Podcasts about studio break

This week Madison Varns joins the podcast to talk about her studio work, which explores the mundane through mixed media painting and ceramic forms.Madison's work was selected by Studio Break host David Linneweh as part of the 2022 Studio Break Student Competition.

Jonathan was one of Studio Break's MFA Student Competition winners selected in 2021 by juror Kendra Bulgrin, Director of James May Gallery.

Episode 276: This week Hannah Lindo joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice and recent abstract paintings that explore ideas of growth & decay in flesh-like landscapes reminiscent of the human body.   Hannah was one of Studio Break’s MFA Student Competition winners selected in 2021 by juror Kendra Bulgrin, Director of James May Gallery. The post Hannah Lindo appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 275: This week Eva Gabriella Flynn joins the podcast to talk about her work that explores the idea of dual identity and boundaries through her painting and installation works.  She’s currently in a group exhibition entitled: Warmth at Stay Home Gallery in Paris (TN) through 3/6.  Eva’s was one of Studio Break’s MFA Student Competition winners The post Eva Gabriella Flynn appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 274: This week Rupert Hartley joins the podcast to discuss his background in design and his studio practice that has explored mixed media, collage and painting as well as some previous work in installation and sculpture. Rupert Hartley      @ruperthartley on Instagram The post Rupert Hartley appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 273: This week Shahrbanoo Hamzeh joins the podcast to talk about her abstract paintings that explore traumas created by dilemmas related to boarders and boundaries.  She has a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria called: Home Sweet Home through 2/19 with an opening reception on 1/22.  Shahrbanoo was one of Studio Break’s The post Shahrbanoo Hamzeh appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 272: This week Shana Levenson joins us to talk all about her beautiful portrait paintings that are influenced by the daily observations & fashion as well as her highly detailed seres of inflatable mylar balloons. Shana Levenson      @slevenson on Instagram The post Shana Levenson appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 271: This week GiGi deGrood joins the podcast to talk about her colorful abstract paintings that will be in a group show called: Hue and Me, at The 410 Project in Mankato (MN) from December 10th-19th.  Gigi was one of Studio Break’s Student Competition winners selected in 2021 by juror Kendra Bulgrin, Director of James May Gallery. The post Gigi deGrood appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 270: Lea Anderson joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice, that uses a wide range of materials and processes to create variety of 2D, 3D, and installation based works. Lea Anderson      @leaandersonart on IG The post Lea Anderson appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 269: This week Michael Wille returns to the podcast after nearly 10 years to talk about his recent paintings that are process driven, densely layered, and packed with color. Michael Wille      @michaelwille22 on IG The post Michael Wille appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 268: This week Will Hutnick joins the podcast to discuss his large mixed media abstractions created with a range of materials.   Will currently has a work in Artists Draw Their Studios (curated by Michelle Weinberg) at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts at Byrdcliffe (Woodstock, NY) October 9 – November 21 and Mediated Landscapes (curated The post Will Hutnick appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 267: Michele BonDurant joins the podcast to discuss her colorful Plein air landscape paintings and collage works.    Michele’s upcoming shows include: In On Of Paperat/Zeuxis, An Association Still Life Painters, Nov 6-Jan 7 2022 at There Space (New York, NY) and Five Women, Works On Paper at Sarah Gormley Gallery in (Columbus, Ohio) in December 21′. Michele BonDurant The post Michele BonDurant appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 266: Erika B. Hess returns to the podcast to discuss her recent paintings and her I Like Your Work Podcast since her last appearance on Studio Break for episode #207.  In the interview we discuss her recent work, struggles during the pandemic, and her upcoming exhibition this February at Marietta College. Erika B. Hess The post Erika B Hess appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 265: Kelda Martensen joins the podcast to discuss her work as a printmaker utilizing woodblock and other techniques to create prints, collage, and artist books.  In the episode Kelda discusses the balancing act of being a mother, artist, professor, and curator & how her work is energized by participating with artist communities. Kelda Martensen The post Kelda Martensen appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 264: This week Danny Joe Rose III sits down to discuss his paintings that are loosely based off imagined landscapes that are packed with beautiful color combination.  