Latest Curators Podcast Episodes
Art Affairs 093 - Megan Ellen MacDonald
Art Affairs - July 22, 2024 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Megan Ellen MacDonald. We discuss her time growing up in rural Ontario, how she developed her super unique and immediately recognizable style, her experience teaching art, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: Jacub Gagnon, And...
BONUS: Hey, It's Me — Episode 1: What Are We Doing?
Keep the Channel Open - July 10, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIntroducing Hey, It's Me! I'm happy to announce a new podcast from me and my friend Rachel Zucker, Hey, It's Me! Here's the first episode as a bonus for KTCO listeners. Enjoy! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast RSS Web
Art Affairs 092 - Femke Hiemstra
Art Affairs - July 01, 2024 08:15 - 58 minutesOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Femke Hiemstra. We discuss how she transitioned from a career in illustration to focusing on her own personal work, the role animals play in her work, how she started incorporating super unique panel shapes into her work, and a whole lot more! ...
Episode 151: KTCO Book Club - Whereas (with Amorak Huey)
Keep the Channel Open - June 26, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFor this KTCO Book Club conversation, poet Amorak Huey joins me to discuss Layli Long Soldier’s 2017 poetry collection, Whereas. In our conversation, we talked about the way the poems confront language, what language means in the context of forced assimilation, and how the poems engage with both...
Art Affairs 091 - DALeast
Art Affairs - June 10, 2024 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist DALeast. We discuss his time growing up in Wuhan, how he first became interested in creating art in public spaces, the origin and meaning behind his distinctive metal shard motif, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: JEJ Crew,...
Episode 150: KTCO Book Club - The Man Who Could Move Clouds (with Martha Crawford)
Keep the Channel Open - May 29, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFor this KTCO Book Club conversation, I’m joined by writer and group facilitator Martha Crawford for a discussion about Ingrid Rojas Contreras’s 2023 memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds. In our conversation, Martha and I talked about different ways of knowing, how to read across cultures witho...
Art Affairs 090 - Sean 9 Lugo
Art Affairs - May 20, 2024 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Sean 9 Lugo. We discuss how he first got into graffiti as a teenager in New Jersey, how comics have inspired his work over the years, his love of Philadelphia and the Philly art community, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: ...
Art Affairs 089 - Esao Andrews
Art Affairs - April 29, 2024 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, Esao Andrews joins me for a second time! We catch up on what he's been up to since our first chat a couple years ago, we talk about his time creating covers for the House of Mystery comic series, his new solo show opening at Thinkspace, and a whole lot more! Als...
Episode 149: José Pablo Iriarte
Keep the Channel Open - April 24, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsWriter and friend José Pablo Iriarte returns to the show to discuss their debut middle-grade novel, Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed. In our conversation, we talked about building stories without antagonists, writing for young readers, and what makes coming-of-age stories such an enduring p...
Art Affairs 088 - Molly Gruninger
Art Affairs - April 01, 2024 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Molly Gruninger. We discuss how she transitioned from doing commercial graphic design work to focusing on her fine art career, the story of identity and social façades that she tells with her work, what she's been up to lately, and a whole lot ...
Episode 148: Sarah Rose Etter
Keep the Channel Open - March 27, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsSarah Rose Etter is a writer based in Los Angeles, CA. In Sarah’s latest novel, Ripe, a young woman is trapped in a dream-job-turned-corporate-nightmare at a cutthroat Silicon Valley tech startup. Her bosses are capricious and cruel, the city she lives in is crumbling under late capitalism, and ...
Art Affairs 087 - Ben Ashton
Art Affairs - March 11, 2024 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Ben Ashton. We discuss his early years, growing up in a family of artists, how much history and art history inspires him, the evolution of his art and style throughout the course of his career, his upcoming show at Dorothy Circus Gallery, and a...
Episode 147: KTCO "Book" Club - Baldur's Gate 3 (with Maggie Tokuda-Hall)
Keep the Channel Open - February 28, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFor this KTCO “Book” Club conversation, writer Maggie Tokuda-Hall returns to the show to talk about the game Baldur’s Gate 3. In our conversation, Maggie and I talked about what it’s like to experience a story with so many branching paths, how player choices reflect the player’s personality, as ...
Art Affairs 086 - Katie Gamb
Art Affairs - February 19, 2024 09:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Katie Gamb. We discuss her time growing up in rural Wisconsin, her early love of illustrated books and how she approaches story-telling with her own work, her upcoming solo show at Beinart Gallery, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this ...
Episode 146: Olatunde Osinaike
Keep the Channel Open - January 31, 2024 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsOlatunde Osinaike is a poet based in Atlanta, GA. In his debut full-length poetry collection, Tender Headed, Olatunde explores Black masculinity, both celebrating and interrogating it in his sonically virtuosic poems. We talked about his approach to poetry, what poetic lineage means to him, and ...
