collected around the world.This first part covers the childhood and cosmopolitan upbringing of Fer. With expertise in marketing and a knack for entrepreneurship, Fer has fueled her artistic expression with a motivation for positive global change. www.fercaggiano.com

Miami has emerged as a world-class art destination with internationally renowned artists to local legends. One such example is the influential Miami artist Diana “Didi” Contreras.Didi has painted murals in the Urban Art scene and her artwork can be seen in galleries around the world including the Street Art Gallery in Dubai.In this interview, we talked about how she got started and her first big break as an artist? How does she continue to find inspiration? and how she developed her unique style. Didi has exciting plans coming up in the future, creating more artwork and sharing it with the world.Who is Diana Contreras aka "Didi"Diana Contreras (b. Peru, 1981) has established herself as an influential Miami artist. From painting murals in the Urban Art scene to exhibiting canvas pieces in galleries, her work has been seen in exhibitions and private collections in several parts of the world including Street Art Dubai Gallery in Dubai.Contreras's primary medium is oil, and also enjoys experimenting with anything she can get her hands on. From canvas, walls, stickers to shoes, her work embodies femininity and always sets her characters in whimsical portraitures. Her distinct style emerges from her love of classical techniques infused with her passion for illustrations and street murals.Contreras received her B.S. in Art Education and a Post-Graduate of Art in Education from Florida International University. She also studied abroad in Florence, Italy where she focused on Art History. Additionally, Contreras was enrolled at the Art Students League of New York in New York City.Podcast show notes available here:https://themiamiguide.com/show17More info about Diana Contreras aka "Didi":Website: www.dianacontreras.comInstagram: @didirok

Episode 59 features Hiba Schahbaz. Born in Karachi, Pakistan she is a Brooklyn-based figurative painter who works primarily with paper, black-tea, and water-based pigments. Her subjects, largely drawn from her lifelong practice of self-portraiture, inhabit a dreamlike, all-female world. Schahbaz initially trained in Indo-Persian miniature painting at Lahore’s National College of Arts, and later earned a Master’s in Painting from Pratt Institute in New York. Her work addresses issues of personal freedom, destruction, sexuality and censorship by unveiling the beauty, fragility and strength of the female form. Her solo shows include Dreaming (De Buck Gallery 2020) In Solitude (De Buck Gallery, 2020), The Garden (Spring/ Break Art Show, 2018), Hiba Schahbaz: Self-Portraits (Project for Empty Space, 2017), Hanged With Roses (Thierry Goldberg Gallery, 2015), and In Memory (Noire Gallery, 2012). Schahbaz has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including a recent show curated by Jasmine Wahi in Tokyo, “all the women. in me. are tired.”, at THE CLUB, as well as exhibitions at NiU Museum of Art, The Untitled Space, and Center for Book Arts; and has shown at art fairs such as Pulse Art Fair, Untitled Art Fair, Art Fair Cologne, and Vienna Fair. Her work has been written about in Vice, Hyperallergic, The Huffington Post, Coveteur, Vogue, NY Magazine, Art Critical, ArtForum, Bomb Mag, Paper, and others. Schahbaz has curated painting exhibitions in Pakistan and India, and she was an artist-in-residence at Mass MoCA, The Wassaic Project, Vermont Studio Center, and the Alfred Z. Solomon Residency at the Tang Museum. She teaches miniature painting at the Art Students League in New York, and her work is held in private collections around the world. —adapted from De Buck Gallery press release, 2020 'In My Heart'. Rockefeller Center. Art Production Fund. Thru May 1st, 2021 Headshot credit: Louise Kim_Edited ARTIST WEBSITE http://www.hibaschahbaz.com/ ART PRODUCTION FUND http://www.artproductionfund.org/projects/hiba-schahbaz-at-rockefeller-center WHITEWALL https://whitewall.art/art/hiba-schahbazs-in-my-heart-in-the-heart-of-nyc HYPERALLERGIC https://hyperallergic.com/591100/hiba-schahbaz-dreaming-debuck-gallery/ BOMB MAGAZINE https://bombmagazine.org/articles/hiba-schahbaz-studio-visit/ DEBUCK GALLERYhttps://www.debuckgallery.com/exhibitions/hiba-schahbaz-dreaming/ COEUR & ART https://coeuretart.com/hiba-schahbaz/ EAZEL https://eazel.net/magazine/100

Will Corwin, photo: Brett Dakin William Corwin is a sculptor and journalist from New York. He has exhibited at The Clocktower, LaMama and Geary galleries in New York, as well as galleries in London, Hamburg, Beijing and Taipei. He has written regularly for The Brooklyn Rail, Artpapers, Bomb, Artcritical, Raintaxi and Canvas and formerly for Frieze. He curated and wrote the catalog for Postwar Women in 2019 at The Art Students League in New York, an exhibition of the school’s alumnae active between 1945-65, and 9th Street Club in 2020, an exhibition of Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler, Mercedes Matter, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner and Elaine Dekooning at Gazelli Art House in Mayfair. He is the editor of Formalism; Collected Essays of Saul Ostrow, to be published in 2021 by Elective Affinity Press, is curating Downtown Train at PS122 in March 2021 which features the work of Boris Lurie, Penny Arcade, Gabriella Grimes, Gordon Matta-Clark, and many others, and he will participate in the exhibition Roots/Anchors at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in August 2021. He currently has an exhibition "Green Ladder" at Geary Contemporary in New York, on view through April 24th.  He is represented by Geary. The book mentioned in the interview was Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Green Ladder (Installation) 3, images courtesy Geary Double Ladder, 2020, aluminum, 40 in. x 10 in. x 6 in. image courtesy Geary

