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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 painter Kirstine Rainer Hansen, as they discusses her transition from design and illustration to becoming a self-taught artist specializing in 'Disrupted Realism.' Born in Denmark, Kirstine has lived across various countries, ultimately settling in Carmel, California. Her path to art was unconventional; due to financial and societal pressures, she initially studied design but shifted to painting after struggling to find work during a recession. Kirstine's work, influenced by artists like Rembrandt, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud, is currently on display at the Jack Fisher Gallery at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco. She talks about how moving to San Francisco shaped her artistic style, transitioning from classical realism to a more fragmented, collage-based approach. Kirstine also dives into "Three Questions" talking about her artistic identity, influential works, and inspiring locations in the Bay Area.About Artist Kirstine Reiner Hansen:Kirstine Reiner Hansen is an artist based on the Central Coast of California, US. Born in Odense, Denmark, she received a BA in Design and Illustration at Kolding School of Design. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, most recently she had 2-person exhibition at Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco. In 2012 she received the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant and was twice a semi-finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. She has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, BloPop Magazine and the Asian Curator as well as in the book ‘Distrupted Realism' by John Seed, 2019. Her work is featured in the movie ‘Meaning of a Ritual' by Berlin director Natalie MacMahon, 2023.Visit Kirstine's Website:  ReinerHansen.comFollow  on Instagram:  @ReinerHansenArtFor more about her current exhibit "Atmospheric Disruptions" at the Jack Fischer Gallery, 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

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 filipina-american interdisciplinary artist Charlene Tan.In this Episode, Charlene shares her background, inspiration, and creative process behind her exhibition, Warp/Weft which pays homage to her Filipino heritage. It discusses her use of traditional Filipino materials like mung beans and ube, the personal connections embedded in her artwork, and the viewers' responses. Charlene's journey as an artist, from childhood to her current exhibitions, is also highlighted, along with insights into the labor-intensive nature of her work, family influences, and the supportive community that has shaped her artistic path.About Artist  Charlene Tan:Charlene Tan is an interdisciplinary artist, whose work is thematically focused on the immigrant diaspora and its repercussions, post-assimilation identity, and anthropological investigations of nationalism and cultural heritage. Her work is inspired by her Filipina-Chinese-American identity, reconnecting her artistic cultural heritage of tribal weaving patterns of the Philippines. Using found images by means of digital scanning, these images are edited to pair down to the essence of the pattern.Once free of scale and color, Tan retraces the patterns to attempt to create a muscle memory of a cultural expression that was once commonplace with her ancestors. Her work has been included in solo and group exhibitions in the US, and is part of several private collections. She holds a BA History and Theory of Contemporary Art with a focus on New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. Born in Houston, TX, she lived in the Philippines before moving to San Francisco for her education and work, and is currently a visiting artist at Minnesota Street Project studios.Follow Charlene on Instagram:  @Char.Art.TanLearn more about Charlene's art at the Warp/Weft exhibit at re.riddle by CLICKING 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

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 Columbia-born & Bay Area photographer and installation artist, Marcel Pardo Ariza.About Artist Marcel Pardo Ariza:Marcel Pardo Ariza (they/them) is a trans visual artist, educator and curator who explores the relationship between queer and trans kinship through constructed photographs, site-specific installations and public programming. Their work is rooted in close dialogue and collaboration with trans, non-binary and queer friends and peers, most of whom are performers, artists, educators, policymakers, and community organizers. Their practice celebrates collective care and intergenerational connection. Their work is invested in creating long term interdisciplinary collaborations and opportunities that are non-hierarchical and equitable. Their work has recently been exhibited at the McEvoy Foundation for the Arts; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Palo Alto Art Center; San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Palm Springs Art Museum; and the Institute of Contemporary Art San José. Ariza is the recipient of the 2022 SFMOMA SECA Award, the 2021 CAC Established Artists Award; the 2020 San Francisco Artadia Award; 2018-19 Alternative Exposure Grant; 2017 Tosa Studio Award; and a 2015 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award. Ariza is a studio member at Minnesota Street Project, and the co-founder of Art Handlxrs*, an organization supporting queer, BIPOC, women, trans and non-binary folks in professional arts industry support roles. They are currently a lecturer at California College of the Arts and San Francisco State University, and based in Oakland, CA.Follow Marcel on Instagram: @MarcelPardoAMarcel's 500 Capp Street Exhibit, Orquídeas is on view now through February 17. CLICK HERE for more info. Visit Marcel's Website: MarcelaPardo.com--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

This episode features artist Adrian Burrell. Order his book Sugarcane & Lightning from Minor Matters Press and check out his latest show Venus Blues at the Minnesota Street Project.

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 photographer Shao Feng Hsu.About Artist Shao Feng Hsu:Shao-Feng Hsu is a photographer whose work around the world mainly focuses on the interaction of humans and aquatic environment. From his native Taiwan — where he trained as a competitive swimmer — to Australia, Cambodia, Japan, and beyond, Shao-Feng Hsu has immersed himself in aquatic cultures in an ongoing study of the impact of the Anthropocene Era on our waters. In December 2017, he was selected to participate in Angkor Photo Festival Workshop, where he documented life in a village without proper sanitation and running water. Expanding on the project's themes back in Taiwan, he collaborated with the environmental NGO, RE-Think, on projects to illustrate shoreline pollution. His project, Inner Tidal Zones, combines color photograms and digital images to capture the perspective of aquatic creatures and the emotions of the water. He is a graduate of the Creative Practices program at the International Center of Photography and a recipient of Rita K. Hillman Award of Excellence. During the pandemic lockdown he co-founded Fotodemic.org and cademy.biz. He is currently a Fellow at the Headlands Center of the Arts and teaches B&W darkroom at California College of the Arts (CCA) Photography Program.Visit Shao's Website: ShaoFengHsu.comFollow Shao on Instagram: @ShaoFengHsuFor more about the Headlands Graduate Fellowships HERE.Pictures of You: Headlands Center for the Arts Graduate Fellowship Exhibition at The LabSF Camerawork --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

