Podcast appearances and mentions of Rose B Simpson

Practices of guardianship — invoking guardian deities, enlisting spirit help, clearing spaces of questionable energies, and establishing boundaries around ritual, communal, and personal space — are common to animate traditions across the world. In many traditions, guardianship is absolutely central as we navigate a world of forces, not all of which are traditionally seen as beneficial. So traditional practitioners — even as they commune with the natural world — also draw clear boundaries, send wayward spirits fleeing, and even do battle with malefic energies. Such practices challenge modern western minds and are often dismissed as 'superstitious' or as the least important part of any traditional practice. They rub up against modern visions of a cosmos or a natural world that is 'all good', as they suggest the existence of things like malefic forces that are incompatible with a modern rationalist vision. So modern spiritualities forgo traditional understandings of guardianship and promote a vision of 'openness' within a universe that is 'all good.'  Yet many traditions focus a lot of attention on closing, sealing, and directly establishing boundary. Even in non-dual traditions that see a cosmos ultimately beyond yes and no and good and evil, practitioners spend years establishing boundary, cultivating discernment, and invoking guardian entities. With the rise of modern freeform spiritual experimentation, people are invoking and inviting spiritual forces and navigating heightened states of consciousness often without any attention to guardianship. In such a time, when mental states are fragile and traditional safeguards are no longer in place,  it can be important to understand what guarded space looks like personally and ritually. Guardianship practice needn't be complicated. It starts very simply, with offering and gratitude, and with how we navigate our own thoughts and feelings. Featuring conversations with Tantric scholars Dr. Ben Joffe, Dr. Hareesh Wallis, and Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina, author and Ayurvedic Doctor Robert Svoboda, sculptor Rose B. Simpson and activist Nadia Irshaid Gilbert, this episode dives deep into how traditional systems have viewed guardianship practice and its necessity in an age of spiritual free-for-all and excessive exposure to internet imagery. Listen on a good sound system at a time when you can devote your full attention.Support the Show.

Indigenous artist Rose B. Simpson's new public art exhibition, Seed, is now on view at both Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park. The installations feature Simpson's sculpture work, which is also on view at this year's Whitney Biennial. There will also be public programs led by Simpson and other indigenous cultural leaders. Simpson joins to discuss her practice alongside Madison Square Park Conservancy curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport. Seed is on view through September 22.

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA podcast is one of the most exciting artists working in the world right now, Rose B Simpson. An artist working across mediums that span from sculpture to performance, painting and ceramics, Simpson is hailed for her life size clay figures which she adorns with a plethora of symbols, extended antennas and materials – from steel, beads, leather, and wood... She challenges the nature of sculpture in ways, as she has said, that “can transform my own reality”, and her figures appear to be imbued with spirituality. They have titles like Genesis, Guides, Heights and Vital Organ – accentuating the importance of the body and rituals. Simpson was born, and lives and works, in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, and grew up in a multigenerational, matrilineal lineage of artists working in clay, including her mother, whose work is grounded in Pueblo traditions. Her practice is informed by Indigenous tradition, as she has said: “The work represents my own journey, whether it is a psychological investigation or a new spiritual awareness, or practical…” A recipient of a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts, an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011, and another MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2018, storytelling, history and making seems to be at the centre of her practice – something she has expanded on further with her artwork Maria – a black-on-black Lowrider 985 Chevrolet El Camino and artwork and named in honour of Native American artist Maria Martinez, which sits at the heart of her community in Espanola Valley – and I can't wait to find out more! LINKS: https://www.rosebsimpson.com/works https://jackshainman.com/artists/rose-b-simpson https://art21.org/artist/rose-b-simpson/ https://jessicasilvermangallery.com/rose-b-simpson/selected-works/ https://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/rose-b-simpson-legacies/ -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.famm.com/en/ https://www.instagram.com/famm.mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield

Today, indigenous artist Rose B. Simpson's new public art exhibition, Seed, is now on view at both Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park. The installations feature Simpson's sculpture work, which is also on view at this year's Whitney Biennial. There will also be public programs led by Simpson and other indigenous cultural leaders. Simpson joins to discuss her practice alongside Madison Square Park Conservancy curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport. Seed is on view through September 22.