Today’s reading is from Part One of the best-selling, critically acclaimed book, Bed/Time/Story, by author Jill Schary Robinson.  Jill Schary Robinson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of two artists. Her father was Oscar and Tony winner Dore Schary, head of MGM during the ‘40s and ‘50s, the only writer to ever run a film studio. Her mother, the painter M. Svet, studied at the Art Students League in New York. During the ‘60s, she wrote on revolutionary women’s issues for Cosmopolitan and covered political trials for the Soho Weekly News. Her first memoir, With a Cast of Thousands, was a runaway hit. During the late fifties and sixties, she also interviewed political and film personalities on KPFK and had a talk show on KLAC. Jill was given a lifetime grant in 2005 to develop the non-profit Wimpole Street Writers program, which continues in London and Los Angeles, where she has run workshops for the Veteran’s Administration, working with Veteran’s with PTSD, encouraging them to release the stories they fear to tell. She also hosts workshops twice a week for all writers including playwrights and screenwriters. The only rule, “No pages, no dinner.”  Find Jill’s episode here: https://theonlyonepod.com/ www.jillscharyrobinson.com  www.wimpolestreetwriters.com  Twitter: @JillSRobinson  Instagram: @jillschary  Facebook: @jillscharyrobinson   Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays & Sunday Edition every Sunday by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.  We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About Scarlett Baily: Scarlett Baily is a Chicana visual artist specializing in murals, portraiture, and illustration.Working on a large scale and often to a public audience, Baily's work draws attention to the nuances of culture with an intent to preserve diversity. Through unexpected artistic encounters, Baily hopes to bring communities together to evoke critical thinking and curiosity. The long sinuous lines and gestural minimalism that mark Scarlett's style, recall her fashion background while nodding to street art and mid-century urban propaganda.Baily solidified her interests by earning a B.A. in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Baily's further studies include Avant-Garde Art History at the Universitat de Barcelona, Fine Arts at the Art Students League in New York City, and a fine arts and muralism apprenticeship with celebrated Mexican Artist, Manuel Guillén.In 2014, Baily expanded her studio to Mexico City to bridge her Mexican-American roots. Producing between the two countries allows Baily to hone in on her visual dialogue with themes of identity, multiculturalism, and belonging. Media such as Vogue, Architectural Digest, Elle, Huffington Post, El Financiero, and the Heraldo have published her work.Baily's art is visible from Madison Avenue, New York City, to the outdoor walls of the largest market in the world- Central de Abastos in Mexico City, as well as various street art installations worldwide. Recently, the Society of Caricature Artists of México has inaugurated Baily. Currently, Baily is contributing illustrator for Design Hunter Magazine and Director of Galería La Óptica - an alternative space exhibiting female artists, and founder of @MujeresMuralistas, a visual archive of female muralists in Mexico.In this episode, Jamie, Heather, and Scarlett discuss:Fun interactive activities to relate to the guests while helping them relax. Working to understand how you will find clients and how they will find you. Knowing your worth and setting goals for monetary expansion.Recognizing and establishing healthy boundaries. Key Takeaways:Never compromise or sell yourself short by taking jobs that will not financially support your dream.   Be clear and transparent about your pricing and policies. Not everything will happen overnight, at the start, learn to be happy with just having something to do tomorrow. Ask plenty of questions and plan for all outcomes in your contract so that you are covered if you and your client should need to move in different directions."Creating memories that will last forever, for everyone." —  Scarlett BailyConnect with Scarlett Baily:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SCARLETTBAILY  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCARLETTBAILYWebsite: www.scarlettbaily.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SCARLETTBAILY/ Connect with The Union Podcast:Website: https://theunionpodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unionpodcast/?hl=enShow: https://theunionpodcast.com/our-podcast/Connect with Jamie:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdAcY6YGgF-RgGYXTsOENbAWebsite: https://jwcoordination.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jwcoordination/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JWCoordination/Connect with Heather:Website: https://theweddinghacker.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weddinghackerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/weddinghackerexpoPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/theweddinghacker/ Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen BraunAudio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.  

In this episode, Colleen Barry talks about the forces that shaped her as an artist. She talks about her artistic journey - from taking classes at the Art Students League at thirteen, to an intense mentorship in her twenties, to making a living as a professional artist and drawing director at the Grand Central Atelier at present. She’ll discuss acquiring skills in order to experiment them, the relationship between art and motherhood, and the feeling of being along for the ride in her own career.Colleen's website - https://www.colleenbarryart.com/Colleen's IG - https://www.instagram.com/colleenbarryart/Support the show (https://paypal.me/artgrindpodcast?locale.x=en_US)