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 Ron Saunders, a landscape architect and artist in San Francisco. She visited Ron at his studio at the Minnesota Street Project, and he talked about becoming a landscape architect, why he likes public art projects, and starting a group for Black artists.About Artist Ron Saunders:Ron Moultrie Saunders, a co-founding member of the 3.9 Art Collective, is a photographic artist and landscape architect. Originally from Jamaica, Queens, New York, he currently lives in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. He creates photograms: photographs that are made without the use of a camera. His art work is in the San Francisco Arts Commission Civic Art Collection for projects he completed for the San Francisco Library, Linda Brooks-Burton Bayview Branch, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Laguna Honda Hospital and, Public Utilities Commission New Headquarters in San Francisco. He was commissioned to create works for VM Ware, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA and Dallas, TX and, for The San Francisco Travel Association (formerly SF Convention and Visitors Bureau) new offices. His art has been exhibited throughout the US including “The Secret Life of Plants”, solo shows (San Francisco International Airport and CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, CA), and group shows "Echoes of Bauhaus Photography Cast Long Shadows" at Ruth's Table, San Francisco, California (2020),“Self:Scape” at Middlesex County College, New Jersey(2012), “Exposed: Today's Photography/Yesterday's Technology” (San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art), “Measure of Time”(Oakland Museum of California at City Center). His work is published in several books including “Self Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait” and “From Art to Landscape”. Recently he completed an artist-in-residence at STAR (Shipyard Trust for the Arts) in the Hunter's Point Shipyard in San Francisco. His studio is located at Minnesota Street Project Studio in the Dogpatch area of San Francisco.Visit Ron's Website: www.RonMSaunders.comFollow Ron on Social Media: @RonMSaunders on InstagramFor more on the Black Space Residency, CLICK HEREFor more on the Three Point Nine Art Collective, 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

Richard Mosse is a photographer and filmmaker who's documenting some of the world's most significant environmental and humanitarian crises – and his work lies at the intersection between journalism and conceptual art. For his recent projects, Mosse used military-grade cameras to create detailed images from miles away. It's a way to humanize his subjects and give new perspective on urgent issues. His new immersive video installation “Broken Specter” is on display at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco, where he came to the studios of KQED on May 2, 2023, to be interviewed by Steven Winn.

Photographer, co-founder of Media NINJA, and CatchLight Fellow, Rafael Vilela talks to Michael about some of his amazing visual stories from Brazil. Rafael shares the story behind Invisible Gravediggers, the forgotten workers of the pandemic, and he talks about his current work, Forest Ruins, an ongoing project that addresses the role of cities in the climate crisis from the perspective of the Guarani Mbyá Indigenous people in the city of São Paulo. Forest Ruins is what brought Rafael to the CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit both as a CatchLight Fellow and recently as a panel speaker along with Anastasia Samoylova at the summit. https://www.catchlight.io/2023-visual-storytelling-summit https://rafaelvilela.visura.co Rafael Vilela is an independent Brazilian photographer currently reporting on climate and economic crisis in his country. He was one of the founders of Midia NINJA, an initiative that today has more than 8 million followers. His photographs are part of São Paulo's Museum of Modern Art (MAM-SP) permanent collection. In 2014 he was invited by Magnum Photos to be one of the Brazilian photographers in the OffSide Brazil project to report on the World Cup. Rafael was also nominated for World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He has collaborated on international publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, VICE, The Intercept and National Geographic. In 2020 he was selected by National Geographic's Emergency Fund for Journalists covering Covid-19 and his work with Covid Latam won the POYLatam and the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo. In 2022 Vilela was awarded the Catchlight Fellowship and the National Geographic Explorer grant. This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club, a monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts. Begin Building your dream photobook library today at https://charcoalbookclub.com. CATCHLIGHT VISUAL STORYTELLING SUMMIT 2023: THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE  April 29, 2023 - https://www.catchlight.io - Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco  The non-profit media organization CatchLight will hold its 2023 Visual Storytelling Summit on the theme “The Change We Want to See.” Organized with Elizabeth Krist, curator and formerly a longtime photo editor at National Geographic, the event will feature a portfolio review in the morning, followed by presenters and topics spanning artificial intelligence imagery, reporting on environmental issues, reproductive rights, racial justice, and how local journalists are holding power accountable at a time when trust in public institutions is at an all-time low. CatchLight Global and Local Fellows—including Rafael Vilela and Harika Maddala, among others—will discuss their projects along with artists, founders, technologists, and innovative creatives working at the nexus of art, media, journalism, technology, and social impact.    This year's theme, “The Change We Want to See,” reflects the unique power of photography, visual journalism, and creative practices to drive social impact. “Images are instrumental to how we understand our world,” says Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO of CatchLight. “Not only do they connect people emotionally to issues, they also promote deeper understanding, build trust, and spark action. I want the Summit to be a place where the global community of visual storytellers, media, and technology leaders can gather, share ideas, and push the field forward through partnership and innovation.”  Support Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/real-photo-show

