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I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators & Collectors

214 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 144 ratings

I Like Your Work supports artists! Each week artist Erika b Hess interviews artists, gallerists, collectors, and curators to cover topics that will help you in your art practice! From inspiring interviews from the lives of artists to business practices you will walk away ready to get in the studio!

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Gallerist Sally Morgan Lehman on Art & Motherhood

March 03, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MB

Sally Morgan Lehman is the founder and director of Morgan Lehman Gallery, which has been based in Chelsea since 2005. Ms. Lehman has a diverse background in the visual arts, which includes museum education, exhibitions design, state and citywide public art placement, and private and corporate collections management. Ms. Lehman is an active member of Art Table, POWArts and NADA, and has served as a visiting critic and juror at Wave Hill, Guttenberg Arts, the Wassaic Project and the Hunter M...

Turning Off Insta

February 24, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

On today's mini episode, I'm chatting about the social media platform Instagram for artists and sharing why I've decided to step back a bit from the grind of constantly posting on my own profile. I'm also talking about why it's ok to let yourself take a break from being tethered to social media and why you shouldn't feel guilty if you're not posting reels on Instagram as an artist.        I Like Your Work Links: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/retreat Notions of Beauty Exhib...

Conversation with a Gallerist: Garrett Klein of Massey Klein Gallery

February 17, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 66.4 MB

This week I'm sharing the interview I did with Garrett Klein of Massey Klein Gallery. I got a chance to meet with Garrett at the gallery when I was visiting New York City where we chatted about his experience with art and starting the gallery. In this episode, Garrett also shares about the important aspect of partnership between artists, gallerists and collectors.  Massey Klein is a contemporary art gallery located in the Lower East Side of NYC. The gallery supports both local and internat...

Drafting an Exhibition Proposal with Douglas Breault

February 10, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.47 MB

On this week's mini episode, Douglas Breault joins us to share tips and tricks for organizing an exhibition proposal for solo and group exhibitions at galleries. I will summarize strategies for researching galleries, organizing your images and information, and tips on how to find the best spaces to show your work.  Douglas Breault is an artist, professor, curator, and the Exhibitions Director at Gallery 263, which is a non-profit art gallery in Cambridge, MA. Gallery 263 has been showing c...

Feminist Ceramics with Jen Dwyer

February 03, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 42.4 MB

Jen Dwyer grew up on the West Coast, in the Bay Area, California and currently lives and works on the East Coast, between Connecticut and New York. Her playful ceramic sculptures, paintings and otherworldly installations evoke dreams, fantasy, and the desire to escape to a world of one’s own creation. Through her artwork, Dwyer creates a uniquely powerful, caring, and intimate feminine world, underscored by the artist’s study of Paleolithic talismans, the decadent Rococo aesthetic, and conte...

Travel to Mexico with Erika b Hess

January 27, 2023 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MB

Be inspired by the color and craft in Oaxaca, Mexico! Travel has always been a way for artists to feel renewed and inspired. Seeing a different culture and appreciating their art allows us to see not only our work through a  new lens but also ourselves.   Join Erika b Hess and explore and experience the culture of Oaxaca in an intimate group. Explore the city itself, and visit artisan villages and archeological ruins surrounding the city. ​ Artists will stay in the heart of Oaxaca in...

Getting Lost and Finding a Way with Galen Cheney

January 20, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 38.9 MB

Galen Cheney is a painter living and working in North Adams, Massachusetts. After receiving her undergraduate degree from MT. Holyoke College she lived in New York City and worked as a magazine editor. Realizing she was in the wrong profession, she left New York to attend graduate school at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. Thirty-plus years and many jobs later, she is still painting. Galen’s work has been exhibited and collected in Europe, the U.S., Canada, and China. She has had re...

Letting Go of Hustle Culture

January 13, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 13.4 MB

On today's mini episode, I'm talking about how you can let go of hustle culture and embrace different seasons as an artist while trusting yourself and your motivation. I also share the importance of taking time off, letting yourself and enjoying your time without feeling guilt or fear around not consistently creating art.    ILYW Episodes Mentioned:  Dana Frankfort Mychaelyn Michalec   I Like Your Work Links: Apply to the Spring 2023 Exhibition Catalog Notions of Beauty Exh...

