Podcasts about conceptual artist

Can Vegemite and Tsipouro mix? As easily as colours in a colour-pallet it turns out! During her recent tour of Australia, conceptual artist Caroline Rovithi joined the boys live in The Distillery for a deeper dive into her fascinating work, creative process and unique artistic vision. From challenging perceptions and exploring identity to the stories, experiences and ideas that shape her art, Caroline opens up about her journey as an artist and what lies beneath the surface of her work. Plus... hear Caroline's first taste of Vegemite!Send us Fan Mail Support the showEmail us at ouzotalk@outlook.comSubscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OuzoTalkFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuzoTalkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ouzo_talk/

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area.  Today, Emily chats with Jonathon Keats — conceptual artist, experimental philosopher, and writer based in San Francisco. He has sold his thoughts, copyrighted his brain, choreographed a ballet for honeybees, and written six books. He contributes to Art in America, Popular Science, and Wired, and has exhibited at LACMA and Modernism Gallery SF. Jonathon discusses Centuries of the Bristlecone, an 11-foot-tall dual pendulum clock on permanent display at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. The clock, created in partnership with the Long Now Foundation, tells both atomic time and arboreal time — time as experienced by ancient bristlecone pine trees that can live up to 5,000 years. The project took over a decade to realize, with clockmakers Phil Abernathy and Brittany Cox. About Artist Jonathon Keats: Jonathon Keats is an artist, writer and experimental philosopher. His conceptually-driven transdisciplinary projects explore all aspects of society, adapting methods from the sciences and the humanities. He has exhibited and lectured at dozens of institutions worldwide, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to Stanford University to the Triennale di Milano, and from SXSW to CERN to UNESCO. He is the author of six books on subjects ranging from science and technology to art and design – most recently You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future, published by Oxford University Press – and is the author of a weekly online art and design column for Forbes. He has been an artist-in residence at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, UC Berkeley's Sagehen Creek Field Station, and the LACMA Art + Technology Lab, a Black Mountain College Legacy Fellow at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, an Imaginary Fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination, and a Research Fellow at the Nevada Museum of Art's Center for Art + Environment. He is currently a research associate at the University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, a visiting scholar at San Jose State University's CADRE Laboratory for New Media, a research fellow at the Highland Institute, a consulting philosopher at Earth Law Center, a Polar Lab artist at the Anchorage Museum, a Flux Exchange Artist at Flux Projects, and an artist-in-residence at Hyundai, the SETI Institute, and UC San Francisco's Memory and Aging Center. He co-directs the Center for Climate-Adapted Heritage Cuisine and serves as curatorial director of the Museum of Future History. For more from Jonathon:   Nevada Museum of Art – Centuries of the Bristlecone Jonathon Keats at the Long Now New York Times: In the Fastest-Warming CIty in the US, These Artists See Hope -- About Podcast Host Emily Wilson: Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco. Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWil Follow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast -- CREDITS: Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson.  Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License The Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions.  For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As someone who has always been drawn to explore a variety of interests, FollyHollyLynn's creative path reflects a lifelong openness to change and growth. Growing up, she experienced both ends of the spectrum when it came to quality of life; nothing overly dramatic in the early years, but enough to evoke deep feelings at times. Later on, nothing excessively lavish, but enough to inspire genuine joy.At seventeen, she left home to pursue a dream of becoming a scientist at Dalhousie University, enrolling in Neuroscience with a minor in Philosophy. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 proved to be an unexpected turning point. Choosing to graduate with a degree in Psychology instead allowed her the space to take time off from academics and focus on her mental health. During this period, her connection to the arts deepened significantly.Even as she returned to the workforce, her creative practice continued to expand and evolve. Already a writer and musician, she gradually took up painting and later began modelling, with the aspiration of one day moving into performance art. As she puts it, that likely means it's time to start connecting with videographers too.Learn more @follyhollylynn

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. In this episode, Emily interviews artist Kathy Aoki, known for her witty, satirical works that blend pop culture, gender commentary, and fictional narratives. Kathy discusses her “Koons Ruins” project, her creative process, and the inspiration behind her art, including playful takes on celebrity culture and the art world. Tune in for a fascinating conversation about imagination, humor, and the power of storytelling in contemporary art.About Artist Kathy Aoki:Kathy Aoki is a multi-disciplinary visual artist who uses satire to critique the absurd value systems that dominate gender, pop culture, and politics. Her printmaking work can be found in major collections across the U.S. including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.She received fellowships at MacDowell (NH), the Headlands Center for the Arts (CA), and Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium) and other venues. Aoki has completed commissions for the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, and the San Jose Museum of Art. Her studio is located in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is a Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University.Visit Kathy's Website: KAoki.comFollow Kathy on Instagram:  @KathyAokiArtistFor more info about Kathy's exhibit Koons Ruins CLICK HERE. --About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

He creates images of a past, present and future that are tantalisingly close to reality: Phillip Toledano's approach to photography harnesses technology, style and a sharp sense of humour. He joins us to talk about his latest book "Another England" and tells us how manipulating these scenes using artificial intelligence brings another layer to our ideas about "truth". Phillip also talks about putting himself at the centre of his artwork, and we discuss the technological developments that are revolutionising the way we make and consume art and culture.