This week: after 80 years in business, Marlborough Gallery, one of the most historic commercial galleries in London, New York and beyond, has announced that it is closing. Host Ben Luke talks to Anny Shaw, a contributing editor at The Art Newspaper, about what happened and what, if anything, it tells us about the market. The New Mexico-based sculptor Rose B. Simpson revealed newly commissioned public art works in Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park in New York on Wednesday, called Seed. The Art Newspaper's editor, Americas, Ben Sutton went to meet her. And this episode's Work of the Week is the final painting ever made by Caravaggio: The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, made in 1610. The painting is travelling to London for an exhibition opening at the National Gallery next week, called The Last Caravaggio. Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, the gallery's acting curator of later Italian, Spanish and 17th-century French Paintings and the curator of the exhibition, tells us more.marlborougharchive.com.Rose B. Simpson: Seed, Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park, New York, until 22 September. The Whitney Biennial: Even Better than the Real Thing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, until 11 August. Rose B. Simpson: Strata, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, US, 14 July-13 April 2025; Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, De Young, San Francisco, US, 16 November-29 June 2025.The Last Caravaggio, National Gallery, London, 18 April-21 JulySubscription offer: subscribe to The Art Newspaper for as little as 50p per week for digital and £1 per week for print (or the equivalent in your currency). Visit theartnewspaper.com to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the myths and fairytales, everything teems with sentience and agency... Everything is alive. There are talking trees and singing stones and hedges that move of their own will. Mirrors speak. Swords dance. There are flying carpets and far-seeing spyglasses and cloaks and boots that leap by themselves. This pervasive insistence in the old stories that absolutely everything is alive — that everything has eyes — butts up against modern rationality and therefore gets marginalized as childish 'fantasy.' But as science discovers more and more that the lines between living and dead, conscious and not, human and non-human are not as clearcut as we'd once imagined, as science starts to unpack the sentience of trees and the latent life within clay, we start to (re)discover that 'things' are not just dead objects at all, and that this whole world hums with animacy. And so the vision of a world of persons, a world with eyes, is not simply a child's eye view — it's actually much closer to the way things are. In taking our attention to the least of things, and remembering that we inhabit a world with eyes, we open up the possibility of redefining our relationship with the cosmos itself. Sparked to life by a conversation with sculptor Rose B. Simpson and featuring original music by Peia, Marya Stark, Sidibe, Ben Murphy, and Andy Aquarius, this episode takes us on a journey through talking stones and living clay and animate bells and drums into a world in which everything has eyes, everything has agency, everything is a portal to the infinite — even the seemingly 'inanimate.' Even... your car. Listen on a good sound system, at a time when you can devote your full attention.Support the show

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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.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Shirley Leung talks about her recent experience biking 8.5 miles through Boston to work, and the sentencing of former eBay executive Jim Baugh to nearly five years in prison for running a scheme to harass a Natick couple. Leung is a business columnist for the Boston Globe. We then ask listeners about their experiences biking through the city. Lee Pelton explains the racial inequities are exacerbated by natural disasters like hurricanes. He also discusses President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. Pelton is the president and CEO of The Boston Foundation. Juliette Kayyem discusses the criticism over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and FEMA's evacuation of Lee County just a day before Hurricane Ian hit. She also talks about a rise in threats against lawmakers. Kayyem is former assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, and the faculty chair of the homeland-security program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Her new book is “The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters.” Jared Bowen dissects the cast drama behind “Don't Worry Darling,” and shares whether the movie lives up to its tabloid frenzy. He also talks about artist Rose B. Simpson's “Legacies” exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). Bowen is GBH's executive arts editor and the host of "Open Studio." John King updates us on the latest political headlines, focusing on pro-life Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker allegedly paying his girlfriend to get an abortion. King is CNN's Chief National Correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. We end the show by talking about moral hypocrisy among politicians.

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.

A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma (People of the Red and Yellow Earth), April also has heritage to the Tonkawa and Wichita people. April is a mixed media installation artist, community organizer, and advocate for Indigenous Women. She is a founding member of The Humble art collective of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which worked to create accessible and diverse art environments to the community and empower emerging artists. She is a creative contributor as well as member of The Three Sister Collective of Santa Fe, New Mexico. April utilizes her art to create visibility for Native Women, and bring awareness to the issues Native Women face, such as domestic violence, and missing and murdered indigenous Women, girls, trans people, and two spirits. She is creating a body of work that illustrates the spectrum of Female Indigenous Identity. She incorporates recycled materials as a way of being environmentally considerate to the creative process, as a metaphor for how Indigenous Women are healing in learning different roles in life. Her work is a tribute to the leadership, perseverance, and power that Indigenous Women create in the world through Sisterhood, Motherhood, and community. Show Notes: April Holder's Work on TiK Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ad_holder44/video/6889435675154713861?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6950367740046607877&is_from_webapp=v1&is_copy_url=0 T.C Canon https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/art-revolution-tc-cannon Institute of American Indian Arts https://iaia.edu Stephen Wall Retired and Indigenous Liberal Studies: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/through-native-eyes-indigenous-liberal-studies-at-iaia/article_08778c4f-731e-5cf3-9abf-1a5e234aa1e4.html Layli Long soldier :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layli_Long_Soldier Three Sisters Collective: https://threesisterscollective.org Jeff Kham Obituary News Article: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/painter-taught-at-institute-of-american-indian-arts-in-santa-fe/article_8da76cb8-8f3d-11eb-9004-2fa53e067a6d.html Some of The Humble Collective Today: Cougar Vigil (HUMBLE Art Collective comes to NYC) : http://www.cougarvigil.com/blog/2018/8/1/humble-art-collective-comes-to-nyc Micah Wesley: https://www.micahwesleymodern.com Channupa: http://www.cannupahanska.com Rose B. Simpson: https://www.rosebsimpson.com/works Razelle Benally https://www.instagram.com/razellebenally/?hl=en