Anthropology to NFTs with Curator Capucine Jenkins

January 06, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MB

On today's episode, Curator Capucine Jenkins joins me to talk about NFT's, what they are and how you can get started with NFT's as an artist. I had such a great conversation with Capucine as she shared all the details about NFT's and what led to her getting involved in this space.  Capucine Jenkins is the Senior Manager of Digital Art and Curator of NFTs at Saatchi Art. She has a BA in Sociocultural Anthropology, as well as a BA in Art History from Auburn University. Prior to joining Saatc...

Meaning in the Process with Artist Sarah Fairchild

December 23, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MB

Sarah Fairchild is a mixed media artist concerned about our environment, creating and representing natural forms through a synthetic lens. Her work depicts the common and often ignored forms of weeds and wild flowers; recently, pollinators and other beneficial insects have crept into her work, creating a two-dimensional insectarium that depicts the interconnection of species, the fragility of our ecosystems, as well as a reverence for nature and all its inhabitants. She hopes considering the...

Seasons of Making

December 16, 2022 12:00 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MB

During the busy holiday season you might be wondering how you can fit in time for your art practice while also being present for your family and friends. Maybe you're even feeling overwhelmed or guilty that you aren't making more or spending enough time in your studio. On today's mini episode, I'm sharing how you can balance showing up for yourself and showing up for your family and friends during the holiday season. Join me in this episode to hear tips on how you can enjoy the holidays a...

Paint Beyond Your Reach with Artist Sangram Majumdar

December 09, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 57.4 MB

Today on the podcast, Seattle-based artist and art professor from the University of Washington, Sangram Majumdar joins me to talk about his art practice.    Born in Kolkata, India, Sangram Majumdar has an MFA from Indiana University and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His Recent solo exhibition venues include Geary Contemporary, NY; Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY and Asia Society Texas Center. Selected group exhibition venues include Mamoth, London; Shoshana Wayne Gal...

How to get F***-You Money

December 02, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes - 21 MB

Gaining financial freedom is easier than you think. But it does require you to start early and maintain one simple habit. In this episode, I teach you about compound interest, and the reason that starting early is the best thing you can do. If you want to see this laid out visually, I have something for you: The 4 Step System to Put Your Taxes on Autopilot and Grow Your "Freedom Fund" is a free class where artists can learn (from a fellow artist, who is also a tax pro) the 4 mistakes that ...

Telling Your Story with Artist Gabe Langholtz

November 25, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

Gabe Langholtz was born in 1971 and is an American painter, living and working in Austin Texas. His work, although primarily representational, is indebted to American Color Field painting, focusing on color relations, pattern making, form and line, with a heavy emphasis on the two-dimensional surface of the canvas. In the tradition of folk art, Langholtz routinely employs the use of mundane cultural objects and / or activities to establish a contemporary narrative, oftentimes drawing on humo...

A Dead-Simple System for Handling Receipts for Artists

November 18, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 16.3 MB

Did you know that sorting receipts is a waste of your time? In this episode, I teach you a super simple system to keep your receipts organized without ever having to sort them. I also help you understand what receipts are actually for, so you don't waste any extra time on them. I'm Hannah Cole. I've been a professional painter for over 15 years, and I am also a tax pro and the founder of Sunlight Tax. If you like easy, actionable tips like the ones I share in this episode, I have something...

Following Your Passion with Artist Linda Colletta

November 11, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.2 MB

Linda Colletta is an abstract artist, who has been creating art in various mediums for over 25 years. At 19-years old, she got her start in New York City as a scenic artist painting backdrops for MTV and VH1. After 16 years in the music television industry, she left to dedicate herself to painting full time.  Her work has been shown nationally at Scope Miami Beach, LA Art Show, Market Art & Design Hamptons, Uprise Art, White Room Gallery, Southport Gallery, Burning Man, The Affordable Art Fa...

