Single dad, bassist, and educator Andre St. James, splits open our mind with his stories of the tough choices he's made as a father and musician and of the jazz greats and teachers who shaped him. He'll make you howl with laughter and weep a bit, too.

Episode 9: Interview with Andre St. James (bassist and educator)--Part 1

Discussions on creativity and the parent-artist life. Parents John C. Savage, musician, and Claudia F. Savage, writer, interview parent-artists and answer your questions about balancing family needs, art-making, making money, and keeping marriage steamy without going (completely) crazy. All in under 30 minutes.

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Philosophy

Places & Travel

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

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Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

Kids & Family

Wendy Chin-Tanner, author of the poetry collections Turn (a finalist for 
the Oregon Book Awards) and Anyone Will Tell You (both from Sibling Rivalry 
Press), as well as co-author of the graphic novel American Terrorist (A 
Wave Blue World), is the mother of two daughters, married to a graphic 
novelist, co-founder of A Wave Blue World, and the proud daughter of 
immigrants. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and educated at Cambridge, she 
talks with us about how racism kept her from writing for a decade and 
motherhood brought her back. If ever there was an artist who was able to 
talk with deep eloquence and insight about the necessity of a creative life 
when you are a mother, it is Wendy.

Episode 15: Interview with Wendy Chin-Tanner

n this special episode, recorded at the Mineral School Artist Residency in Mineral, Washington during parent-artist week, Grace Campbell (flash fiction and non-fiction writer and mother of 3) and Laura Stanfill (fiction and non-fiction writer and mother of 2) talk with Claudia about how women can take up space and honor their voices, while not buying into cultural myths about motherhood and art-making. You won’t want to miss this crass, revealing, insightful talk that can only happen when three fed up women speak their minds.

Episode 14: Interview with mamas extraordinaire Grace Campbell (flash fiction and nonfiction) and Laura Stanfill (writer and publisher)

Two artists interview two artists--with our children playing in the adjoining room sometimes, sometimes under our feet. Amy Conway is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work utilizes performance, drawing, writing, video, installation, collaboration, and comedy. Her pieces tend toward reflections of the personal. Brandon Conway is a guitarist who primarily focuses on free improvisation. He likes both minimalism and maximalism, spontaneous intuition and nerdy formalism. Amy let’s everything run together and percolate. Brandon compartmentalizes his art, work, and family life. They have two boys, Heywood and Alvah, aged 10 and 8, who love video games and comic books.
































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  https://halfbird.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/halfbird-pdx https://soundcloud.com/nanrandcowboy http://nanrandcowboy.com/web/“I’m pretty adamantly against delay and looping pedals, but if someone uses them I still like them.” —Brandon Indivisible Gallery: https://www.indivisiblepdx.com/  OCAC/PNCA combined MFA in Applied Craft & Design: http://acd-ocac.pnca.edu/ Creative Music Guild: https://creativemusicguild.org/  Kickstand Comedy Space: http://www.kickstandcomedy.org/   























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Episode 13: Interview with Amy and Brandon Conway (visual artist/comedian, and musician)

Jacklyn Brickman, visual artist, environmental activist, and mother to 
Felix, Sabine, and Reuben renews our trust in change and possibility. An 
avid experimenter in both form and subject matter, Jacklyn has produced 
work on the competitiveness of birds, the calls of frogs, the housing 
crisis, suburban lawns, and Egyptian mother goddesses. A Detroit, Michigan 
native, she recently moved her family of 5 to Columbus, Ohio to start a 
graduate program and has fallen in love with the black walnut. She is 
interested in the dynamic interrelationship between people and their 
habitats and her work spans installation, sculpture, drawing, and video 
with a special interest in collaboration and social engagement. Take the 
time to enter her world online. If you're extra lucky, she'll have an 
exhibit near you soon.

Episode 12: Interview with Jacklyn Brickman (visual artist, educator, and mother of 3)

Interview with Christopher Luna (poet, educator, community organizer, publisher, and dad)

Episode 9: Interview with Andre St. James (bassist and educator)--Part 1

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