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Cynthia Nourse Thompson is a Professor and the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University. Prior to this position, for six years she was Associate Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Book Arts & Printmaking and Studio Art at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She has also served as Associate Professor and Curator of Exhibitions at University of Arkansas; twelve years as Professor of Book, Print and Paper Arts and Chair of Fine Arts at Memphis College of Art; and additionally worked at Dieu Donné Papermill, Harlan & Weaver Intaglio and Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper now the Brodsky Center at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Portrait of artist in studio, 2016 Photo: Don Stahl Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC. Hope Gangloff (b. 1974)attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science andArt. She is well known for her vibrant portrait and landscape paintings that combine a distinctive bright palette with intricate line work. Her early portraiture garnered attention for its intimate observation of relatable moments, from a road trip with friends to a late-night houseparty. Gangloff's work was recently exhibited in "Forces of Nature: Voices That Shaped Environmentalism" at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. and in "Women PaintingWomen" at the Fort Worth Modern, with an upcoming solo exhibition at Susan Inglett Gallery,NYC, from 1 May–7 June 2025. Solo exhibitions include the Cantor Arts Center, StanfordUniversity; the Broad Art Museum, East Lansing; and Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Grinnell CollegeMuseum of Art, Grinnell; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Broad Art Museum,East Lansing; the Kemper Museum, Kansas City; and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,Philadelphia, among others. Hope Gangloff, James (Case-Leal), 2025 (Detail) Acrylic on linen 36 x 26 in. Copyright The Artist Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC. Hope Gangloff, 'Bittersweet' barn, 2025 (Detail) Acrylic on canvas 48 x 72 in. Copyright The Artist Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC. Hope Gangloff, Matthew (Holtzclaw) & Prakash (Puru), 2025 (Detail) Acrylic on wood panel 80 1/2 x 48 in. Copyright The Artist Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC.

Jamie Biddle is the founding partner and CEO of VerdisInvestment Management, a single-family office. He sets the strategic direction of the firm, and overseas investment activities, operations, and finance. Jamie is behind portfolio construction, manager sourcing and selection, due diligence,and risk management. He is an active member of the Investment Committee.Jamie brings more than two decades of investing and operating experience, across asset classes and industries. Prior to forming Verdis Investment Management in 2004, Jamie was President and CEO of Orcom Solutions. Orcom was an outsourced customer care and billing service for electric, gas and water utilities across North America. The company was originally purchased by a group of private equity firms (including the Blackstone Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners) led by Jamie and was sold to Alliance Data Systems (NYSE:ADS) in December 2003. Jamie began his career as a VC at EnerTech Capital Partners, funding technologies in energy and power.He earned his Master's in Business Administration from theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Jamie is the Chairman and President of Andalusia Historic House, Gardens, and Arboretum and Vice-Chair of the Board ofTrustees and Chair of the Museum Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Adam Erlbaum received a BA in Mathematics from The Colorado College in 2002.  He has attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the University of the Arts, and the MFA program at the Vermont College of the Fine Arts. Erlbaum has exhibited in Philadelphia, Aspen, South Carolina, and St. Louis.  He paints at The Mill Studios in Philadelphia. Adam Erlbaum "Yellow Alleys," 2024 Oil on canvas. 24 × 30 × 2 1/2 in. Adam Erlbaum "Blue Break Vertical," 2024 Oil on canvas. 30 × 24 × 2 1/2 in. Adam Erlbaum "Yellow Over Blue," 2024 Oil on canvas. 30 × 24 × 2 1/2 in.  

In this episode, I have an enlightening conversation with artist Carla Falb, who shares her unique journey through art, spirituality, and personal growth. We explore the profound influence her father's role as a Methodist minister had on her early understanding of mysticism and creativity, and how these experiences shaped her artistic vision.-----------------------------Since 2002, Carla Falb has been creating paintings of roller coasters from images she captures on her GoPro while riding in the front car. Facing the initial fear and the adrenaline rush of the ride is infused into her work – like a 21st century J.M.W. Turner tied to the mast of a ship witnessing a storm at sea. To the casual viewer, her series depicts mere amusements, yet her underlying intention is that the roller coasters symbolize our experience in this life, with all its peaks and valleys. After the death of her mother on Christmas in 2016, her emphasis shifted to nighttime imagery with light bursting through the darkness. For Falb, the light in her paintings represents our divine sparks or higher selves, connected to one another in a universal field of consciousness. Carla Falb was raised in Philadelphia and spent her summers at the Jersey Shore.  She was very close to her father, a Methodist minister, who shared his interest in mysticism with her, as well as his quirky sense of humor, love of art, music, dancing, and amusement parks! Falb received a B.F.A. from the Philadelphia College of Art and a Certificate in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1983.  During that time, after learning traditional drawing and painting techniques, she created paintings based on imagery from her dreams and visions. Twenty years later, Falb returned to Philadelphia and attended the University of the Arts for her M.F.A. where she began painting roller coaster structures.  In addition to her painting practice, Falb has taught art full time since 1987. She received a Dodge Foundation Fellowship for Artists/Educators that funded her travel to Southern California in 2009 to record source imagery for her Roller Coaster Series.  During her visit, Falb fell in love with the area, and relocated to Orange County in 2017 where she is currently a tenured professor at Fullerton College.  Exhibition highlights include solo exhibits at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, where she is represented, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Alumni Gallery. Her work was also featured in exhibits at the Preston Contemporary Art Center in New Mexico, and at the Noyes Museum of Art in New Jersey.  The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts recently commissioned and acquired one of her HangTime paintings, which feature the light streams of a roller coaster captured on a nighttime helicopter ride.  Discover more about Carla and her work:Carla's WebsiteCarla's InstagramFollow Martin Benson for more insights:*To stay updated on the podcast and related content, check out my Instagram*To support the show and access exclusive content, consider subscribing for $0.99/month on Instagram (link above).Credits: Special thanks to Matthew Blankenship of The Sometimes Island for our podcast theme music!Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/martin-l-benson/support

Emil Lukas Infinite Edge 6 February – 15 March 2025 New York, NY – 9 January 2025: Sperone Westwater is pleased to present new work by Emil Lukas. His fifth solo exhibition at the gallery is comprised of paintings and works on paper utilizing materials which have characterized his practice: thread, acrylic, ink and larvae. Lukas' circular thread paintings, Fuse and In Wave (each 60 inches in diameter) combine an actively painted reflector behind an accumulation of thread. The artist's new series of lattice paintings, including Glass in Moving Water, explores what happens when we process two complementary paintings at the same time. The artist creates an underpainting on the canvas, then layers a second composition on a raised pattern of dots. The combined acrylic-on-canvas works engage the viewers' position and distance in the surrounding architecture of the gallery. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1964, Emil Lukas has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. Solo museum shows include “Emil Lukas: Connection to the Curious,” The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2005); “Emil Lukas,” The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC (2005); “Things with Wings,” The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (2005); “Moderate Climate and the Bitter Bison,” Hunterdon Museum, Hunterdon, NJ (2008); “Emil Lukas,” Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia (2016); “Emil Lukas: Entre dos líneas tenues,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry, Uruguay (2023) and “Emil Lukas: Four Modes,” Lafayette College Art Galleries, Easton, PA (2023). Emil Lukas, In Wave, 2024, thread over wood, plaster, aluminum frame with paint and nails, 60 x 60 x 6 inches (152,4 x 152,4 x 15,2 cm) Emil Lukas, 4.24 Light Years, 2024, ink on glass and paper with graphite and charcoal in painted frame, 15 x 12 x 2 inches (38,1 x 30,5 x 5,1 cm) Emil Lukas, Dendrite, 2025, acrylic on canvas over wood panel, 55 x 79 x 3 inches (139,7 x 200,7 x 7,6 cm)

Donald Camp is a renowned Philadelphia artist and photographer known for his large scale images that explore the dignity and nobility that can be found in the human face. Camp's unique printing methods are based on early 19th Century non-silver photographic processes. In 1990 Camp began his most acclaimed series, Dust Shaped Hearts. These large photographic monoprints are created with raw earth pigment and casein, and transmit haunting and intimate images of the human face. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim and Pew Grants. His work is included in many important collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art , and the Simon Guggenheim Collection.  

What makes American art "American"? Let's discuss. On this episode we welcome back Philbrook curator, Susan Green to chat about the new exhibition, "American Artists, American Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976." It's a sweeping, varied exhibition offering more than 100 masterworks -- by Mary Cassatt, Barkley L. Hendricks, Edward Hopper, Thomas Moran, Alice Neel, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, and many others. It runs through December 29, 2024.