How many people can say that they grew up on studio lots and learned one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets from their mother? We’re truly excited to bring this conversation with Hollywood/literary legend, Jill Schary Robinson. Jill Schary Robinson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of two artists. Her father was Oscar and Tony winner Dore Schary, head of MGM during the ‘40s and ‘50s, the only writer to ever run a film studio. Her mother, the painter M. Svet, studied at the Art Students League in New York. During the ‘60s, she wrote on revolutionary women’s issues for Cosmopolitan and covered political trials for the Soho Weekly News. Her first memoir, With a Cast of Thousands, was a runaway hit. During the late fifties and sixties, she also interviewed political and film personalities on KPFK and had a talk show on KLAC. Jill was given a lifetime grant in 2005 to develop the non-profit Wimpole Street Writers program, which continues in London and Los Angeles, where she has run workshops for the Veteran’s Administration, working with Veteran’s with PTSD, encouraging them to release the stories they fear to tell. She also hosts workshops twice a week for all writers including playwrights and screenwriters. The only rule, “No pages, no dinner.”  www.jillscharyrobinson.com  www.wimpolestreetwriters.com  Twitter: @JillSRobinson  Instagram: @jillschary Facebook: @jillscharyrobinson   Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays and our brand new series On My Nightstand on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.  Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series.  Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured articles and more. We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jared Ledesma is Associate Curator at the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa. The Des Moines Art Center is a nationally renowned modern and contemporary art museum with an esteemed permanent collection, and an art school that offers studio classes for artists of all ages. Since arriving at the Art Center in 2017, Ledesma has organized more than a dozen exhibitions. This includes Queer Abstraction (2019-2020), the Art Center’s first exhibition in its 70-year history to focus on gender and sexuality. The exhibition earned a commendation from the 2019 Sotheby’s Prize jury for its groundbreaking scholarship and the 2020 SECAC Award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalog of Contemporary Materials. Other exhibitions Ledesma has organized include Hedda Sterne: Imagination and Machine (2020), Jeffrey Gibson: I Was Here (2019), The Art Students League of New York (2018-2019), and I, too, am America (2017). Currently, Ledesma is working on Louis Fratino: Tenderness revealed, a major exhibition opening on November 13, 2021. Before working at the Des Moines Art Center, Ledesma was curatorial assistant in the department of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Ledesma is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and holds both a BA and MA in art history from San Francisco State University. The book mentioned in the interview was The Householders by Robert Duncan and Jess. The images below are from an upcoming show by Olivia Valentine who has also been interviewed previously here. Olivia Valentine, Mediate/Equivocate mockup for the exhibition “Iowa Artists 2021: Olivia Valentine,” presented at the Des Moines Art Center, March 12–May 16, 2021. Not of longing, but of light, 2019, Plaster, rabbit skin glue, watercolor. Photo: Olivia Valentine © Olivia Valentine

In this episode Eric Rhoads interviews Garin Baker, a traditional representational painter and instructor at the Art Students League of New York.

Todd M. Casey is an artist, author, and art educator extraordinaire. His work won numerous awards in recent years, and can be found in collections across the the United States. He currently teaches at the Academy of Art university, Massachusetts College of Art, the Art Students League, and also independently. His book “The Art of Still Life” is currently sold-out, but might be back in print soon, so keep an eye out for that incredible resource. Todd's website: https://toddmcasey.comTodd's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toddmcaseyTo support the ART'S COOL podcast please visit: https://www.patreon.com/kengoshen For more from Ken Goshen please visit: https://www.kengoshen.comMusic by Adaam James.

The ability to be grateful is something to be grateful for.How do you react in the face of adversity? Do you find ways to express your creativity in each passing week? What makes you happy? What thoughts from your childhood are being projected into your passions, paths, and everyday life?In this touching and insightful guest interview episode, Deborah sits down to chat with Alexa Cucchiara, a best-selling author and health and wellness blogger from New York City. After beating cancer at the age of 20, Alexa decided to dedicate her platforms to helping others find hope and perseverance. She is also a recent graduate of Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business. They talk about having faith in especially challenging moments, how to stop withholding from living an authentic life, exploring options after graduating college in a pandemic, and how to escape the statements people say or we think as children. They also discuss pop culture, entrepreneurship, and views on manifestation.Then, they dive into hard conversations that creators face when things don't go as planned...the art of the pivot. Deborah touches on how she met Alexa through their book publisher, New Degree Press, and some of the challenges that they both faced as newly published authors. Beyond making a disruption in health and wellness, Alexa is taking over the art and fashion scenes of New York in her own way, showing us that taking ownership over life is truly a matter of perseverance and hope.In this episode, you will hear from a member of Gen Z, (who recently turned 23!! We've celebrated two birthdays on the podcast) who has endured one of life's hardest challenges and is using her story of survival to inspire people all over the world. This interview focuses on the importance of acknowledging your small wins, spreading kindness, and being true to yourself. If you're looking for a heartfelt conversation on dealing with the feeling of never being “done,” finding a sense of direction when everything continues to change, and reshaping your perspective in times of struggle, disappointment, worry, pain, and doubt, then this episode is definitely for you!Guest Biography:Born and raised in New York City, Alexa Cucchiara is a commissioned artist, author, designer, entrepreneur, health and wellness advocate, speaker, and storyteller. Early in her career, she found her unique upbringing to propel her to study at The Art Students League of New York and Fashion Institute of Technology during her childhood, fostering her passion for art and design. In high school, she had her illustrations published on covers and inside Creative Outlook, and used her creativity to drive her entrepreneurial spirit and launched a jewelry business, One Twist Co.Today, Alexa is a graduate of Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business, Magna Cum Laude, and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. She recently published her first book, Power to Persevere: Inspiring Stories to Help You Get Through Challenging Moments which debuted as a Best Seller and #1 in Teen & Young Adult Diseases, Illnesses, and Injuries, Teen & Young Adult Physical Impairment, and Teen & Young Adult Body, Mind & Spirit on Amazon.After surviving cancer at a young age, Alexa has found a deep passion in influencing others to live their best life despite their own misfortunes. She believes in the beauty of balance and the magic of taking control of your health. She uses her platform to encourage and motivate others to live their life to the fullest despite their unforeseen circumstances and helps others work through their own obstacles.You can find her on Instagram @alexacuc and on her website - https://alexacuc.com/Connect with Deborah Olatunji on In

