A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe've teamed up with some of our favorite artists, producers, directors and more to catch a deep glimpse into what it takes to turn an artistic vision to reality.
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#26 Super Hueman Hustle - A.R.T. Podcast Season 2 Finale
April 18, 2018 20:54 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBAllison is a very well-known Bay-to-LA (and back) street artist, having been featured on the cover of LA Weekly's People of the Year issue, Juxtapoz Magazine, and many other places. She's also navigated a wide variety of career situations that have informed her work. For our season finale, host Jacob Patterson stopped by her new house in Oakland to chop it up. Warning: we say "hyphy" and "hella" wayyyyyy too many times in this episode. 8:17- Is San Jose the bay area or not? 8:57...
#25 Hijinx PR Answers: What Is Art Management & PR?
April 05, 2018 07:10 - 2 hours - 99.1 MBHeidi Johnson has been putting the coolest art and events in front of the hippest people in LA for decades. In this episode she breaks down where PR and management cross over, how much of this stuff artists should be doing for themselves, and when it's time for you to get a manager. She also lets us in on some secrets of how to get your shit covered by the press. There's a lot of name-dropping in this episode, but every story is peppered with many years of wisdom, and by the end Heidi takes ...
#24 How to Run the Art Department from the Gods
March 29, 2018 07:13 - 2 hours - 130 MBMaca rode some wild waves while Quest Nutrition jumped to the billion dollar company range, as he built one of the world's best art departments. Part of that was hiring Dino Nama, who is now Think Tank Gallery's Art Director. The two reminisce on what it took to operate on such a level, the difference of running smaller and more mobile design agencies, and break down wtf an art department even is. They also have a lot of inside jokes (just warning you). By the end of the episode we discuss w...
#23 Decoding the Artist with Yoshino
March 21, 2018 07:27 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBYoshino has been a professional photographer in LA for a long time, and during a rut in his personal life and art practice, he started a podcast to re-inspire himself. That podcast is now one of the bigger arts podcasts in the world, and he has built a career and company out of it. In true Yoshino style, he flips the interview and gets host Jacob Patterson to open up about some personal topics and open relationship beliefs he's never shared in public. 6:03- Are you editing your show yo...
#22 BrokeLA's Anna Shumacher: The Corporate Structure of DIY Culture
March 14, 2018 07:30 - 2 hours - 123 MBcARTel has done many things in the almost-decade that they've been shaping the experiential arts scene in LA. They've hosted fort parties, galaxy art shows with Bill Nye, giant sponsored activations, and been served a cease and desist by Coachella. The latter comes midway through the story of one of the largest and longest running DIY festivals in SoCal, fka Brokechella. Now called BrokeLA, it opens next month and has partnered with Spaceland Presents and the Regent for Anna's first year as ...
#21 The Arts' Ever-Changing Cannabis Landscape with Little Face Events
March 07, 2018 10:54 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBKatie Carita Partlow of Little Face Events has changed the way that Los Angeles perceives cannabis events. Recognized by such now-household names as Weedmaps and Rolling Stone, Katie is the go-to personality in the weed industry to get a finely tuned message across in an artistic way. She's been called the "Best Pot Party in CA" (Rolling Stone) and she has her sights set high on 2018. If you're interested in doing anything artistic with Mary Jane this year, this podcast episode is the place ...
#16 Meow Wolf CEO Vince Kadlubek: Changing the Economy Through Art
March 07, 2018 01:35 - 1 hour - 80.7 MB#repost! We took this episode down to make a crucial cut. If you heard it the first time, enjoy it again cuz it's that good! If you missed it, here's your chance to listen to the world's hottest immersive arts company spin gold through their CEO.
#20 Drinkin' Smokin' & West Coastin' – A Love/Hate Letter to Los Angeles
February 28, 2018 10:41 - 2 hours - 133 MBWe've mentioned the trip that manifested DS&WC at Think Tank Gallery, the show that brought our gallery back into our old venue, but we haven't discussed the process of putting it on. Hundreds of people were involved in producing this massive arts and events series, and four of them sit down after breakfast to smoke a few bowls and talk about it in this episode. If you came to the show you'll love hearing what went into it, and if you didn't you'll love hearing our host's best friends ruthle...
#19 Think Tank Gallery Lied to You: Deception as Art Medium with Firefly Prod.
February 22, 2018 01:28 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBThe last big show that was thrown with the Think Tank was a confusing one, for many reasons. Firefly Productions tricked the Think Tank into producing it, the Think Tank tricked its audience into attending it (#District798), and the actors tricked guests in every way shape and form. By the end, people even thought the weed was fake while they hit it. This show was described as a "mindfuck" by the media, and it encapsulated that word in every way. Whether you caught or missed the show, or cau...