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. In this episode  Emily chats with renowned conceptual artist Paul Kos. Paul shares stories from his upbringing in Rock Springs, Wyoming, his journey from aspiring diplomat to celebrated artist, and his influential years at the San Francisco Art Institute. The conversation covers his early inspirations, unique conceptual works—including the famous "Richmond Glacier" and "Chartre Bleu" stained glass TV installation—and his collaborations with art collector Rene di Rosa. Paul reflects on the role of accidents in his creative process, memorable exhibitions, and the Bay Area places that inspire him. Tune in to hear aboutt the life and art of Paul Kos, with insights into the evolution of conceptual art in Northern California.About Artist Paul Kos :Paul Kos, born  in Rock Springs, Wyoming, is an influential American conceptual artist and educator. He is one of the founders of the Bay Area Conceptual Art movement in California and has been a leading artist and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area for over three decades. Kos's work often incorporates video, sound, and interactivity into sculptural installations, challenging conventional art media and subject matter. His major retrospective "Everything Matters" was held at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 2003, and a second major survey of his work, "Equilibrium: A Paul Kos Survey," was held at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa in 2016. Kos's art is included in numerous public museum collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He has received numerous awards, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship in video and audio.Visit Paul's Website: PaulKos.netMore Info on Far Out at Di Rosa San Francisco CLICK HERE.More Info on the People Make This Place exhibit at SFMOMA - CLICK HERE--About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Natalia Millman was born in Ukraine and came to England in her twenties. Her father’s dementia and subsequent death had a profound effect on her both personally and artistically. In this episode she talks about her Ukrainian background, how she pursued an art career after moving to the UK, how her father’s demise led to... Continue Reading →

In this episode of "The Truth In This Art," host Rob Lee welcomes filmmaker and conceptual artist Nia Hampton from Baltimore. They discuss the significance of glasses in their lives, reflecting on how COVID-19 has influenced health trends. Nia shares her journey, including her MFA program and the founding of the Black Film Supremacy festival, inspired by her friends and speculative fiction writers. She talks about her film "My Mother the Clown," a social realist comedy based on personal experiences. The conversation covers the collaborative nature of filmmaking, the importance of storytelling, and Nia's personal interests in reality TV and astrology.Episode Highlight:Glasses Trend (00:00:33) Rob and Nia discuss the trend of glasses and how it relates to disability markers becoming cool post-COVID.Introducing Oneself as an Artist (00:03:16) Nia Hampton discusses the challenges of writing artist statements and introduces herself as a conceptual artist.Becoming an Artist (00:07:36) Nia explains how being born into an artistic family influenced her journey to becoming an artist and finding her voice.The Artist's Way of Life (00:13:06) Nia discusses the essence of being an artist as a way of life, regardless of productivity or wealth.Founding Black Film Supremacy (00:17:45) Nia Hampton explains the founding of Black Film Supremacy in 2018, the inspiration behind it, and its impact on the local film perspective in Baltimore.Challenges of Filmmaking Collaboration (00:24:02) Nia Hampton shares insights into the collaborative aspect of filmmaking, discussing challenges, learning opportunities, and the importance of trust and respect in working with a team.Interpersonal Dynamics in Filmmaking (00:29:33) Nia and Rob discuss the interpersonal aspects of filmmaking, likening it to dating and emphasizing the importance of trust and communication in working with others.My Mother the Clown (00:33:13) This part is when they talk about the description and motivation behind the film "My Mother the Clown," including its storyline and its relevance in reflecting current societal challenges.Art, Taste, and Communication (00:44:53) Exploration of the political nature of taste in art, the influence of personal backgrounds on perceptions of good and bad art, and the essence of art as a form of communication.Key Takeaways:1. Embrace Vulnerability: Sharing your personal stories and experiences in your art can create powerful connections with your audience.2. Draw from Personal History: Use your memories and personal history as a foundation for your creative work to add unique perspectives and emotional depth.3. Identify Gaps: Look for gaps in your industry or community and create platforms to address them, fostering meaningful and impactful projects.4. Cultivate Trust: Building trust and respect among your team members is essential for successful collaboration in any creative endeavor.Socials:X: @_NIAnderthalInstagram: niand3rthal LinkedIn: Nia Hampton

Perfect Organism Podcast is a Non-Spoiler Show. In this bonus Alien Day episode, Jaime talks with conceptual artist Dane Hallett about his work on Alien Romulus, his return to the series since his days on Alien Covenant, working with Romulus director Fede Alvarez, and so much more. We hope you enjoy this! // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you'd like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We've got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can't tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come.

Interview with the American conceptual artist not only about her live transmission of life in Slovakia. Invitation to Slovak project at the Biennale Arte 2024, the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice.

Greek conceptual artists, Caroline Rovithi, joins Tom and Nick for our season two finale, and 50th episode of the podcast! Famed for creating colour-splashed, graphic pop art-inspired pieces with Greece as her main source of inspiration, Caroline inspires the boys with her story and her way incredibly optimistic way of looking at the world – and that's before we even get to her art! Using traditional Greek symbols in her work, including images such as the Tsarouchia worn by the Presidential Guard, the Greek flag and many others, Caroline's art is as unique as it is inspiring and patriotic. Caroline is a world-class artist whose works were even most recently displayed in New York as part of her exhibition; ‘Greece in New York' in Manhattan between June and September of 2023. This episode is proudly brought to you by The Greek Providore.An award-winning independent real estate agency that offers expertise in property buying, selling, and property management. With over 2000 managed properties, MGM Martin provides its community, tenants, and landlords with a five-star real estate experience. Visit their website today at mgmmartin.com or drop in and see our friendly staff at one of our three great locations, Mascot, Zetland, or Randwick. Visit mgmmartin.com Support the showEmail us at ouzotalk@outlook.comSubscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3n85GSdk5Q&t=6sFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuzoTalkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ouzo_talk/

The Ultimate Gift Wrapping Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition where contestants put their creative skills to the test and battle it out each episode to be crowned the Ultimate Gift Wrapping Champion. This new reality competition, a first for QVC+, will be hosted and judged by entrepreneur and QVC home décor designer Lauren McBride, TV personality and "World's Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist" Alton DuLaney, and Britain's Gift Wrapping Queen Jane Means. Premiering December 4, this eight episode series, follows along as expert artists and crafters of all kinds face new challenges to master and try not to get their tinsel in a tangle.