How to Use the Creative Superpowers of Consistency and Authenticity

November 04, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 14.1 MB

In this episode you will learn about the 2 creative superpowers that you possess as an artist and creative leader that are no match for the chaos that envelops the world. As a creative leader you have what it takes to do the hard, dirty work of culture growth. Let's look at the creative superpowers of consistency and authenticity. GROW Creative Leadership Summit is the event for you—an Artist & Creative Leader—to get your sh*t together and: EMBRACE your unique authenticity as a Creative Le...

Believing in Your Work with Jaylen Pigford

October 28, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MB

Jaylen Pigford was born in 1996 and is an Afro-Latino painter born and raised in Corpus Christi and based in Houston, Texas. He’s a self-taught artist and has been creating artwork since childhood. His paintings are autobiographical reflections on past negative experiences and adversity to tell stories of self-growth through uplifting works on canvas. Jaylen sees his work as a balance of light and dark, the good with the bad.   “We all struggle and our failures test us, but it's what action ...

How to use the Creative Superpowers of Dialogue and Vulnerability

October 21, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

In this episode you will learn about the 2 creative superpowers that you possess as an artist and creative leader that are no match for the chaos that envelops the world. As a creative leader you have what it takes to do the hard, dirty work of culture growth. Let's look at the creative superpowers of dialogue and vulnerability. GROW Creative Leadership Summit is the event for you—an Artist & Creative Leader—to get your sh*t together and: EMBRACE your unique authenticity as a Creative Lead...

Supporting Artists as a Gallerist with Kevin Ivester

October 14, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 37.2 MB

Kevin Ivester is the owner and director of Ivester Contemporary, an Austin-based contemporary fine art gallery committed to connecting people with leading local and regional artists and ideas. Rotating exhibitions are focused on creating a context for contemplation, deepening appreciation for the visual arts, and facilitating a dialog between the artist and their viewers. Ivester Contemporary is located within the Canopy Creative Complex in East Austin, a central hub for artists, gallerists,...

Embracing your Current Studio Space with Erika b Hess

October 07, 2022 11:00 - 7 minutes - 8.27 MB

Do you ever feel like your studio space isn't big enough or doesn't live up to your expectations of what you thought it should look like?  On today's mini episode, I'm sharing why it's so important to embrace whatever your current studio space is- no matter how big or small- so you can push past your mindset blocks and continue creating your work.  Join The Works Membership:  https://theworksmembership.com/membership-opportunity/ I Like Your Work Links: Exhibitions Studio Visit A...

Documenting Freedmen's Towns with Artist Letitia Huckaby

September 30, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MB

Texas based photographer and artist Letitia Huckaby joins me today to talk about her multimedia artwork that combines both photography and textiles to depict family narratives and African American history.   Letitia Huckaby has a degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, a BFA from the Art Institute of Boston in photography and her Master’s degree from the University of North Texas in Denton. Huckaby has exhibited as an emerging artist at Phillips New York, the Tyler Museum o...

Finding Your Direction as an Artist with Erika b Hess

September 23, 2022 11:00 - 8 minutes - 8.99 MB

Today, I'm talking about finding your direction as an artist and really focusing on what you want to do with your career and your work.  I also talk about figuring out the action steps you can take that will help move you in the direction toward your goal as an artist. Join The Works Membership:  https://theworksmembership.com/membership-opportunity/ I Like Your Work Links: Exhibitions Studio Visit Artists I Like Your Work Podcast Instagram Submit Work

Writing About Color with Painter Eric Hibit

September 16, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 38.8 MB

Past guest and visual artist, Eric Hibit,  joins me again today to chat about his work and his new book that he authored, Color Theory for Dummies which is a beginners guide to color theory for artists.    Eric Hibit was born in Rochester, New York and is a visual artist based in New York City. He attended the Corcoran College of Art + Design (BFA,1998) and Yale University School of Art (MFA, 2003). In New York, he has exhibited at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Dinner Gallery, Deanna Evans Proj...

