Kimmy Not Kim Podcast

Today's episode comes from our first on-the-road episode, recorded in Ames, Iowa! Kristin M Roach is a visual artist, small business owner and author with the most peaceful, kind tempo. We share stor…

Alden Burke (she/they) joins us in the studio today. Visual artist, educator, organizer (and so much more), Alden is rooted in Chicago and has become a force for community collaboration, equity withi…

Today we're joined by the very talented Chicago-based professional actor/writer/producer Leslie Ann Sheppard. She shares about the wonders and challenges of the acting world, the journey of writing h…

We're kicking off Season Two with Chicago-based visual artist Millicent Kennedy! Listen in as we dig into (and laugh about) the ideas of failure and success as artists and humans. And rewind to Episo…

Welcome to the final episode of Season One and 2023! My how time flies when you're having fun and growing. Today I get meta as all get out, thinking about how, why and for whom does an artist take on…

Today we're continuing with the mini-series The Story of Us with my husband Nate Noonen. Join us as we look back over the last 20 years of our artist/non-artist relationship and consider the ways tho…

In the studio today I'm joined by artist, small business owner, film industry professional and volunteer co-curator for the Terrain Bienniel: Stephanie Graham. If you're not familiar with Terrain, we…

Today I bring a solo convo about my relationship to Whiteness in American society as an embodied White woman. There is confession, vulnerability, wisdom I'm absorbing from others who know more than I…

Rebecca Wu joins us today in the studio to talk about her work as an artist, educator, children's book author and founder of Rooster and Hen Resources, a non-profit providing children and adults with…

Welcome to the studio! Today I jump back into our solo conversation rhythm by answering a friend's art question and digging into the complex idea of celebration. In the episode I read a few quotes fr…

Welcome to the studio! This week we're joined by Amanda Raquel, a longtime friend and singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and mother. We dig into the (dreaded, trecherous, life-giving?) topic of busines…

Come into the studio today with me (visual artist Kimmy Noonen) and my husband Nate Noonen as we dig into the stories of our individual and partnered mental health journeys and what it means to keep …

Visual artist Catherine Reinhart comes to the studio today to have a conversation about being makers, mothers, and unpack the conceptual richness of critically and materially engaged caregiving. If y…

I'm your host, visual artist Kimmy Noonen, and today I'm joined by two amazing artists for a conversation about our practices, motherhood and the experience of aging as women in the artworld. Deirdre…

Today I have a conversation with my oldest child, ten year old Charlotte. We go together into the vast world of Minecraft and make unexpected connections between the game, real life, and my Atlas pai…

Feeling the limits of life, this episode carves out just enough time to stop and remember the table of life. We read the poem Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo in her memoir Poet Warrior and t…

Philosophizing my way through the idea of motherhood and art making with the help of work from women I admire (myself included). An honest, raw expression of the wonder and agony of being more than I…

Join me, visual artist Kimmy Noonen, in my studio as I talk about my unfolding journey of self-sight and how much I love the Enneagram as a tool to accelerate that process. I also go into some vulner…

Today we will hear from Jane, my tremendous six year old daughter, and what she loves about art and how she sees her mother's work in the studio. I hope you find joy in this time capsule moment in my…

Get some ground floor facts about from your host, artist Kimmy Noonen, along with a review of the newly released book God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland and a conceptual deep dive into current work…