Art and Other Stories

Helsinki-based textile artist Outi Martikainen joins us to chat about growing up in the Jyväskylä Workers' Club building when it was a city theatre in the '70s, and how architecture and theatre have come to play such important roles in her life.

Triptych Arts' curator Amanda Lee joins photographer and visual artist Lotta Lemetti on our first episode of the Helsinki series to chat about the power of poetry and cultural tales, and how these materials have shaped her practice.

For our last episode of the Taipei series, artist Yin-Ju Chen hops online to share with us the transformative spiritual experience that has shown and taught her new meanings of compassion.

London-based Taiwanese artist TingTong Chang joins us to talk about how ghosts, alternative knowledge, and cross-disciplinary collaborations have come to shape and inform his practice.

In the first episode of our Taipei series, artist Charwei Tsai chats with us about the importance and power of song. *Trigger warning: in this episode, we talk about sexual abuse in detainment centers.*

For our last episode of the Austin series, artist Tammie Rubin joins us to talk about how basic shapes and objects can take a life of their own. TW: In this episode, we mention the recent murders of the six Asian American women in Atlanta.

Artist Rachael Starbuck joins us to share her love of the pothos plant and how its presence in her life has helped shape, to a certain extent, her practice.

For the first episode of the Austin series, polymath and multimedia artist VLM joins Jacqueline on the podcast to do a deep dive into all things hair.

Multi-media artist Sarah Fox joins Jacqueline at the table to share her very personal story of adopting her son William and how she's incorporated that journey into her art.

For the second episode of our San Antonio series, Justin Sterling joins Jacqueline to talk about the European influences and notion of essence that drive and inform his practice.