When You Shouldn't Apply to Open Calls with Erika b Hess

September 09, 2022 11:00 - 11 minutes - 12.5 MB

I've spoken a lot about applying to open calls and the importance of putting yourself out there as an artist but in today's mini episode, I'm joining you to chat about how to know when to step back and NOT apply to open calls.  I go over how you should know when to focus on other things as an artist instead of putting your effort into open calls and how this can be helpful in the long run.  Join The Works Membership:  https://theworksmembership.com/membership-opportunity/ I Like Your W...

Making the Work with Painter Glenn Goldberg

September 02, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MB

Glenn Goldberg is a New York City based painter and musician who was born in the Bronx, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Glenn studied at the New York Studio School and earned his BA and MFA degrees from CUNY Queens College. Glenn is currently an associate professor in the art department at CUNY Queens College and Lodestar School of Art in Ireland and has previously taught at Cooper Union and the NY Studio School.   He has also been a panelist and visiting artist for MFA painting program...

Mythology of Motherhood: Deborah Wasserman

May 27, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

Deborah Wasserman was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel, and currently resides in Queens, New York, one of the most diverse counties in the US. She is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Artists in the Marketplace at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and received two fellowships from Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has exhibited in the United States, at the Queens Museum of the Arts, Bronx Museum o...

How to Reach Out On Social Media (and have your work seen!)

May 20, 2022 11:00 - 13 minutes - 11.8 MB

On this week's mini episode, I'm joining you to talk about how you can authentically reach out on social media and get your work seen.  I go over some of the things you shouldn't do and offer some tips on what you should be doing to get your work seen by the right people! Free Guide: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/socialmedia Join The Works Membership:  https://theworksmembership.com/membership-opportunity/ I Like Your Work Links: Exhibitions Studio Visit Artists I Like Y...

Managing Chronic Conditions & Prioritizing Health In The Arts with Charlie J. Meyers

May 13, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 46 MB

Charlie J. Meyers is an American artist and curator working in figurative abstraction and portraiture. His work explores intimacy, memory, and the contemporary queer experience.    In 2021, Charlie was featured in several magazines including Alien Literary Magazine, Clover and Bee, and The Purposeful Mayonnaise, appeared on the Bold Creatives Collective podcast, wrote a curator’s pick for PxP Contemporary, and an art review for Vantage Art Projects.    In 2020, he began an online cur...

Tips on Networking and Community Building

May 06, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 17.1 MB

On this week's mini episode, I'm joining you to talk about why it's important to network and build a community as an artist and how you do it authentically.  I go over some different scenarios and ways that you can network that feel comfortable for you so you can get the most out of building a community.  Join The Works Membership:  https://theworksmembership.com/membership-opportunity/ I Like Your Work Links: Exhibitions Studio Visit Artists I Like Your Work Podcast Instagram ...

Balancing Motherhood, Teaching and Art with Amy Sacksteder

April 29, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Amy Sacksteder is an artist and curator whose work explores personal and collective relationships to landscape and artifact. She works across media, most commonly in painting, collage, drawing, cut paper, installation, and ceramics. She has participated in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Recent solo venues include Divisible Projects (Dayton, OH) and Alma College (Alma, MI). Recent group venues include Ortega y Gasset Projects (Brooklyn, NY); BasBlue via Belle Isle Viewing Room (D...

"Why Can't I Get into Galleries?"- It's a Numbers Game

April 22, 2022 11:00 - 12 minutes - 13.3 MB

Over the course of the last few episodes Pennylane has shared the most common obstacles her company Dazed and Confucius hears from their clients each day and a few notes of advice for overcoming them. Today she outlines a useful tip in response to the common question: “Why can't I get into galleries?” In this episode, Pennylane explains how when it comes to getting into galleries it's often a numbers game and how you can present yourself to galleries to better increase your chances of gett...

Psychology of the Landscape: Artist Julie Himel

April 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MB

Julie Himel received a Diploma of Fine Art from Langara College, Vancouver, BC; a BFA Honours Degree from York University, Toronto, ON, and a Graduate Diploma from the Toronto School of Art, Toronto, ON. Her work has been exhibited across North America, including recently being featured in digital exhibitions with Visionary Projects, New York, NY;  and the TD Thor Wealth Management Juried Exhibition: Quest for the Environment, Quest Art, Midland, ON. Himel’s paintings are part of private coll...