The Ultimate Gift Wrapping Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition where contestants put their creative skills to the test and battle it out each episode to be crowned the Ultimate Gift Wrapping Champion. This new reality competition, a first for QVC+, will be hosted and judged by entrepreneur and QVC home décor designer Lauren McBride, TV personality and "World's Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist" Alton DuLaney, and Britain's Gift Wrapping Queen Jane Means. Premiering December 4, this eight episode series, follows along as expert artists and crafters of all kinds face new challenges to master and try not to get their tinsel in a tangle.

Conceptual Artist and Arts Curator Tara Fey, has made a career telling stories the way she wants them to be told. Join us as we discuss the difficulties and triumphs Black artists experience, navigating through the white gaze. And Tara NOW has a website! https://www.tarafaycoleman.com/ https://linktr.ee/ruggedangel

Matt Banker talks about his passion for conceptual art, what conceptual art is, how it has applied to his career in marketing, and much more!

Alan Nakagawa is an interdisciplinary artist with archiving tendencies, primarily working with sound, often incorporating various media and working with communities and their histories.Nakagawa has been working on a series of semi-autobiographic sound-architecture/tactile sound experiences, utilizing multi-point audio field recordings of historic interiors; Peace Resonance; Hiroshima/Wendover combines recordings of the interiors of the Hiroshima Atomic Dome (Hiroshima, Japan) and Wendover Hangar (Utah); Conical Sound; Antoni Gaudi and Simon Rodia combines recordings of the interiors of Watts Towers (Los Angeles) and the Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain). Premiered in 2023, Point of Turn, is his first vibratory sound work involving the human voice; utilizing collected stories about moments or events that resulted in someone leaving their organized religion. For this work, the combining of these stories and the analog data stretching of a verse and chorus of the 1970's seminal pop band, 10CC's hit song, “I'm Not in Love”. Point of Turn is a commission by Prospect Arts.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE and COMMENT!Share with your friends.Thank you for listening.Find Alan at:Instagram: @nakagawa2015Website:https://alannakagawa.com-my LINKS:Merch: http://rafa.LA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​/shopMy photography: http://rafa.LA​​​​​​​​​​​​​​NFT: https://opensea.io/collection/dancngsobrDonate at venmo: @ DANCNGSOBRRecorded at Espacio 1839https://www.espacio1839.com_____Recorded on TASCAM Mixcast and Mics

Beyond the Visual, a symposium reflecting on what blindness brings to the experience of art within cultural organisations and beyond was held at Wellcome Collection on Friday and Saturday 21 and 22 October 2022.   Visually impaired and sighted Speakers at the symposium included artists, creative practitioners, disability activists, historians, researchers and scientists together to not only to talk about inclusion and access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people but also to talk about what blind and partially sighted people can bring to cultural experiences for all. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey was there for both days of the symposium catching up with some of the key people behind Beyond the Visual and some of the key speakers too. In the forth of Toby's interviews from the symposium he chats with Collin van Uchelen, a visually impaired Conceptual Artist and Community Psychology consultant based in Vancouver about his presentation, Translating Light Into Non-Visual Forms. Collin gave Toby a bit of background about making fireworks and pyrotechnics accessible to blind and partially sighted people through description and touch following on from a friend who described a firework display to him. Some work with Vocal Eye an audio description organisation based in Canada on ways to describe fireworks, the use of touch to draw out a tactile impression of the shapes that the fireworks make in the sky and the relationship between fireworks and the shapes of flowers. Collin also told Toby about how he was working on choreographing his own pyrotechnic display to the sound of a Yes track. For more about the Beyond the Visual Symposium and the network do visit the University of London research web pages via the following website - https://www.arts.ac.uk/research/stories (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

We discussed: nepotism, the economic utility of Art, democracy, competition in the Arts, resonant frequency, hemispheric lateralization, budgets, running a studio     https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/haroon-mirza http://www.clickfolio.com/haroon/     People + Places Mentioned: Gaia Fugazza - http://gaiafugazza.com Artist residency at CERN - https://arts.cern Lisson Gallery - https://www.lissongallery.com Maria Stone Circle - https://www.ballroommarfa.org/stone-circle     Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no  

We discussed: nepotism, the economic utility of Art, democracy, competition in the Arts, resonant frequency, hemispheric lateralization, budgets, running a studio     https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/haroon-mirza http://www.clickfolio.com/haroon/ Lofoten International Art Festival – (LIAF) – https://info.liaf.no   People + Places Mentioned: Gaia Fugazza - http://gaiafugazza.com Artist residency at CERN - https://arts.cern Lisson Gallery - https://www.lissongallery.com Maria Stone Circle - https://www.ballroommarfa.org/stone-circle     Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no  

Episode 223: Today I chat with Italian artist, living in Germany, Jessica Rimondi. I met Jessica on the Saatchi website, and I knew I had to chat with her. She does these stunning paintings that look like collages. We talk about her practice as well as creating value, and the alchemy of art as a […] The post My chat with Italian abstract and conceptual artist, Jessica Rimondi appeared first on Let's Talk Art With Brooke.