Photographer, Anastasia Samoylova joins Michael to talk about the 2023 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit: The Change We Want to See. This year's summit emphasizes the unique power of photography, visual journalism, and creative practices to drive social impact. Ana will be talking about her book, Floodzone published by Steidl along with photographer, Rafael Vilela. Their panel is titled Picturing New Frontiers: Environmental Storytelling. Ana and Michael talk about how Ana went from photography to Environmental Design, and back to photography and how her experiences growing up in Russian and living in Florida shapes her work and how she thinks about art and activism. RSVP for CatchLight Summit: https://airtable.com/shrz8sfXJWVrqciWX https://www.catchlight.io/2023-visual-storytelling-summit https://www.anasamoylova.com Anastasia Samoylova (b. 1984, USSR) is a Russian born American artist who moves between observational photography and studio practice. Her work explores notions of environmentalism, consumerism and the picturesque. Recent exhibitions include Fundación Mapfre; C/O Berlin; Eastman Museum; Chrysler Museum of Art; The Photographer's Gallery, London; Kunst Haus Wien; HistoryMiami Museum; and Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle. In 2022 Samoylova was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Her work is in the collections at the Perez Art Museum, Miami; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; among others. Published monographs include Image Cities (Fundación Mapfre / Hatje Cantz, 2023), Floridas (Steidl, 2022) and FloodZone (Steidl, 2019). This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club, a monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts. Begin Building your dream photobook library today at https://charcoalbookclub.com. CATCHLIGHT VISUAL STORYTELLING SUMMIT 2023: THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE April 29, 2023 - https://www.catchlight.io - Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco The non-profit media organization CatchLight will hold its 2023 Visual Storytelling Summit on the theme “The Change We Want to See.” Organized with Elizabeth Krist, curator and formerly a longtime photo editor at National Geographic, the event will feature a portfolio review in the morning, followed by presenters and topics spanning artificial intelligence imagery, reporting on environmental issues, reproductive rights, racial justice, and how local journalists are holding power accountable at a time when trust in public institutions is at an all-time low. CatchLight Global and Local Fellows—including Rafael Vilela and Harika Maddala, among others—will discuss their projects along with artists, founders, technologists, and innovative creatives working at the nexus of art, media, journalism, technology, and social impact. This year's theme, “The Change We Want to See,” reflects the unique power of photography, visual journalism, and creative practices to drive social impact. “Images are instrumental to how we understand our world,” says Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO of CatchLight. “Not only do they connect people emotionally to issues, they also promote deeper understanding, build trust, and spark action. I want the Summit to be a place where the global community of visual storytellers, media, and technology leaders can gather, share ideas, and push the field forward through partnership and innovation.” Speakers will include Jonas Bendiksen, Adrian Burrell, Pamela Chen, Hany Farid, Isadora Kosofsky, Lynn Johnson, Sarahbeth Maney, Anastasia Samoylova, Ashima Yadava, Alexey Yurenev. Support Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/real-photo-show