The paintings of Terry Trambauer Norris are executed in oils using the traditional techniques of the old masters, infusing them with a modern sensibility and vision. She has been studying art since childhood, receiving recognition in high school and junior college before entering the Atlanta College of Art, where she studied design, painting, printmaking, and photography, emerging with a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in 1985. After college, Terry began a dedicated search for a personal language that would express her developing vision. This led her to traditional realism with an emphasis on light and composition. Major influences are Chardin, Rembrandt,Vermeer, Whistler, Robert Henri, and Charles Hawthorne. This was supplemented with a home study course from a book by Arthur Stern, study at The Art Students’ League of New York, workshops with Gregg Kreutz and David Leffel, as well as critiques and classes with Ralph Bagley. The still life compositions are painted exclusively from life in order to capture mood and light. The atmosphere and physical presence of the subject are essential to the inspiration. Sketches and photography are sometimes used when painting landscape, animals, or portrait. Terry’s artwork has been shown in festivals, galleries, and national juried exhibitions, and has earned numerous awards. She has taught high school and college classes in painting and drawing, and conducted painting workshops and demonstrations. From 2001 to 2010, she taught at Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park, Florida, where she served as Director of Painting and Drawing from 2001 to 2004. Terry now resides in Upstate South Carolina. She has been a Signature member of The Oil Painters of America since 2009. In Terry's own words,"Artist Statement The spirit that is present in the beings and objects that inhabit our lives is perceived by the heart, or the spirit within. It speaks to the soul through memory and imagination, as well as awareness in the moment. The painting is begun by rendering the light falling on an ordinary and familiar object or scene. The composition is refined by selective layering of paint until balance, harmony, and a subtle glow of light is realized. My goal is to reveal the quiet peace beneath the surface of everyday experience. Anything is worthy to be painted, and beauty may be contemplated everywhere."LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOWInformation on VarnishesArt supplies at Wind River ArtsOil Painters of AmericaCONTACT TERRYEmail: norristt@yahoo.comPhysical Studio: 438 MUD RUN RDEASLEY, SC29640-9278United StatesWebsite: terrytnorris.com

1 November 2020Solemnity of All SaintsMatthew 5:1-12A + Homily19 Minutes 28 SecondsLink to the Readings:https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110120.cfm(New American Bible, Revised Edition)From the parish bulletin of Sunday 1 November 2020:  The wife of a most distinguished oil painter who taught at the Art Students League for many decades, having started there as a boy with a scholarship given by Mayor LaGuardia, told me that he had “perfect pitch” when it came to mixing his palette. She also confided that he never painted autumnal scenes of leaves at full peak because the colors are so brilliant that on canvas they would seem artificial. In my brief tutelage under him, I found his happiness in his work contagious. But the most important thing I learned was that lesson about the natural outdoing artifice. And this can be taken a step further with reference to God’s grace which, as Aquinas said, does not destroy nature but perfects it, despite our limitations.    In other words, if the best human talent cannot replicate the highest beauties of nature, we cannot expect to be more than heroic on our own. Saints are not superhuman. Sanctity is simply the state of the virtues lived to an intensity beyond unaided human effort. This gift is available to all who allow God to infuse their lives with the love that made them. “I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). Paul of Tarsus was not less who he was, but more than he had been, when that change happened. It is rather like Yehudi Menuhin’s violin; for when a lady said that his violin “made such a beautiful sound” he placed his ear to it and said that he heard nothing. Divine grace is to the human being what human talent is to the instrument of wood and strings.    This explains why saints experience such transporting joy commingled with suffering: Living a life of grace makes the gracelessness of a fallen world more painful for them than it does for others who have passively adjusted to it. To continue the theme of aesthetics, I am reminded of how William F. Buckley, who could do many but not all things well, showed Chagall a picture he had painted, only to hear that master groan, “The poor paint!”    Perhaps that gives a sense of the divine wrath caused by God’s contemplation of lives that have neglected to let him be in them. Think of what Attila the Hun or Mao Tse-tung might have accomplished had they accepted the Gospel. Conversely, one dreads to think what evil Aquinas might have caused if he had used his brilliance to tell lies, or what desolation Teresa of Calcutta might have spread by twisting her fame to propagate eugenics.    The Feast of All Saints celebrates those who show us what we may or may not become by showing what we can be. 

Jenny Santi is the author of the acclaimed book “The Giving Way to Happiness: Stories & Science Behind the Life-Changing Power of Giving” (Tarcher Penguin Random House, 2015). She founded Saint Partners, a philanthropy services firm that manages, represents, and advises high net worth individuals and public figures on their philanthropy. Previously she served as Head of UBS's award-winning Philanthropy Services department based in Southeast Asia. She holds an MBA from INSEAD, attended the Wharton School of Business and New York University's Center for Philanthropy & Fundraising, and is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy. In 2019, she conceptualized and led the inaugural Celebrity Philanthropy Symposium at the Bellagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation, bringing together senior leaders of foundations in entertainment, sports, royalty and the arts. A prolific artist, she has trained at the Florence Academy of Art and the Art Students League of New York. Check out Jenny's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Way-Happiness-Stories-Life-Changing/dp/0399183965/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jenny+santi&qid=1603638656&sr=8-1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gratitudespace/message