In this episode, I have an enriching conversation with visual artist Emily Weiner. We delve into her captivating work, exploring themes like the archetypes of the collective unconscious, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell. We discuss the relationship between universal archetypal spaces and painting, highlighting how art serves as a medium to express symbolic ideas that are often challenging to articulate. Emily shares her creative process, from the initial stages of her paintings to the intricate creation of her ceramic frames. Our discussion spans various topics, including the intersection of spiritual identity and artistic identity, and the profound connections between personal experiences and universal truths. We also touch upon the influence of Jungian psychology and mythology on her work, and how these elements provide a structured framework for symbolism. Weiner's journey is fascinating, from her academic background to her role as a curator at Vanderbilt University, where she curated a show that explored symbols and archetypes. This experience further validated her approach to art, blending scholarly insights with intuitive creativity. We also explore the impact of family and personal life on her artistic practice, and how her experiences as a parent have shaped her perspective and work. Emily's work is a beautiful balance of objective and subjective components of the unconscious reality we all inhabit. Her use of symbols, color palettes, and compositions invites viewers to connect with deeper layers of meaning and universal truths. This conversation is a deep dive into the spiritual and creative processes that drive her art, offering listeners a glimpse into the mind of a truly insightful artist. ----------------------------- www.emilyweiner.com  @emilyweiner Emily Weiner (b. 1981 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American painter living and working in Nashville, TN. She received a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her MFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City.Select solo and group exhibitions include KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, Germany (2024); Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, USA (2024); Entrée, Bergen, Norway (2023); Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn, Norway (2023); Huxley-Parlour, London, UK (2023); Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy (2023); Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, USA (2023); Pentimenti, Philadelphia, USA (2023); Wespace, Shanghai, China (2022), Gerdarsafn Museum, Kopavogur, Iceland (2017); and Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2016). She has been a Visiting Artist/Scholar at the American Academy in Rome; Artist Resident at The Cooper Union, New York, NY; and Artist-in-Residence at The Banff Centre, Canada. She was a winner of the Hopper Prize (2022), an awardee of the Current Art Fund through The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2021), and a nominee for the Joan Mitchell Fellowship (2022 and 2023). Her paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, and Kunsthall Grenland in Porsgrunn, Norway. See More from Martin Benson *To stay up on releases and content surrounding the show check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠my instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *To contribute to the creation of this show, along with access to other exclusive content, consider subscribing for $0.99/month on Instagram (Link above) Credits: Big Thanks to Matthew Blankenship of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Sometimes Island ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the podcast theme music! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/martin-l-benson/support

Sarah McEneaney's art is singular and unique in its focus on the everyday existence of the artist. Living in the middle of the very busy and complicated city of Philadelphia, she has created a lifestyle of almost monastic discipline as an artist. McEneaney is also an activist and community leader including the formation of the Callowhill Neighborhood Association in 2001, and the co-founding of the Reading Viaduct Project in 2003. She works mostly in egg tempera, and her work is raw and direct, a slow moving autobiographic investigation of the nature of her life, and our life. In that way her paintings are very universal and profound.  She has shown her work in major galleries and museums for the last 40 years, including an extensive retrospective in 2004 at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the university of Pennsylvania. She is included in major collections including Philadelphia Museum of Art,[2] Mills College Art Museum,[3] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[4] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Woodmere Art Museum  in Philadelphia.

In this episode of SEE HEAR FEEL, Dr. Rosalie Elenitsas from the University of Pennsylvania shares her extensive experience in dermatopathology. She discusses her career journey, the importance of daily consensus conferences, learning from junior colleagues, and managing work-life balance. Dr. Elenitsas also offers valuable advice on building a support system, continuous learning, dealing with errors, and the significance of simple yet effective practices in both professional and personal life.00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction01:12 Personal Anecdote: Learning to Ride a Bike02:08 Advice for a Successful Career05:15 Work-Life Balance and Support Systems08:52 Dealing with Errors and Continuous Improvement13:08 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsDr. Rosalie Elenitsas, MD is the Herman Beerman Professor of Dermatology and Pathology and the Director of the Penn Cutaneous Pathology Services since 1999 at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Elenitsas has been a faculty member at Penn since 1991 and has been director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship Program since 1998; she recently transferred the directorship to Emily Chu just this year. She has published more than 200 manuscripts/chapters, and has given more than 100 invited lectures. She is associate editor of Lever's Histopathology of the Skin and the past president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology and past president of the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP). She received the Nickel Award for teaching in Dermatopathology by the ASDP, and has also been elected to the Academy of Master Clinicians at Penn Medicine, a coveted honor for practicing physicians in the Penn health system. 

This week's episode is with David Shevlino.David Shevlino was born in Jersey City, NJ in 1962. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania, he also studied at the Art Students' League in New York. Growing up near NYC, Shevlino was exposed to art as a teenager. He began making trips to art museums at age 15 and developed a love of traditional figurative painting. His early work was very traditional and classically inspired. However, after many years of experimenting, Shevlino began exploring a looser paint application which stradles the line between representational painting and abstraction. This "in between" area is where the painter feels most comfortable and best able to express his artistic voice. His paintings are characterized by broad brushstrokes, a sensuous application of paint and an obvious feel for tonal harmonies. At the same time, the artist demonstrates a firm sense of control, tightening up the composition through his deft modeling of the human form. Shevlino has exhibited work nationally in both solo and group exhibits over the past two decades and currently lives in NC.

In s3e60 of Platemark, podcast host Ann Shafer speaks with Ron Rumford, director of Dolan/Maxwell, a private gallery in Philadelphia. Dolan/Maxwell deals in 20th century art, with a particular specialty in the prints of Stanley William Hayter and the associated artists of Atelier 17, as well as Black artists of the same era, such as Bob Blackburn, Norma Morgan, Elizabeth Catlett, Ed Clark and more. While they could have spent the entire time talking about Hayter (they'll get to that in the History of Prints series), Ron wanted to highlight an exhibition focused on Dox Thrash, which is on view at the African American Museum of Philadelphia through August 4, 2024.   They talk about Thrash and his invention of the carborundum mezzotint, Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop and its relationship to Atelier 17 and Hayter, the monumental importance of the WPA printmaking division, and Ballinglen, an artist residency and gallery founded by Peter Maxwell and Margo Dolan in Ballycastle, a tiny farming town in County Mayo, Ireland.   Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). Sunday Morning, c. 1939. Etching. Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.; plate: 8 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. L-R: Krishna Reddy, Stanley William Hayter, Robert Blackburn, and friend, 1980s, at Reddy's studio. Hayter at the press with lithography press behind him, Atelier 17 in New York. Photo of Pennerton West with fellow artists including Augusta Savage and Norman Lewis. Pennerton West (American, 1913–1965). Troll in the Grain, 1952. State proof; color etching and lithography. Image: 14 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia. Pennerton West (American, 1913–1965). Troll in the Grain, 1952. State proof; color etching and lithography. Image: 14 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia. Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). Georgia Cotton Crop, c. 1944–45. Carborundum mezzotint. Plate: 8 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.; sheet: 11 ¼ x 11 3/4. in. Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia. Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). Ebony Joe, c. 1939. Lithograph. Sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). Octoroon (Study for a Lithograph), c. 1939. Brush and ink wash over graphite. Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 ¼ in. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). Octoroon, c. 1939. Lithograph. Sheet: 22 13/16 x 11 9/16 in. Collection of John Warren, Philadelphia. Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). Charlot, c. 1938–39. Carborundum mezzotint. Plate: 8 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia. Michael Gallagher (American, 1895–1965). Lackawanna Valley, 1938. Carborundum mezzotint. Plate: 7 3/8 x 12 11/16 in.; sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 in. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.   Hugh Mesibov (American, 1916–2016). Homeless, 1938. Carborundum mezzotint. Plate: 5 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965). One Horse Farmer, c. 1944–48. Carborundum mezzotint. 9 x 6 in. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. John Ruskin (British, 1819–1900). The Garden of San Miniato near Florence, 1845. Watercolor and pen and black ink, heightened with whie gouache, over graphite. Sheet: 13 7/16 x 19 3/8 in. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Stanley William Hayter (English, 1901–1988). Cinq personnages, 1946. Engraving, softground etching, and scorper; printed in black (intaglio). Sheet: 495 x 647 mm. (19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.); plate: 376 x 605 mm. (14 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Stanley William Hayter (English, 1901–1988). Cinq personnages, 1946. Engraving, softground etching, and scorper; printed in black (intaglio), and green (screen, relief). Sheet: 460 x 660 mm. (18 1/8 x 26 in.); plate: 376 x 605 mm. (14 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Stanley William Hayter (English, 1901–1988). Cinq personnages, 1946. Engraving and softground etching; printed in black (intaglio), orange (screen, relief), and purple (screen, relief). Sheet: 510 x 666 mm. (20 1/16 x 26 1/4 in.); plate: 376 x 605 mm. (14 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Stanley William Hayter (English, 1901–1988). Cinq personnages, 1946. Engraving, softground etching, and scorper; printed in black (intaglio), green (screen, relief), orange (screen, relief), and purple (screen, relief). Sheet: 488 x 668 mm. (19 3/16 x 26 5/16 in.); plate: 376 x 605 mm. (14 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.       Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland. USEFUL LINKS Imprint: Dox Thrash, Black Life, and American Culture. African American Museum in Philadelphia, March 23–August 4, 2024. https://www.aampmuseum.org/current-exhibitions.html John Ittmann. Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001.  https://archive.org/details/doxthrashafrican00ittm Dox Thrash House, Philadelphia: https://doxthrashhouse.wordpress.com/ Ballinglen Arts Foundation: https://www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org/fellowship/ Dolan/Maxwell's IG: @dolan.maxwell Ron's IG account: @ron.rumford Ron's artist website: www.ronrumford.com  

