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Episode 597: Listen to my fun chat with artist Eva Crawford & model, Joy Farley. Eva was commissioned to paint the cover for Meredith Ritchie’s newly released WW2 historical novel, Poster Girls, …

Episode 596: Today I chat with Odiba Obioha, owner of O’da Art in Nigeria. He’s in NYC because he’s collaborating with Kates-Ferri Projects for the group exhibition, Pangea. It’s a 6 artist show,…

Episode 595: Listen as I chat with artist, Anna Hill of Art Helps Cancer. She & her husband created Art From the Heart after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Artists donate original artwork to b…

Episode 596: Today I catch up with Lulu Schwall. She’s got so much going on: taking classes, doing commissions, Home shows, creating Instagram posts & Facebook Lives; doing stuff that scares her.…

Episode 596: Listen as I chat with Maine artist & doctor, Amy Kustra. I met Amy through a mutual friend. When I saw her work, I knew I had to talk to her. Her portraits are stunning, her landscap…

Episode 594: Today I chat with LA sculptor, Ann Weber who makes these large scale abstract sculptures out of CARDBOARD! She conveys metaphors for real life experiences out of her art. We talk abo…

Episode 593: Listen to my chat with Lauri Dewhurst-Summers. She’s the owner of Coffey & Thompson Gallery, the oldest gallery in Charlotte. Katie Trafford, her gallery manager joins us. We talk ab…

Episode 592: Check out my chat with Canadian artist & interior designer, Kevin Mann. I met Kevin at a local art festival & knew right away he was a kindred spirit. We talk about how art is a tribal e…

Episode 591: Today I chat with Dr. Irwin Braverman about a program he developed called The Art of Medicine. It’s now a required workshop for doctors to improve their observation skills. I learn h…

Episode 595: Listen as I catch up with the host of The Lonely Palette podcast, Tamar Avishai. She’s got lots going on. She did the audio for the MOMA exhibition of German artist, Kathe Kallowitz…

Episode 594: Today I chat with U Gallery founder Alex Farkas…all the way in Amsterdam. Alex wanted to break the barriers that he felt was holding both artists & collectors back with the current g…

Episode 593: Today I chat with artist, muralist, podcast host, teacher, & mother, Brandi Hofer. She’s a master at juggling it all. We talk about being thankful for burnout, the positive way mothe…

Episode 592: Today I chat with Sewist, Elizabeth Watkins. I’ve known Elizabeth for years & known about her sewing career, but she’s started doing these new things called fabric collages, which ar…

Episode 590: Listen to my chat with restauranteur, Irene Demas, who didn’t know when she & her husband traded a grilled cheese sandwich for a Maud Lewis painting that it would net them $272 thous…

Episode 589: Today I talk to Expressionist artist, Caroline Rust. She does these fabulous paintings with textiles that are heavily influenced by things like history, women’s rights, & intuition. …

Episode 587: Today I talk to Jeffrey Katzin about the Cleveland Urban Folk artist Michelangelo Lovelace. His goal was to document the realities of inner city life. His his current exhibition Ar…

Episode 586: Dr. Tom Hanchett, aka “Dr. History,” is a local historian & author in Charlotte, NC. I met him at the local library when he was talking about our city’s food culture when I realized …

Episode 587: Today I am talking with Flanzella. She’s a collage artist from Toronto, Canada. She uses vintage & historical magazines & let me tell you, it is lush. We talk inspiration, we talk pr…

Episode 578: Today I talk to Anne Wise Low of Artwalks Charlotte. Anne is an art advocate, an art appreciation professor at our community college & the creator & founder of ArtWalksClt. I took on…

Episode 588: Today I talk to sculptor Marta Dominguez… all the way in Spain. We talk about her alter-ego cow sculptures. We talk art markets. We talk AI & more…

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