This episode we are thrilled to be joined by an amazing gallerist - and friend - Jessica Silverman. Jessica founded her namesake gallery in 2008 in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district; after completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Otis College in Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in Curatorial Practice at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Since then, the gallery has moved to a newly renovated space in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood, with an impressive roster of artists such as: Judy Chicago, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Isaac Julien, Andrea Bowers, and (one of our personal favorites) Hayal Pozanti - just to name a few. Renowned for punching above its weight, the gallery has an international reputation for curating compelling exhibitions and building artists’ careers. Works by the gallery’s artists have been acquired by leading museums all over the world including: Tate (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), MoMA (New York), MCA Chicago, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art - among many others. Visit the gallery's website here. Some artists discussed in this episode: Yoko Ono Ay-O Soo Kim Woody De Othello Dashiell (Dash) Manley Isaac Julien Judy Chicago Andrea Bowers Clare Rojas Catherine Wagner Sadie Barnette La Monte Young Robert Smithson Rose B. Simpson Howardena Pindell Joan Jonas Jackson Pollock Clyfford Still Barnett Newman For images, artworks, and more behind the scenes goodness, follow @artfromtheoutsidepodcast on Instagram.

We spent most of this episode talking about "Maria", an El Camino that Rose refurbished in 2014. Rose has a major new commission of work on view now through June at SCAD called "Countdown" and is preparing for residencies and two large solo exhibitions this year at the University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM and the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV.  

Mixed media artist Rose B. Simpson talks about her art, and being the National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence at Aztec Ruins National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park, both in Northern New Mexico. Nathan Hatfield, Chief of Interpretation for both park units, provides an overview of the history and natural elements preserved in the parks. Websites: www.NationalParksArtsFoundation.org, www.RoseBSimpson.com, www.NPS.gov/azru and www.NPS.gov/chcu.

This episode of Big Belnd Radio's 'Toast to The Arts' show aired live on Aug.. 4, 2017. Mixed media artist Rose B. Simpson, National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence at Aztec Ruins National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park, along with Nathan Hatfield, Chief of Interpretation for both park units. Petroglyphs of Southwest New Mexico with artist Victoria Chick. Jonathan Barker, President & CEO of SK Films, discusses the IMAX documentary filmmakers movement to oppose the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s plan to demolish its IMAX theater. www.BigBlendRadio.com

Rose B. Simpson was born in Santa Fe, NM, and raised among an extended family of artists in Santa Fe and Santa Clara Pueblo. Her mother; Roxanne Swentzell, a known ceramic sculptor within the Indigenous art world, and her father; Patrick Simpson, a contemporary artist in wood and metal introduced her to the art world at a young age. Of both Indigenous and Anglo descent, with art and philosophy primary in both families, she has pursued the pure expression of truth through many forms of art including sculpture, printmaking, drawing, creative writing, music, dance and most recently auto mechnics and paint. Her work often signifies the constant struggle between the two worlds that most modern Indigenous peoples survive through; traditional and the colonist perspective/assimilation.

Rose B. Simpson was born in Santa Fe, NM, and raised among an extended family of artists in Santa Fe and Santa Clara Pueblo. Her mother; Roxanne Swentzell, a known ceramic sculptor within the Indigenous art world, and her father; Patrick Simpson, a contemporary artist in wood and metal introduced her to the art world at a young age. Of both Indigenous and Anglo descent, with art and philosophy primary in both families, she has pursued the pure expression of truth through many forms of art including sculpture, printmaking, drawing, creative writing, music, dance and most recently auto mechnics and paint. Her work often signifies the constant struggle between the two worlds that most modern Indigenous peoples survive through; traditional and the colonist perspective/assimilation.