We discussed: Public Art, queer icons, religious sects, living in Beijing, showering in public fountains, food in tubes, the privilege of working in the arts, being a professional runner, working collaboratively, queer pirates   https://piaeikaas.com   People + Places mentioned: Mesen - https://www.mesen.no Queer Culture Year: Norway - https://norwegianarts.org.uk/queer-culture-year-norway-marks-50-years/ Fatamorgana - https://fata.dk SALT - https://www.salted.no After the butcher - https://www.after-the-butcher.de Marcus Rediker - https://www.marcusrediker.com     Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no    

We discussed: Public Art, queer icons, religious sects, living in Beijing, showering in public fountains, food in tubes, the privilege of working in the arts, being a professional runner, working collaboratively, queer pirates   https://piaeikaas.com   People + Places mentioned: Mesen - https://www.mesen.no Queer Culture Year: Norway - https://norwegianarts.org.uk/queer-culture-year-norway-marks-50-years/ Fatamorgana - https://fata.dk SALT - https://www.salted.no After the butcher - https://www.after-the-butcher.de Marcus Rediker - https://www.marcusrediker.com     Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no    

Michael Kearns is a conceptual artist who mostly creates sculptures that explore human competition and vainness. He talks about his philosophies and thoughts on the subject in this episode.

We discussed: educational systems, artist salary, side hustles, art scene in iceland, art market in iceland, maternity leave, artist residencies, the value of culture, happiness.   https://ingunnfjola.net     People + Places mentioned: The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists - https://icelandicartcenter.is The Living Art Museum - https://www.nylo.is Iceland Academy of the Arts - https://www.lhi.is Ásmundur Sveinsson - https://listasafnreykjavikur.is/asmundarsafn/asmundur Einar Jónsson - https://www.lej.is Gerður Helgadóttir - https://gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is Dieter Roth - https://www.dieterrothmuseum.org National Gallery of Iceland - https://www.listasafn.is Sigurður Guðmundsson - https://i8.is/artists/30-sigurur-gumundsson/ Erró - https://listasafnreykjavikur.is/en/exhibitions/erro-power-images     Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no  

We discussed: educational systems, artist salary, side hustles, art scene in iceland, art market in iceland, maternity leave, artist residencies, the value of culture, happiness.   https://ingunnfjola.net     People + Places mentioned: The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists - https://icelandicartcenter.is The Living Art Museum - https://www.nylo.is Iceland Academy of the Arts - https://www.lhi.is Ásmundur Sveinsson - https://listasafnreykjavikur.is/asmundarsafn/asmundur Einar Jónsson - https://www.lej.is Gerður Helgadóttir - https://gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is Dieter Roth - https://www.dieterrothmuseum.org National Gallery of Iceland - https://www.listasafn.is Sigurður Guðmundsson - https://i8.is/artists/30-sigurur-gumundsson/ Erró - https://listasafnreykjavikur.is/en/exhibitions/erro-power-images     Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no  

For this episode I interview Guillaume Levy-Lambert. Guillaume is a Conceptual Artist and Co-Founder of Art Porters Gallery in Singapore. He's from near Paris, France living and working in Singapore. In this episode we talk about Guillaume's amazing story concerning a Roy Lichtenstein painting, divine providence, the essence of artists and art itself, and more. You can connect with Guillaume online in many ways. You can connect on his linktrees https://linktr.ee/cosmicsiblings, and https://linktr.ee/GuillaumeLevyLambert, on FB at facebook.com/21May1962, on IG @cosmicsiblings, and online at cosmicsiblings.com, and 21may1962.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/c-taylor-gallegos/support

Ep. 62:  She went from poverty in communist-era Poland to becoming the artist of choice of Silicon Valley billionaires for her renaissance-inspired conceptual art of machines and robots/ Agnieszka Pilat, Conceptual Artist. Born in the shadow of communism, in the grip of poverty, in the cradle of post-industrial Central Poland, Agnieska Pilat acted on her burning desire to leave her homeland and headed to America in 2004.    She landed in the Bay Area where a transformative book recommendation from her hairdresser, and her industrial roots in Poland, led to an epiphany which led her to start painting machines. First the traditional kind. Gears and widgets and meters and fire bells. Then — robots. One in particular, her big bright yellow 70 pound cybernetic “pet” if you could call it that / model/assistant/apprentice/Spot, on loan to her from the famed and controversial robot maker Boston Dynamics. Over the past decade, Agnieskza Pilat's classically-trained, renaissance-inspired, contemporary art around man and machine, technology and automation has gained a big following among Silicon Valley's elite billionaires. Her works of art have been acquired by collectors including Sotheby's and tech titans such as Craig McCaw, Richard Branson, Yuri Milner, and Larry Silverstein among others. Several of her paintings are featured in the latest Matrix movie, The Matrix Resurrections. Pilat has been described as an “artist who brings technology to life,” ‘the darling of Silicon Valley,” and a “technology storyteller.”  Her latest exhibition is titled Renaissance 2.0, and is an homage to Silicon Valley's renaissance. It was such a pleasure to catch up with Agnieszka Pilat about her life and her renaissance-inspired contemporary art of man and machine.

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Ned and Meg have a lovely chat about lovely Dan Graham, a lovely conceptual artist. Or was; he was an artist, but since he is now deceased, RIP Dan Graham. We also talk about Ned's conceptual art, and Ned's conceptual art's paper, and Marcel Duchamp, and ReadyMade, and puppets, lots of puppets, and complicated math, and baby grasshoppers. Thanks to each of you for being an audient to our conversations and musings. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get your shots, don't be a dick. Hi Buster!