In this episode, multidisciplinary artist, Saks Afridi discusses his collaborative projects with artisans and technologists across the globe to create sociopolitical and thought provoking works of art. These collaborations range from the creation of intricately designed traditionally woven rugs featuring UFOs to explorations with archaeological leanings, and something Saks calls "Sci-fi Sufism".-About Saks Afridi-Saks Afridi is a multi-disciplinary artist living in New York City. Saks’s art practice is two-fold: Collaborative and Personal. His personal work investigates the predicaments and perplexities of the life of an ‘Insider Outsider’. This is the practice of achieving a sense of belonging while being out of place, finding happiness in a state of temporary permanence, and re-contextualizing existing historical and cultural narratives with the contemporary.His latest project ‘SpaceMosque’, exists in a new genre he terms as ‘Sci-fi Sufism’. Here he explores the idea of ‘Spiritual Machines’ that fuse mysticism and technology, bringing humanity closer to understanding itself. He draws inspiration from Afrofuturism, South Asian folklore, Sufi Poetry, Islamic mythology, architecture and calligraphy. Saks likes to let the concept lead the medium he works in, often working with architects, artisans, modelers and fabricators to bring the work to life. He comes to art with a background in advertising, as a Creative Director on brands such as Mercedes-Benz, MTV and White Castle. He studied advertising at the Academy of Art and later sculpture at the Art Students League of New York. He speaks English, Urdu, Pashto and conversational Arabic.He is the proud recipient of 2 Gold Cannes Lion Awards, 3 D&AD Pencils, 2 OneShow pencils and a United Nations Award for Peace & Understanding. His work has also been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, CNN and The Colbert Report.Learn more about Saks at http://www.saksafridi.com/Follow Saks @saks__

This week, Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Jerry De La Cruz. De La Cruz talks about growing up in North Denver, being drafted during Vietnam, using his GI bill to go to art school, his early years as an artist in Denver, teaching at the Art Students League of Denver, art advocacy, producing Art Barn in 1987, owning a radio station in Pueblo, traveling and the Vern and Find series, Art in Action Studios, the state of the art world and the Denver scene, voice, and a plethora of art wisdom.Join us for a sensational conversation with the Artist, Jerry De La Cruz.Check out Jerry De La Cruz’s work at his website:www.delacruzarts.comTo contact Jerry De La Cruz: jerry@delacruzarts.comFollow Jerry De La Cruz on Social Media:On Facebook – www.facebook.com/jerry.delacruz.3304www.facebook.com/DeLaCruzArts/@DeLaCruzArts

Welcome art educator and painter Ben Martinez to In-Focus Podcast Number 47. Ben is a native of New York City. He is a graduate of The Cooper Union and studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and The Art Students League. Ben also taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Boston University, and most especially, the fabled Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Ben Martinez has exhibited at the original Bowery Gallery, back when it was actually on the Bowery, as well as Gallery 120 in NYC, and several other prestigious galleries. He’s lived and spent extended periods of time in New York City and Italy and, on and off, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he has maintained a studio since 1971. Listen in on his conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier delves more into Ben’s experience as a painter both here, New York City, and in Italy as well as his tenure at the Swain School of Design of days gone by! Music courtesy of www.bensound.com 

Jeremy Hoffeld is a painter, sketch artist, musician, and spiritual contemplative from New York. He studied art history at Columbia University, and wrote a thesis on Paleolithic cave paintings in France. Hoffeld did an apprenticeship in painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York, having previously spent two years copying old masters at Boston's Fogg Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. Nowadays he spends his time on the island of Maui, painting portraits of saints, activists, and other heroes. We were thrilled to hear his Ram Dass stories, as Jeremy was graced to be able to spend time with that monumental spiritual force in his later years. (Jeremy's brother plays music with Krishna Das.) Tropical birds serenaded our interview, as we covered social media, creativity, social action, and had a few laughs about his experiences with RD. Jeremy's book recommendations are: “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahamsa Yogananda (1946) “The Artist's Way” by Julia Cameron (1992) See Jeremy's work on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeremyhoffeld www.jeremyhoffeld.com

Devon Rodriguez is an artist and painter from the South Bronx. He initially gained recognition for a series of realistic painted portraits of riders on the New York City Subway system, including a profile in the New York Times Style Magazine. He got his start doing graffiti with his friends, but he transitioned to portraits as a teenager. His work has been featured in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Students League of NY, and the National Arts Club. Devon has a passion for the details of everyday life, and his realistic style communicates life in the city with a keen eye for the small moments that make us human. Listen in as he talks about his artistic path and how he's staying busy with commissions and special projects.

- Season 2, Episode 7 - The American Painters of the Great Depression: The Example of Thomas Donnelly                     (Thesis written by Cathy Mahon and narrated by Stephen Sniffin)Thomas Donnelly was born of Irish descent on February 25th 1893 and grew up in Washington D.C where he obtained his bachelor's degree from the Corcoran School of Art. In 1915, he moved to New York City to launch his career as an artist. He studied at the Art Students League of NY, and later on became a member of the Board. In 1917, Donnelly was drafted to the armed services under the Artists of the War Commando and joined World War I until the armistice. Back in NY, Donnelly rapidly became a well-known regionalist artist among the art connoisseurs of the city for his landscapes, coastal scenes, portraits and still life paintings. He was exhibited in museums, fairs and cultural events, all around the city. His responsibility as a painter was to pay tribute to nature and to bring the rural neighbourhoods into the cities. On a summer day of 1923, the artist drove through Westchester County; he stopped near a Welcome to Valhalla sign, he carefully sharpened his lithographic crayons and slowly immortalized the village on a piece of paper. On this very same day, Thomas Donnelly fell in love with the little village of Valhalla. Today, his sketch Overlooking Valhalla is part of the Whitney Museum of American Art's permanent collections. In 1925, Thomas met Eve Kollgen, a 23-year old young English lady aspiring to become an artist. After dating for a few months, they got married and built their home in Valhalla. The four-bedroom house was located less than an hour away from NY, right next to the dam, on 44 Howard Avenue. They built it big enough to welcome a family. Donnelly had it all planned; he would commute to the city for his exhibits, would come home each night to his family, and would continue painting the countryside. Little did the know that he had invested in a house that would soon become a financial burden. The Roaring 20s were about to come to an end and the stock market was about to crash. On 29 October 1929, the biggest financial crisis in US history abruptly hit the country, driving Donnelly's artwork to remain unsold, his bills to accumulate, and his quality of life to collapse. Because of the depression, Donnelly's clients could no longer pay for his artwork. Within a few months, the rising star became a distant celebrity, with scarcer visits to NY City, and with exhibits more locally based. In June 1934, Donnelly wrote a desperate letter to Forbes Watson, the director in charge of the art program of the Works Progress Administration and to President Roosevelt himself, begging them to implement a strong Federal project that would replace the local programs, and would truly help the struggling artists. His letters did not remain unread, and when the Federal Art Project of the Work Progress Administration was finally launched in August 1935, Thomas Donnelly immediately became a proud federal employee. For $40 a month, his job was to embellish America and paint “the American Scene” on public buildings. On September 16th 1948, Eve, Thomas Donnelly's beloved bride of 22 years, died at the early age of 45 years old, leaving the artist devastated. From then on, he refused all invitations from the major institutions and became a part-time schoolteacher in Valhalla public school and a jury in the local art contests. He finally remarried 18 years later. But at last, on April 24th 1971, after a long and full life, Thomas Donnelly, the World War I veteran, the talented New Yorker, the artist of the Great Depression, and the local resident of Valhalla, died peacefully at the age of 78 years old in his home. 