“My Work’s Not Selling” – Maybe It’s Your Photos

April 08, 2022 11:00 - 11 minutes - 11.5 MB

Over the course of the last few episodes Pennylane has shared four of the most common obstacles her company Dazed and Confucius hears from their clients each day and a few notes of advice for overcoming them. Today she outlines a useful tip in response to the common phrase: “Why isn’t my work selling?” In this episode, Pennylane explains how proper digital documentation and curated presentation of your work is crucial, and can often make or break whether the work sells. For a limited time,...

Fiber & Form: Artist Jamie Linn Powell

April 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Jamie Powell was born in Fairmont, West Virginia 30 miles south of the Mason Dixon Line to a family of farmers and factory workers. Her Appalachian roots encouraged a culture of reuse, repurposing, patching and stitching. She has an interest in exploring the boundaries of what paintings can be through a highly experimental process of dying, braiding, weaving, stitching and staining raw canvas.    Intimate feminine domestic gestures become grand moments in her paintings. Oversized and out of c...

“What the Heck is My Work About?” – Finding Your Family

March 25, 2022 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.47 MB

Over the course of the next few episodes Pennylane shares with you four of the most common obstacles or complaints her company Dazed and Confucius hears from their clients each day and a few notes of advice for overcoming them.   Today she addresses the answer to the common phrase: “I have trouble talking about my work, putting what it is I do into words, and conveying it others.” In this episode, Pennylane explains how creating an unconventional family tree can be a useful tool for def...

Trusting the Process: Art and Fashion with Haleh Mashian

March 18, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MB

For over 20+ years, Haleh Mashian’s art has colorfully illustrated her unique, astute view of the world, both real and imagined.  As a  painter and creative expressionist, Mashian's abstract works reveal her appreciation of color theory, compositional form and the study of positive and negative space. Working in mixed media and using a variety of techniques from collage to impasto, a repeated layering and application of paint, Mashian’s dynamic pieces range from smaller artworks that can be ...

“Help! I’m All Over the Place” – Finding Focus

March 11, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

Over the course of the next few episodes Pennylane shares with you four of the most common obstacles or complaints her company Dazed and Confucius hears from their clients each day and a few notes of advice for overcoming them. Today she addresses a phrase she hears all too often from artists: “My work is all over the place! I don’t have a distinct style, I can’t seem to stick to one thing – I want to try them all, how do I focus?” In this episode, Pennylane explains how the Website can be a...

Pop Culture and Symbolism: Artist Britty Em

March 04, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes - 41.2 MB

Britty Em is an Australian International selling artist, who works mainly in large scale acrylic paintings. Charming audiences with her colorful and playful portraits of iconic women, and everyday objects dressed up in opulent patterns and symbolism, the work takes audiences on a journey through the seemingly familiar, yet extraordinary.    Britty Em integrates both concept and color to create crisp clean work that infuses elements of graphic design, pop culture and fashion. Her works cl...

The Problems Networks Can Solve For Artists

February 18, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Today, Paddy Johnson joins us for her final mini episode to talk about why you need a network and the specific problems they can solve for you as an artist.    Head over to https://www.netvvrk.art to join the waitlist for the membership of Netvvrk, a business networking and professional development training designed to support artists who want to get more shows, residencies, and grants. 

Are You Inside the Painting: Artist Chie Fueki

February 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Chie Fueki (b. 1973) lives and works in Beacon, NY. Fueki was born in Yokohama, Japan, and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. She earned her MFA at Yale University and her BFA at The Ringling College of Art and Design. She is an inaugural recipient of the 2021 Joan Mitchell Fellowship. Her first solo exhibition at DC Moore Gallery will be in January, 2022. Other recent solo exhibitions include: Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2005, 2008, 2013, 2021); Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY (2006...