Danny talks all about his background in design and how that influenced his compositions through a variety of materials. Danny Joe Rose III      @dannyrosestudio on The post Danny Joe Rose III appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 263: Joshua Jay Johnson joins the podcast to discuss his print and drawing based works that take anywhere from 3 to 9 months work to complete.  In the interview we talk about his  dystopian landscapes with a wide array of influences from contemporary culture, Northern Renaissance printmaking, and 80’s pop culture. Joshua Jay Johnson The post Joshua Jay Johnson appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 262: This week Ann Blaas joins the podcast and talks about her early creative life in advertising and how she inevitebly returned to painting, exhibiting, and teaching. Ann will be exhibiting work in thee 2021 Beverly Art Walk on Saturday Sept 18th which will include over 50 venues in Chicago (IL). Ann Blaas on The post Ann Blaas appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 261:  This week Ben Cohan, Brett Beery, & Studio Break Host David Linneweh join the podcast to talk about their band Golden Shadow.  In the episode they discuss developing & recording songs remotely over the past year and their first live rehearsal this past July, which included collaborations with “Decals” members Brigham Hagerman & The post Golden Shadow, David Linneweh, Ben Cohan, Brett Beery appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 260: This week Kendra Bulgrin joins the podcast to discuss her paintings, which include portrait and figurative works, miniatures, and animals as a means of exploring themes of identity, home, and nature.  Kendra is the curator/director of James May Gallery and was the juror for Studio Breaks 2021 Student Competition! Kendra Bulgrin      Artsy @kendrabulgrin The post Kendra Bulgrin appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 259: David Kassan joins the podcast this week to discuss his studio practice, he’s currently working on a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors.  David has a two person exhibition with John Nava entitled “Elegies” that opens at the Vita Art Center in Ventura (CA) on June 12th-August 14th. David Kassen      @davidkassen The post David Kassan appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 258: This week Mia Risberg joins the podcast to discuss her colorful mixed media paintings that explore our relationship to nature, place, and memory. Mia will have an exhibition of her “Glimpses” series opening in the June at the Aquarium Gallery at Ann Arbor Art Center. Mia Risberg      @miarisbergart The post Mia Risberg appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 257: This week Iain Anderson joins the podcast to talk about his photo works that range from landscapes to a series of portrait works for his BFA Thesis exhibition that explore a moment in time between the viewer and the subject.  Iain was one of Studio Break’s Student Competition winners selected by juror Tim Kowalczyk The post Iain Anderson appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 256:  This week Maia Stern joins the podcast to discuss her work, which is influenced by fairy tales and folklore through a variety of glass and mixed media based sculptures and installations.  Maia’s work was selected as one of Studio Breaks Professional Competition winners in 2020 by juror Liz Tran. Maia Stern (sculpture)   The post Maia Stern appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 255:  This week Megan Hinds, Nichole Roller, and David Linneweh sit down for a group discussion about their work for the three person exhibition entitled “Pathways” that runs April 23rd-June 4th at McLean County Art Center in Bloomington (IL). Megan Hinds      @megan_prints       Nichole Roller      @gronvold_roller David Linneweh   The post Megan Hinds, Nichole Roller, David Linneweh appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 254:  Carin Mincemoyer joins the podcast to discuss her multimedia sculpture, installation, and public works that explore the relationship between humans and the natural environment.   Her work was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2020 Pro competition winners by our juror Liz Tran.  Carin will be part of a group exhibition entitled “Materials The post Carin Mincemoyer appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 253: This week Anastasia Sitnikova joins the podcast to talk about her conceptually driven mixed media and installation works that explore the relationship between technology, psychology, and human nature.  Her work was selected by Tim Kowalczyk as one of Studio Breaks Student Annual Competition winners in 2020. Anastasia’s MFA thesis exhibition Ordinary Horrors opens at Gallery 400 at The post Anastasia Sitnikova appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 252:  Wansi Ieong joins the podcast to discuss her paintings which are created through a combination of observation and memory.   Her work was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2020 Pro competition winners by our juror Liz Tran.  Wansi recently received an award for her painting “He was here”, which will be exhibited The post Wansi Ieong appeared first on Studio Break.