This week, Wes and Todd welcome back Peter Miles Bergman to the podcast. Peter discusses his exhibition, “PaCT: A Journey Beyond the Horizon”, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, transcendental experiences, rites of passage, the importance of social outsiders, hitchhiking, suits, conceptual art, the lived experience, Allan Kaprow, briefcases full of human hair, demotivational speeches and always leaving them wanting less.Join us for an entertaining and enlightening conversation with Peter Miles Bergman.Peter's exhibition “PaCT: A Journey Beyond the Horizon”, is on display from March 4th through March 30th at Dateline Gallery.  Dateline Gallery is located at 3004 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205.Dateline is open every Saturday 12-5pm, Wednesday the 16th, 5-7pm, Sunday the 20th 1-6pm, and Wednesday the 30th, where Peter will regale with tales from the trail, 6-10pm.Dateline's website: www.ddaatteelliinnee.comFind out more information and check out Peter's various websites at:https://ispress.cohttps://pact.reportwww.sociometry.comFollow Peter Miles Bergman on Instagram - www.instagram.com/is.press/@is.pressAndwww.instagram.com/pact.report/@pact.report

The Open Call Podcast, hosted by Anne Stagg and Laura Tanner, features conversations with contemporary artists about their work.This week, The Open Call Podcast has the pleasure of sharing with you part of our conversation with Buzz Spector. When we spoke, Buzz had recently moved from St Louis to his new home in the Hudson Valley, His studio was in the final phase of construction. Buzz is an internationally recognized conceptual artist who is perhaps best known for his work with books, but his vast body of work also includes drawings, photographs, collages, and more. He says of his practice, all of the techniques he uses “are techniques of intimacy in action, but our position to recognize them is retrospective - it comes after the fact. So the play of memory he talks about is one) of projecting your own experience and secondarily, of assessing the limited terms that our language gives us to describe what we witness.”Buzz often uses language as a stand in for something that is missing. He considers all of his work through the lens of drawing and he talks about how “the distance between reader and page, between artist's eye and artist's pencil on paper, is an intimate space of noticing, empathizing, and of accepting that makes the experience shift from a reading of structural terms to an epiphany of identification.”Buzz is also widely recognized for his critical writings about art. He describes his role as not simply providing an opinion, but instead as finding a way of faithfully describing what he has seen that will preserve something of that effect in the imagination of the reader. When he writes he chooses from a huge field of properties to describe one, then another, then another and that description doesn't lead to a total picture of the artwork, but instead to a premise of the success or failure of the artwork. The structure of his writing is intended to clarify where he is coming from as the person on the other side of that written text.We enjoyed a rich conversation that meandered through a variety of topics including his practice, critical writing and pedagogy. We hope you enjoy our conversation and please check out our Instagram -- @the_open_call_podcast -- where we share images of Buzz's artwork. We produce three seasons a year during which we release new episodes every 2 weeks. Special thanks to Susan Cooper for voicing our Outro, Scott Stagg for composing our music, Judah Bachmann for creating a new version of our podcast music and for sound engineering, and to our wonderful research assistants:  Ally Price,  Nikki Cohen, and Erin Miller  who provide production support, web, and social media design.

We discussed: - being a studio assistant - culture shock - rare earths (rare earth metals) - competition - feedback - artist fees - borderline personality disorder - performance art     People + Places mentioned: - Glasmuseet Ebeltoft Museum - https://glasmuseet.dk/the-study - Corning Museum of Glass - https://home.cmog.org - Pilchuck Glass School - https://www.pilchuck.org - W.A.G.E. - Working Artists and the Greater Economy - https://wageforwork.com - Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland - https://www.asp.wroc.pl     https://www.annamlasowsky.com     Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no  

We discussed: - being a studio assistant - culture shock - rare earths (rare earth metals) - competition - feedback - artist fees - borderline personality disorder - performance art     People + Places mentioned: - Glasmuseet Ebeltoft Museum - https://glasmuseet.dk/the-study - Corning Museum of Glass - https://home.cmog.org - Pilchuck Glass School - https://www.pilchuck.org - W.A.G.E. - Working Artists and the Greater Economy - https://wageforwork.com - Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland - https://www.asp.wroc.pl     https://www.annamlasowsky.com     Audio engineering by Mickey at CushAudio Services Music by Peat Biby     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org               And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no  

Alex Rudzinski Conceptual Artist, takes a walk with Creative Director Sam Long to talk art and the rethink of golf known as Central Park Golf!

This week, Wes and Todd talk with Heather Link-Bergman and Peter Miles Bergman. We discuss being intentional in art, being ‘artners, the Institute of Sociometry, collaboration, the is Fair, mom – men observing modesty, art appropriation, owning your mistakes, P.O. Boxes, zines, humor and capital punishment.Join us for a captivating conversation with Heather and Peter.Find out more information on the is Fair and is Press at www.ispress.coLearn more and explore the archives of the Institute of Sociometry at www.sociometry.comExplore Heather's work at www.heatherlinkbergman.comFollow Peter Miles Bergman on Instagram - www.instagram.com/is.press/@is.pressFollow Heather Link-Bergman on Instagram - www.instagram.com/heatherlinkbergman/@heatherlinkbergmanThe is Fair takes place, November 11th -14th , at the Globeville EPICenter aka Globeville Rec Center located at 4496 Grant Street, Denver, CO 80216 and... the Ft Greene Bar across the street at 321 E 45th Ave, Denver, CO 80216. Free and open to the public.For more information go to https://ispress.co/is-fair/ or check out the is Fair Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1037238520424787

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We discussed: conceptual art, working collaboratively, Icelandic art scene, career goals, self sabotage, Artist salaries, being a parent, writing about art, deconstruction, and expectations.   People + Places mentioned: Collaboration Monument - https://cargocollective.com/ornalexanderamundason/A-Collaboration-Monument Cube - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_(1997_film) Maurizio Cattelan - https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Maurizio_Cattelan/2   3 creative people he is looking at: Kristján Gudmundsson - https://www.marcstraus.com/artists/kristjan-gudmundsson/ Una Margrét Árnadóttir - https://www.facebook.com/uuuna Ryan Gander - https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ryan-gander     http://www.ornalexanderamundason.com     Audio editing by Jakub Černý   Music by Peat Biby   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org             and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner - https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge - https://www.kunstsentrene.no            

