Gonzalo Hernandez & Natalie Kates of Kates-Ferri projects in NYC

Episode 543: Today I chat with Peruvian artist, Gonzalo Hernandez and Natalie Kates, of Kates-Ferri Projects. We talk about the We Will Have to Tear Down These Walls exhibition, which investigates labor and the Capitalist’s impact on society. It goes until May 20, 2023. See it while you can. My listeners get a discount if you mention me!!!!!

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Listen to my chat with Adam G from TRUF Creative

Episode 542: Listen as I chat with illustrator and designer, Adam G. He calls his design Messy Mod, short for “Messy Modernism.” He is co-founder at TRUF Creative, an LA design studio which is known for branding, visual identity, and illustration. He loves Miro, geometry, patterns, and all things design.

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My chat with Expressionist painter, Kelly Tarasovitch

Episode 541: Today I chat with Charlotte Expressionist painter, Kelly Tarasovitch. Kelly goes to my church and was commissioned to do a painting for Palm Sunday. When I heard her present her painting to the congregation. I knew I had to have her on the podcast.

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My chat with ArtPop Street Gallery founder, Wendy Hickey

Episode 540: Today I chat with Charlotte entrepreneur and ArtPop Street Gallery founder, Wendy Hickey. She transformed a career selling billboards into fine art, literally turning our streets into a gallery and featuring local art on billboards and signal boxes and supporting artists, as well. I talked to her in Episode 116, when she was starting, out doing it all herself. Now she and her staff are able to support and promote artists than she ever dreamed. She tells me how she did it.

Just a few of the artist billboards that decorate our streets

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My chat with Art Historian & Author, Terry Glaspey

Episode 539: Listen as I chat with Dr. Terry Glaspey, author of books like 75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know and Finding God Through the Arts. His books are much needed. He believes art can enrich any life and he is working hard to bring it to the masses…even people who might not think they need it.

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Van Gogh, Starry Night Over the Rhône 1888

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My chat with Italian photographer, Anna Ferrara

Episode 538: Listen as I chat with Italian figurative photographer, Anna Ferrara…all the way in Italy…. about her photographs and her inspirations. She takes me into her portrait studio where she explores the topic of solitude, finding it interesting how some find freedom in it and others find restriction. Her pictures seem to tell a story and you want to find out more.

Anna is also in the No Name Collective Gallery UK.

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Cassandra Richardson of The Lexicon Gallery in Charlotte

Episode 537: Seasoned gallery director and new gallery owner, Cassandra Richardson talks about opening the Lexicon Gallery and her inaugural exhibition, The Garden of Earthly Delights, which she has been planning for 21 years. We talk for over an hour. It was such a great [and valuable] conversation that I didn’t cut anything out.

Just a few highlights from the exhibition…

Serpent Tree Wall sculptures by Allison Luces
Mary Zio

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Gal Pals: Brooke & Lulu discuss Andy Warhol’s Queen Elizabeth

Brooke and Lulu discuss Brooke’s pick, Andy Warhol’s Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. This is a part of his Reigning Queens series, which includes 4 ruling queens at the time: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, Queen Beatrix of Netherlands, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and Queen Ntfombi Twala of Swaziland.

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Photographer, Steven Bowers on Skid Row

Episode 536: Today I talk to L.A. photographer, Steven Bower about his new project: taking pictures of the people who live on Skid Row. He talks about the people he met, which includes a very enterprising homeless population, how he was promised protection by a gang member, and why they feel forgotten.

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