Latest Public art Podcast Episodes
Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann on Paper, Landscapes, and Building an Art Career
First Coat - October 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourBased in Washington, DC, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann creates work in her studio and in public space. She has held various residencies and fellowships, including a Fulbright grant to Taiwan and Arts and Humanities grant in DC. She has exhibited at the Walters Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Rawls...
Lym Moreno on style, pseudonyms, and wheat pasting
First Coat - October 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourBorn in Venezuela, Lym currently lives and works in Vienna. Also known as Mosta, she creates works in public space where she constantly experiences different contexts and formats. She combines a diversity of media and techniques such as collage, drawing, paper assemblage among other print making...
Magda Love on Being an Artist, Staying Focused, and Being Prepared
First Coat - October 06, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourBorn in Argentina, Magda Love has lived in New York City for more than a decade. Mostly know by her colorful street art and big public works. Magda is an artist originally from Argentina and has been in NYC for 15 years. Her work can be seen all over the world on the street and in art galleries....
Magda Love on Being an Artist, Staying Focused, and Being Prepared
First Coat - October 06, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourBorn in Argentina, Magda Love has lived in New York City for more than a decade. Mostly know by her colorful street art and big public works. Magda is an artist originally from Argentina and has been in NYC for 15 years. Her work can be seen all over the world on the street and in art galleries....
Betsy Casañas on Her Process, Parachute Cloth, and Collaboration
First Coat - September 29, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutesBetsy Casañas is a Visual and Public Artist, an educator, a community activist and an organizer based in Philadelphia and Puerto Rico. She is the director of A Seed on Diamond Gallery (S.O.D.) and founder of Semilla Arts Initiative. I spoke with Betsy about how she does community-based public ar...
Natasha May Platt on Meditation, Painting Flowers, and Pleasure
First Coat - September 21, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutesNatasha May Platt is a mural artist based in New York City. She’s painted murals all over the world, but I first met Natasha from one of her murals in the Lower East Side. I spoke with Natasha about meditation, her new approach to finding clients, and the importance of saying yes. You’ll learn h...
Natasha May Platt on Meditation, Painting Flowers, and Pleasure - Ep 05
First Coat - September 21, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutesNatasha May Platt is a mural artist based in New York City. She’s painted murals all over the world, but I first met Natasha from one of her murals in the Lower East Side. I spoke with Natasha about meditation, her new approach to finding clients, and the importance of saying yes. You’ll learn h...
Kilia Llano on Working with Community, Sketchbooks, and Following Your Own Voice Ep 04
First Coat - September 14, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutesKilia Llano is an artist, illustrator, and teacher based in the Dominican Republic. Kilia has done many murals around the world and for various art festivals and mural residencies. I spoke with Kilia about how she finally started doing murals in the street, how her Taíno and African roots influe...
Kilia Llano on Working with Community, Sketchbooks, and Following Your Own Voice
First Coat - September 14, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutesKilia Llano is an artist, illustrator, and teacher based in the Dominican Republic. Kilia has done many murals around the world and for various art festivals and mural residencies. I spoke with Kilia about how she finally started doing murals in the street, how her Taíno and African roots influe...
Sofía Maldonado-Suárez on Changing Art Styles, Commissions, and Isolation Ep 03
First Coat - September 07, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutesSofía Maldonado-Suárez is an artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sofia has created various projects in New York, Puerto Rico, and around the world. I spoke with Sofia about her mural work, her studio practice, and how her art style has changed over time. You’ll learn about how Sofia does art ...
Sofía Maldonado-Suárez on Changing Art Styles, Commissions, and Isolation
First Coat - September 07, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutesSofía Maldonado-Suárez is an artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sofia has created various projects in New York, Puerto Rico, and around the world. I spoke with Sofia about her mural work, her studio practice, and how her art style has changed over time. You’ll learn about how Sofia does art ...
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on Passion Projects, the Cold Email, and Landing a Solo Show
First Coat - August 31, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourAmanda Phingbodhipakkiya is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She uses interactive installation, augmented reality, and bio design to create large-scale exhibitions that connect science and society. I spoke with Amanda about her recent exhibition, her advice for doing community-b...
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on Passion Projects, the Cold Email, and Landing a Solo Show - Ep 2
First Coat - August 31, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourAmanda Phingbodhipakkiya is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She uses interactive installation, augmented reality, and bio design to create large-scale exhibitions that connect science and society. I spoke with Amanda about her recent exhibition, her advice for doing community-b...
Perri Rhoden on Being a Mural Artist, Making Money, and Self Care
First Coat - August 31, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourThis week on First Coat we have artist Perri Rhoden. Perri is a Seattle native and has recently taken the leap to being a full time artist. I spoke with Perri about her work on a giant Black Lives Matter mural in Seattle, her transition to being a full time artist, and the importance of self car...
Perri Rhoden on Being a Mural Artist, Making Money, and Self Care - Ep 1
First Coat - August 31, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourThis week on First Coat we have artist Perri Rhoden. Perri is a Seattle native and has recently taken the leap to being a full time artist. I spoke with Perri about her work on a giant Black Lives Matter mural in Seattle, her transition to being a full time artist, and the importance of self car...