Welcome Phillip J. Mellen (Podcast Episode 61 and Podcast Episode 53. He studied fine art at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts. Phillip later went to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1999. He graduated in 2003 and returned to Massachusetts in 2006. He became an active member of the South Coast's creative community. Phillip J. Mellen is an active both as a poet, and visual artist. He presently resides in Taunton, Massachusetts where he was from originally. In 2011, Phillip started Ahtcast an independent art podcast. He has interviewed many local, national, and international artists. He also exhibits his artwork locally, nationally, and internationally. Phillip's work is in private art collections in the US and internationally. He also has had his published with Anomaly Poetry and has been published in a collaborative art catalog featuring internationally recognized painter, Sabine Tress. Phillip speaks with The Artists Index's cofounder, documentarian, and podcast host, Ron Fortier, along with co-collaborator Kat Knutsen (Podcast Episode 73, Podcast Episode 131, and Podcast Episode 180) about Could Not Have Done It Without You, a 14-member collaborative poetry, music, and art project album. This episode was recorded at our home base and recording studio at Spectrum Marketing Group at  Howland Place in New Bedford. If you would like to be a guest on The Artists Index or have a suggestion, please let us know! The Artists Index also uses Zoom to accommodate our guests' schedules and to allow them to remain in the comfort of their homes, especially those who no longer live on the South Coast of Massachusetts.  Phillip J. Mellen Taunton, Massachusetts 02780 Email | Website | Facebook | Instagram  | Bandcamp Listen in on the Southcoast Artists Index Podcasts and read the Articles for up close, personal, and informative conversations with the makers, performers, supporters, and cultural impresarios of the remarkable creative community of South Coast Massachusetts including New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Westport, and beyond. Learn more at https://theartistsindex.com/    Consider making a donation https://theartistsindex.com/donate/ 

In this episode of the Blue Rain Gallery podcast, we delve into the fascinating world of renowned bronze sculptor Hib Sabin. Born in 1935, Sabin's artistic journey began with painting and evolved into a passion for wood carving and bronze sculpting. A Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts graduate, Sabin's early career included teaching tenures and involvement with the peace movement during the Cold War. During a sabbatical, a deep, personal need to create led him back to pursuing art as a full-time career. Today, decades into his illustrious career, Sabin's primary métier is sculpture, transforming painted wood carvings into exquisite bronze pieces.Sitting down with Blue Rain Gallery owner Leroy Garcia in the Santa Fe Railyard gallery, Sabin explores his deep fascination with world mythology, shamanism, and spiritual practices. The artist discusses why his totemic and fetish works in bronze often feature motifs of ravens, owls, eagles, and other animals, and how they embody themes central to the human condition, including mortality and immortality. Influenced by diverse mythologies, Sabin's work offers a unique perspective on the interplay between the physical and spiritual realms that is sure to captivate. Additionally, listeners will get details on an art book featuring Sabin's work and information about his upcoming art show, set to open on July 5th, 2024, at Blue Rain Gallery's location in Durango, Colorado. View work by Hib Sabin here: https://blueraingallery.com/artists/hib-sabin/view-all The Blue Rain Gallery Podcast is hosted by Leroy Garcia, produced by Leah Garcia, edited by Brandon Nelson, and music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta.

Ep.204 Nina Chanel Abney (b. 1982, Harvey, IL) has been honored with solo exhibitions at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia (2023); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2023); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2022); the Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York (2022;traveled to Henry Art Gallery, Seattle); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2019–21); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018); and the Contemporary Dayton, Ohio (2021). Additionally, her solo exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (2017), toured to the Chicago Cultural Center; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the California African American Museum, Los Angeles; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Abney was recently commissioned to transform Lincoln Center's new David Geffen Hall façade in New York, drawing from the cultural heritage of the neighborhood previously known as San Juan hill that comprised African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Puerto Rican families. Abney's recent public mural at the Miami World Center was similarly inspired by Overtown, a historic Black neighborhood in Miami. Abney's work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Bronx Museum, New York; the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; the Rubell Family Collection, Florida; the Nasher Museum of Art, North Carolina; and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; amongst others.  Photo credit: Jesper Damsgaard Lund  Artist https://ninachanel.com/ Jack Shainman https://jackshainman.com/ Chronogram  https://www.chronogram.com/hv-towns/review-nina-chanel-abneys-lie-doggo-at-jack-shainman-gallerys-the-school-20807734 Blockonomi  https://blockonomi.com/super-punk-world-nfts-face-backlash-over-focus-on-race-and-gender/ Cultured Mag https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2024/05/16/nina-chanel-abney-jack-shainman-upstate-show Air Jordan 3 Collaboration https://ninachanel.com/news/10-closer-look-at-nina-chanel-abney-s-air-jordan/ nft now https://nftnow.com/art/cryptopunks-debut-artist-residency-program-with-nina-chanel-abney/ NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/arts/design/abney-bey-fordjour-simmons-harlem-renaissance-met.html The Cut https://www.thecut.com/2023/11/where-nina-chanel-abney-gets-her-custom-hats.html Surface Magazine https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/scad-museum-of-art-life-affirming-power-of-personhood-fall-2023-exhibitions/ Juxtapose https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/in-session/big-butch-energy-synergy-a-conversation-with-nina-chanel-abney/ W Magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/nina-chanel-abney-exhibition-big-butch-energy-artist-interview Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/767955/nina-chanel-abney-jacolby-satterwhite-david-geffen-hall-lincoln-center/

Laura Sallade is an artist living and working in Philadelphia. Sallade earned a Certificate in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 and is completing a coordinated Bachelors of Fine Arts at The University of Pennsylvania. During her time at UPenn, the artist has also worked toward a Certificate in Positive Psychology and an Advanced Certificate in Creative Writing. While completing her degree, the artist has worked at the intersection of painting and glass, exhibiting in New York, Philadelphia, and beyond, creating large scale multi panel works. Her most recent solo exhibitions include Cairn University in 2023 and Massey Klein Gallery in 2022. Notable group exhibitions include the Susquehanna Art Museum, Future Art Fair, and The Woodmere Art Museum. Laura has completed public commissions for Atlantic Aviation Airport, Jefferson Hospital, and The Ritz Carlton, among many others. Recent awards and residencies include The SIM Residency in Iceland, The Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, and The Nextfab Fellowship. Laura is currently preparing for a two person show at Works on Paper Gallery in Philadelphia. "Without light we can't see matter—inversely, without matter we can't see light. This interdependent relationship is the crux of my practice. I'm interested in colloquial references to light as a fleeting presence—a shadow appears, the sun sets, a beam of light enters the room. In reality, we know that light is the constant and we are the variable—it's our physical world that is shifting, our planet that is rotating, our galaxy that is hurling through space. I observe these paradoxical understandings of the world and emphasize our skewed perception of light by capturing moments of flux. Using glass, silver, and mixed media, I investigate the link between light and matter. Integrating scientific and intuitive processes, I create evocative gestural works that walk the line between image and object. Rather than rendering light, I rely on its interaction with opaque and translucent shapes and textures to capture the ephemeral. Paying homage to the fickleness of memory, I indiscriminately excavate large portions of a composition through hand-cut elimination and rely on suggestive remains."   LINKS:  laurasallade.com   @laura.sallade   https://www.masseyklein.com/       Artist Shout Out:      https://www.alisonstigora.com/ https://www.leighsuggs.com/ https://www.kristadedricklai.com/ https://www.heathermcmordie.com/ https://www.cameronwilsonritcher.com/     I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast: Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has launched Business Deduction Deep Dive:  For artists and self-employed creatives. and is everything you need to know about self-employed tax deductions. It's just $97 and one hour to save you thousands on your taxes, this year, next year, and forever. Get it at sunlighttax.com/deductions.    Chautauqua Visual Arts: https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residency/ 2-week residency     Apply for Summer Open Call: Deadline May 15 Join the Works Membership ! https://theworksmembership.com/ Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

America's oldest art school, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, is closing its degreed programs after a perilous drop in enrollment. It is just one of the many arts and humanities programs that are being slashed, retooled, and shut down across America. Nico, who both attended and taught at art school, and Jessa discuss the state of arts education, the tight grip the MFA has on the imaginations of our young artists, and why our world trains so many artists for jobs that do not exist. This week's sponsor: http://betterhelp.com/culturewedeserve http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com