Lauren Bergman, a painter working in Jersey City, NJ. As a figurative narrative artist Lauren Bergman creates stories in paint that reside at the juncture of myth and social realism. Through her personal language of symbols, the paintings explore both female identity and comment on our shifting political and cultural landscape. Beginning as a high school student, Lauren Bergman was involved in art classes at the Corcoran School of Art. Her talents and mature narratives quickly landed her gallery exhibitions in Washington, D.C. at Capricorn Gallery, exhibiting among renowned American realists, including Burton Silverman and Sondra Freckelton. Bergman’s work has been featured in publications ranging from The New York Times to Juxtapoz Magazine. She has had three solo exhibitions at the O.K. Harris Gallery in New York, which represented her for a decade. Other solo and two-person exhibitions include the Makor Gallery and Tria Gallery in New York and the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. Her many group shows include Plus One Gallery in London, Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago, and Jonathan Levine Gallery and Claire Oliver Fine Art in New York. Bergman grew up in the Washington metro area, where she studied at the Corcoran School of Art. She earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts and education from the Univeristy of Massachusets at Amherst, graduating summa cum laude, and her master’s degree at Smith College before relocating to Manhattan to study painting and design at FIT and The Art Students League. Bergman now lives in a converted pickled herring factory in the West Village and has a studio at Mana Contemporary. www.laurenbergman.net @i.m.lauren Tip N' Tell tipntellpodcast@gmail.com Host & Cover Art: Cydney Williams @cydneywilliamsstudio Sound & Music: Ian Eckstein @ian_eckstein Listen on Breaker, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radiopublic, Spotify, Copy RSS, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Youtube, & IGTV Recorded at Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 (pre covid-19 pandemic, 2019) Tip N' Tell™ Cydney Williams Studio LLC

Stephanie Barenz teaches early childhood art at an international school in Shanghai. She shifted from teaching at the university level a few years ago, so we dig into how that change impacted her art making and her teaching. Stephanie also shares great advice for moving forward with your art career during this time while giving yourself grace. I went to grad school with Stephanie, but had lost touch a bit, so it was amazing to hear about her travels, how her career has shifted, and how her artwork is evolving. As an art teacher slash artist based in China, Stephanie has some insight on our current COVID-19 situation. Her school began social distancing and online teaching back in January. She shares how that shift affected her and some tips and encouragement for art teachers still in the beginning stages of distance learning. Shanghai-based artist Stephanie Barenz, creates mixed media works inspired by the layered experience of moving between point A and point B. Her work merges photography, printmaking, painting and collage. Barenz received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Before living in China, she taught at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and ran her own studio + gallery in Milwaukee, WI. She completed residencies at the Art Students League of New York, Chicago Printmakers’ Collaborative and the Pfister Hotel in Wisconsin. Selected exhibitions include the Art Canton Contemporary Art Fair in Guangzhou, Solonia Art Center in Suzhou, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin Artist Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, John Michael Kohler Art Center, and the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts in Milwaukee. Barenz has taught art internationally and has presented on the topic of “Collaboration in Art Education” at conferences in Hong Kong and Taipei. Her process is soooo interesting to me! She puts her work through an incredible push and pull between digital and physical processes involving layering painting, prints, photos, and collage. I know I will be getting organized to follow Stephanie’s lead in applying to the directories and art advisors she mentioned. Links to these are below. I also love her drawing prompts project with her students, using Seesaw’s built-in drawing option with the intention of printing the drawings for a collaborative mural later on. Blog post with images and Stephanie's Generous List of Directories & Art Advisors StephanieBarenz.com @stephaniebarenz Artwork Archive: https://www.artworkarchive.com/ and https://www.artworkarchive.com/call-for-entry Art of Education (AOE) The Year of Less - A book by Cait Flanders . . . Follow: @teachingartistpodcast @pottsart Support this podcast. Subscribe, leave a review, or see more ways to support here. We also offer opportunities for artists! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support