This is Five and Nine, a podcast newsletter at the intersection of magic, work and economic justice. Welcome to Season 1, Episode 4. We are pleased to share we are now available on Apple Podcasts!Listen to the podcast now, or read the transcript below, or both!ResourcesMusicDance of the Songbirds, composed by Benjamin Richmond and performed by Joseph Belmont (the whistler) and the Victor Orchestra in 1913.Our Guest's Workindiraallegra.comUnspooling Die Gramgewinde: Writing with Gunta Stölzl on Grief-Threads and Grief-Portals, by Indira Allegra in TextileTexere: The Shape of Loss is a Tapestry, at Minnesota Street Project, visible at Texere.Space [password: weave]Othe ResourcesB******t Jobs, by David GraeberTaking a Thread for a Walk at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)Mumurations Tarot Deck by AS220Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness, by Rachel PollackTarot Cards:Eight of SwordsSeven of CupsThe TowerQueen of PentaclesTranscriptDorothy: We have a special guest today. We haven't had one yet, so this is a momentous occasion for us at Five and Nine. It is the incomparable Bay Area-based artist Indira Allegra. They are a conceptual artist, but there's so much more than that. And we'll talk about that. They are also a recognized leader in the field of performative craft, which I hope we are able to get into. So, you know, obviously working with weaving, the loom and using that as a framework for exploring these kinds of tensions that haunt both non-human and human relationships. A lot of the things that they've been working on is a combination of past experiences, within sign language interpretation, domestic violence, counselor, sex worker, union organizer. And so, so, so much more, and if we kept this going it would be the whole podcast. We're not going to keeping going, but this is Indira Allegra, and welcome!Indira: Thank you, Dorothy, for that introduction. I'll try to live up to everything you've read. Dorothy: I will say — and I'll put this on record because we were on a podcast — Indira's worst day is my best day. Just to put it out there right now. Ana, Xiaowei and I, we've had many discussions regarding the differences between work, labor and career. And so, for example, when you think about something such as labor, what are the mechanisms that are needed to kind of make something come to fruition versus work, which is like the every day? Some people might even think work might be something lik, David Graeber's B******t Jobs. So work is a thing that allows us to survive as much does, but then career sometimes can be this abstract thing, this always changes for us. But within the arts, do you feel there is a distinction between those three, and how have those lines blurred, or how have they become much more clear during the pandemic? Indira: Okay. All right. Well, let's just start with the questions then! Okay, so actually, I would say that first, you've got to figure out what your calling is, and then you can mobilize your career to be in service of that. And then the labor is like all of the details which make your career possible. So I think that for me, on a much larger level, I do work of holding transformational space, holding the space of the portal, or being there with both human and non-human co-conspirators so that transformation can happen. And sometimes that transformation involves a death process. Sometimes that transformation involves the development of understanding. You know, like with my work, as a sign language interpreter, to be the body that holds the text for two people who wouldn't otherwise be able to communicate with each other easily. So I think that you can have a calling, and you can have many different careers, which are in service of that calling. You know, hence the work as a union organizer and being with people who are in this transformational place of realizing that they have work in the workplace as it exists anymore. And that there is a boundary for them internally around what they are willing to live with and what they're willing to work with. And more importantly, there is a world that they want to move into and be ushered into in terms of what their workplace could feel like and how it could operate for them. Yeah. So maybe it's even a kind of doulaing work, but I think that births and deaths and transformations of all kinds are happening all the time. I think to live is to lose and to learn how to do that. I think within the space of an art practice, what I'm able to do is to work more closely and more regularly with non-human conspirators or co-conspirators or performers. Whereas if I were to have stayed in the realm of doing interpreting or even the realm of sex work, the focus would be more on the human to human interaction. And I think it's actually really important to be thinking big picture in a way, which decentralizes human concerns, conceits, and when we can do that and kind of almost like a bit is turning the human volume down. I know that Ana's in the producer role, like at the controls. And so Ana is balancing the sound of my voice with the sound of the room noise. And what if actually the room noise and my voice were at the same level? And what if that was at the same level as the trucks going down the street outside? With the bird songs, all of that stuff. That would be an artwork, an art assignment or a sketch or something to try, to listen to one's environment where you're at the same level as everything else, which is happening around you, and how might that impact how one feels about animacy and power and also access to resource. If a bird songs as loud as my voice, then maybe it has the power to impact something in my life in a really powerful way too. I think we're used to, as humans, thinking about other sounds as being smaller than our own. And so then we're unable to connect with their spiritual or intellectual resource. Maybe there's an intellectual resource in the bird's song that I need. Xiaowei: I think you brought up transformational space and the non-human, and I'm curious, both in your art practice as well as holding transformational space, and being in the world that we live in, that we have to eat and pay bills and all these things. How do you draw these lines, like of self and non-self either in your practice or in holding transformational space? Indira: I'm smiling right now because I think that's more mutable. I'm interested in thinking of the self as maybe more mutable than — like most people, I think I like to think of the self as being fixed , finite, you know, something which is reliable and can be counted on. And I don't know, as a non-binary person, I feel like — I just feel like a lot of things are in flux all the time. How do you know who you are? I think we only know who we are in relationship to other folks, right? I know where the earth is, because I know where the sun is in relationship to that. And I know where the moon is in relationship to that. But what if the moon drops out? Where am I located now? I have to re-situate myself within a new network of relations. That's the grieving process, right? It's learning how to accept that a loss has occurred, that a death has occurred. And trying to figure out a new constellation to fit into. So I think the self is always changing in relationship to the losses we experience in our lives. I have a name which will follow me throughout the long arc of my life, but I think that there are many different selves which can exist within that name. The Xiaowei that you will be at the age of 90 will contain many different selves. I think that's really a beautiful thing. So I do think of myself as a collection, a multitude. That's where the they/them comes from with my pronouns. It's not only stepping outside of a masculine or feminine binary, but thinking about all the different ages that I have been, all the different ages I will be, all of my ancestors, all of the nonhuman parts of which I am constituted. It's a way to tip my hat to each of my white blood cells and my red blood cells and the vessels they're in, you know? Xiaowei: There are so, so many things that I feel like you have such wisdom on. I've noticed, even within birth doulaing, it's like, there's the beauty of the work itself in holding the transformational space. And then there's also the kind of realities of — in many ways you're doing client work in a lot of senses. That makes me think of art institutions. And so, I think I'm just curious about, what are the ways that you can — I would hesitate to use the phrase "stay true to your practice," but I guess I'll use that as a proxy. And also, where you are now having this capacity as a full-time artist and like supporting yourself on that? Indira: I mean, really, it is a faith-based practice. I will say that the bulk of my income comes from grants, awards and fellowships. My practice up to this point has not really been in the commercial realm so much. Yeah, and, and that's a very competitive way to get your coin. I don't know what it's like in other realms, but I think that the odds that artists have to contend with when applying for grants or fellowships of any kind are really massive. But then I think about when you have thousands of people applying for a thing, and then there's multiple rounds that you go through. And then after the round, there may be an interview and then a year later after the initial application, you'll know whether or not you got it or not. And there's letters of recommendation. There's all sorts of different rituals, which have been created around what one has to do to deserve funding, right? I think about the odds that I've had to contend with in my own life around difficult circumstances, around instances of violence or illness or homelessness or disability. And I think about, oh, you know, damn, well, if I can survive that, then maybe the odds of winning this award — maybe I don't need to be worried about that so much. Money is not the most difficult thing. It's enough to live. [14:34] Ethos and Art Dorothy: There's an ethos on your website, which I feel oftentimes is not something that people incorporate into their artistic or creative practices. I mean, this is something that people should just incorporate in their daily lives personally, but I so deeply appreciated — and I'm obviously familiar with your work and I've written about it, full disclosure to those out there. But it's one of the things that we wanted to pull, because it is a brilliant list of statements that almost serve as a type of rider. Indira: Yeah. Dorothy: Both non-human, human, institutions, organizations, collectives, and a few that we pulled out were, number one, there is no such thing as a quote-unquote blank or open space geographically, visually, or ideologically. Another line from your ethos is, build an altar to your creative and intellectual ancestors, tend to it. Please visit indiraallegra.com to really view this wonderful list. But the third one that we pulled that's related to grief and loss was loss is a normal part of the human experience, so attention to grief and loss is always timely. We pulled those three out because we wanted to kind of have a conversation around how grief and loss actually is something people need to remember when you're thinking about economic justice. Indira: That's right. Dorothy: So when we think about this ethos and some of the ones that we just mentioned right now, this is a part of the work. This is exactly what you were stating and what you said. You know, and this is also related to the abundance versus kind of scarcity ideas that Ana, Xiaowei and I have been talking about, not just on the podcast, but just even in life. And so I guess, related to the ethos, because we wanted to kind of set this up here, with your most recent project Texere. You know, it explores different types of digital weaving practices that actually encourage reflection and grief and loss and how they're woven into other participants. What in doing the project has it revealed to you about the way we need to survive? Indira: Well, first I want to say thank you for looking at the ethos on the