Art Lives
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsElizabeth DeLamater interviews literary, performing, and visual artists about their art, their lives, and how they navigate the world.
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About the Art Lives Podcast
August 21, 2022 17:54Art Lives: Elizabeth DeLamater interviews literary, performing, & visual artists about their art, their lives, and how they navigate the world. Literary, performing, and visual artists share their thoughts and experiences. We discuss philosophical issues, such as dreams, expectations, motivation, identity, success…and we also talk about practical concerns, such as time management, grant funding, health insurance, and practice spaces. Art Lives is a monthly podcast hosted and produce...
Season 3 - Episode 6: Josanne Francis
April 06, 2021 20:28 - 46.2 MBJosanne Francis is a Trinidadian Steelpan performer and educator based in Maryland, USA. In the episode, Josanne talks about Cultural Academy for Excellence (CAFE) and Steel on Wheels, two arts education organizations she directs. We also discuss the challenges of keeping one’s artistic brand relevant, and why and how Josanne performed at the Haiti International Jazz Festival in January. Josanne’s website is: josannefrancis.com Josanne was recently featured playing pan on the Late...
Season 3 - Episode 5: Bruce Jacoby
February 08, 2021 03:25 - 72 MBBruce Jacoby has worked in the music industry for over 30 years. Based in southern California, he specializes as a drumset technician for touring and recording ensembles. In this episode Bruce talks about touring with popular music artists, including Michael Macdonald, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, and Gloria Estefan. He also outlines how the LA recording studio scene has changed in the past 20 years, recounts some favorite experiences, and describes recent work with Tool and Avenged Sev...
Season 3 - Episode 4: Yuko Asada
January 19, 2021 17:13 - 57 MBYuko Asada is a Japanese American musician who specializes in the steelpan. She builds and tunes steelpans, composes and arranges music, teaches, and performs on multiple steelpan voices as well as the piano. In this episode Yuko describes her duties at Northern Illinois University, and how they have changed since the pandemic. She also speaks about how the pandemic has affected her artistic and personal life, and has advice for younger artists, especially those who study cultures other th...
Season 3 - Episode 3: Malika Green
January 04, 2021 02:03 - 35.5 MBDownload Episode 3:3 Transcript Malika Green is an American jewelry designer and maker who lives in Trinidad & Tobago. Malika tells us how her art has been influenced by her move to a new country, how the pandemic has affected her business, and how jewelry design contrasts with her previous musical career. Malika’s jewelry can be found on her instagram page, malikarachelledesigns and her website: malikarachelledesigns.com In the podcast Malika describes watching her mother, Lorna ...
Season 3 - Episode 2: Li-Hsuan Hsu
November 03, 2020 18:03 - 45.2 MBDownload Episode 3:2 Transcript Li-Hsuan Hsu is an art educator and researcher whose interests lie at the intersection of arts and leadership. In this episode, Li-Hsuan tells us how she uses art to teach students leadership and coping skills for difficult times. She also speaks about how the practice of making art can create a space to pause, recalibrate, and process our emotions. Some of Li-Hsuan’s recent research can be found here. Some recent artwork can be found here. Art Liv...
Season 3 - Episode 1: Aditya Kalyanpur
September 17, 2020 04:25 - 59.4 MBAditya Kalyanpur is a virtuoso tabla player based in India and the United States. In this episode, Aditya shares the story of his study with legendary North Indian classical music master Ustad Allarahka Qureshi, also known as Alla Rakha, who first became known to Westerners as Ravi Shankar’s drummer. Aditya tells of his close relationship with Alla Rakha, or Abbaji, and his equally talented sons Taufiq Qureshi and Zakir Hussein, including the ganda bandhan ceremony they had when he was t...
Antiracist Literature and Film
August 11, 2020 00:16I have found these books and films to be transformative.
Monica Ahanonu
June 17, 2020 20:19Monica Ahanonu is a freelance illustrator working and living in Los Angeles. Many consider her an expert in color theory, vector illustration, and motion design. Website Instagram
Pause
June 17, 2020 20:11While the nation grieves and fights for change, new episodes will not be posted. This space will be used to boost BIPOC artists. Black Lives Matter.