Lauren Anderson encourages us to understand rejection is part of the journey and it makes us stronger if we allow it to. She says, learn how to be an entrepreneur - we can't just sit around waiting for the world to discover our work, we have to put ourselves out there again and again. Also, celebrate the wins no matter how big or small. Important moments in Lauren's artistic journey: Attending a landscape painting masterclass in Civita Castellana with Israel Hershberg, Yael Scalia, and the Jerusalem Studio School (2013) - this is perhaps the most pivotal experience in my painting career for so many reasons; receiving an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2015) - creating my first full body of work and establishing a studio practice; working with my mentor, Marianne Mitchell, through all the tough questions like "why am I painting anyway?" and "why should my paintings matter to anyone but me?" and "what's missing?" (2019-now) - I'm figuring out what my voice is and I'm learning to accept it. Checkout, the Art Students League of Denver, Marianne Mitchell, Services: Squarespace, Blick Art Materials, Hobby Lobby custom framing. laurenandersonfineart.com You can email Lauren at laurenandersonfineart@gmail.com Connect with her on: facebook.com/laurenanderson71292 instagram.com/laurenanderson_fineart/

Lauren Anderson encourages us to understand rejection is part of the journey and it makes us stronger if we allow it to. She says, learn how to be an entrepreneur - we can't just sit around waiting for the world to discover our work, we have to put ourselves out there again and again. Also celebrate the wins no matter how big or small. Important moments in Lauren's artistic journey: Attending a landscape painting masterclass in Civita Castellana with Israel Hershberg, Yael Scalia, and the Jerusalem Studio School (2013) - this is perhaps the most pivotal experience in my painting career for so many reasons; receiving an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2015) - creating my first full body of work and establishing a studio practice; working with my mentor, Marianne Mitchell, through all the tough questions like "why am I painting anyway?" and "why should my paintings matter to anyone but me?" and "what's missing?" (2019-now) - I'm figuring out what my voice is and I'm learning to accept it. Checkout, the Art Students League of Denver, Marianne Mitchell, Services: Squarespace, Blick Art Materials, Hobby Lobby custom framing. laurenandersonfineart.com You can email Lauren at laurenandersonfineart@gmail.com Connect with her on: facebook.com/laurenanderson71292 instagram.com/laurenanderson_fineart

Today, Tim and Marie talk with mural artist Garin Baker.  Their conversation covers his education in New York, getting out of the studio, and his DC mural project titled 28 Blocks which pays tribute to the men that made the Lincoln Memorial possible. Born in 1961 in New York City, Garin Baker was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. With a strong focus on working from life his realism combines an expressive nature showing a passionate engagement with a variety of contemporary subjects including large New York cityscapes filled with bustling people to spacious rural landscapes reminiscent of the Hudson River School of Painting. To his credits are numerous gallery exhibitions and national awards. He's also an instructor, teaching life painting and drawing at the prestigious and world renowned Art Students League in New York City. In addition, Garin Baker runs a Public Art Mural Company, which offers apprenticeships and workshops to students and artist an opportunities to work professionally and improve their craft. Completed Public Art Projects include Murals in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, New York and Helsingor, Denmark. www.garinbaker.com This episode is sponsored by JFM Enterprises, providing distinctive ready-made and custom frames & mouldings to the trade since 1974. Music in this episode was generously provided by Blue Dot Sessions and Scott Gratton.

“I want to paint. I want to paint!”. After veering away from a fine arts career path, Michael’s inner voice kept nagging at him. So, he began with a class at the Art Students League. In our conversation, Michael offers practical advice about following your inner promptings. Michael was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and was introduced to the art-making process by his two grandfathers: one was a carpenter and the other a dressmaker. They both took Michael to museums where they would draw together. They both dreamed of being artists and they passed that dream onto him. Michael’s grandfathers also impressed him with the importance of service and giving back to the community. Along with being a Visual Artist, Michael continues to explore all creative aspects of himself as an Art Educator, a Coach and Trainer. Michael’s sense of purpose is expressed through all these experiences. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-kimmerling/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-kimmerling/support

Dan Katcher is a renowned Los Angeles-based creature designer for television, video games, and film. He is best known for his design of the dragons on HBO's hit, Game of Thrones, which earned him Emmy recognition for three straight seasons. In addition to Game of Thrones, Dan is currently at work on creatures for a number of DC Comic productions, including The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl. Dan's previous work includes the dinosaurs on Fox's Terra Nova, alien designs for the Green Lantern film, creature designs for MTV's Shannara Chronicles, and sculpts of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” for Sideshow Collectibles, as well as many other works. He got his start creating collectibles in wax for Todd McFarlane Toys in New York.  Dan was trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he majored in Animation; and at the Art Students League, where he learned clay figurative sculpture from experts in the field. Dan credits his traditional art background for the depth of understanding of anatomy that sets his work apart. His ability to capture a character's full range of human emotions gives his creations a signature, unmatched vitality. In this Podcast, Allan interviews Dan about his career -- with all of its ups and downs -- the challenges of being an artist, the lessons he's learned along the way, as well as his experience as the Father of Dragons on Game of Thrones. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/216/.

