Southcoast Artists Index
The Artists Index podcasts offer up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters and cultural impresarios of this remarkable creative community.
Join us as we speak with and listen to the creative community’s living visual, performing and literary artists. We will also feature those seeking information on and, sharing what they have discovered about the Artists who have passed on that were a part of the creative community’s creative fabric in days gone by.
The Artists Index is putting Artists in their place – in history!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 244
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ep. 64: Ron Fortier
Welcome painter/Artist Index co-founder/podcaster Ron Fortier to Podcast Episode: 64. Ron is a guest on his own show and this episode is hosted by painter/art writer Don Wilkinson who's been our gues…
Ep. 63: Don Wilkinson
Welcome back painter/art writer Don Wilkinson to In-Focus Podcast Number 63. Don was one of our earliest guests on Podcast Episode 4.
He received his BFA in Printmaking from the Swain School of Desig…
Ep. 62: Brandon Cabral
Ep. 61: Phillip J. Mellen
Welcome painter/poet/podcaster Phillip J. Mellen to In-Focus Podcast Number 53. Phillip was born during the Bicentennial year which was dedicated to celebrating the Nation’s independence from the Cro…
Ep. 60: Ben Jones
Welcome grant writer Ben Jones to In-Focus Podcast Number 60. Ben is an arts adjacent. What does that mean?
Ben Jones grew up surrounded by the arts. He had two aunts who worked as professional visua…
Ep. 59: Nancy Hayes
Welcome painter Nancy Hayes to In-Focus Podcast Number 59. Nancy was a ceramic sculptor for over twenty years. Her work concentrated on organic forms infused with patterns that defined their surface …
Ep 58: Lowell Thompson
Welcome painter and "recovering adman" and Chicago native Lowell Thompson to In-Focus Podcast Number 58. Lowell began creating ads and commercials for some of America’s biggest ad agencies and compan…
Ep 57: Catherine Carter
Ep 56: Jack Maravell
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Welcome musician/songwriter/Beatlemanix member Jack Maravell to In-Focus Podcast Number 56. Jack is recently retired and resides in Fort Pierce, Florida after decad…
Ep 55: Randy Swann
Welcome painter/graphic designer Randy Swamm to In-Focus Podcast Number 55. Randy was raised in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He moved to the Southcoast in 1975 to attend the Swain School of Desig…
Episode 54: Don Burton
Welcome filmmaker Don Burton to In-Focus Podcast Number 54. He owns and operates an Emmy award-winning digital arts studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Don produces documentaries, brand content, In…
Episode 53: Phillip J. Mellen
Welcome painter/poet/podcaster Phillip J. Mellen to In-Focus Podcast Number 53. Phillip was born during the Bicentennial year which was dedicated to celebrating the Nation's independence from the Cro…
Episode 52: Johnny Gwynn
Welcome musician/songwriter Johnny Gwynn to In-Focus Podcast Number 52. Johnny is residing in Nashville, Tennessee while pursuing a dream and a career!
Johnny is a transplanted songwriter from Cape…
Episode 51: Richard Connor
Welcome art collector Richard Connor to In-Focus Podcast Number 51. Richard is actually Dr. Richard Connor, Evolutionary Biologist!
He has recently retired as a Professor of Biology from the Universi…
Episode 50: Lyn Dillies
Welcome, Master Illusionist Lyn Dillies to In-Focus Podcast Number 50. It's a milestone for us and we couldn't be happier celebrating this magical number with anyone else!
Lyn has mesmerized audien…
Episode 49: Pat Coomey Thornton
Welcome painter Pat Coomey Thornton to In-Focus Podcast Number 49. Pat is one half of a painting power couple!
Her husband, John Havens Thornton is also a painter of note. She holds an MFA from Pius …
Episode 48: Earl Lee White
Welcome actor Earl Lee White to In-Focus Podcast Number 48.
As he self-describes: "I'm an actor. I'm a rapper. I'm a skateboarder. I'm a sponsored Teck Decker." Earl is new to the television and fil…
Episode 47: Ben Martinez
He is a graduate of The Cooper Union and studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and …
Episode 46: Ralph Hickok
Welcome editor, feature writer, newswriter, and sportsbook author Ralph Hickok to In-Focus Podcast Number 46. There have been thirty episodes since Ralph's first visit on In-Focus Podcast Number 16. …