site. It has been amazing to — when people really go there and, they read through it. It's something that I've been surprised how many people really welcome seeing that information out in the public. And I love that you use the word rider. Because it does function in that way for me. I think that my union organizer self is always concerned with the terms and conditions of any kind of economic partnership. You can go online and you can research a hundred different interviews that I've done, or like whatever. Or you can just read it right there. I'll just tell you what I'm interested in. I think it helps me to curate the kinds of folks who find their way to me. When thinking about the semiotics of cloth or the anatomy of cloth, we do typically think about the warp and the weft. I speak also of the spaces in between the threads being portals of activity. And for those of you who are textile nerds out there, there's an article that I published in the Textile journal, which is based out of the UK called "Unspooling Die Gramgewinde: Weaving Grief-Threads and Grief-Portals with Gunta Stölzl," who was a weaver for the Bauhaus. And we know that something is woven because of the pores that it has. And it was surprising to me that no one had actually ever written about that and never written about the potential of these spaces. And I remember after my last trip abroad — travel was very important to me in the beforetimes. I come back to New York from spending a couple of months in Europe. And I went to an exhibition Taking a Thread for a Walk exhibition at MoMA. One of Gunta Stölzl's wandbehang or wall hangings, was there. And I began to cry in the presence of this cloth. I began to cry because I'm a sentimental person. I began to cry because I just f*****g cry at museums because they're contemplative spaces and I am really moved in social spaces where there are contracts around thoughtfulness and silence. And I began to cry because I felt that that that cloth was pulling something out of me, that there was something in those pores that was actually like drawing a kind of grief thread along a Z axis. It's like you have your X and Y axis that you're used to thinking about. And then this other axis, which is like between the space between my body and the body of the weaving. And I got really interested in that. So I think that brings us to Texere: The Shape of Loss is a Tapestry, which is a solo exhibition of the Minnesota Street Project right now through April 30th. This is a collection of digital memorial tapestries, which honor different losses in our lives. So there are eight different categories of losses, including the loss of force to wildfire, loss of sleep, or loss of a loved one to a virus. What you can do, and all of you can do it here, and anyone who's listening to this podcast is welcome to do this as well, is you can go to texere.space online. The password that you need is weave, all in lower case. You can make a contribution to any of these tapestries. So say, for instance, you wanted to contribute to the loss of forests to wildfire. And that was something that maybe if you're here in California has impacted you. And I know that that's something that has impacted me deeply. What I might choose to contribute would be either text or an image, or even an audio recording about that loss. And then I can use texere.space to turn that text, image or sound into a thread which then gets uploaded or woven into this tapestry, which is now hanging in space. And so you're able to see your contribution woven in with other people's losses or other people's contributions to that. And it was important to me to work in this way, which can create memorials that change as we change in relationship to our losses, the same way that I felt it's important to acknowledge how the self is always shifting, right? What we talked about before when Xiaowei asked me that question. The memorials we need also need to change as we change. The prevailing way of thinking about memorial at this time has to do with something which is cast bronze in the middle of a public square, which few people care about after it's installed. The things which matter to people the most when I ask folks about memorial are the keepsakes on their dresser in a bedroom or something which is kept on the top of a fireplace or images in one's phone. So it's the stuff which is really close to you in your life, right? I think that we can use this through Texere to care for us as we move through our losses. [22:33] Tarot Reading Dorothy: D we have consent to pull a card or two?Indira: Yeah, please. Dorothy: And the three of us would love to provide our own thoughts. Is there anything top of mind? Indira: So one of the things I've been doing over the past few months is learning how to read charts. So for astro nerds out there, Neptune and Jupiter just had a big conjunction in Pisces, which means that the ancient ruler and the modern ruler of Pisces were at home together in the same sign or are at home together in the same sign. Venus and Mars are also transiting through Pisces right now, so there's a lot of activity which is happening in this very watery sign, which is associated with the 12th house, which can be a space between life and death and can also be a place where stuff is very unconscious, even within ourselves and takes a bit of work to define. All that is to say is I have been feeling tremendously emotional during this time. I feel like there's fresh grief around old grief, which has been coming up for me , and I'm always curious about other kinds of grief practices or rituals that I can incorporate into my day. That's the background to the question. How do I care for this grief that I'm experiencing right now? Dorothy: Mm. All right, so I'm going to pull a couple cards…And the first card I pulled was the Eight of Swords. It's an image of a feminine figure blindfolded with swords, kind of staked into the ground. She is bound, and there are a lot of ivy leaves in the background, as well as a panel of purple and hues that are bluish pinkish. And then the second card I pulled, it's the Seven of Cups. Indira: Oh, wow. Illusions abound!. Dorothy: Yeah. Or, you know, the imaginary liminal space, but yes, absolutely. The Seven of Cups is a masculine figure in the foreground, looking up at these seven cups in these different cups, they're golden goblets. They contain different types of figures: a dragon, a wreath, jewels, the tower that we might see in the Tower card, a serpent, a figurehead, and then a bit of a a hidden figure. Those kinds of elements that we see in the Seven of Cups. So let me hand it over to Ana and Xiaowei. Xiaowei: I'll start with the Eight of Swords. I'm actually using a new deck that I haven't used before. And it's by a series of artists from Art Space 220 in Providence, Rhode Island, the Murmurations Tarot Deck. And in the Eight of Swords in this deck, it's similar where there's like knives surrounding this feminine figure, but there's actually this latent strength, and the feminine figure, like their feet, their legs are quite muscular. And there's like one knife like in those secret agent movies where it's like, the knife is like in the garter belt. And it's like, oh, but I've got this one secret knife that I can always take out. And so I don't know, like a sword, there's the double edge of both the kind of grief and anxiety and anxiousness that pulls one back. And then there's also that sword as a kind of secret power, and so I don't know, I feel like your work speaks so much to grief and loss, but there's also this kind of latent strength and secret power. I'm curious how that resonates for you. Indira: I do feel like how I was talking about the 12th house. Right now I feel the presence of something, which is a resource. I know it's in the room. I know it's on stage with me. Yeah, but it's like, I don't have an ID on it. If that makes sense. Xiaowei: That kind of giving name to that latent power feels like a way to tend to tend to it. Indira: Thank you. Ana: To me, the Seven of Cups— there's the Rachel Pollack interpretation and in their book, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, it's about getting lost in visions. But I like this idea — what I love about the Seven of Cups, it's such a beautiful image of many things coming together, many practices, objects, spirits, visions. And it makes me think so much of your work, Indira, of Texere. That this work you're doing of weaving together people's stories and lives. That this time of grieving is a collective one. This time of grieving is both individual stories, but we're all weaved together right now. The sadness is bringing up old sadnesses for us. It's a collective kind of action at the same time. And I always liked the interpretation of the Seven of Cups as a way to understand the visions that you're looking at, to name them, sit with them, be present with them. And to me, what's so powerful about the work you do, your calling, as you say, Indira, is that it's both highly individual, highly specific, but also incredibly collective at the same time. And it just reminds me of a Buddhist teacher who said that sometimes these moments of grief, of sadness, they remind us of how not alone we are because they connect us. That pain connects us with other people and reminds us that we need other people, we need these stories. Dorothy: Yes. Plus 1000. All the things. Thank you, Ana, for that mention of Texere. I almost see the Eight and the Seven or the Eight of Swords and the Seven of Cups as basically the warp and the weft. Eight numerologically in tarot is that of action. So what is this figure going to do to unbind herself and find her way through the swords? Because there is an opening, actually, there is a couple in the Rider Waithe depiction where she is not fully enclosed. And so think about this kind of woven nature. If we think even how, if you look at how the figure itself is painted on, there is intersections and crossing over. But then when you talked about, well, there is an opening in between the warp and the weft and those are portals. Well, that is the Seven of Cups. So I love that the two cards are showing us what we've already been talking about this whole time. The reason why I think Ana, Xiaowei, you and I believe so wholeheartedly in this magic of tarot and what it tells us and how we create and how we create, generate and bring into existence these different narratives through all these different art forms, but especially thinking about your practice and how going back to your original question of like holding the grief, processing it. And I feel these two cards are so indicative. I feel tarot always tells you what you know, on top of having a huge sense of humor. Indira: Yeah, no, definitely on the humor piece for sure. Oh my goodness. I'm very grateful. Thank you. Thank you to each of you. [31:47] Queen of Pentacles Dorothy: The other thing is just because inquiring minds want to know is — we want to know about the Queen of Pentacles. Indira: That's so funny. So for those of you who are listening, I'm using my headphones to record this interview, and I name all my devices. Yeah, which I feel like for me is a way of engaging in practical magic around the practice of address. So in the same way that I love being addressed as they/them, because it invokes so many different types of power. I love being able to address my devices in the same way. And so Queen of Pentacles for me speaks to the kinds of resource that come to me through podcasts such as Five and Nine and other music that may be — I'm a big playlist person, so music is a huge resource for me, both emotionally, and in terms of thinking about moving my body. And thinking about phone call and voice node and other forms of conversation as being such a place of resource for me. I am a hard of hearing person myself. When I put my headphones on, there's just this space of intimacy and clarity, which comes through for me through the voice. Five and Nine is a podcast newsletter at the intersection of magic, work and economic justice. We publish “moonthly” — a newsletter every new moon

