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Listen to my chat with Spiryt the Tattoo Artist

Episode 613: Transforming Life into Art with Spiryt the Tattoo Poet – Tattoos, Healing & Creative Inspiration
In this powerful episode, I sit down with Spiryt the Tattoo Poet, a renowned tattoo artist and storyteller who turns personal journeys into permanent art. Spiryt shares how he honors your life experiences, scars, and triumphs through custom tattoo work that tells your story. We dive into his unique creative process, his personal history, and the deep inspirations behind his art. Whether you’re into tattoos, healing through art, or just love a good story—this conversation is for you.

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Art on Presciption: The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Partners With Novant Health to Prescribe Art!

Episode 6O7: Today I talk to Molly Phillips, of the Art on prescription at The Bechtler Museum of Art, where they partner with Novant Health to provide patients with free art. It was created specifically to address loneliness, and create connectivity. I wanted to find out all about it, so I meet her at the museum to get the scoop.

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Exploring Art with Deb Breton: Inspiration and Creativity

Episode 600: Listen to my chat with Sonoma County abstract painter & portraitist, Deb Breton. We talk about art as therapy, how learning art history can create a relationship with the art; being a full-time artist, her inspirations, why she’s inspired by Taylor Swift & Basquiat, being a positive force, & much more.

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Art in Wartime: Ahmed Fadaam’s Inspiring Journey

Episode 599: Listen as I chat with Iraqi born sculptor, artist, & teacher, Ahmed Fadaam. We talk about sculpting methods, doing art in wartime in Baghdad, being a journalist, how he escaped to the US. He’s also making a comic for DC Comics about his life. It’s really an amazing story!

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O’da Art collaborates with Kates-Ferri Projects to Create Panagea

Episode 596: Today I chat with Odiba Obioha, owner of O’da Art in Nigeria. He’s in NYC because he’s collaborating with Kates-Ferri Projects for the group exhibition, Pangea. It’s a 6 artist show, highlighting themes of gender and identity. Pangea is a metaphorical supercontinent of artists on display at Kates- Ferri Projects.

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My chat with Anna Hill of Art Helps Cancer

Episode 595: Listen as I chat with artist, Anna Hill of Art Helps Cancer. She & her husband created Art From the Heart after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Artists donate original artwork to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to help other patients dealing with cancer. They help with cleaning, meals, & lawn care, among other things.

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Listen to my chat with Artist & Author, Sarah Gilbert Fox

Episode 588: Today I chat with Beauty school dropout turned novelist & painter, Sarah Gilbert Fox. We talk about changing directions, confidence, humility, success & a lot more! You don’t want to miss it.

Orpheus on the B Train
The Giraffe Garden

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Listen to my chat with Jeffrey Katzin about the Michelangelo Lovelace, Art Saved My Life exhibition

Episode 587: Today I talk to Jeffrey Katzin about the Cleveland Urban Folk artist Michelangelo Lovelace. His goal was to document the realities of inner city life. His his current exhibition Art Saved My Life currently showing at the Akron Art Museum. It goes until August 18, 2024. This is such an inspiring story!

At the Intersection of St. Clair and Eddy Road, Michelangelo Lovelace

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Dr. Wesley Van der Lugt tells me why Christians should care about Abstract Art

Episode 582: Listen as I chat with author & professor of theology, Dr. Wesley Van der Lugt. He is an arts advocate with a passion for beauty, slowness, cultivation, kinship, and theodramatic. His book Beauty is Oxygen is coming out in June.

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My chat with ArtsFriendly founder, Craig Stinson

Episode 579: Listen as I chat with Craig Stinson, the Wilmington based founder of ArtsFriendly, a group that coordinates artists funding and certified Arts Friendly Support [or arts grants for nonprofits] for artists in the Coastal Carolinas. They believe that the arts are spiritual practice, and find meaning in friendships and community, and that service to others is our highest calling.

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