Enjoy this stained glass panel discussion with top industry professionals and educators Judith Schaechter, Stephen Hartley, Megan McElfresh, and Amy Valuck. Topics addressed include: what is needed in stained glass education; how the massive number of Instagrammers making suncatchers and trinkets affect stained glass; how to promote stained glass in a gallery setting; and how to stay relevant as stained glass artists. The panelists: By single-handedly revolutionizing the craft of stained glass through her unique aesthetic and inventive approach to materials, Judith Schaechter championed her medium into the world of fine art. The content of her work – some of which gives voice to those who experience pain, grief, despair, and hopelessness – resonates with viewers, leaving a profound and lasting impression. Schaechter has lived and worked in Philadelphia since graduating in 1983 with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design Glass Program. She has exhibited her glass art widely, including in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, The Hague and Vaxjo, Sweden. She is the recipient of many grants, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Crafts, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, The Joan Mitchell Award, two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts awards, The Pew Fellowship in the Arts and a Leeway Foundation grant. Her work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Hermitage in Russia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Corning Museum of Glass, The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution and numerous other public and private collections. Schaechter's work was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial, a collateral exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2012, and she is a 2008 USA Artists Rockefeller Fellow. In 2013 the artist was inducted to the American Craft Council College of Fellows. The Glass Art Society presented Schaechter with a Lifetime Achievement award in 2023, and this year she will receive the Smithsonian Visionary Award. Schaechter has taught workshops at numerous venues, including the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, the Penland School of Crafts, Toyama Institute of Glass (Toyama, Japan), Australia National University in Canberra, Australia. She has taught courses at Rhode Island School of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the New York Academy of Art. She is ranked as an Adjunct Professor at The University of the Arts and Tyler School of Art Glass Program, both in Philly . Born in Philadelphia, Stephen Hartley began his craft career working on a variety of historic buildings and monuments throughout the region. In 1999, he moved to South Carolina to attend Coastal Carolina University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in History. He then relocated to Savannah, Georgia, and continued to work in the traditional crafts and conservation fields while attending graduate school. After completing his MFA in Historic Preservation at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Hartley was employed as an instructor at various colleges within the Savannah area. He earned his PhD from the University of York in 2018 where his dissertation thesis studied the historical and modern frameworks of trades training in the US and the UK.  Hartley eventually returned to the Philadelphia area and accepted the position of Head of Building Arts at Bryn Athyn College, where he formulated the first Bachelor's of Fine Arts (BFA) in traditional building within the United States. Hartley, currently an associate professor in Notre Dame's School of Architecture, wants his students to have a deeper appreciation for the work craftspeople do to fulfill an architect's vision—by learning the vocabulary of the trades, understanding their history, and, when possible, trying out the tools. Executive Director of the Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA), Megan McElfresh has dedicated her professional life to community service and the art and science of stained glass. With a background in fine arts and operations management, she joined the Association as a professional member in 2015 and became the Executive Director in the fall of 2017. Growing up in small stained glass studios, McElfresh continued to build on her technical skills in the medium by seeking mentorship opportunities throughout college. Some of the highlights of her glass studies were traveling to Pilchuck Glass School and time spent at the nationally recognized kiln forming resource center, Vitrum Studio.  Prior to working with the SGAA, McElfresh worked in a variety of roles from operations management at a life sciences firm in Washington, D.C. to IT and web support for small non-profit art organizations. In 2011, McElfresh moved from Northern Virginia to Buffalo, New York, and founded her studio, McElf GlassWorks. With a passion for her professional career as well as her new community, she never turned down an opportunity to collaborate with neighborhood teens and local programs to provide enthusiastic and creative educational enrichment. In her personal work, McElfresh uses her artwork in the advocacy of issues she became passionate about during her time working at a forensics laboratory concerning subjects like domestic violence and rape, and DNA backlogs. Her studio work has been featured in the Stained Glass Quarterly, Design NY, The Buffalo News, and Buffalo Rising. Find out more about the SGAA's 2024 conference here: Conference 2024: Sand to Sash | The Stained Glass Association of America Amy Valuck is a stained glass artist and conservator based in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the current president of the American Glass Guild. She began her apprenticeship in 1998 at The Art of Glass in Media, PA, and in 2014 went on to establish her own studio, Amy Valuck Glass Art, now located in West Chester, PA. Her studio's primary work is the restoration and conservation of historical windows from churches, universities, and private residences. As a conservator she specializes in complex lead work, plated windows, and replication painting. Valuck also maintains a personal art practice, producing autonomous stained glass panels for private commissions and public exhibition, including the AGG's American Glass Now annual exhibit. Her personal work is heavily influenced by the fabrication and painting techniques of historical windows but frequently includes experimental fused glass elements.  Valuck is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, who earned her BFA degree in jewelry and light metals. Her work in jewelry earned awards including the first annual Cartier Prize, and the MJSA (Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths' Association) Award. She has served on the board of directors of the American Glass Guild since 2017 and has participated as a lecturer and instructor at several of the AGG's annual conferences. Registration is now open for the 2024 Grand Rapids conference, July 9 – 14. Find out more about the AGG's 2024 conference here: https://www.americanglassguild.org/events/agg-2024-conference-grand-rapids-mi For further exploration of panel discussion topics: The Campaign for Historic Trades Releases First-of-its-Kind Labor Study on the Status of Historic Trades in America – The Campaign for Historic Trades   

Rebecca Rutstein is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges art, science and technology. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and public art inspired by the natural world. Her work sheds light on places and processes hidden from view to foster deeper connection in the face of our climate crisis. As an artist-in-residence, Rutstein's collaborations with scientists have taken her around the world including seven expeditions at sea and two deep-sea dives to the ocean floor in the Alvin submersible, supported by the National Science Foundation. Her work with oceanographers, ecologists, microbiologists, molecular scientists and planetary geologists give her a unique perspective and broad view of the interconnectedness of all things in the natural world. A recipient of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts with recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, her work has been featured on NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Vice & Vogue UK magazines. Rutstein has exhibited both nationally and internationally in over thirty solo shows, and her work can be found in more than forty public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, National Academy of Sciences, US Department of State, US Consulate in Thailand, and Yale University. Rutstein received an MFA from University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from Cornell University. LINKS:  rebeccarutstein.com     @rebecca.rutstein   linkt.ree/rebeccarutstein   Artist Shout Out:    @sarahagamble, @wmlachance, @jeremy_miranda   I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast: Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has opened her program Money Bootcamp with a special discount for I Like Your Work listeners. Use the code LIKE  to receive $100 off your Money Bootcamp purchase by Sunlight Tax. Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link: https://www.sunlighttax.com/moneybootcampsales and use the code LIKE. Chautauqua Visual Arts: https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residency/ 2-week residency https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/ 6-week residency   Join the Works Membership ! https://theworksmembership.com/ Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

Suzanne Schireson is an artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the recipient of a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship and two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Providence Phoenix and The Boston Globe. Recent solo exhibits include “Inside Room”, Tiger Strikes Asteroid GVL (NC), “Aftercare”, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum (VA) and “Night Studios”, University of New Haven (CT). Her work has been exhibited at The Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia, PA), the New Bedford Museum of Art (New Bedford, MA) and the Sori Art Center (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea). Suzanne attended Indiana University (M.F.A. ‘08), the University of Pennsylvania (B.F.A. ‘04) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate ‘03); she is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.    “My paintings focus on the intersection of caretaking, motherhood, and creative practice. This work began just before the pandemic through conversations with other mothers and caretakers about balancing creative practice (be it writing, music, running or painting) with daily care responsibilities. My images are based on a mother or a caretaker, and I paint a studio for them.    Through painting, research, and installation, I continue to analyze and imagine new ways that motherhood and artistic practice contribute to each other. My paintings invent spaces for nocturnal women, working against distraction in marginal hours of the day. These works are on paper due to a material shift that enabled me to paint at home on a smaller scale at the start of the pandemic.  I am rediscovering color for myself in these works, finding new networks dictated by the twilight of a fluorescent painting ground. I intend these spaces to be more psychological than physical. They are not about escape; they are about a deep desire to reflect and refuel.   My work is inspired by a desire for solitary space, which was so valuable during the pandemic. In quarantine, I occupied more time with those I care for, making flashes of solitude particularly rare. Increasingly, my buildings struggle to hold the figure inside, or the women get to work before the structure is complete. This often leaves an open edge between architecture and landscape, no longer making the studio a fixed place.” LINKS:  www.suzanneschireson.com @suzanneschireson   I Like Your Work Links: Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast: Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has opened her program Money Bootcamp with a special discount for I Like Your Work listeners. Use the code LIKE  to receive $100 off your Money Bootcamp purchase by Sunlight Tax. Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link: https://www.sunlighttax.com/moneybootcampsales and use the code LIKE. Chautauqua Visual Arts: https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residency/ 2-week residency https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/ 6-week residency   Join the Works Membership ! https://theworksmembership.com/ Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