San Francisco-based artist Sarah Thibault talks about: How she's the last artist in S.F., or at least so it seems; a ghost encounter she experienced in Edinburgh (Scotland), as well as her engaging in Tarot cards and other new-age spiritual pursuits, largely as a byproduct of the pandemic; her experiences going to a range of artist residencies, from remote ones with just a couple fellow residents in Portugal, to a more professionalized one at Plop in London; the Minnesota Street Project, a subsidized artist studio and gallery complex in SF where Sarah has a long-term lease at ‘below-market rate,' and the barriers for entry there; her transition from working in executive assistant jobs to becoming a recruiter; and we talk about my concerns about Sarah's giving me a tarot reading (and spoiler: we eventually do one in a bonus episode to come).

Today's guest on Empowering Leadership views the body as an instrument that must be cultivated through contemplation and self care. Danny Skinner is a project manager at Minnesota Street Project, an artist-led collaborative that provides studio space, gallery space, and services to San Francisco's creative community.    Danny's journey from tactician to strategist gives him an appreciation for the power of relationships to reveal what is wanted and needed. In today's episode, he speaks to host Doug McVadon about crucible moments on his journey, what he learned from working with Dorrier Underwood, and how a recent health challenge shaped his view of what he can expect of himself. 

Carole Silverstein is a Los Angeles based artist who has exhibited in galleries and alternative venues throughout the US, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and San Francisco. In 2015 she showed at the 56th Venice Biennale in an exhibit entitled “We Must Risk Delight: 20 Artists from Los Angeles” at the Magazzino del Sale, Venice Italy. Additionally, her work was featured in an exhibit which traveled to London, Paris, Berlin, Manila, Capetown, and Johannesburg. She received her MFA from Queens College, CUNY and her BFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, with additional study at the International School of Art in Montecastello di Vibio, Italy. In 2000, a book collaboration of her collages and the poetry of Jim Henderson was published entitled “Clearly These Clouds”. Her artworks are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Citibank, Art in US Embassies (US Embassy Djibouti), Art for Healing, The Salser Collection, and numerous private collections. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles. Books mentioned in the interview are Rebecca Solnit's Orwell's Roses and Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. Solo show at Nancy Toomey Fine Art, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco. Includes installation elements of silver tape floor drawings and satin & sequin fabrics running along the borders of the gallery floor. touching the constellations, 40” x 36”, Acrylic Ink on Mylar she wears her potency as ornaments, 58” x 42 1/2”, Acrylic Ink on Mylar  

Madison Cario hosts this episode on the relationship between lighting design and dance, featuring some of the 20th century's most prominent designers—Tom Skelton, Beverly Emmons, Jennifer Tipton, and Mark Stanley. Now the CEO of San Francisco's Minnesota Street Project, Cario draws upon their beginnings in lighting design to illuminate different perspectives on design, collaboration, and building a world on stage.

https://tvotshow.com/televisionation - ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry.This episode features augmented reality (AR) artist, Camila Magrane*, who is best known for AR collages in which she combines traditional darkroom techniques and digital tools to create surreal imagery and narratives. She discusses her background and influences, the technologies and tools she uses to create her work, how she is embracing NFTs, the directions in which she believes her art will evolve going forward, and more.Art Exhibit through August 28, 2021: Minnesota Street Project at Themes+Projects Gallery*Camila will be present at the gallery Saturday, August 21, from 1pm to 4pm