We discussed: conceptual art, working collaboratively, Icelandic art scene, career goals, self sabotage, Artist salaries, being a parent, writing about art, deconstruction, and expectations.   People + Places mentioned: Collaboration Monument - https://cargocollective.com/ornalexanderamundason/A-Collaboration-Monument Cube - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_(1997_film) Maurizio Cattelan - https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Maurizio_Cattelan/2   3 creative people he is looking at: Kristján Gudmundsson - https://www.marcstraus.com/artists/kristjan-gudmundsson/ Una Margrét Árnadóttir - https://www.facebook.com/uuuna Ryan Gander - https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ryan-gander   http://www.ornalexanderamundason.com   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no     Transcript available: http://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-182-conceptual-artist-orn-alexander-amundason-iceland/

What is the purpose of an Aura photo? According to Christina Lonsdale, Conceptual Artist, “It depends on the person taking the photo and their intentions behind it. We often talk about energy, identity, color, life as human beings, the energy that we put into the world, and how this changes because we all change energetically. The photo offers something tangible. It offers this ability to see something you don't normally see. The biggest thing for me is when someone walks away with something new and surprising.” In this special episode, we're talking to Christina Lonsdale. Christina is a conceptual artist that found her prominence through @radianthuman_, a photography project that uses the Aura Cam 6000. Dubbed “the Annie Leibovitz of aura photography” by the New York Times and a “Dutch painter on acid” by Vogue, she has been an artist in residence at the Whitney Museum of American Art, shot aura photographs on-site at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, and worked with numerous brands including Nike, Google, Nordstrom, Refinery29, and Urban Outfitters. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, W, ID, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Nylon, and Time Out. We sat with Christa to talk about how she found her calling, what an Aura photograph means, how the camera works, what she loves about her work, and her newly released book, Radiant Human: Discover the Connection Between Color, Identity, and Energy. To learn more about Christina and her work click here: https://www.radianthuman.com/ If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, and review this podcast.

On this week’s episode we are very excited to chat with New York-based conceptual artist, Christina Lonsdale. Christina is widely known for her work and has captured the auras of celebrities such as Chloe Sevigny, Gwenyth Paltrow, Busy Philips, and Zosia Mamet! She also just came out with her first book “Radiant Human” and is here to tell us all about it! We start off discussing her unusual childhood growing up in a commune and what eventually led her to pursue her art. If you don’t know much about aura photography and how it works or what it looks like but want to know more, definitely tune into this episode! Christina explains all about capturing energy, how the camera works and what different colors and textures can mean. Because she considers herself an artist and not a healer, she uses her work as an opportunity to explain energy in new ways so that people can feel seen. We’ll also talk about how COVID-19 and this year heightened our awareness over things we can’t see, and how this paradigm shift can benefit us when it comes to changing our energy and how we influence our environment. Be sure to check out her website or instagram after the episode so you can see the magic for yourself! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dentalks-powered-by-den-meditation7294/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We discussed: - how to balance being a curator, critic, and artist - Arts funding in Europe - artistic freedom - the politics of arts funding - good and bad money funding the arts - every choice has some form of detrimental effects - ethics in Arts funding - Artists fees and other forms of paying artists a living wage - how the art world is broken - the roles of art galleries versus art institutions - the younger generation not being engaged in the art world - does being older create art patronage - the role of contemporary art criticism   People + Places mentioned: Galerie 35m2 - https://35m2.cz Gallery of Fine Arts in Náchod - https://www.gvun.cz Anna Daučíková - https://litost.gallery/en/exhibiting/anna-daucikova/   4 artists he recommends: Jonne Väisänen - https://jonnevaisanen.com ida idaida - https://idaidaida.com Viktor Kakos - https://viktorkakos.com Victor Marx - https://marxarkitektur.se Nongkran Panmongkol   https://www.facebook.com/lexa.peroutka http://fbgallery.cz/upsidedown     Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com   Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org             and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner - https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge - https://www.kunstsentrene.no               Transcript available here: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-167-curator-critic-conceptual-artist-lexa-peroutka-czech-republic/  

We discussed: - how to balance being a curator, critic, and artist - Arts funding in Europe - artistic freedom - the politics of arts funding - good and bad money funding the arts - every choice has some form of detrimental effects - ethics in Arts funding - Artists fees and other forms of paying artists a living wage - how the art world is broken - the roles of art galleries versus art institutions - the younger generation not being engaged in the art world - does being older create art patronage - the role of contemporary art criticism   People + Places mentioned: Galerie 35m2 - https://35m2.cz Gallery of Fine Arts in Náchod - https://www.gvun.cz Anna Daučíková - https://litost.gallery/en/exhibiting/anna-daucikova/   4 artists he recommends: Jonne Väisänen - https://jonnevaisanen.com ida idaida - https://idaidaida.com Viktor Kakos - https://viktorkakos.com Victor Marx - https://marxarkitektur.se Nongkran Panmongkol     https://www.facebook.com/lexa.peroutka http://fbgallery.cz/upsidedown   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no   Transcript available here: http://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-167-curator-critic-conceptual-artist-lexa-peroutka-czech-republic/  

