Podcast appearances and mentions of elliott earls

In this episode we talk to Director of Cultural Services, City of Eugene, Isaac Marquez, about his journey of becoming director of the city's cultural programming by way of his position as Public Art Manager, the staging of a comprehensive visual arts festival, and the contentions of the art community of a small city: high and low, performing arts and visual arts, old guard and new initiatives. We come up against issues of scale, and the proximity of the full spectrum of art in a small city. Changing the conversation, one step at a time means asking "what can we do with what we have?" We learn about the value of persistence and patience, can-do enthusiasm and burnout. We hear ideas on how to get critical discourse going, the artist’s skill-set, and what it takes to grow art and culture in a small city. Pro tips? Isaac has them - Emotional intelligence, smart partnerships, humility and willingness to collaborate and recognize your own strengths and weaknesses. He also discusses the pitch and the process, and letting people in to your world. What about marketing and social media as the voice of the artist, the importance of being able to talk about your work, “ruining your market,” and other issues with branding? We hit it all. Other topics include the particularities of public art, how to be a lucrative artist by selling t-shirts and promoting each other, cover bands, and a fiendishly genius move by artist Rebecca Morgan involving a jug and a state fair. Links: Cultural Services, City of Eugene on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CulturalServices/ City of Eugene Visual Arts Festival 2018: https://www.eugene-or.gov/3934/Visual-Arts-Festival Julia Oldham’s online store: https://juliaoldham.bigcartel.com/ Elliott Earls on “above and below the couch” art: https://youtu.be/J41-ZCiLiq4?t=141 “Artists@Work” at the Arts Center in Corvallis, OR: https://theartscenter.net/myers-adams-oliviera-oldham/ Rebecca Morgan: https://rebeccamorganart.com/home.html This episode was recorded at the offices of AHM Brands in downtown Eugene, Oregon. Theme music by Das Verlin. Mixed by Pinball Jukebox Bottleracks & Fountains is a project of Eugene Contemporary Art.

Elliott Earls is a graphic designer, performance artist, and the artist-in-residence in Cranbrook's 2D Design program. He also produces the YoutTube series Studio Practice, a "no bullshit resource for those things that animate the artist and designer's studio." In this episode, Elliott and I talk about experimental graphic design, Cranbrook's interesting critique format, and how he thinks about his own work, as well as working outside the preconceived styles and movements, how to connect theory and practice without letting the theory get in the way of the making, and how teaching at Cranbrook relates to his own art and design practice. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm.

On this episode, Debbie interviews designer and performance artist Elliott Earls, designer-in residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

On this episode, Debbie interviews designer and performance artist Elliott Earls, designer-in residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Elliott Earls and the graduate students spend four days with Designers William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand. Bill and Jessica discuss their impressions of the grad program with Elliott and Sasha Tochilovsky. Elliott also plays a song from his latest body of work.