In this episode, Thibault speaks with Oakland-based artist, educator, former gallery director, and entrepreneur Elizabeth Bernstein. Original airdate May 7, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. Bernstein was a visiting faculty in the photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute, and was, until its close in September 2019, the Gallery Director of Royal Nonesuch Gallery in Oakland, CA. Her photography work has been shown across the US. She is now the owner of Maker's Loft in Oakland. Links Makers Loft in Oakland, CA Elizabeth Bernstein's website The San Francisco Art Institute That Could Have Been by Sarah Hotchkiss Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

In this interview, Thibault speaks with Florence-based artist and professor Victoria DeBlassie and writer Connor Maley. Original airdate: April 23, 2020 in conjunction with Minnesota Street Project. Victoria DeBlassie is an MFA alumnus of California College of the Art's Fine Art's program, and a recipient of a Fulbright Grant and a Spacciamo Culture Grant. Connor Maley is an MFA alumnus of California College of the Art's Writing Program and also a recipient of a Spacciamo Culture Grant. Links victoriadeblassie.com My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

In this interview, Thibault speaks with independent curator, Leslie Moody Castro, who during the filming is in residence at Casa Lu in Tepotzlan, MX along with the host. Original airdate April 28, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. Leslie Moody Castro is an independent curator and writer whose practice is based on itinerancy and collaboration. She has produced, organized, and collaborated on projects in Mexico and the United States for more than a decade, and her repertoire of critical writing is also reflective of her commitment to place. She is committed to creating moments of artistic exchange and dialogue and as such is a co-founder of Unlisted Projects, an artist residency program in Austin, Texas. In 2017, she was selected as Curator and Artistic Director of the sixth edition of the Texas Biennial and was recently the first invited curator in residence at the Galveston Artist Residency. Moody Castro earned a Master's degree at The University of Texas at Austin in Museum Education with a portfolio supplement in Museum Studies in 2010, and a Bachelor's degree in Art History at DePaul University in Chicago in 2004, and has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment of Arts for her curatorial projects (2016, 2017). In addition to her firm belief that the visual arts creates moments of empathy, Moody Castro also believes that Mariachis make everything better. Links Leslie Moody Castro's website www.lesliemoodycastro.com Casa Lü Artist Residency 2017 Texas Biennial Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

In this interview, Thibault speaks with novelist and business owner Vanessa Fabiano based at the time of the interview in Madrid, Spain. Original airdate, May 21, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. Vanessa Fabiano is the Co-Founder of the literary event series Madrid Bookie. Vanessa is now based in Copenhagen and Bornholm, Denmark. Links Vanessa Fabiano website Madrid Bookie website Nordikos popsicles Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

Thibault speaks with Charleston-based Andra Watkins, the New York Times best-selling author of “Not Without My Father.” Original airdate: April 16, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. Andra Watkins is the author of four books and counting. Her acclaimed first novel To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis was published by Word Hermit Press on March 1, 2014. Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace is a memoir about her dysfunctional family adventure; it is a National Book Award nominee and a New York Times bestseller. Natchez Trace: Tracks in Time is a book of photography, shot during her 15-mile daily hikes on her 444-mile Natchez Trace walk. Links Andra Watkins website Andra Watkins Instagram Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts, and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus; and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Website: artiststravel.space Credits Music composed & performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

In this interview, Thibault speaks with San Francisco-based artist, educator, and writer Danielle Lawrence. Original airdate May 5, 2020, presented in conjunction with Minnesota Street Project. Danielle Lawrence is a San Francisco-based artist whose work merges unconventional materials, painted imagery and 3-dimensional form to renegotiate painting’s traditional anatomy and definition. Her practice addresses the conceptual nature of hybridity by scrambling long-standing divisions and arguments between painting and sculpture, abstraction and representation and craft and fine art. Reworking painting’s physicality creates a fluid approach to its historical form, surface and materiality opening up sites of potential to explore sexuality, gender and class. Links Danielle Lawrence website Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad. Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

In this interview, Thibault speaks with Brooklyn-based artist and MFA candidate at Hunter College, Pol Morton.    Original airdate April 21, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project.    Polwin Morton, born in Palo Alto, California, received their BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2009.  After graduation, Morton lived, painted, and exhibited in Beijing, China for four years.  They are currently an MFA candidate at Hunter College.     Links Pol Morton's website  Hunter MFA Program  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault  Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

Artists + Travel is a podcast, hosted by artist and writer Sarah Thibault, that connects listeners with artists, writers, and curators from all over the world. After a major life upheaval. In 2018, Thibault left her home base of San Francisco to travel to artists residencies abroad. For two years, she lived out of her suitcase. In March 2020 while attending an artist residency in Mexico, the pandemic rocked the world. In response to this phenomenon. Thibault reached out to her network of creators all over the world to hear about how they were experiencing the pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share unique perspectives that arise from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences to find out what is shared. The first season of Artists + Travel is comprised of these interviews from April and early May of 2020. They were first published in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. The podcast is meant as an archive of these experiences as well as a jumping off point for new conversations. Season 2 will be released with new episodes later this spring of 2021 in which Thbault talks to creative people who are bringing their light to the world. Because as Joseph Campbell says in the power of myth, the world is a wasteland. It needs your joy. Subscribe on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Instagram: @sarah_thibault artiststravel.space sarahthibault.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sarah-thibault11/support

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "The Dream Reality," the twentieth and final episode of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Attracting Your True Self," the nineteenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "On Ephemerality," the eighteenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Peeling Off the Layers of Life," the seventeeth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Expanding Your Presence," the sixteenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Being One With the Universe," the fifteenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Cloud Formations," the fourteenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Observing Your Miniature Self," the thirteenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Building a Monument," the twelfth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Traveling Without Moving," the eleventh guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "The Robot Suit," the tenth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Coloring the World Around Us," the ninth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "The Magic Wand," the eighth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here, Phanichphant leads "Analyzing Favorite Things in Life," the seventh guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation. Here Phanichphant leads "The Open Construct," the sixth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here Phanichphant leads "A Hero's Journey," the fifth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques.