#18 Running a Creative, Mystical Ecosystem with "Sleep No More"
February 14, 2018 09:31 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBNew York's "Sleep No More" is probably the most successful piece of immersive theatre of all time. But there are thousands of moving parts to this magical machine. Guest Cesar Hawas likes to describe the parts of this creative ecosystem as just that, magic, but there are tons of insights to how an arts company can get such an expensive building and keep it running and profitable. Cesar talks about the more ethereal parts of Sleep No More (run by the production company Emursive) and all of ...
#17 Immersive Design Summit Recap
February 08, 2018 00:53 - 1 hour - 117 MBListen to some drunken (or in Noah's case punchdrunk) conversation between host Jacob Patterson and friends after wrapping up Noah's inaugural Immersive Design Summit. IDS 2018 brought together hundreds of creators, producers, and developers from all over the world who work in the quickly emerging world of immersive entertainment. Fields within this genre range from virtual reality to theatre to ASMR, and if any of this stuff interests you, be sure to check out the No Proscenium podcast or a...
Season 2 Episode 0 WTF Happened to Think Tank Gallery
February 02, 2018 03:41 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBWe're back! It's been a while since A.R.T. has posted an episode of our podcast, and a lot has happened in the interim. If you read between the lines (or read the "farewell letter" we published online after the LA Weekly story last year), then you know a bit of what happened, but our host Jacob Patterson takes a moment in this episode to break down what happened and where we're at because of it. If you don't give a damn and want to hear inspiring creators talk about how they're changing the ...
#15 Nova Han: Discovering Your Leadership Role as an Artist and Producer
February 22, 2017 08:16 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBNova Han has been producing shows on the scale of Coachella and Night on Broadway for years, but she still spends every moment thinking about the individual interaction with her work. While 50,000 people may be jumping in unison, Nova still attempts to create personal memories for each one of her guests, and she does so through a very solid consciousness that she works through every day in various fields of creation. We talk about her career through theater and into creative direction on som...
#14 Mike & Russell from My Haunt Life: A Growing Scene in LA and How to Feed It
February 15, 2017 09:09 - 2 hours - 124 MBMy Haunt Life is the best place for long form content that any LA-based scare fiend can find. While their basis is most certainly haunts, Mike and Russell cover everything from haunted houses to immersive theatre. The latter is really where this conversation takes off, and we go pretty deep on certain topics that provide insight and opportunity for creators looking to make a tangible impact on their guests. There is no better source to find out about the most cutting edge stuff in the immers...
#13 Phil America: Doing Good Work and the Post Street-Art American Dream
February 08, 2017 07:46 - 2 hours - 124 MBIt's impossible to describe Phil America's work, and that fact is very important to him. Our host Jacob Patterson and Phil are from the same working man's town in NorCal, and they relate on many topics. Because of that, this podcast gets deeper than any we've done so far. Discussing what it means to be an American and an artist at the same time is what we are all doing nowadays, but it's something over which Phil has been obsessing for years. And that obsession expresses itself in many ways,...
#12 Patterson Solo Show: Q&A Session Expanding on Previous Episodes
January 18, 2017 23:22 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBWe really want to experiment with the format of this conversational show, and this week our co-host Jacob Patterson sits down for a conversation with two team members. Art Director Dino Nama and Real Talk Research Assistant Madelyn Flores listed a bunch of questions they put together after listening to prior shows and looking over some Think Tank exhibits. Patterson does a hell of a job stumbling through them and only answers like 5% of them in an hour... we also provide a little context for...
#11 Noah Nelson (No Proscenium): What is Immersive Theatre and How Can We Protect It in 2017?
January 11, 2017 10:01 - 2 hours - 101 MBNoah started NoPro when he decided that he wanted to find out more about the world of Immersive, and found there was no newsletter to follow. Years later he runs the definitive Guide to Immersive Entertainment in newsletter and deep-dive, long-form podcast format. He also records his show in our studio. We talk about the Ghost Ship fire, the world-changing Tension Experience, the fertile grounds for creation in LA, what Immersive Theatre is and how the term is abused, Think Tank's Trap House...
#10 Kiran (Madame) Gandhi: Creating World-Reaching Art as a Feminist and The Levers of Social Change
January 04, 2017 06:26 - 1 hour - 59 MBKiran Gandhi has spoken to thousands of people about her particular way of changing the world, and has implemented into her performance art such unusual strategies as dripping menstrual blood while running marathons. We've known each other since before either of us gained audiences so sitting down to talk about how to responsibly reach those audiences while on the mic with them is an introspective affair. She is one of the best musicians we know, one of the smartest people we've met, and one...
#9 Scott Hove (Cakeland): The Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Burning Through our Community and How to Survive It as an Artist
December 21, 2016 09:34 - 2 hours - 87.5 MBScott Hove is an artist whose primary medium is perspective. He has manipulated his art viewers psychologically and literally for decades, and his work is more poignant than ever. He asked our hosts to sit down and talk as Bay Area natives about what the recent Oakland fire means for DIY, artist-run, and under the radar spaces for creation, and make some plans for the future. This is a heavy episode and one with a lot of potential action on the other end, but also one of our most broad discu...