In s3e39, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Sue Coe, an artist and social activist. The pair were joined in the conversation by Tru Ludwig (Sue is one of Tru's art heroes) at Sue's home in the Catskill Mountains, New York.   Sue creates art that goes right to the heart of an issue, whether it be animal cruelty, capitalism, authoritarianism, women's rights or any other progressive ideal. Images are sometimes difficult, (TRIGGER WARNING) and the conversation touched on some topics that may be distressing for listeners. Please know the discussion ranges from slaughterhouses and mass killings of animals to sexual violence against women, along with a number of other tough topics. There are also plenty of expletives coming from all corners. Consider this fair warning.   Sue, Ann, and Tru talked about veganism, the environment, Käthe Kollwitz, Galerie St. Etienne and famed dealer Hildegard Bachert, placing work at an institution (Sue calls Ann “you poor, sad creature”), and starting a museum just for printmaking. It's quite a conversation. Sue Coe on her deck, our temporary recording studio, Deposit, NY. Sue Coe (English, born 1951). Auschwitz Begins…, 2009. Woodcut. Sheet: 15 ½ x 52 in. (39.4 x 132.1 cm.). Galerie St. Etienne. Sue Coe (English, born 1951). Depopulation, 2020. Linoleum cut. Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8. ½ in. (26.4 x 21.6 cm.). Galerie St. Etienne. Shiko Munakata (Japanese, 1903–1975). The Visit, 1959. Woodcut. Sheet: 130 1/16 x 15 in. (33.2 x 38.1 cm.) Museum of Modern Art, New York. James Gilray (British, 1756–1815). Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Innoculkation Hospital of St. Pancras; the patients develop features of cows, 1802. Etching with watercolor. Wellcome Collection, London.   Sue Coe (English, born 1951) and Eric Avery (American, born 1949). Zoonotic Spillover, 2023. Linoleum cut with hand coloring. Sheet: 30 x 36 ¾ in. (76.2 x 93.3 cm.). Published by Tarantula Press, Texas A&M University. Sue Coe's carving station. Sue Coe in her studio. Sue Coe pulls open the flat files. Sue Coe (English, born 1951). Fighting the New Jim Crow, 2021. Woodcut. Sue Coe (English, born 1951). Woman Walks into Bar–Is Raped by Four Men on the Pool Table–While 20 Watch, 1983. Mixed media. 7' 7 5/8" x 9' 5 1/4" (232.7 x 287.7 cm.). Museum of Modern Art, New York. Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969). Shock Troops Advance under Gas (Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor) from The War (Der Krieg), 1924. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint, from a portfolio of fifty prints. Plate: 7 5/8 x 11 5/16 in. (19.3 x 28.8 cm.); sheet: 13 11/16 x 18 5/8 in. (34.8 x 47.3 cm.). Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sue Coe (English, born 1951). Bush Aids, 1990. Photoetching. Sheet: 15 x 10 7/8 in. (38.1 x 27.6 cm.). Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945). Battlefield, no. 6 from the series Peasants' War, 1907. Etching, drypoint, aquatint, sandpaper and softground etching. Plate: 16 ¼ x 20 7/8 in. (41.28 x 53 cm.). Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne. Sue Coe (English, born 1951). Woman Tied to Pole, 1984. Photoetching. 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33.6 x 23.5 cm.). Installation shot from Sue Coe: Graphic Resistance. MoMA PS1, June 3–September 9, 2018. Ann Shafer and Sue Coe, June 3, 2023.

Micki and Dina dish about spending summers on the New Jersey shore, stepping outside their comfort zones, and being fearless in pursuing goals. Micheline Orlowsky (she/her), who usually goes by Micki, completed her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition with a minor in Science and Master of Science in Nutrition from Marywood University. She completed her Dietetic Internship with a focus in community nutrition at Cedar Crest College. Micki is active within the dietetics community, most recently serving as the Past President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and holding various positions with other dietetics organizations. She also serves as a mentor for Diversify Dietetics. Micki discovered her passion for mentoring students while being a preceptor for dietetic interns in her previous position which led her to become a part of the Marywood's faculty. Micki's professional interests include health promotion and wellness program planning, public health and policy, and nutrition education. In her spare time, Micki also enjoys cooking, baking, thrift shopping, performing stand-up and improv comedy, and spending time with family, friends, and her dog, Scamp. Follow Micki on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mickiorlowsky/). If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with others! You can also submit listener feedback or request to be a guest on a future episode by completing this form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/7UZ2kEPDHjBgLhRU9⁠⁠⁠⁠. Help support this podcast for as little as $0.99/month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dishwithdina/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dishwithdina/support

Aaron Bieber of Aaron Bieber Knives joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 432 of The Knife Junkie Podcast (https://theknifejunkie.com/432). Aaron makes fixed blade traditional and tactical knives focused on craftsmanship, quality, and performance. He is located in Pennsylvania.He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, which is also the Knife Junkie's alma mater. Aaron has also worked with and for legendary knifemaker John Gray.Find Aaron Bieber Knives on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/aaronbieberknives.Be sure to support The Knife Junkie and get in on the perks of being a Patron -- including early access to the podcast and exclusive bonus content. Visit https://www.theknifejunkie.com/patreon for details. You also can support The Knife Junkie channel with your next knife purchase. Find our affiliate links at https://theknifejunkie.com/knives. Let us know what you thought about this episode. Please leave a rating and/or a review. Your feedback is appreciated. Also, call the listener line at 724-466-4487 or email bob@theknifejunkie.com with any comments, feedback, or suggestions on the show, and let us know who you'd like to hear interviewed on an upcoming edition of The Knife Junkie Podcast.To listen to past episodes of the podcast, visit https://theknifejunkie.com/listen. And for professional podcast hosting, use The Knife Junkie's podcast platform of choice -- https://theknifejunkie.com/podhost.

Episode No. 610 features artist Dyani White Hawk and curator Kelly Montana. White Hawk is included in "Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America" at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition presents new works that examine the question, "Is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?" The exhibition was organized by a six-person curatorial team and is on view through October 8. White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) makes works multiple media that often foreground Lakota art forms and cultural knowledge and blend both Native American and non-Native interests and art histories. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston. She's also been in group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark., and more. Montana is the curator of "Si Lewen: The Parade" which is at the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston through September 3. The Parade is an epic narrative that unfolds across 63 drawings. Lewen, a Polish-born immigrant who lived and worked in New York and Pennsylvania, witnessed the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945 while serving in the United States Army. In the 1950s he published a graphic novel that responded to the horrors he encountered as part of his war-time experience. This exhibition is the first in the United States to bring together the complete set of works from The Parade.

Episode No. 8 of the Art Throb Podcast features Julien Robson who talks about the Mary and Al Shands Collection, the exhibition of their work Rounding the Circle currently at the Speed Art Museum, and the Great Meadows Foundation that today has awarded more that $850,000 in grants to over 300 artists in the region. ​Julien is an Independent Curator who shares his time between the US and Austria. Educated at art schools in the UK, he began his curatorial career in the University Gallery system in England, and subsequently spent ten years working in private galleries in Vienna.Moving to the US in 2000, for eight years he served as the curator of contemporary art at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia organizing many solo and group shows at these museums.In 2012 he moved back to Louisville and began curating the collection of contemporary art collector couple Mary and Al Shands and, in 2013, edited and contributed to Great Meadows: The Making of Here, a book about the Shands' house and collection.  In 2015 he helped found INhouse, an initiative of Kentucky contemporary art collector and philanthropist Brook Smith that supports residencies and special creative projects.  In 2016 Robson was appointed the director of the Great Meadows Foundation, an initiative of Al Shands that supports the growth of artistic activity in the Kentucky region. Additionally since Al Shand's passing in 2021, Julien now holds the position of Director of the Mary and Al Shands Art Preserve.The Speed Art Museum will present Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection, a major exhibition celebrating the extensive and significant collection assembled by the late Alfred R. Shands III (1928-2021) and his wife Mary Norton Shands (1930-2009), until August 6, 2023.

Natalie Frank was born in Austin, TX and received her Master of Fine Arts in 2006 from Columbia University, New York, NY and her Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Yale University, New Haven, CT. In 2004, Frank was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway. Natalie has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; Salon 94, New York, NY; Lyles & King, New York, NY; Half Gallery, New York, NY; Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL; University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY; ACME., Los Angeles, CA; Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome, Italy; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and The Drawing Center, New York, NY. She has been included in group exhibitions at numerous international institutions including the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME; Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT; The Corcoran, Washington, D.C.; FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY; London Museum of Design, London, United Kingdom; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; National Academy Museum, New York, NY; New York Academy of Art, New York, NY; Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, among others. Her work may be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; The Bunker, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Palm Beach, FL; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA; the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, and elsewhere.

Welcome back to The Abundant Artist, the show that dispels the myth of “the starving artist” and shares how you can live an abundant life as an artist and make a living from your talent one interview at a time.  Joining the podcast today is Adam Hall, who describes himself as “an artist who paints New Orleans''. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Adam's tryst with New Orleans started when he joined Tulane University there to obtain an undergraduate degree in studio art and history. Although later Adam studied in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (MFA), he eventually decided to move back to New Orleans and settle there. The impact of Hurricane Katrina is visible in Adam's art, especially in his black-and-white, burnt-paper three-dimensional collages that explored themes of loss and upheaval. A visit to Paris in 2009 and the study of impressionist painters convinced him to switch to impressionist oil paintings. In this episode, Adam explains why he calls New Orleans his home, his metamorphosis from a sculptor/installation artist to an impressionist painter, how Hurricane Katrina has inspired his artworks, and how he manages the business side of his art career. Key Takeaways: [:33] Cory reminisces how he has known Adam since 2013. [4:05] Why Adam has found his “artistic home” in New Orleans. [5:45] How Adam's website captures the fascinating evolution of his artworks. [7:15] Adam was more into sculptures and installations during grad school. Why has he taken up painting after moving to New Orleans? [10:05] How has Hurricane Katrina shaped Adam's artistic expressions? [12:38] Why it was important for Adam to create artworks that looked similar to oak trees. [20:12] How over time Adam coached himself to make impressionist paintings of New Orleans. [32:30] How Adam has designed his life for selling paintings. [33:40] Adam enjoys the business side of his art career. It's not “work” for him. [36:40] How Adam's New Orleans paintings changed over time and why. [38:14] How the pandemic impacted Adam's choice of subjects for paintings. [41:11] How did Adam figure out what works for him in the business side? How TAA class helped Adam with finding his “voice”. [46:14] What kind of write-ups Adam does regularly for his collectors. How does he decide on what to write? [49:07] Social media and his website helped Adam sell his paintings more than outdoor shows. [51:11] What's working for Adam on social media? [53:00] What's Adam excited about his art business at the moment? [55:03] Cory thanks Adam for joining the podcast! Mentioned in This Episode: Adam Hall's Website Adam's Blogs Find More Episodes Over on TheAbundantArtist.com