  Episode 251: Robert Fifield joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice and evolution as a painter and teacher.  His most recent series of paintings are based entirely off of traditional quilt patterns as a response to the stress, anxiety, and isolation brought on by the pandemic that began in March of 2020. Robert The post Robert Fifield appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 250: This week Paolo Arao joins the podcast to discuss his colorful abstract paintings that are mixed media and include a variety of  fabric and textile materials.  Paolo currently has a solo exhibition entitled: Drawdown at Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York (NY) that runs through May 8th and an exhibition at The Columbus Museum The post Paolo Arao appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 249: This week Gabe Langholtz joins us to talk about his work and how his passion for playing music transitioned to creating narrative based paintings, which he describes as Niave Modern.  Gabe is part of a a 2 person exhibition with Karen Lederer at Hashimoto Contemporary (NY) opening March 20th-April 10th. Gabe Langholtz     The post Gabe Langholtz appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 248: Sean Caufield joins the podcast this week to discuss his abstracted environmental landscapes that explore the boundaries of the biological and mechanical.  In the episode Sean unpacks his studio practice which explores print media, drawing, sculpture, installation, a variety of collaborations and other projects. Sean Caulfield      @caulfield143 on Instagram Covid Creative The post Sean Caulfield appeared first on Studio Break.

  Episode 247: This week Ashleigh Morton joins the podcast to talk about her colorful paintings that explore themes of isolation and anxiety through a variety of mixed media drawings & paintings based on experiences working at a grocery store.  Ashleigh was a winner of Studio Breaks 2020 Student Annual Competition juried by Tim Kowalczyk  and she The post Ashleigh Morton appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 246:  Isadora Stowe joins the podcast to discuss her multimedia and installation work which explores memory and environment transformed into colorful and complex psychological landscapes.   Her work was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2020 Pro competition winners by our juror Liz Tran.  Isadora is a recipient of the Edwina and Charles Milner The post Isadora Stowe appeared first on Studio Break.

Amy Reidel makes work that I can relate to. She brings the viewer into her world that is filled with color, sparkle, and rainbows but all the while, underlying insidious imagery creeps in to complete the picture. Amy’s painterly vocabulary allows for her sophisticated application of materials to slam up against visions of the figure in various states of psychological distress.  Through her work, she shows us the underbelly of care, and the mess of loving another human. Glitter coincides with a face that forces itself to manically grin but leaves us with a foreboding feeling that there is nothing to smile about...or is there?    As mothers or primary caregivers, we are told that our experience will be filled with saccharine moments but the emotional turmoil many will face is only whispered about. This dichotomy comes through clearly in Amy’s sculptural, “Mombies”. Mombies are defined as: “A mother who is consumed by raising her children to the point of being sleep-deprived or simply obsessed, and hence zombie-like.” In her ceramic pieces,  the mother or caregiver in question, attempts to become three-dimensional but continues to present themselves in two-dimensions with their painted on face gazing out towards the viewer, mouth agape.    Reidel’s work lays bare the complicated experience of loving another. To love is to straddle a line between sorrow and joy and she walks this line with precision, balancing the wide-eyed, struggle of her figures with colorful, dazzling, sparkly hope.   Amy Reidel is a St. Louis-based artist who has exhibited work nationally since getting her BFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and her MFA at The University of Tennessee. She has been awarded residencies at ACRE (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) based out of Chicago, the David and Julia White Artists’ colony in Cd. Colón, Costa Rica and at the Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis. Reidel’s artwork has been exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum-St. Louis, The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries, Granite City Art and Design District (G-CADD), Lambert International Airport, Flood Plain Gallery, ACRE projects gallery in Chicago, Fluorescent Gallery in Knoxville, and the Amarillo Museum of Art among others. Her work has been showcased through media like Young Space, I Like Your Work podcast, Brenda Magazine (UK), St. Louis Public Radio, the PBS program Living St. Louis, the international publication Daily Serving and the Studio Break podcast. Reidel received a Critical Mass Creative Stimulus award in 2016 and the Regional Arts Commission Artist’s Support Grants in 2014, 2019 and a COVID-19 artist relief grant in 2020. Amy Reidel is an Assistant Professor of Art at Southwestern Illinois College.   “Through painting, drawing and sculpture, I abstractly combine imagery to illuminate the bittersweet conditions of motherhood, family and sexuality; topics most people experience but are not encouraged to discuss professionally. The innocuous, inherited patterns of Grandma’s scarves and decorative rugs merge together with darling babies and scared caregivers in an absurd representation of home and love.   My work results from a cacophonous use of materials, layering and erasure, which have become my primary language as a progressive mother in the conservative Heartland. Personal and political issues conflate in my work and result in aggressive but candy-colored marks reflecting the dualities of fear and joy, rejection and protection. The saturated spectrum is used as a defense mechanism to make magic of this earthly existence.”-Amy Reidel       TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:   - Dealing with LGBTQIA issues as an adolescent and teenager through artwork - Being an Ally  - Confronting the pressure to present yourself as a “professional” in the artworld - “The Artwork is Not Judging Me”  - Being the boss of your work - Taking a break from making work and how we, as the art world, have deemed certain reasons as “honorable” or allowable.  - “What are you making Work About if you Aren’t Living Life” - “Mombie” -Working with craft materials -Exploring other media to take the pressure off  -How Amy works through her pieces -Embracing autobiographical imagery     LINKS: www.amyreidel.com @amy.reidel Instagram https://www.brenda-mag.com/post/on-motherhood-amy-reidel Jered Sprecher http://www.jeredsprecher.com/ Marcia Goldenstein https://marciagoldenstein.com/home.html Jessica Dickinson https://www.jessicadickinson.com/ Rachel Dove http://www.racheldove.com/ Michael Giles https://fieldhat.com/home.html Jim Hodges https://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/jim-hodges/works Polly Apfelbaum http://www.pollyapfelbaum.com/   I Like Your Work Links: I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Planner Instagram Submit Work Observations on Applying to Juried Shows

Episode 245: This week Rebecca Casement joins the podcast to discuss her beautiful mixed media work that distill personal and emotional experiences into abstracted sculptures and installations.  Rebecca’s work was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2020 MFA student competition winners earlier in the year by our juror Tim Kowalczyk. Rebecca Casement      @rmcasement_art on Instagram The post Rebecca Casement appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 244:  This week Doug Russell joins us to talk about his amazingly detailed drawings, which explore themes of history, decay, and renewal through a variety of works based off ruins, travel, imagination, intuition, and observation. Doug Russell      @dougrussellart on Instagram      Audio recordings on Soundcloud The post Doug Russell appeared first on Studio Break.

Episode 243:  For the final episode of 2020 Jennifer Small joins the podcast to discuss her colorful abstractions that are based on fragments of banal photos taken from every day experiences.  Jen currently has a solo exhibition of recent paintings entitled Beauty and Banality at Robert Berry Gallery on view through January 10th 2021. Jenifer The post Jennifer Small appeared first on Studio Break.

Kari Woolsey joins us to discuss her ceramic works that explore domesticity and objects of the everyday in her vessel work, compositions, and installations. Kari's is one of Studio Break's 2018 Student Competition winners, which was juried by Brian Frink of RACA Gallery.

Jenn Gulgren joins Studio Break this week to talk about her observational paintings from her surroundings as well as her Ennui works which explore uncertainty through figures occupying abstracted spaces and domesticity.

This week Gabriel Rojas joins Studio Break to discuss his improvisational mixed media works comprised of organic and geometric shapes, textures, patterns, as well as pre-Columbian motifs.

David Reed Gracie joins Studio Break to discuss the process behind his paintings, which have explored still life, portraits, landscapes, and other subjects.

David Stanger joins Studio Break to discuss his studio practice which has largely focused on representational painting and drawing, most noticeably his series of portrait paintings.

Tim Kowalczyk joins Studio Break once again to discuss his tromp l'oeil ceramic works which explore garbage and debris along with his tableware forms.

This week Josie Del Castillo joins Studio Break to discuss her colorful paintings which focus on appreciation of Mexican American culture through a series of portraits and self-portraits.

This week Eli Craven joins Studio Break to talk about his work that explores nostalgia through appropriated images and objects, which are then recontextualized into sculptural and installation based works.

Amy Reidel joins Studio Break as our first guest of the year, she a St. Louis based multimedia artist creating painting and drawing works as well as mixed media installation, collage, and video works.

This week Amze Emmons, Jason Urban, and R.L. Tillman of Printeresting join Studio Break to discuss the organizations 7 years history exploring Contemporary Print.

Words of the day: share. stories. share. community building. share. David A. Linneweh joins ahtcast to share his experiences as host of the esteemed Studio Break podcast. Linneweh talks about the beginning of his podcast and how it has grown to enrich his own studio practice as a painter. Listen in as we both express some of the rewards and inspiring aspects of hosting an artist interview podcast. Thanks for listening! (Some strong language)         Studio Break host, David A. Linneweh   ahtcast host, Phillip J. Mellen     Studio Break website: http://studiobreak.com/       (Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)

This week Steve Adair joins the podcast to talk about his recent paintings, his work was selected as one of Studio Break's 2013 BFA Competition Winner's by Jan Brandt of Jan Brandt Gallery.

John Reddington is the first guest of Studio Break, we sit down in his garage studio in Peninsula (OH) to talk about his background and studio practice making narrative based paintings that are informed from observation and daily influences.