#8 Andrew McGregor (LA Chessboxing): The Kung-Fu Philosophy, Finding a Sensei for All Disciplines
December 14, 2016 10:34 - 2 hours - 86.3 MBHere is a short list of things that LA Weekly's "Best of LA People" selection Andrew McGregor can call himself: inventor, filmmaker, writer, chessboxing champion, entrepreneur, frequent TEDx speaker, mentor, Highlands games athlete, roboticist, photojournalist, and founder of The Tiziano Project, a not-for-profit that taught journalism to people living in conflict zones and neglected parts of the world with an emphasis on creating jobs through media training. The organization has worked in p...
#7 Ari Simon (Get Downtown): Existing and Producing in DTLA
December 08, 2016 02:20 - 1 hour - 77 MBAri Simon is one of those guys that runs shit behind the scenes in Downtown LA. He knows a hell of a lot about said scenes, and he has had a hand in a few different areas of local government. He is best known for his events and survey of the neighborhood, Get Downtown – a map and print publication that also has a heavy online presence and killer newsletter. 0:35 - What is GET DOWN TOWN? • Tower Theater’s first talkie http://www.getdowntown.la/ http://www.towertheatrela...
#6 Sinzi Velicescu: Maintaining a consistent practice and growing your vision
December 01, 2016 03:27 - 2 hours - 85.3 MBSinziana Velicescu, best known for her much-hyped Instagram profile @casualtimetravel and curatorial efforts at Standard Vision, is an old friend and a great photographer who has truly built a career on her own terms. She also has a very real and loving relationship with her home in Los Angeles. If you are an Angeleno through and through, this is the episode for you. If you're looking for some words of wisdom on maintaining your practice in a city as big as this one, you'll also find plenty ...
#5 Shelley Holcomb (Curate LA): Defining a brand and curating your time
November 16, 2016 07:23 - 1 hour - 72 MBShelley Holcomb may be the best person to listen to if you’re deciding what to do with your time. For her day job she helps run the SCI-Arc brand and public program, and spends the rest of her time curating a sex show (Whits n Giggles), creating her own art and experiences for places like MOCA, and running the definitive voice in event curation across Los Angeles (Curate LA). We talk to her about the challenges of running so much dope shit, and the merits of curation in general. Show N...
#4 Sarah Penna: The birth of a business, the economy of online content and how it has changed
November 11, 2016 21:32 - 2 hours - 95.3 MBSarah Penna is one of our most successful and insightful friends, and her newfound motherhood has provided even more insight. She tells us about the challenges of being acquired by Dreamworks and becoming a mother at the same damn time, and drops some priceless knowledge on the reality of online content and marketing. Sarah KILLS it. Don’t sleep on this episode. 3:25 Jacob and Sarah’s relationship Philip DeFranco 5:13 Big Frame launched http://www.bigfra.me/ 9:24 Pi...
#3 Mark Schustrin: The science of sales, selling art from auctions to Instagram
September 28, 2016 06:30 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBWe don't know anyone that can sell things better than our friend Mark Schustrin. He can sell anything, really, but art is his passion. We talk to Mark about his auction company Bid27, how to get into art sales, sales techniques, and much more. 05:45 - Gertrude Stein's 27 Rue de Fleurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_rue_de_Fleurus Midnight in Paris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NoGpkSTK8k https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006AN78XS 08:29 - Primary vs. Secondary Market ...
#2 Eric Kim: Forever a student, street photography from the masters
September 28, 2016 06:27 - 2 hours - 110 MBThere are few in this world that can teach you more and in a more accessible way than our longtime friend Eric Kim. Personal stories, street photography techniques, lifestyle improvements... the list goes on in this jam-packed and giant podcast with the biggest street photography blogger in the world. 11:09 Eric’s Photography of his own wedding http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2013/05/29/groom-slash-wedding-photographer-my-experience-shooting-my-own-wedding/ 12:46 Thoughts ...
#1 Matt Dorado (Drunken Devil): Starting your production company
September 28, 2016 06:04 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBFor the very first episode we have recorded as we figure out how to run a podcast, Think Tank Gallery welcomes Matt Dorado of Drunken Devil Productions as he plans his next event this Halloween. This podcast has more of an interview feel than the others but there is plenty to pick up if you're planning to start hosting your own events. 06:18 - Show with Super Chief: L’Enfer: An Infernal Discotheque at Superchief Gallery in DTLA. Super Chief Gallery http://superchiefgallery.com/...
#0 A.R.T. Artists Real Talk - Meet Think Tank Gallery
September 27, 2016 09:42 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MBThink Tank Gallery is stoked to reach you on a new level. Join us in our freshly built podcast studio as we get ready for some dope shit.