Season 2 - Episode 5: Nicholaus Meyers
April 05, 2020 02:26 - 91.6 MBDr. Nicholaus Meyers is a music composer, conductor and performer. In this episode Nick recounts his musical path and training, and explains why one’s career path may or may not be defined by college degrees. We also learn how Nick’s composition “Slightly Funky” (our theme music here at Art Lives!) came to be. You can find out more about his compositions and recordings on his website, nicholausmeyers.com. Dr. Meyers is Director of Bands and Percussion at East Central University in O...
About the Art Lives Podcast
February 25, 2020 10:35Art Lives features interviews with artists of all media - literary, performing, and visual artists about their art, their lives, and how they navigate the world as artists. Art Lives is available on this page, on iTunes and on Stitcher. Musician & Educator Elizabeth DeLamater hosts and produces the podcast. Art Lives began in August 2018. The Art Lives intro and outro music is from “Slightly Funky,” was written by Nicholaus Meyers, and performed by Ken Jimenez, trumpet, and Nicholaus Mey...
Season 2 - Episode 4: Ken Jimenez
February 10, 2020 02:01 - 77.3 MBDr. Kenneth Jimenez is a performer, educator, and instrument repair technician. He has over 20 years of repair experience and is an Instrument Repair Technician at the International Music Camp, where we recorded this interview. Dr. Jimenez maintains an active schedule as a trumpet artist, including an ongoing collaboration with percussionist and composer Dr. Nicholaus Meyers. (In fact, it’s their recording of Nick’s composition Slightly Funky that you hear at the beginning and end of ea...
A Bit of a Delay...
November 25, 2019 22:51My regular monthly output is on hold while I’m teaching at the University of West Indies at St. Augustine, in Trinidad & Tobago. Coming soon: conversations with an instrument repair technician! Thanks!
Season 2 -Episode 3: Daniela Arley and William Ramos
August 25, 2019 05:56 - 64.8 MBDownload S2:E3 transcript Violinist Daniela Arley and percussionist William Ramos perform in the Orquesta Sinfònica Nacional de Costa Rica, and together as Duo Arley-Ramos, featuring music for the violin & marimba. In this episode, Daniela and William tell us about their respective musical histories, including William’s grandfather, who ran away with a circus. As members of the Orquesta Sinfònica Nacional de Costa Rica (OSN), Daniela and William get to play a great variety of music...
Season 2 - Episode 2: Karla Huston
July 20, 2019 22:35 - 52.6 MBKarla Huston is a poet based in Appleton, Wisconsin. Karla was the 2017-2018 Poet Laureate of Wisconsin. On this episode Karla tells us what it means to be a Poet Laureate for a State. She also discusses how her artistic and educational roles have informed each other, and what it means to be a good Literary Citizen. At the end of the episode, Karla reads “The Theory of Lipstick,” which won a Pushcart Prize in 2011. You can find more information about Karla and her work, which includes 8 c...
Season 2 - Episode 1: CHRISTOPHER LEE
June 03, 2019 19:38 - 48.5 MBDownload S2:E1 transcript Christopher Lee is an international flute performer and teacher, a Certified Personal Trainer and founding member of Whole Musician, a team of teachers who provide holistic artistic workshops and residencies. Based in Toronto, Chris performs all over the world. He spoke about preparing and staying healthy for performance while traveling, and explained the Whole Musician vision and what Whole Musician does during a typical artist residency. In the second half...
Season TWO!
June 03, 2019 15:00Season Two of Art Lives begins this week! Thanks to everyone who listened and supported this project for Season One. I look forward to bringing you conversations from wonderful people all over the world, and artists from more disciplines. If you haven’t heard someone from your favorite artistic discipline yet, let me know! Also, if you have someone you’d like me to interview, please pass their name along. Thank you so much, Elizabeth Art Lives Podcast RSS
Episode 11 - Rebecca Kite unabridged!
April 13, 2019 23:34 - 108 MBRebecca Kite is a musician, author, educator, and instrument designer and builder. This episode contains everything from Episode 10 plus more details about Rebecca’s training, her marimba studies, and further explanation about the timpani she designed and built with Barbara Allen. We also learn about her current pedagogy project. Very few people have make a broader range of meaningful contributions to Western percussion over the last 40 years, and Rebecca tells some of that story in toda...
Episode 10: Rebecca Kite
April 12, 2019 18:49 - 44.6 MBDownload Episode 10 Transcript Rebecca Kite is a musician, educator, author, and instrument designer and manufacturer. Very few people have make a broader range of meaningful contributions to Western percussion over the last 40 years, and Rebecca tells some of that story in today’s podcast. It was a great honor to speak with her. You can find links to her writings and recordings on her website, www.rebeccakite.com Art Lives Theme and Incidental music composed by Nicholaus Meyers. Art ...