Markus Linnenbrink is an artist from Dortmund, Germany who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany and the Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany. His recent solo exhibitions include Galería Max Estrella in Madrid, the Fundación DIDAC, in Spain, the Museum of New Art in Portsmouth, NH, Miles McEnery Gallery in New York, Taubert Contemporary in Berlin, Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, and Maurizio Caldiorola Gallery, Monza, Italy. Markus has been included in group exhibitions at numerous international institutions including the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Borusan Contemporary in Istanbul, Daegu National Museum in South Korea, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Kunstmuseum Bonn, the San José Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond in VA. His work may be found in the collections of the Clemens Sels Museum, in Germany, El Espacio 23 in Miami, the Hammer Museum, in LA, the Ministry of Culture at the Hague in the Netherlands, Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to just name a few. His current show EVERYTHINGBETWEENTHESUNANDTHEDIRT is on view at Miles McEnery Gallery through 22 July 2023 at 511 West 22nd Street.

Episode No. 603 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Eamon Ore-Giron. Ore-Giron is one of twenty artists that the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the African American Museum in Philadelphia asked to respond to the question: is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy? The artists' answers are featured in the two-venue exhibition "Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America." Ore-Giron's work is in the PAFA section of the exhibition. The exhibition was organized by a six-person curatorial team and is on view through October 8.  Ore-Giron's work joins histories, geographies and abstraction as a means by which to explore the layered past and present of the Americas. He's been featured in solo shows and two-person shows at the MCA Denver, LAXART, Los Angeles, the 18th Street Arts Center in Los Angeles, and at PAFA. This episode was taped in January 2022 when The Anderson Collection at Stanford University presented “Eamon Ore-Giron: Non Plus Ultra.” For images, see Episode No. 534.  

Christina Weaver Follow Clyde, North Carolina Christina Weaver (b. 1987) paints flowers and foliage from life. Her work celebrates the changing nature of living subjects through the study of color, shape, form, and light. Christina has a bachelors degree in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington. She has received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for artists who work representationally and was recently a resident artist at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has taught art in a variety of settings and currently teaches drawing and painting at University of North Carolina Asheville. Her paintings are exhibited nationwide, collected worldwide, and her work has been featured in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Christina lives near Waynesville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. show less www.christinaweaver.com@_christinaweaver_

Christina Weaver Follow Clyde, North Carolina Christina Weaver (b. 1987) paints flowers and foliage from life. Her work celebrates the changing nature of living subjects through the study of color, shape, form, and light. Christina has a bachelors degree in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington. She has received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for artists who work representationally and was recently a resident artist at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has taught art in a variety of settings and currently teaches drawing and painting at University of North Carolina Asheville. Her paintings are exhibited nationwide, collected worldwide, and her work has been featured in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Christina lives near Waynesville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. show less www.christinaweaver.com@_christinaweaver_

Sister Mary Scullion and Candice Player of Project HOME tell host Racquel Williams that if everyone had a safe place to call home, equal and livable wages, and quality health care, they could break the cycle of poverty and homelessness. For 35 years, the non-profit has been working towards creating access to affordable transitional and permanent housing programs in Philadelphia's most challenged neighborhoods. Then, Shara Dae Howard talks to the curators of the exhibition, Rising Sun: Artists in An Uncertain America. It's a new collaboration between the African American Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts featuring 20 artists who exlpore the question, "Is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?" To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Didier William is originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He earned an BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art, The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, The Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Carnegie Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Figge Museum Art Museum. He is represented by James Fuentes Gallery in New York and Altman Siegel Gallery in San Francisco. William was an artist-in-residence at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation in Brooklyn, NY, a 2018 recipient of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a 2020 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grants, a 2021 recipient of a Pew Fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and a 2023 recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant. He has taught at several institutions including Yale School of Art, Vassar College, Columbia University, UPenn, and SUNY Purchase. He is currently Assistant Professor of Expanded Print at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. GET THE S&V BOOK HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Make-Art-Contemporary-Artists/dp/1733622098

In this conversation, Jessica discusses, among other things:Mining family narrativesFocusing on what's in front of youWorking with lightThe influence of teachersWrestling with the materiality of nowTranscending the ordinaryPhotojournalism vs artOne ‘good' photo a monthLife fitting into photographyArtist Resources/InspirationInterior Exposure by Jessica Todd Harper and Sarah McNearThe Home Stage by Jessica Todd HarperCentre Claude CahunRick Wester Fine ArtKinship, The National Portrait GalleryBo Barlett at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsMothercraft, Toni PepeUndo Motherhood by Diana KarklinDesigning MotherhoodHettie JudahFlow by Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiVERMEER, Mary CassattMaine Media Photography WorkshopsArnold NewmanThe Mount, Edith WhartonThe Clark InstitutePublished by Damiani EditoreWebsite | Instagram

Ericha Grace MS, NDTR holds the position, NDTR Chair for the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. In this role she uses her voice in mighty ways to represent and speak for NDTRs. Tune in to hear what she has been doing to support the Diet Technicians of Pennsylvania, and why she thinks NDTRs should join the Academy. Outside of her position Ericha works as a Nutrition Scientist. To hear about her career check out her spotlight: https://youtu.be/6ETgFic6bR4 Join the Academy: https://www.eatrightpro.org/member-types-and-benefits _______________________________ Show you support for what we do_____________________________ 1. Subscribe to the podcast 2. Like and Comment 3. Shop NDTR Merch https://ndtr-spotlight.myspreadshop.com/ 4. Visit us in podcast form and leave a review. Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ndtr-spotlight/id1546906433 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7E3GTuCE5RBTYInUhZc21x?si=a2d2a8ee1d604665 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ndtrspotlight/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ndtrspotlight/support

Born in Manchester, England, Jane South worked in experimental theater before moving to the United States in 1989. She has a BFA in Theater from Central St. Martins, London, UK, and an MFA in Painting & Sculpture from UNC Greensboro. Solo exhibitions include Shifting Structures: Survey (2019), Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, IA; Raked (2014), Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NY; Floor/Ceiling (2013), Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT; Box (2011), Knoxville Museum of Art, TN and Shifting Structures: Stacks (2010), the New York Public Library, NY. Selected group exhibitions include the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts at the American Academy of Arts & Letters, NY, SLASH: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), NY; Burgeoning Geometries: Constructed Abstractions, Whitney Museum of American Art, Altria; The Drawing Center, NY; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA and the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD. Southʼs work has been reviewed in The New York Times, the LA Times, Artforum, Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, New York Magazine, Frieze, ArtNews, NY Arts Magazine, and The New Yorker. She is a contributor to the book “The Artist as Cultural Producer: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life” (editor: Sharon Louden). Grants and residencies include the Guggenheim Fellowship (2021); Brown/RISD Mellon Foundation Fellowship (2015); Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2009); Dora Maar House, Menérbes, France (2010); Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France (2010); Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2001 & 2008); New York Foundation for the Arts (2007); Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Italy (2008); MacDowell Colony, NH (2002 & 2004); Yaddo, NY (2001 & 2002). In 2018 South was elected to the National Academy of Design. Jane South is currently Chair of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute.

Artist, entrepreneur & curator Jessica Libor shares valuable advice for artists who seek to advance their art careers and bring their unique visions to life. As the founder of The Visionary Artist's Salon, Jessica works with emerging artists to move beyond limiting beliefs, create their best work, and increase art sales. Additionally, Jessica curates thoughtful and inspiring exhibitions through her gallery, Era Contemporary. In this episode, Jessica provides us with an insight into her creative journey while offering helpful tips and strategies. Here's what we discuss:1. Why it's helpful to stay open to different kinds of opportunities when starting your art career!2. The importance of cultivating relationships with your collectors, and the practical steps you can take to strengthen existing relationships.3. Why practical skills won't be effective unless we do the inner work (hint: get clear on your limiting beliefs!)4. What led Jessica to launch The Visionary Artist's Salon, and why she's so passionate about helping artists to level up.5. Jessica's journey as a curator, and what inspired her to open Era Contemporary Gallery.About Jessica:Jessica Libor is an American artist who received her Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2014. She works in her studio in the Philadelphia area.  She is also the host of the Inspired Painter Podcast, teaches and coaches artists through founding the Visionary Artist's Salon, and curates at Era Contemporary Gallery.Follow Jessica on Instagram: @jessicaliborstudio + @thevisionaryartistssalon + @eracontemporaryWebsite: jessicalibor.com + thevisionaryartistssalon.com + eracontemporary.com Visit our website: visionaryartcollective.com Join our newsletter:visionaryartcollective.com/newsletter

Episode No. 589 is a holiday clips episode featuring artist Rose B. Simpson. Rose B. Simpson is included in two ongoing presentations in New England: her Counterculture is installed at Field Farm, a Trustees property in Williamstown, Mass.; and in "Ceramics in the Expanded Field," at MASS MoCA through April 10. Counterculture was organized by Jamilee Lacy and will be on view through April 30, 2023. "Ceramics," which is up until April 10, was curated by Susan Cross. Elsewhere, the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia is featuring "Rose B. Simpson: Dream House" through May 7, and Simpson is included with in "Thick as Mud" at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington. The exhibition examines how eight artists use mud as material or subject. Curated by Nina Bozicnik, it's on view through May 7. Across ceramic sculpture, performance, installation, and more, Simpson's work addresses ideas as far ranging as resistance, apocalypse, spirituality, and automobile design. Museums such as the University of New Mexico Art Museum (Simpson lives in Santa Clara Pueblo), Nevada Museum of Art, the Savannah College of Art and Design's SCAD Museum of Art, and the Pomona College Museum of Art have all presented solo exhibitions of her work, and Simpson has been in group shows at the Henry Art Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Denver Museum of Art, and plenty more. The program was taped on the occasion of these shows and the ICA Boston exhibition "Rose B. Simpson: Legacies."  From the program: Video from Simpson's 2013 Denver Art Museum performance. For images, see Episode No. 567. Air date: February 16, 2023.