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads "The Shapes Of Our Minds," the fourth guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here Phanichphant leads "Visualizing The Colors Of Life," the third guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant is back for a second season of DADA Meditation! Here Phanichphant leads "Flowing with the Breath," the second guided visualization of season two.⁣ ⁣ Purin Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is influenced by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet⁣

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant jumpstarts season two of DADA Meditation with "Peace Reimagined" on MSP.TV.

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads "Back to the Drawing Board", the twenty-first episode and season one finale of DADA Meditation. Stay tuned for Season 2 in the coming month, and in the meantime, we invite you to explore all twenty one episodes of DADA Meditation on MSP.TV.

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads "Creating Your Own Movie", the twentieth installment of his guided meditation series, DADA Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the nineteenth installment of his guided meditation series, DADA Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the eighteenth installment of his guided meditation series, DADA Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the seventeenth installment of his guided meditation series, DADA Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the sixteenth installment of his guided meditation series, DADA Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the fifteenth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the fourteenth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the thirteenth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the tweflth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the eleventh installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the tenth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the ninth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the eighth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the seventh installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the sixth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the fifth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the fourth installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co@1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the third installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @minnesotastreetproject

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the second installment of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet

Minnesota Street Project studio artist Purin Phanichphant leads the first of his guided meditation series, Dada Meditation. Phanichphant is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is colored by various meditation and mindfulness practices, as informed by his time as a Buddhist monk in northern Thailand. Follow along as Phanichphant introduces the grounding effects of visualization techniques. @purin.co @1240minnesotastreet

Chris Grunder is an artist, curator, and educator living in San Francisco. Born in Hawaii and raised in Alaska, he's always been an outsider on the inside; observing the world and all it's vagaries with curiosity more than concern. He now runs a small gallery called Bass & Reiner in the Minnesota Street Project with an eye for emerging and underrepresented artists...just don't try to send him your portfolio. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/possibilityhours/support

The 4th annual San Francisco Art Book Fair kicks off this weekend at the Minnesota Street Project and so for this week's guest I thought it would be great to invite one of the exhibitors:...

In this episode, Tre Borden speaks with artist, Leila Weefur, whose discussion of black identity is at the center of her work and who is helping to build collectives and spaces in the Bay Area. Together, Tre and Leila ruminate on the complexities of black identity, how it is defined, for whom and by whom. This episode also dives into the double edged sword that is Black History month, and discusses Leila’s upcoming solo-show, Between Beauty & Horror, opening Friday, February 15, 2019 at Aggregate Space Gallery in Oakland.**Things to Note**~22-27:30 - When discussing institutional representation and minoritarian artists, Leila Weefur quotes Gelare Khoshgozaran Referenced Spaces & Literature:Wolfman BooksBetti Ono GallerySpirithaus GalleryThe Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman-About Leila Weefur-Leila Weefur (She/They/He) is an artist, writer, and curator who lives and works in Oakland, CA. She received her MFA from Mills College. Weefur tackles the complexities of phenomenological Blackness through video, installation, printmaking, and lecture-performances. Using materials and visual gestures to access the tactile memory, she explores the abject, the sensual and the nuances found in the social interactions and language with which our bodies have to negotiate space.She is a recipient of the Hung Liu award, the Murphy & Cadogan award, and the Walter & Elise Haas Creative Work Fund. Weefur has worked with local and national institutions including SFMOMA, Southern Exposure, The Wattis, and Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York. Weefur is the Audio/Video, Editor In Chief at Art Practical and a member of The Black Aesthetic.Learn more about Leila Weefur by visiting www.leilaweefur.comor Follow her @SpikeLeila

On today’s episode we’re joined by artist, curator, and director Brion Nuda Rosch. Brion discovered his love of art-making in the San Francisco creative community scene of the 1990s. He went on to curate art shows (even some in his apartment bathroom), make his own way as a painter by initially cutting up and recontextualizing his work, and breaking into the art world not through a MFA but by an unrelenting commitment to moving forward. Brion spends his days directing the studio program at Minnesota Street Project––helping to support the careers and creative practices for resident artists. Minnesota Street Project is based in San Francisco’s Dogpatch district and provides sustainable spaces for galleries, artists, and arts nonprofits. Tune in for Brion’s story and learn more about how to carve your own path by earning your stripes in the real world.

Do you smell good? We don’t mean body odor. We mean your sense of smell! Chef Daniel Patterson and perfumer Mandy Aftel are authorities on fragrances, flavors, and aromas and are here to share their wisdom. They are also co-authors of the new book, The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food, a compilation of recipes and advice. Daniel is the Oakland-based award-winning chef, author and restaurateur behind Coi, Alta Group's Alta at Mid-Market, the newly opened Alta at Minnesota Street Project, and several other Bay Area restaurants. He is also the co-founder of the "revolutionary fast food venture" LocoL. Mandy Aftel is an internationally known Berkeley-based artisan perfumer and award-winning author, most recently of Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent. She is one of the world’s foremost authorities on natural fragrance and recently opened a by-appointment-only fragrance museum in Berkeley, right near Chez Panisse. Radio Cherry Bombe is powered by Simplecast

This week the 2nd annual SF Art Book Fair opens at the Minnesota Street Project. To talk more about the fair I have invited one of its co-founders Luca Antonucci, back onto the podcast to...

While Marv mixed up a White Whale in honor of Melville, we spotted Deborah Rappaport on a stroll down below. Conquering her fear of heights, she rode the gondola up to jr.tiki where we talked about the Minnesota Street Project, collecting, cats, comics, and a lil' Lil' Wayne. It's KunstCapades episode 29!