Art Affairs 085 - Jacub Gagnon
Art Affairs - January 29, 2024 09:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Jacub Gagnon. We discuss how he first got interested in painting (spoiler: it wasn't his original career goal), his use of animals to communicate ideas, what he has coming up this year, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: Sar...
Art Affairs 084 - Bezt (Etam Cru)
Art Affairs - January 01, 2024 09:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist and one half of street art duo Etam Cru, Bezt. We discuss how he first got started painting walls on the streets of his hometown in Poland, how Etam Cru was formed and teaming up with Sainer, how his process in the studio differs from the way h...
Episode 145: KTCO Book Club - Bianca (with Rachel Zucker)
Keep the Channel Open - November 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFor this KTCO Book Club conversation, poet and podcaster Rachel Zucker returns to the show to discuss Eugenia Leigh’s poetry collection Bianca. In our conversation, we talked about our approaches to talking about books with their authors, how form shapes how we take in intense subject matter in ...
Art Affairs 083 - Rob Jones
Art Affairs - November 20, 2023 09:15 - 1 hourOn this special anniversary episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist and Creative Director Rob Jones. We discuss how he first connected with the White Stripes and started working with Jack, a relationship that's spanned 20 years, his endearing (and melancholy) Grief series, the rise and fall ...
Art Affairs 082 - Miles Johnston
Art Affairs - October 30, 2023 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Miles Johnston. We discuss how he first got inspired to create, what he's trying to communicate through his work, his upcoming solo show at Harman Projects, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: Spoke Art, Hashimoto Contemporar...
Art Affairs 081 - Jolene Lai
Art Affairs - October 02, 2023 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Jolene Lai. We discuss her early career working in commercial graphic design, the combination of dark and light that runs throughout her work, her new solo show at Thinkspace, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: Esao Andrews,...
Art Affairs 080 - Max Sansing
Art Affairs - September 04, 2023 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Max Sansing. We discuss his time growing up and painting graffiti in the South Side of Chicago, how important community is to him, the many symbols that he incorporates into his work, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: Carol...
Episode 144: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Keep the Channel Open - August 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsGerardo Sámano Córdova is a writer and artist from Mexico City. In his debut novel, Monstrilio, Gerardo draws from both horror and literary fiction traditions to tell a story about grief, family, and self-acceptance. In our conversation, Gerardo and I talked about genre expectations, genre ficti...
Art Affairs 079 - Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers
Art Affairs - August 14, 2023 08:15 - 55 minutesOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers. We discuss the paranormal experiences she had early in her life that influenced her over the years, the meaning behind many of the recurring symbols and motifs in her work, her new solo show at Beinart Gallery, and a wh...
Episode 143: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Keep the Channel Open - August 02, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a writer based in the Bronx, NY. In his debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana presents us with a dystopian future America where convicted prisoners fight each other to the death in a televised bloodsport. The book is both a blistering critique of the US carceral sys...
Art Affairs 078 - Richey Beckett
Art Affairs - July 24, 2023 08:15 - 2 hoursOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Richey Beckett. We discuss the period after school when he stopped creating visual art to focus on making music, how he transitioned from that into creating art for bands, how important his connection with nature has been throughout his life, a...
Art Affairs 077 - Kristen Liu-Wong
Art Affairs - July 03, 2023 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Kristen Liu-Wong. We discuss the enormous amount of creative growth she experienced during her time in school, the complex themes she incorporates into her work, her last show at Superchief, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode...
Episode 142: Rachel Zucker
Keep the Channel Open - June 28, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsRachel Zucker is a writer, podcast, and teacher based in New York and Maine. Her latest book, The Poetics of Wrongness, is a collection of essays (originally written and performed for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series) delving into her own poetics, motherhood, the history of confessional poetry, ...
Art Affairs 076 - Camilla d'Errico
Art Affairs - June 12, 2023 08:15 - 1 hourOn this episode of Art Affairs, i talk with artist Camilla d'Errico. We discuss how she got her start in the comics industry, how she made the shift into the fine art community, her upcoming solo show at Corey Helford Gallery, and a whole lot more! Also mentioned in this episode: Joshua Dysart...
Episode 141: KTCO Book Club - The Scapegracers (with Sarah Gailey)
Keep the Channel Open - May 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsFor our latest KTCO Book Club episode, writer Sarah Gailey joins us for a discussion of H. A. Clarke’s YA novels The Scapegracers and The Scratch Daughters. In our conversation, Sarah and I talked about the ways Clarke’s novels subvert genre expectations, about the quality of teen girls’ rage, a...