We journey to the bright lights of Hollywood to meet Rocky's original sculptor, A. Thomas Schomberg. Also, we glimpse at rare, behind-the-scenes photos of Stallone and the artist during the statue’s creation. Back in Philly, we visit a foundry and a life-size replica of the Statue of David near City Hall to understand how statues are created. Finally, we go behind the scenes on opening night as Rocky the Musical makes its hometown debut. Show Notes Amerika Idol featuring Boris Staparac. The works of A. Thomas Schomberg. Rocky the Musical at the Walnut Street Theatre. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. A brief history of sculpture.

With all of the tragedy that is going on in the world when was the last time you inhaled joy. How do you allow joy into your world? Joy is the prevalent even in the face of adversity. Sometimes we get so stressed and boggled down that you have to sometimes create joy. How you create joy is looking into the things that you desire or naturally gravitate towards. Finding ways to carve out that joy is something we have to be intentional with as well. We talk about joy, mental health, and creating space for the arts............................................On the podcast we have Josh Campbell, Josh is an award-winning teaching artist, arts administrator, and creative who has worked for arts and arts education organizations in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Over the course of his career, he has worked with various populations including students in grades K-12, English Language Learners, and the creative aging community in a variety of settings including libraries, shelters, virtual rooms, and juvenile justice facilities. As a facilitator he has developed workshops focusing on the intersection of creativity, leadership, equity, vulnerability, and black artmaking traditions. As an artist, he works in the choreopoem tradition, blending spoken word, movement, multimedia, and musicality of the late 90s to create spaces that reimagine the possibilities of freedom and liberation. Currently, he is a member of Jouska Playworks, a Philadelphia playwriting collective focused on amplified stories of the African American diaspora. A Baltimore native, he is a graduate of the University of the Arts and Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied classical music and the tuba...........................................................MULTITUDES: A Multisensory Event Series Celebrating Women, LGBTQIA+, and Artists of Color. World Cafe Live, the nonprofit independent venue dedicated to live music, education, and community, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), the first art school and museum in the United States, are pleased to announce this new series, which features world premiere works from some of Philadelphia's top performers commissioned by World Cafe Live, all inspired by PAFA's current exhibition, Making American Artists. The performances will take place through four curated evenings that take place at both World Cafe Live and PAFA................................................Follow me on all socials as Toitimblog and don't forget the blogDrink of the day is the Bizzy Izzy Highball

Joe Szimhart has worked with more than a thousand people to help them leave cults. Through his experience being in and leaving a cult, he has focused on interventions to free others. During today's episode, Joe helps us understand why someone might join a cult, how money impacts them, and what happens when one decides to leave a cult. He also touches on the physiological aspects of what people must deal with when leaving and what some unsuccessful interventions have looked like. Tune in today to learn more about his work and signs of someone's unhealthy relationship with a group.    IN THIS EPISODE   [1:15] What is a cult? [3:12] Joe shares an example of a case he has been involved in. [7:31] What happens when someone decides to leave a cult?  [9:40] What draws people into cults?  [13:33] How does money attract people or maintain a connection to the systems?  [18:54] How long was Joe participating in a cult himself?   [22:55] Joe talks about the people he has helped in various ways. [24:46] What hasJoe learned from times he wasn't successful in helping someone leave a cult?   KEY TAKEAWAYS   People invest so much of themselves into a cult that it can cause big physiological traps for individuals when they want to leave.  Not all cults are the same in terms of money. For some, money is hidden away, and members are sought for their financial wealth. Other cults don't require members to have money and it's not a factor in getting or staying involved. To leave a cult, an intervention must show the person that they can reinstitute a sense of choice and show them the potential of carrying on their life outside of the cult they are involved with.    RESOURCES:   Beyond the Balance Sheet Website   Joseph Szimhart's Website   Books:   Brain Washing: The Science of Thought Control   How to Think about Weird Things   BIO: Joseph Szimhart has been a Cult Intervention Specialist and media consultant about cults since the early 1980s when he began helping families and individuals impacted by harmful cult behavior. He has a degree in Arts and Sciences from the University of Dayton in Ohio and a Certificate in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently employed as a crisis caseworker at a psychiatric emergency hospital in Pennsylvania. His cult experience with several Theosophy-based cults from 1978 to 1980 drew him into cultic studies. He has presented papers many times at conferences, including with the Association of Sociology of Religion and the International Cultic Studies Association. As a media consultant, he provided the story for A Mother's Deception starring Joan Van Ark (1994), and his intervention work was the subject of the feature article “New Age Exorcist” in DETAILs Magazine (Sept. 1991). The International Cultic Studies Association presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. He maintains an art studio at his home in Stowe, PA. His first novel Mushroom Satori: The Cult Diary, was published through Aperture Press in 2013. His memoir, “Santa Fe, Bill Tate, and me: How an artist became a cult interventionist,” was released in 2020.

Born in Latrobe Pennsylvania, Kenneth Nicholson received his AFA from Westmoreland County Community College in 2010, BFA from Seton Hill University in 2014, and MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2016. He currently teaches as an adjunct instructor at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Seton Hill University, and Westmoreland County Community College. His work has been exhibited in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Ohio, Washington DC, New Jersey, and New York.Follow Kenneth's works in progress on Instagram @grosssferatuCheck out the finished pieces at https://kennethnicholsonart.com

The photographer Sally Mann has said that it never occurred to her to look outside of her home, family, and immediate vicinity to find inspiration. So many artists feel they need to travel to exotic locations to find their inspiration, never exploring what is right in front of them or what they encounter in their daily lives. In this episode of The Art Biz I talk with Sara Lee Hughes, an artist who is deep into a body of narrative paintings with recognizable imagery that is steeped in her personal story—going so far as to include her self-portraits in many of them. We talk about making such personal work and whether there is a market for such work. Sara Lee says her ultimate intention is that she gets under your skin. That when viewing her paintings, you start to question your actions and might find yourself reflecting on the encounter weeks later. We discuss the genesis of this body of work, how she is looking at her art in terms of the long game rather than seeking quick gratification, how she keeps her ideas, and how she has created a discipline that balances motherhood with her studio practice. Highlights Waiting, Father Daughter Dance, and other pieces inspired by Sara Lee's life. (1:55) The family letters that have helped Sara Lee navigate her true self. (6:57) Sara Lee's 12-ft superhero cape and what it represents. (9:05) Painting from experiences results in sincerity. (11:15) Asking yourself questions can lead to your next inspiration. (14:55) Sara Lee's decision to use her own face in her paintings. (18:19) The value of painting the part of your history that isn't talked about. (21:32) There are parts of your story that anyone can relate to. (25:17) Using a list—rather than a sketchbook—to keep your ideas. (27:04) Does personal work sell? (30:20) The evolution of Sara Lee's approach to her art business. (32:39) Finding time for the most important work. (34:32) Mentioned Saraleehughes.com Sara Lee on Instagram Sally Mann Moleskine Cahier notebook Episode 72 with Dawn Williams Boyd William Kentridge Bo Bartlett The Art Biz Connection Systematize Your Art Biz for Business Efficiency Resources Show notes, images, and listener comments How to Price Your Art free report Art Biz Connection artist membership Quotes “These tossed-off sketches are seeds for the work that I've done in the last five years.” — Sara Lee “When I paint from my own experience, there's a sincerity in my paintings.” — Sara Lee “All of my work is my personal experience, so who better to use than myself? — Sara Lee “My intention is to resonate with you through the works that have inspired me to be an artist.” — Sara Lee About My Guest Sara Lee is a narrative painter living and working in Lockhart, Texas. Her representational narratives are influenced by growing up in the south during the 1970's and 80's with divorced parents and operate as metaphors for discovery, other-ness, identity, connection, balance and truth. As a body of work, they highlight moments, memories and ideas that mark a journey of navigation through the differences between her gay father, straight mother and the socio-cultural norms of the era and those proceeding. In her work she is most interested in exploring and sharing the connection she had with her father before his death of AIDS, the profound guidance it had on her life, and how this personal experience fits into our country's broader social and cultural heritage.   Sara Lee studied classical drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she earned a certificate in painting and printmaking. She earned her MFA in painting from Pratt Institute. Sustaining herself through scenic painting and teaching, her work brought her back to Lockhart, Texas where she has lived since 2008.