Creating, Curating and Collaborating with Christina Massey

February 04, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MB

Christina Massey is an artist and curator based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has won multiple awards including an FST StudioProject Fund Grant, Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant, SIP Fellowship at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Puffin Foundation Grant. Massey’s work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Art Spiel and Art Fuse and is in the collections of the Janet Turner Museum, Art Bank Collection in DC, Credit Suisse and multiple private collections. Her work has shown at such venues ...

Why Building Your Network Matters

January 28, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MB

Today, Paddy Johnson joins us for a mini episode to talk about why building a network is important for your career growth.  Paddy talks about  why it’s less what you make, but who you know, who knows you, and who those people know, that determines success.    Head over to https://www.netvvrk.art and use the code ILYW20 to get $20 off your first month of your membership of Netvvrk, a business networking and professional development training designed to support artists who want to get more...

ArtGirlRising: Founder Liezel Strauss

January 21, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 42.6 MB

South African-born Liezel Strauss co-founded Subject Matter in 2011 in Tokyo with her husband Jon Hindley with the dream of making art more accessible. Liezel went on to create ArtGirlRising of which she is the co-founder and director. In 2019 she was named one of UN Women's top 100 female innovators worldwide, as part of their She Innovates Global programme.   Liezel was inspired to create ArtGirlRising by The #5WomenArtists campaign, created by the National Museum of Women in the Arts ...

Why Doing What You Love Needs Strings Attached

January 14, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 14 MB

Today Paddy Johnson joins us for a mini episode to talk about the consequences of an industry that most join for love, but doesn't financially support us and why understanding the full nature of this context gives you agency.  Head over to https://www.netvvrk.art and use the code ILYW20 to get $20 off your first month of your membership of Netvvrk, a business networking and professional development training designed to support artists who want to get more shows, residencies, and grants. 

Gallerist, Poet, and Artist Scott Zieher of ZieherSmith Gallery

January 07, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Scott Zieher is a poet, artist, and art dealer born and raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has published seven books of poetry, most recently, THE BROWNSVILLE QUARTERLY, a book-length poem in the form of a newspaper that was published to coincide with a solo exhibition of collages at Marvin Gardens in June 2019. His next book 900 RECENT POEMS will coincide with a solo exhibition at The Real Tinsel in Milwaukee next June. He and his wife, Andrea Smith-Zieher opened the contemporary art gallery...

Why Being an Artist is Harder than Being in Other Industries

December 31, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 16.9 MB

What makes the art industry distinct from other industries? How does this create distortion in our industry? How does Netvvrk, the membership program I run, offer a correction to this problem? Every other industry works like this: You create a product that responds to a customers needs or desires, and you sell that product at a price that pays for your labor and reflects what the market will bear. The fine art industry works like this: You create a completely individualized and idiosyncrat...

Clarity Haynes: Feminism Through Art

December 24, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

I had the amazing opportunity to chat with New York-based artist Clarity Haynes, known for her work with the Breast Portrait Project, a social practice project started in LGBTQ and feminist communities which feature a series of torso paintings.    Clarity Haynes is a queer feminist New York-based artist and writer whose painting practice centers on the body, queer feminist resistance, and the archive. Her work has been widely exhibited, including at Denny Dimin Gallery in New York, prese...

Authentic Sales

December 17, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 17.8 MB

Bridgette Mayer is an artist, author and the founder founded one of Philadelphia’s preeminent contemporary galleries, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in 2001. Bridgette also runs the Art MBA Membership, which helps artists transform their art career by changing their mindset, being proactive and having an effective marketing plan.    In this week's mini episode, Bridgette joins us to talk about authentic sales and how you should be marketing your business by personally connecting with your poten...

Finding Form in Paint: Artist Glen Cebulash

December 10, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

This was a special interview to record. Glen was my undergrad professor and a big supporter of me and my work. It was such a pleasure to talk to him on the show and learn more about his background and his paintings. During this interview I was reminded of what an amazing teacher he is and I am sincerely happy to be able to share his work and ideas on paint and painting with listeners.   Glen received his BFA from Boston University and his MFA from The American University in Washington D....

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