Introducing First Coat
First Coat - May 22, 2020 20:00 - 1 minuteFirst Coat is a new podcast by Distill Creative about public realm art, how it’s made, and why it matters. On this podcast you’ll learn about murals, creative activations, and site-specific art projects that are in plazas, parks, and luxury apartment buildings. Your host, Stephanie Echeveste, i...
Morgan Bricca / Getting Started as a Mural Artist (Ep. 15)
If These Walls Could Talk - December 26, 2019 15:08 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHost: [Morgan Bricca][1] Links: [Web: www.Morganmurals.com][2] [Insta: morgan.mural.studios][3] [Blog www.morganmurals.com/blog][4] Episode Summary: I answer questions posed in an email from an artist in Portland, OR who wants to move towards mural painting. I wrap up this last episode in...
Alex Cook / You Are Loved Murals (Ep. 14)
If These Walls Could Talk - November 27, 2019 20:37 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHost: Morgan Bricca Guest: Alex Cook Links: Web: www.Morganmurals.com Insta: morgan.mural.studios Blog www.morganmurals.com/blog Alex's Website Alex's Video Episode Summary: Is it possible to be a rebel against street art culture? Alex Cook might be the first. His overtly loving mess...
Hanna of Hanna's Murals (Ep. 13)
If These Walls Could Talk - November 22, 2019 16:57 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHanna has been painting murals in the San Diego area for 15 years. We discuss the details of “the hustle” including pricing, materials, physical challenges, finding more clients, and taking time off to travel and recharge.
Hanna Daly/ Hanna's Murals (Ep. 13)
If These Walls Could Talk - November 22, 2019 16:57 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHost: Morgan Bricca Guest: Hanna Links: Web: www.Morganmurals.com Insta: morgan.mural.studios Blog www.morganmurals.com/blog Hanna's Murals: hannasmurals.com Hanna's Instagram: @hannasmurals Episode Summary: Hanna has been painting murals in the San Diego area for 15 years. We discus...
Empire Seven Studios founder Juan Carlos Araujo (Ep. 12)
If These Walls Could Talk - August 01, 2019 16:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHost: Morgan Bricca Guest: Juan Carlos Araujo Links: Web: www.Morganmurals.com Insta: morgan.mural.studios Blog www.morganmurals.com/blog Juan Carlos Araujo: [email protected] https://www.empiresevenstudios.com/ Episode Summary: Juan Carlos Araujo brought Pow Wow mural fes...
San Jose Director of Public Art Michael Ogilvie (Ep. 11)
If These Walls Could Talk - August 01, 2019 14:48 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHost: Morgan Bricca Guest: Michael Ogilvie Links: Web: www.Morganmurals.com Insta: morgan.mural.studios Blog www.morganmurals.com/blog Michael Ogilvie, Public Art Director, City of San Jose [email protected] San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs http://www.sanjoseca.gov/inde...
Art for Change
Public Art Works - June 21, 2019 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn our season one finale, we question and explore the ways in which artists wield their work as an activist tool by revisiting Ai Weiwei’s 2017 citywide blockbuster exhibition, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”. Weiwei joins Public Art Fund Director & Chief Curator Nicholas Baume for a conversat...
Art for Change
Public Art Works - June 21, 2019 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn our season one finale, we question and explore the ways in which artists wield their work as an activist tool by revisiting Ai Weiwei’s 2017 citywide blockbuster exhibition, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”. Weiwei joins Public Art Fund Director & Chief Curator Nicholas Baume for a conversat...
The Art of the Ad
Public Art Works - June 21, 2019 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPublic Art Fund has long explored ways to insert public art into ubiquitous New York City formats, from manhole covers—as we discussed—to bus shelters to our big, public, ad-covered screens. Public Art Fund first utilized screens as a medium for public art with “Messages to the Public,” which ra...
The Art of the Ad
Public Art Works - June 21, 2019 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPublic Art Fund has long explored ways to insert public art into ubiquitous New York City formats, from manhole covers—as we discussed—to bus shelters to our big, public, ad-covered screens. Public Art Fund first utilized screens as a medium for public art with “Messages to the Public,” which ra...
In Direct Line
Public Art Works - June 21, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn the year 2000, Public Art Fund installed 19 functional manhole covers in Lower Manhattan, conceived and designed by the renowned conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. We brought Lawrence and former Public Art Fund Director Tom Eccles back together to discuss the project and process, which includ...
In Direct Line
Public Art Works - June 21, 2019 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn the year 2000, Public Art Fund installed 19 functional manhole covers in Lower Manhattan, conceived and designed by the renowned conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. We brought Lawrence and former Public Art Fund Director Tom Eccles back together to discuss the project and process, which includ...
Public Art/Public Action
Public Art Works - June 20, 2019 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPublic art is not necessarily static, nor is it necessarily sculptural. Performance is a kind of public art, and one that brings with it a host of other concerns and associations regarding the body and the ways in which a public is engaged. For Public Art Fund artists Kate Gilmore and Xaviera Si...
Public Art/Public Action
Public Art Works - June 20, 2019 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPublic art is not necessarily static, nor is it necessarily sculptural. Performance is a kind of public art, and one that brings with it a host of other concerns and associations regarding the body and the ways in which a public is engaged. For Public Art Fund artists Kate Gilmore and Xaviera Si...