Pablo Frey is a man of many talents. As a conceptual artist, graphic designer, and magician, Pablo has designed some of the most sought after cardistry decks in the playing card community.  He is the mastermind behind "PAPERLESS" magazine and podcast produced by "Just Shuffle The Cards", and has been contributing to the cardistry community for years.  In addition to his amazing design mind, Pablo Frey is also the person behind "This is Frey Records", a recording label.  With such a multi-talented background, we can not wait to sit down with Pablo and talk playing cards, design, and life!  This is one episode you don't want to miss!  Join us for what will be a BEAUTIFUL episode of Deckin' Around as we talk music, magic, cardistry, and more with Pablo!Pablo Freyhttps://www.instagram.com/pablofreyghttps://www.facebook.com/PabloFreyGhttps://www.behance.net/pablofreygJoin us for Episode 58 of "Deckin' Around" with Tyler and Steve.  Special Guest: Pablo FreySubscribe and click the bell to catch all of the fun times on Deckin' Around! Follow us on Instagram!Deckin' Around - http://instagram.com/deckinaroundTyler - http://instagram.com/collectadeckSteve - http://instagram.com/woundedcornerEvery Thursday we look at some of the best playing cards, magicians, graphic designers, and cardists in the playing card community.  Interested in contributing to Deckin' Around, or have questions for our guests? Feel free to reach out to us on Instagram!Join us as the Warrior Women Sage continues, Volume II LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deckinaround/warrior-women-playing-cards-volume-ii-by-headless-kings#PabloFrey #GraphicDesign #DeckinAround #Designer #PlayingCards #PlayingCardDesign #IllustratorSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/deckinaround)

Game designer, conceptual artist, and protester Professor A.M. Darke shares stories of her work around race, identity, gender (including Kanye West), and even a bit of joy for dungeons and dragons. Guest host Lyle Troxell also chats with her about the recent UCSC graduate strike and her support of the students.

We discuss: Labours of love, The future of the art world, The post covid art world, Arts academia, Hybrid forms, Virtual studio visits, Virtual photo shoots, How to sell artwork online, Learning to close the deal, Payment plans, Ashley Longshore, The need to have a blog on your website, Artist bio should be 250 words or less and in the third person, How to write an artist statement, Awesome foundation, Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann, How to find patrons, The need to build a community, the Museum of non-visible art https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/author/brainardcarey/ https://praxiscenterforaestheticstudies.com Please be sure to visit our Patreon page and help support the podcast by being part of the conversation. The more money raised, the larger the global reach we can offer you: https://www.patreon.com/thewisefool For more information about the host, Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com

We spoke late into the evening at his very unique studio space and discussed: Artistic tribes, Artist community, Mentor / apprentice relationship, The need for art to connect with viewers, The need for a common thread through your artistic career, Artist run spaces, Art fairs, Parallel Vienna art fair, Getting a tattoo for a solo exhibition, Artists dependencies on the art market, Consequences, Fear of consequences, Emergency churches, and Art in public places. http://reinholdzisser.com http://www.llllll.at http://notgalerie.at Please be sure to visit our Patreon page and help support the podcast by being part of the conversation. The more money raised, the larger the global reach we can offer you: https://www.patreon.com/thewisefool For more information about the host, Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com   Transcript available here: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-55-conceptual-artist-reinhold-zisser-notgalerie-llllll-vienna-austria/

I had the opportunity to have a conversation with conceptual artist, Alena Foustková in her home studio outside of Prague, Czech Republic. We talked about: Fleeing Czechoslovakia, Commercial arts, Saatchi and Saatchi, Local markets, Young artists, Globalisation, Nationalism, Localism, artist residencies, Connecting with curators, The importance of curators, Art critics, Symbiotic relationship in the art world, Exploitation of artists, collecting art, and connecting with viewers. http://alenafoustkova.com   About Alena Foustková graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic, with an M.F.A. in 1982, majoring in printmaking. In 1984 she and her husband decided to leave then Czechoslovakia. Alena took advantage of a Canadian government program offer to study a certified commercial arts course at the George Brown College in Toronto for one year. She got a job with a small agency and in the next few years she learned more and more about the advertising business. She and her husband became Canadian citizens in 1988. During the 11 years spent in Canada Alena exhibited continuously in solo and group shows. Her Canadian and advertising experience became valuable after 1989 in the Czech Republic and Alena and her family decided to move back to Prague again in 1995. Alena and her family live in Prague ever since. Since 2009, Alena has devoted her time mainly to the arts. She also teaches at international universities in Prague, namely the Anglo-American University and UNYP (University of New York in Prague). “Alena focuses in her (artistic) work for many years on social issues and the effects of mass media. She works with the sign systems and symbols which function as codes of a content. She captures fragments of reality in the information chaos.” (Vladimíra Brucháčková Závodná, Gallery Závodný, September 2014). Foustkova uses frequently participatory means of communication of her ideas, involving viewers into and interaction with her work and often manipulating or changing the art piece like in her project Dictionary (2015 – 16) made of thousands of words to be picked through a selection process. Alena exhibits in prestigious national and international galleries and participates in projects which overlap boundaries of narrow categories. She works primarily as a multimedia artist. Her work is on display in a public space in Regensburg, Germany, in a permanent collection of the Neue Sammlung in Munich, Germany, as well as in local Czech galleries and institutions such as a well-recognized Gallery GASK representing work from contemporary artists of the Central-Bohemian region which displays her prominent work called Czechia to Czechs. Please be sure to visit our Patreon page and help support the podcast by being part of the conversation. The more money raised, the larger the global reach we can offer you: https://www.patreon.com/thewisefool For more information about the host, Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com   Transcript available: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-20-conceptual-artist-alena-foustkova-prague-cz/