Episode 9: Jennifer Uphoff Gray
March 08, 2019 21:57 - 61.8 MBDownload Episode 9 Transcript Jennifer Uphoff Gray is the Artistic Director of Forward Theatre, a not-for-profit professional theater company based in Madison, Wisconsin. In this episode Jennifer talks us through her self-designed training, from her “lightbulb” moment to Broadway. We learn how Jennifer collaborated with other artists to form a new thriving arts organization, one that allows her to maintain her family legacy of community engagement and social justice. We also discuss ...
Episode 8: Clifford Alexis
January 31, 2019 07:28 - 49 MBDownload Episode 8 Transcript Dr. Clifford Alexis was a virtuoso musician and composer, an innovative steelpan builder and tuner, a brilliant educator, and mentor and friend to people all over the world. Cliff first came to the U.S. in 1964 as a member of the National Steelband of Trinidad and Tobago. He performed all over the world with this group and as leader of his own groups, and then taught for 12 years in the St. Paul, Minnesota public schools, and 27 years at Northern Illinois U...
Episode 7: Zahra Gordon
January 15, 2019 05:47 - 42.1 MBDownload Episode 7 Transcript Zahra Gordon is an award-winning Caribbean American poet, journalist and writer living in La Brea, Trinidad & Tobago. On this episode Zahra recounts her experiences growing up in both Trinidad and the United States. We learn of Zahra’s mission to rescue voices from the past before they disappear, and gain a glimpse into the vibrant ecosystem of thought that creates Zahra’s art. Zahra’s blog, “Zee Speaks,” contains links to her published work. In additio...
Episode 6: David Lloyd Bradley
December 08, 2018 22:28 - 24.1 MBDavid Lloyd Bradley is a ceramacist and educator living in Phoenix, Arizona. David views his art as an agent of understanding and change. In this episode, David talks about his daily life as a professor at Paradise Valley Community College, how he connects his work to social justice concerns, his ongoing projects with suicide survivors and veterans, and how a recent Fulbright trip has blossomed into a continuing multimedia project documenting the lives and work of over three dozen Bosni...
Episode 5: Clarice Cast
November 09, 2018 18:32 - 28.3 MBDownload Episode 5 transcript Clarice Cast is a multi-percussionist, composer and educator based in Los Angeles. On this episode Clarice describes her artistic upbringing in Brazil, university experiences in the USA, and her mulit-faceted career. She shares her thoughts on striving for perfection, maintaining self-compassion, and taking artistic chances. Clarice’s “Three Things:” Her Mother The Pandeiro Dogs This episode ends with an excerpt from Srishti, played by guitarist Far...
Episode 4: Leslie Walfish
October 30, 2018 00:39 - 60.2 MBDownload Episode 4 transcript Leslie is Director of Galleries and Curator at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, an art historian, and a photographer. Leslie is Gallery Director of the Allen Priebe Gallery, and the Annex Gallery at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She explained what a gallery director does, and how she helps to bring artists’ work to new audiences. Leslie also speaks about the value of art in our society and lives. Leslie’s “Three Things:” Connecting with ot...
Episode 3: Greg Dudzienski (part 2)
October 06, 2018 06:02 - 33.6 MBArt Lives Podcast RSS Download Episode 3 Transcript Greg Dudzienski is a saxophonist, composer, and an educator based in Chicago. In episode 3 we discuss the value of practice journals, documenting creative work, imposter syndrome, and redefining success. Greg’s conversation is in 2 parts - Episode 2 & 3. Each episode ends with an excerpt from Greg’s album La Luna, with: Francesco D'Errico - Piano Marco De Tilla - Bass Marco Fazzari - Drums Greg read excerpts from Flow, by Mihal...
Episode 2: Greg DudzienskI (part 1)
October 06, 2018 05:30 - 32.8 MBDownload Episode 2 transcript Greg Dudzienski is a saxophonist, composer, and an educator based in Chicago. He retired from the Navy Music Program last fall. In Episode 2 Greg tells us about his personal and professional transition to civilian life. We also discuss the many hours artists need to dedicate to their craft, some socially and some in solitude. Greg’s conversation is in 2 parts - Episode 2 & 3. Each episode ends with an excerpt from Greg’s album La Luna, with Francesco D...