Austin Art Talk Podcast

Episode 24: AKIRASH

April 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 22 mins

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Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya is most well known by the name AKIRASH. He is a unique interdisciplinary artist who has few boundaries when it comes to what can best be used to tell the story he wants to share. Painting, sculpture, clothing and textiles, paper, installations, voice and music, and performance are all enlisted to create moments and places, with people being the most important piece.

Episode 23: Ron Berry - Fusebox Festival

April 7th, 2018  |  1 hr 1 min

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The annual Fusebox Festival aims to allow for a meaningful exploration and exchange between varied art forms and art communities by making space for what might only be possible in a live environment with other people. Each year Ron Berry and his team curate and paint onto the canvas that is the festival, a rich cross section of artists from different backgrounds and geographies into a diverse set of live event situations and performances.

Episode 22: Elizabeth Hendley - The Power of Art Therapy

March 31st, 2018  |  1 hr 16 mins

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A lot of people don’t know what art therapy is but for those who do they probably understand and appreciate its power and potenial. Elizabeth Hendley, the art therapist at Dell Children’s Medical Center, might not think she is a saint but she is doing really important work. This conversation will enlighten you to the world of art therapy and inspire you to think about the ways you could incorporate it into your own life.

Episode 21: Natalia Sylvester - Everyone Knows You Go Home

March 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 secs

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Novelist Natalia Sylvester says of her most recent book, she is writing for the people who have shared common experiences around immigration and know about being caught in between. These powerful and sometimes painful stories need to be out in the open so that the subjects and those like them know that what they went through has not gone unnoticed. But it’s not just about the struggles. It’s also the overlooked triumphs, courage, strength, and ordinary moments of daily life that need to be recognized.

Episode 20: Griffon Ramsey - Chainsaw Art

March 17th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

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If you get to the point in your artistic career where you are invited to help build a church out of ice in Slovakia for three weeks, you might think you have made it. But for Griffon Ramsey it is only a part of the beginning of the next exciting chapter.

Episode 19: Deborah Roberts - Dedicated to the Work

March 10th, 2018  |  1 hr 4 mins

collage, deborah roberts, mixed media, painting

Deborah Roberts has had an incredible year with sold out shows all over the country and lots of press praising the her work and giving credit where it is due. She is best known for creating mixed-media portraits of young black girls, aged 8-10, that ask the viewer to consider how the subjects beauty has been imagined: by art history, pop culture, American history, and black culture. It's important work and it resonates with a lot of people.

Episode 18: Roi James - Leaps of Faith

March 3rd, 2018  |  1 hr 12 mins

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A raw and thoughtful conversation with contemporary artist Roi James about his life, work, and path through diversity to success. He specializes in creating sublimely beautiful abstract paintings and "Constructs" that are a combination of sculpture, painting, and architecture.

Episode 17: Kirk Weddle - The Next Big Gig

February 24th, 2018  |  50 mins 14 secs

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As an advertising and editorial photographer, Kirk Weddle has had the chance to work all over the world with a lot of different individuals and corporate clients. Throughout his career he has honed his skills photographing people and loves to do environmental portraits which often include the opportunity to visit some interesting and exciting locations. He has also specialized in a very difficult and adventurous type of photography. Underwater. That led him to his first big break.

Episode 16: Bale Creek Allen - No Limitations

February 17th, 2018  |  1 hr 21 mins

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Bale Creek Allen has chosen to live a beautiful and rich life and live by his own rules. He is a prolific artist with a great work ethic who creates art in a very diverse amount of ways and with many different materials. Bronze, neon, sculpture, painting, wood, photography, music, spoken word and theater to name a few.

Episode 15: Michael Anthony García

February 3rd, 2018  |  56 mins 35 secs

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Michael Anthony García is a multidisciplinary artist, independent curator, and activist. His work takes many forms and attempts to addresses personal, local, and global issues, often highlighting those in this world who are marginalized, unseen, and under appreciated.

Episode 14: Nancy Mims - It Begins With A Walk

January 20th, 2018  |  54 mins 42 secs

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"It begins with a walk. Cracks on a sidewalk. Birds on a line, then suddenly in flight. A streak of clouds above the treeline. A rusty staple embedded in a telephone pole. Fragments of paper clinging to a utility box. The mysterious tracings of an insect’s trail across a length of wood." - Nancy Mims

Episode 13: Flip Solomon - (Bonus Stories) Lek Chailert and the Hare Dream

January 16th, 2018  |  15 mins 31 secs

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This is bonus content from the interview with Flip Solomon Episode 12. The first inspiring story is about Lek Chailert who with the help of many others saves and rehabilitates hundreds of animals in Thailand. The second story is of a dream that inspired a drawing and created a connection. If you haven't listened to Flip's main interview please go back and check that out first. Thanks!

Episode 12: Flip Solomon - Darkest Before Dawn

January 13th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

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If you had a neurological disorder that caused you to sleep more than normal and have vivid and intense dreams you might think of that as a serious problem with no upside. But for Flip Solomon it has become the source of her artwork in which she explores timeless themes and symbols with a goal of healing and connecting people on a basic, fundamental level. Hear her story and consider how you might look at your own problems as solutions.

Episode 11: PRINTAUSTIN - Cathy Savage & Elvia Perrin

December 30th, 2017  |  1 hr 2 mins

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If you don’t know anything about PRINTAUSTIN here is your chance. Started in 2013 by printmakers Cathy Savage and Eliva Perrin, it has become a nationally recognized annual event that promotes the art of printmaking through artist talks, exhibits, special events, and workshops and demos with participants from all over the US. Jan 15th-Feb 15th 2018

Episode 10: Claire Howard - Curating & The Open Road

December 23rd, 2017  |  56 mins 40 secs

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Claire Howard is the Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Blanton Museum of Art. Our conversation centers around the traveling photography exhibition The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip. We learn about the images in the exhibit, what it takes to plan for and integrate a new show into and existing space, and the opportunity to curate additions that are relevant to a local audience.

Episode 9: Hayley Gillespie - Art.Science.Gallery.

December 16th, 2017  |  57 mins 23 secs

The intersection of art and science might not be obvious at first glance but the two are actually very intertwined and have been for 100's of years. From the drawings and studies of Da Vinci and Charles Darwin to modern day illustrations of black holes, art as a way to imagine, interpret, and convey the ideas of science has never been more relevant. And Dr. Hayley Gillespie, founder of Austin's Art.Science.Gallery. is for me the best person to explain Science Art and share stories of scientists who were and are also artists and what it's like to run a gallery and support artists in this city.