In this very special episode, Steven Leavitt is joined by his first boss, Wendy Vanguard.  This becomes a touchstone for a very intriguing conversation that goes into mentorship, design, physics, energy, illustration, the emotional effect of color, the world of art in Los Angeles in the 70's (the LA Women's Building, AIDS, Roe v. Wade), parenting, and the dawn of computer-generated animation. Wendy is a Los Angeles-based artist whose professional career has spanned work as an illustrator, an art director, broadcast designer and award winning corporate image designer.  Although she was awarded a Masters Grant from Art Center to pursue her painting, the hard-hitting reality of life in LA without a job lead her to abandon the grant and find employment.  Wendy quickly found she had constant work: from illustrating storyboards for advertising commercials and small films to exhibit design projects, and then began designing titles for television shows such as The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Planet of the Apes.  She was a part of the creative design and production team for the Charles and Ray Eames Office and the creation of the film Powers of Ten.  Later, she worked as an Art Director for Universal Television supervising special effects projects (BattleStar Galactica) gave her a taste of working an industry job and this led to becoming a design director for renowned ground-breaking broadcast designer Harry Marks.  Wanting to work independently again, Wendy formed California Film, a broadcast design firm, choosing her own team of artists and designers to collaborate with and designing one of the earliest open plan office spaces. As it's founder and Creative Director she led them in creating award winning image campaigns and corporate design packages for CBS Entertainment, CBS News, HBO, The Walt Disney Company, the Disney-owned Flagship station California 9 (KCAL), ABC Prime Time Live, National Geographic, TBN, The Movie Channel, and more. Wendy and colleagues created (fake) computer imagery for LucasFilm's, “Return of the Jedi.”   At the same time she met and married photographer Mitch Dobrowner, who soon became part of her company, leading it in new technologies and production methods.  After experiencing a devastating social experience, Wendy struggled through what she coined “the dark decade,” and discusses how she managed to work through this time in her life and find new joy by shifting her focus to her family, personal creative projects, and giving back to her community through mentorship. Throughout a lifetime of unexpected turns, struggles, and successes, Wendy rediscovered an inner resilience as a woman and artist that carries her along her path. Guest: Wendy Vanguard Dobrowner www.WendyVanguard.com  Host: Steven Leavitt www.StevenLeavitt.com   FEATURED ARTWORK: See languageofcreativity.podbean.com/e/the-colors-of-life-wendy-vanguard-conceptual-artist for featured works.   Blue Sphere Horizon Master's Thesis Her Master's Thesis would foreshadow her future work in design for what would become the future of 3D Animation, along-side filmmakers, computer scientists, and animators.   Watercolor Woman   Girl In Room (Watercolor)   FEATURED MUSIC: “Podcast Long Chords” by Jason Dobrowner (guitar) “The Crash” by Joshua Dobrowner (guitar) “Mom Podcast” by Jason Dobrowner (guitar) Additional scoring by Steven Leavitt “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp  Spirals and Portals EP out now! http://bit.ly/lobatescarpSpirals   MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:   Mitch Dobrowner Landscape Photographer http://mitchdobrowner.com   Andy Hann https://www.andyhann.com   Jason Dobrowner Composer, physicist, software engineer http://jasondobrowner.com   Asia Forbes Artist branding and events http://boldhousecreative.com   Josephine Bakery https://www.josephinela.com   Art Center College of Design www.artcenter.edu   Lorser Feitelson https://www.lorserfeitelson.com   Helen Lundeberg https://www.helenlundeberg.com   Charles + Ray Eames office https://www.eamesoffice.com   Powers of Ten Film https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/powers-of-ten   Jo Perry http://authorjoperry.com   Tom Perry http://www.thomasperryauthor.com   Otis College of Art and Design https://www.otis.edu Keywords: Art Center, Otis, motion graphics, hard edge painting, broadcast design, PDI, Rhythm and Hues, Blue Sphere Horizon, Charles Eames, Powers of Ten, physics, subatomic, Helen Lundeberg, Lorser Feitelson, California Film, image design, branding, Eames Office, mac, desktop publishing, easel, stylus, deadlines, emotion color, colour, energy, the future of work, creative problem solving, mentorship, empath, narcissist, The Sociopath Next Door, being used, cults, religion, working mother, Tao Te Ching, feminism, abortion, watercolor, oil painting, rediscovering your personal art, Damien Rice, PTSD, purpose    

This is session 25 of the 3D Art Direct Podcast talking about the life of Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual artist for Star Wars with John Scoleri. John Scoleri has supported and promoted the artwork of Ralph McQuarrie, the concept artist for Star Wars through many years and more recently with the publication of the book “The Art of Ralph McQuarrie” of which he was co-author and publisher.    He's also exhibited Ralph's work at a series of major events around the world called Star Wars Celebrations, clocking up lots of air miles in the process.   You can find out more about John's mission in promoting and publishing Ralph's work at the Ralph McQuarrie facebook page here:- https://www.facebook.com/RalphMcQuarrie In this session we discover:- - The impact of Star Wars on John Scoleri when he first saw it in 1977. - How John first met and assisted Ralph at a convention and helped promote his work ever since. - The story of when George Lucas first hires Ralph McQuarrie and how essential Ralph was to visualising and designing the movie with George.  - Some of Ralph's early briefs or instructions for his concepts.  - What type of paints Ralph used for his work and the advantage of them. - All about the very first production painting for Star Wars of C-3PO and R2-D2. - The “Laser Duel” painting and this even influenced set design. - One of Ralph's favourite paintings and why. - Details on “The Pirate Ship in Docking Bay 94”  - Why a  Storm Trooper and Han Solo are holding lightsabers in once concept illustration. - Details about the concept illustrations on the battle at the Death Star. - Whether Ralph had a preference for character artwork, landscapes or technology. - John's story of producing "The Art of Ralph McQuarrie" book with Ralph and Lucasfilm. - The next book promotion for Ralph's work.