The Art Career
The Art Career is a space breaking barriers by letting you sit in on candid, straightforward conversations with leaders in visual arts, writing, music, theater and film. Join New York based advisor, curator, and overall artist advocate, Emily McElwreath, for authentic conversations with icons of our generation like #1 New York Times best selling author Cheryl Strayed, senior art critic for New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz, and world renowned artist, Marilyn Minter. Emily dives deep into topics like self development, career trajectories, mental health, and social justice.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 91
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Lauryn-Ashley Vandyke : Manifesting Your Own Career in the Art World
Lauryn-Ashley Vandyke is a recent graduate of New York University who has made a fast and furious name for herself in the New York art scene. She has become downtown Manhattan’s party planner, headli…
Nora Gomez-Strauss : Growing Your Audience by Making Social Media Personal
Whether we like it or not, the internet has completely changed the way we orient and present ourselves. Your social media presence can make or break your career and it's one of the main topics art pr…
Bradley Carbone : Balancing a High-Low Aesthetic
From Complex, Adidas, to Sneeze magazine, Bradley Carbone is key in establishing and driving an authentic New York point of view - or what many may call, “streetwear media”. Bradley has his finger on…
Laurie Simmons : Protecting your Business and Integrity in the Arts
In Episode 8 of The Art Career Podcast, we chat with artist, photographer and filmmaker, Laurie Simmons, about her refreshing love for observing and her life-long urge to call out how absurd the inte…
Will Hutnick : Facilitating Artist Forward Projects with Mindfulness
In Episode 7 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily McElwreath chats with Will Hutnick, an artist, curator, and Director of Artistic Programming at the Wassaic Project in Upstate NY. The Wassaic Project is…
Mark Tribe : Lifelong Interests, Online Communities, and The Art of Critique
In Episode 6 of The Art Career, Emily McElwreath interviews Mark Tribe. The art world knows Mark Tribe in many different ways, and as soon as you’re introduced to him, you’ll see him everywhere. Simp…
Dana Prussian : Investing, Leveraging, and Selling Art
In Episode 5 of The Art Career Podcast, meet Dana Prussian, New York’s current Senior Vice President of Art Services at Bank of America. In this role, Dana helps drive the bank's art opportunities ac…
Leo Fitzpatrick: Fostering and Protecting Originality
In our 4th episode of The Art Career, Emily McElwreath interviews the multifaceted Leo Fitzpatrick. This may be one of the most perceptive and honest interviews you’ll ever listen to about what the a…
Deja Patterson : Body Image, Race and Sexuality
In episode 3 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily McElwreath interviews emerging artist, Deja Patterson. Deja Patterson is a painter who addresses societal discrimination against plus sized women through…
Max Kendrick : Welcome to the World, Fairchain
In Episode 2 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily McElwreath speaks with Fairchain’s CEO, Max Kendrick.
Fairchain is a title management, authentication, and transaction platform for fine art, organized a…
Marilyn Minter : Pleasure, Beauty Standards, and Social Change
In the inaugural episode of The Art Career, Emily McElwreath interviews world renowned artist and activist, Marilyn Minter.
Marilyn Minter’s paintings, photographs, prints, and videos investigate how…