Brief summary of episode:Zoë Charlton (Baltimore, MD) creates figure drawings, collages, installations, and animations that depict her subject's relationship to culturally loaded objects and landscapes.  Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and participated in residencies at Artpace (TX), McColl Center for Art + Innovation (NC), Ucross Foundation (WY), the Skowhegan School of Painting (ME), and the Patterson Residency at the Creative Alliance (MD). Her work has been included in national and international exhibitions including The Delaware Contemporary (DE), the Harvey B. Gantt Center (NC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Studio Museum of Harlem (NY), Contemporary Art Museum (TX), the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Poland), and Haas & Fischer Gallery (Switzerland). She is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant (2012) and a Rubys grant (2014). Museum collections include The Phillips Collection (DC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), and Studio Museum in Harlem (NY). Charlton co-founded ‘sindikit, a collaborative art initiative, with artist Tim Doud to engage their respective research in gender, sexuality, and race. Charlton is a Professor of Art at American University in Washington, D.C., holds a seat on the Maryland State Arts Council, a board member at the Washington Project for the Arts (DC), and a national board member at Threewalls (IL).Her work is included in “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration”, a traveling group exhibition co-curated by Chief Curator Ryan Dennis of the Mississippi Museum of Art, and Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art Jessica Bell Brown of the Baltimore Museum of Art.  Charlton was an artist in-residence at The Brodsky Center at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in spring 2022 and participated in the Crosstown Arts residency in Nashville, TN in summer 2022.  Charlton is serving on an 8-member steering committee at the Baltimore Museum of Art to reimagine equitable and accountable structures and functions of cultural institutions within diverse local and regional communities.As ‘sindikit, Zoë Charlton and Tim Doud co-edited Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose available through Punctum Books.  Broad in scope, Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose presents an overview of the different paths taken by artists and artist collectives as they navigate their way from formative experiences into pedagogy. **photo Credit Grace Roselli, Pandora's BoxX ProjectThe Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture. Mentioned in this episode:Zoë Charlton To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory. Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode ★ Support this podcast ★

Episode No. 567 features artist Rose B. Simpson and author Brent Martin. The Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston is showing "Rose B. Simpson: Legacies," an exhibition of 14 sculptures Simpson has made over the last eight years. It was curated by Jeffrey De Blois and is on view through January 29, 2023. Rose B. Simpson is included in two other New England presentations: her Counterculture is installed at Field Farm, a Trustees property in Williamstown, Mass.; and in "Ceramics in the Expanded Field," at MASS MoCA. Counterculture was organized by Jamilee Lacy and will be on view through April 30, 2023. "Ceramics," which is up until early March 2023, was curated by Susan Cross. This fall The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia will feature "Rose B. Simpson: Dream House." The exhibition opens October 7. Across ceramic sculpture, performance, installation, and more, Simpson's work addresses ideas as far ranging as resistance, apocalypse, spirituality, and automobile design. Museums such as the University of New Mexico Art Museum (Simpson lives in Santa Clara Pueblo), Nevada Museum of Art, the Savannah College of Art and Design's SCAD Museum of Art, and the Pomona College Museum of Art have all presented solo exhibitions of her work, and Simpson has been in group shows at the Henry Art Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Denver Museum of Art, and plenty more. Martin discusses his new book "George Masa's Wild Vision," which was recently published by Hub City Press. Masa was an Asheville, North Carolina-based photographer who had a significant impact on the establishment of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and on determining the Southern route of the Appalachian Trail, the two crown jewels of the eastern United States' natural infrastructure. Amazon and Indiebound offer the book for around $25.

"Not only am I an artist, but I'm a psychoanalyst and a medical hypnotist and in psychoanalysis, your earliest memories are considered very important. My earliest memory is making something with clay with my hands and as I was making this little thing, a little horsey or a cow or whatever it was. I was maybe four years old and I, I was thinking to myself, this is wonderful. It wasn't that I thought my horse was so beautiful. It was the process of making something with my hands that I enjoyed so much. That has really defined my entire life. I work with my hands, I create art with my hands, and someone wants to ask me what my most important tool was my favorite tool. And I said, my hands. So there's this compulsion, one might say, or drives that I have to create things that allow me to use my hands, I'm at this time, I'm a gemstone carver and high jewelry maker. But I'm also a master knitter, crocheter, and classical marble carver, as well. So art has been very important throughout my entire life, as a little girl, learning how to knit and sew and crochet and do all sorts of very traditional crafts, like calving and hairpin lace. If you could do it with your hands, I was eager to do it," said Naomi Sarna, an international award-winning jeweler.Naomi started crafting jewelry at a very young age. She would walk around her neighborhood selling her pieces and that is where her passion stemmed from. "Watching a plumber, soldering some types together, I found the flow of the solder to be very fascinating. The tool that he was using to heat to solder was all really interesting. And like I'd say, we just learned how to do things because we needed to know how to fix things. In terms of going to school, I did attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia for three years and I went to do classic sculpture carving. And that was, I would say, my most concentrated time, of studying art, but it had nothing to do at that time, with making jewelry. Jewelry came much, much later. I would take a week-long class at 92nd Street. I learned how to do metal forming with a few wonderful teachers, in a very, very wonderful place. But like I say, it would be maybe a week or a year, because, at that time, I was raising my two children on my own. I had gone into the food business because that was what I really knew how to do but I really wanted to be a starving artist. I knew that I could cook well and I started selling my cakes. Then I got into large-scale catering and I specialized in parties for over 1000 people. That was very consuming work for quite a number of years. At the same time, I was also going to school to become a psychoanalyst and I didn't really have time to make jewelry. I looked at a lot of jewelry books, I have a very fine art collection. Finally, I sold my food business which was called Montana Palace, and became a full-time psychoanalyst. That's when I have a little more time to start making the jewelry. And again, I would take a class here, a class there. Then about 20 years ago, my husband died very unexpectedly and I started going out to Alan Reveres School in San Francisco. I took a class that was really quite pivotal with Bernd Munsteiner, he had never taught in the United States before. When I saw that he was teaching a class, I immediately signed up for it, there were about 10 of us in that class. It wasn't that I learned his style. But his attitude was very important to me. He said, to find beauty in anything. If there are inclusions in the gemstone material, aren't they beautiful? And so, if you look at any of my work, you'll see that almost without exception, my work is very curvy. So like I say philosophically, he had a great influence on me," said Naomi.With Naomi's background in working with curved line gems, the piece that she was given for the Big Reveal project was quite a challenge as it was clean and straight. But she ended up putting together a beautiful piece inspired by nature, the ocean."These are waves. I'm, even though I was born and raised in the mountains, I would rather be on the ocean and for me, the most perfect place to be is on a boat in the ocean. So many, if not almost all of my pieces, have these waves like healing, water flowing, that kind of thing. So I created this ring with the Green Tourmaline, MMS, and I surrounded it with yellow 18 karat yellow gold. Then the waves of different colors of tourmaline, green and pink. There are a few diamonds on it and I think of it as sort of Neptune's treasure tourmaline because it's coming out of the water. Very unusual setting, coming out of the water, out of the waves," said Naomi.Tune in to learn more about Naomi's journey as a maker and if you would like to purchase a ticket to attend the Big Reveal event on Saturday, October 8th, click here.Please visit Naomi's website to see more of her work.

Join host Ekaterina Popova and Sharon Wensel on an inspiring episode about returning to art later in life, recommitting to your passion after raising a family, and finding healing and inspiration through nature.  "This body of work was inspired by runs on the local trails and quiet very early morning walks with my dog. I live in a rural area that supplies a lot of inspiration through nature.  I am hypnotized by the light streaming through the trees and how it is reflected on the leaves in a multitude of shapes and colors." Sharon Wensel was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Skippack, Pennsylvania. She has two amazing sons. She studied at Hussian School of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the fine Arts, and Montgomery County Community College. She is a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and Art Queens. She has received numerous awards for her pastel, photography, and mixed media work. You can find her work in private and public collections throughout the country.  https://sharonmwenselfineart.com

Episode No. 549 features artists Aubrey Levinthal and Doron Langberg. Levinthal and Langberg are included in "A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. The exhibition, which was curated by Ruth Erickson, spotlights painters who are particularly interested in depicting what is near and dear to them, including friends, lovers, family, studio spaces, and their homes. "A Place for Me" is at the ICA through September 5. Aubrey Levinthal is a Philadelphia-based artist whose work explores the everyday in ways that engage with painting's history. She's shown her work in galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Philadelphia. In addition to the ICA Boston exhibition, Levinthal's work is in "Women of Now: Dialogues of Memory, Place & Identity" at the Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas. It was curated by Clare Milliken and Bailey Summers, and is on view through May 15. Doron Langberg is a New York-based artist whose often large-scale works explore intimacy, color and touch. Langberg has been included in group shows at the RISD Museum, the Frick Madison, and the LSU Museum. His work is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the RISD Museum.

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