With her new book, Vivisectionary (Fantagraphics), artist Kate Lacour has created a work of repulsive beauty (or beautiful revulsion). We get into the theme of transformation in her work, her untraditional notion of comics, whether Vivisectionary should be considered "body horror", the concentric narratives that comprise the book, and how nothing can prepare you for the insect life in New Orleans. Along the way, we talk about treating God like an art director, the twin joys of generation and decay, the symbology of her art, the wonders of going to the Art Students League in NYC for life drawing classes, her followup questions to the Gil Roth AMA episode, the intensely mixed attraction/repulsion reaction people have to her work, what made her most uncomfortable about doing a five-day journal comic, why she's adapting the Song of Solomon for her next work, and more! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Ronnie Landfield, In the studio; photo by Ed Watkins, August 2019 I have had a wonderful and successful career as a painter since 1965. My work is rooted in the modernist tradition of 20th-Century art. My inspiration has been my conviction that modern painting is fueled by the combination of tradition and the realities of modern life. Spirituality and feeling are the basic subjects of my work. They are depictions of intuitive expressions using color as language, and the landscape (God's earth) as a metaphor for the arena of life. The revelation of a primal image that delivers an immediate response in the viewer is my goal. Hopefully my paintings convey a felt perception of life, an awareness of the history of art, and a clear expression of my passion and sense of spirituality. I sense a visual music that externalizes what I feel within me and in the air. As a teenager I was inspired to pursue a career as an artist. When I was about fourteen I made my first real paintings. Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Miro and especially Picasso and the Abstract Expressionists were important influences on my work. In 1961 I was inspired by a Life Magazine article on the Abstract Expressionists notably: Pollock, de Kooning, Gottlieb, Hofmann, Rothko, Still, Motherwell and Kline. After several stints at the Art Students League, and a brief college career at the Kansas City Art Institute (1963), The San Francisco Art Institute (1964-65), and the University of California at Berkeley (1964), my professional life as a painter began in New York City during the Summer of 1965. During the summer and early fall of 1965 I rented several apartments and lofts on the Lower East Side. Finally in November 1965 I rented a loft with a friend of mine (a sculptor) in a building on Spring Street and Lower Broadway in Manhattan. A period of hardship including a devastating studio fire in February 1966 followed. I wrote a letter to the architect Philip Johnson and we had a meeting in his office in March 1966. The late Mr. Johnson was enormously encouraging and inspiring and he suggested that when I made some paintings I show them to him. I got a job in an advertising agency working as a commercial artist and I returned to painting in April 1966 by sharing a loft with another former classmate Dan Christensen at 4 Great Jones Street. The Border Painting Series was completed in July 1966, and soon after architect Philip Johnson acquired a painting: Tan Painting for the permanent collection of The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. Philip Johnson became my first important patron. Ronnie Landfield, in the studio, 94 Bowery, NYC; November 1969 photo by Melissa Shook When I was nineteen, by the Fall of 1966, after completing a major series of hard-edge border paintings, success as a painter began to materialize. The famous architect and collector Philip Johnson and the famous collector Robert Scull each acquired large paintings of mine. The Sheldon Memorial Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska acquired a painting of mine for its permanent collection. My circle of artistic friends and colleagues continued to grow throughout this period. During the summer of 1967 when I was twenty, I rented a studio on the Bowery where I continued painting large abstract paintings. I was invited to participate in the Whitney Annual at the end of the year. My painting The Howl of Terror, hung opposite the Larry Poons painting and Larry and I met and became friends. I had two drawings and two poems published by the Letter Edged in Black Press. My work attracted considerable attention and I was invited to participate in important group exhibitions at the Bykert, Bianchini, and Park Place Galleries in New York; and my work was included in several publications notably an Esquire Magazine article on young artists in the Robert Scull collection. I had a series of different and interesting jobs, from 1965 through the Fall of 1968. I worked for the Something Else Press,

Hello People!! Girls will be girls Talking and DOING a lot! We are giving a shout out to the film "No Choice" by Bill Moyers, it is screening here in NY at Upstate Films followed by a panel talk with these amazing humans: Ruth-Ellen Blodgett, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley; Robin Marty, author of Handbook for a Post-Roe America; and Susan Wong of the NYCLU. Lea Garnier is our first guest today. Lea has worked in the healing arts for over 20 years and is an accomplished practitioner in this field. She began her healing journey by making paintings that have been displayed, sold and published in Europe and New York State. Lea found Craniosacral Therapy in NYC after suffering neck and back injuries sustained in an auto accident. The relief she found from this work was so profound she put down her painting brushes to pursue training. She is trained as an Upledger Craniosacral Therapist and has a private practice at Sage Academy of Sound Energy / Sage Center for the Healing Arts in Woodstock, NY, a center she co-founded in 2007, and now directs. In 2008 she became a certified yoga instructor trained in the Desikachar linage, and specializes in teaching the integration of sound healing and sound awareness (nada) in a yoga class setting. Lea shares her thoughts on the feminine, how she was exposed to the strength of the feminine via her mom and sisters. Her deep wisdom of sound and how the body heals comes through in all that she shares. She hosts monthly sound baths in Woodstock, NY at Sage as well as her annual retreats at Menla and Ananda. She is like the legit embodiment of the Goddess, for reals. Dee Solin is our second guest today. Dee is An award winning American Abstract Color Painter. She is known for her highly charged chromatic oil paintings. Her work is in collections in Europe, Australia and the US. After living and painting in the South of France for 20 years, she returned home to New York to pursue her art and to become more involved in the New York art world. When she first arrived, she painted at the Art Students League. After leaving the league she opened a studio space in midtown Manhattan. Presently, she divides her time between her New York City and her new ‘barn' home in Rhinebeck. She is also the creator of several fine art Colour Guides that are distributed through artist material stores world wide under the name of “MAGIC PALLETTE.” Dee talked about the importance of staying in the place of positivity versus anger or frustration, and how that helps her to keep moving forward. Self care!!! It's astrology time...in honor of Monday's New Moon, Theresa shares this month's astrology from Astrology King...ready for it? "The New February 2019 astrology is the best of any moon phase for over a year. Sun, Moon and Mercury sextile Jupiter bring good luck, good news, optimism, generosity and happiness...and spiritual wisdom and help make your dreams come. This is a generous, charitable and philosophical new moon of hope and goodwill." Woo hoo! Enjoy it folks...embrace the love that surrounds! Today's show was engineered by Manuel Blas of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, and audio from the film, RBG, https://www.rbgmovie.com Feel free to email us, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to our pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND US :) Follow Us: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas