Episode 98 : Today I chat with Ohio artist, Melodie Thompson about her most recent exhibition at the Haley Gallery in New Albany, Ohio. I knew Melodie long ago when she lived in Charlotte. It was good to catch up with her. Lost my voice. apologies for the croaky intro.
All images c. Melodie Thompson. Used with permission.
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Episode 78: I met Kathleen Dixon Donnelly on Facebook. She’s a writer who lives in Birmingham, UK with her Irish husband. She is originally from Pittsburgh.
Our research cross paths & her blog, Such Friends covers a lot of the same people in the Irish Literary Revival that I am writing about. I wanted to have her on the podcast so we could chat about the subject of my upcoming book.
Hugh Lane, portrait by John Singer Sargent
William Butler Yeats and friends
W.B.Yeats, Lady Gregory and Robert Gregory at Coole. c. www.autumngathering.com
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Episode 80: Today I chat with the fabulous Cathy Bert of the Bert Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island. We are talking about Rhode Island native Dean Richardson’s exhibition as well as Remix: Modern and Classic exhibition. It’s a unique exhibition which partners with a couple of the local antique stores. It will be on view until August 13, 2018.
Check out their website. They are a great resource of Rhode Island art history.
Sock. Dean Richardson
High Back Canoe, 1989 oil on canvas 20” x 26
Musial, 1995 Oil on Canvas 20” x 24”
Indian Pony at River, 1986 Oil on canvas 24” x 30
Ancients Conversing, 1993 Oil on Canvas 20” x 24
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Episode 73: Today I chat with Dr. Susan Edwards from the Frist Museum in Nashville. We talk about Feat, Nick Cave‘s traveling exhibition, Feat. Feat refers to the amount of hard work that goes into which goes into attaining success. This exhibition goes until June 24, 2018.
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Episode 57: Today I talk with my friend Lulu Schwall. I had wanted to talk about the creative process and we do eventually get around to that, once we catch up on everything that has been going on in her life.
Mean Girl
Lundyn
Chealsea
Craig
Birthday Girl
Keaton
Saxon
All images used with permission c. Lulu Schwall
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Episode 55: Today I talk with Sonya Pfeiffer, the new owner of the Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art about her fabulous Art of Struggle exhibition, which features the art of MyLoan Dinh, Charles Farrar and Susan Brenner.
I was able to actually go to the gallery to see the exhibition for myself. This emotionally charged show literally brought tears to my eyes as it shows a unique take on the nature of struggle and the beauty that can result.
Susan Brenner, The Judith Stories: without voice, 1990, Oil on canvas, 78″ x 204″
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Homage to Sharecroppers, Spalted Birch, 5′ x 4
Charles Farrar, Hammered Wood Vessel, Maple, 7″ x 7″
MyLoan Dinh, Freedom Fighter, Mixed Media-boxing gloves, embroidery, eggshells, 12.5″ x 16″ x 4.5″ Processed with VSCO with c1 preset
Charles Farrar, Scalloped Edge Bowl, Golden Mahogany, 5″ x 10″
All images used with permission c. Madison Sumner, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art
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Episode 52: Brooke talks with Rock Hushka, chief curator of the Tacoma Art Museum about the 30 Americans exhibition which runs until this Sunday, January 15, 2017. The critically acclaimed showcase of influential African-American artists who have have emerged as leading contributors to the contemporary art scene in the United States was put together nearly a decade ago, but is making its West Coast debut at the TAM. Eight of the thirty artists featured have strong Pacific Northwest connections, and the TAM has several programs related to the exhibition to involve the community in the discussion.
Episode 51: Brooke talks with Nancy Marshburn on-site about her Healing Power of Art series which are part of the Harvest exhibition at the Anne Neilson Fine Art Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Marshburn uses her 20 year experience as a medical artist to combine art and science and anatomy and beauty.
Art has the power to heal. It evokes an emotional response, and emotions have an effect on the body’s physiological responses. Medical studies document the favorable therapeutic impact of visual arts: Looking at art can change brain wave patterns, the autoimmune response and neurotransmitters that shift the body from stress to relaxation. It also can modulate attitudes from fear to acceptance, from negativity to hope. Excerpt from Harvest exhibition press release from Anne Neilson Fine Art Gallery.
Re-Pear, Pastel, 14″ x 10″
Lemon-Aid, Pastel, 12″ x 9″
Artichoke Heart-beat, Pastel, 9″ x 12″
A Stent in Time Saves Fine, Oil, 9″ x 12″
Featured Image: Transplant Pastel, 11″ x 14
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Episode 50 : In a special 50th episode Brooke talks talk to her long-time friend Luann Schwall, who actualized her dream of being an artist after establishing a career as a therapist. Check out her designs at http://www.fifiandluludesigns.
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Lulu S :Tinsley
Lulu S.: Juelles
Lulu S.: Lola takes the plunge
Lulu S:Barri and Family
Lulu S: Danni
Lulu S: Landon
Lulu S.:Fleming
Lulu S: Naomie
Lulu S.: Rebecca
Featured Image: Lulu S.: Fourth of July Doll
Episode 53: In Montgomery, Alabama, a few streets away from the Alabama State University campus, is a museum dedicated to the most famous couple of the 1920’s, F. Scott and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. For many, the Fitzgeralds provide the lens through which we now understand, or attempt to understand, the Roaring Twenties.
The Fitzgerald Museum is housed in the last home that the couple lived in together. Scott and Zelda never owned a home and famously never settled down. They rented this house in 1931-32, and since 1999 it is the one place in the world that the lay person can visit to learn of Scott and Zelda’s legacy. The Fitzgerald Museum is now the permanent home that Scott and Zelda never had during their lifetime.
Brooke talks to Willie Thompson, the Executive Director of The Fitzgerald Museum, about the troubled and turbulent life of Zelda Fitzgerald and about her career as an artist.
The Fitzgerald Museum website can be found at thefitzgeraldmuseum.org and has information on the museum’s events including a breakfast celebrating Scott’s 120th birthday on Saturday, September 24, 2016, and an annual Fitzgerald Gala which takes place in April. The Fitzgerald Gala is a “Jazz Age” party of epic proportions, and guests from all over the southeastern United States will be in attendance, decked out in 1910s, ’20s, and ’30s costumes.
Anniversary Painting, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Notre Dame, Paris Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Zelda Gawaine, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Rhododendrons, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Featured Image: Candler, North Carolina, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald