Art Bazaar

Top of the month brings a mini-episode highlighting everything taking place at the Alternative Gallery in April 2024. 

Info about the upcoming Retro Arcade gaming event @ BAPL, Music shows, & a film screening with saved treasures .

This episode also features a short interview with 7 year old LV artist, Beatrice, who explains her art and why she thinks you should clean up the oceans. 

Links

Retro Arcade @ BAPL - https://fb.me/e/20pgcpKqN

Music Show - https://fb.me/e/3LlR4Jg9U

Music Show - https://fb.me/e/z3eciCKxN

(in)sight Film Series @ Allentown Library - https://fb.me/e/4kjwXUwxp

Art Bazaar Links

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Outsider artist and Traumatic Brain Injury survivor, Will Heffner, stops by the Art Bazaar for a chat about his custom abstract art pieces made with found objects and repurposed materials.

Will works under the name 'Desensitized Art', which stems from a diagnosis by his doctors after surviving a car accident.

We spend a lot of the episode talking about how Will used art as therapy to recover from his accident and how art can be a tool to improve your quality of life. 

Hosted by Brandon Wunder and Rob Riegel. 

LINKS

Desensitized Art IG - https://www.instagram.com/desensitizedart/

Desensitized Art FB - https://www.facebook.com/desensitizedArt

Metal Assault (March 30, 2024) - https://fb.me/e/aRwWxP6pG

Desensitized Art (Short Documentary) - https://vimeo.com/350491538

ART BAZAAR LINKS

www.TheAlternativeGallery.com/Podcast

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Painter Liz Ramos stops by for the Art Bazaar for a chat about moving to Philadelphia to attend UArts and starting her career in a big city. 

A good portion of the conversation is spent talking about how smartphones are a major distraction for artists and some alternative practices for the time and focus they take. Liz also talks about her recent experiences with creative block and how to get through it. 

There's a large emphasis on creative communities coming together to create opportunities for one another. 

LINKS

• https://www.instagram.com/lizramosart/
• https://elizabethramosnaz.wixsite.com/mysite
• https://www.uartsfinearts.com/2023/liz-ramos

Contact Liz - [email protected]

ART BAZAAR LINKS

www.TheAlternativeGallery.com/Podcast

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Host Brandon Wunder chats the Alternative Gallery's new Resident Artist Program, upcoming events hosted by the gallery, including the next Dusty Cans 16mm screening, why Art Bazaar podcast doesn't have ads in it, seeing Dune Part 2 and new movie releases from March through the Summer. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Dusty Cans @ Emmaus Theatre (March 17, 2024) - https://fb.me/e/3MXMBSmm6

Metal Assault (March 30, 2024) - https://fb.me/e/aRwWxP6pG

Retro Arcade @ BAPL (April 6, 2024) - https://fb.me/e/20pgcpKqN

AG Resident Artist Program - https://www.thealternativegallery.com/resident-artist

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On this episode of Art Bazaar we chat with Christopher Elston, a local Photographer & Videographer, who a couple years ago took on a very special project that ended up at the Alternative Gallery. 

In September 2021 Chris Elston campaigned to save the hand-painted sign from the former location of Beachead Comics on 16th & Chew Streets. This sign, painted in 1985 by artist Tom Wilde, had become iconic to many residents of Allentown. After it faced destruction in Late 2021, Chris put together an effort to save the sign and move it to a new permanent location where it could be given new life. 

While working to save the beloved piece of local history, Chris discovered a much deeper story to the sign than was immediately obvious.

During our today we peel back the layers of Allentown's hidden history within this sign, and the excellent work Chris has done to save it. 

Christ Elston Linktree

https://linktr.ee/elston

Original Facebook Post

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10224314077452797&id=1029921230&mibextid=WC7FNe

Original Twitter Post

https://twitter.com/celston/status/1433455203450249221?s=46&t=j4FhpD6eq6Anhh8AwJ_AOA

ART BAZAAR LINKS

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On this episode of Art Bazaar we chat with Alex Clare, an illustrator, graphic designer & caricature artist originally from Toronto, Canada, who has called the Lehigh Valley his home for the last 15 years. 

Alex graduated from the Columbus College of Art Design with a Bachelor's Degree in illustration and graphic design and went on to work for Crayola, designed labels for Brew Works, as well as launched a successful caricature business. 

Alex has been working with the Alternative Gallery since the very beginning, one of those legacy artists who's been kicking around this whole time. We've done tons of cool stuff with him over the years, showed art together and of course had lots of late night art shenanigans. 

Alexandertheart.com

IG: Drawlindude

Dave the Diver (Video Game)
https://mintrocketgames.com/en/DaveTheDiver

Midjourney Style List (Stolen Works)
https://web.archive.org/web/20231231203837/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEglfejpqgVcaf-I-cgZ5ngV_MlaOTeGXAoBPJO69FM/htmlview#

Wonderville Barcade
https://www.wonderville.nyc/

ART BAZAAR LINKS

www.TheAlternativeGallery.com/Podcast

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Art Bazaar IG: https://www.instagram.com/artbazaarpodcast/

On this special episode recorded in New Orleans, Joseph Makkos of NOLA DNA discusses his historical newspaper archive.

Joseph Makkos is a printmaker & archivist from New Orleans who salvages old letterpresses and boxes of rare type, working to keep them accessible and put into use during modern times. 

In 2013, Joseph acquired a collection of roughly 30,000 original papers from the Daily-Picayune & Times-Picayune dating 1888 to end of 1929, likely the most complete physical collection of this era. He created the organization NOLA DNA to support the continued legacy of these papers. 

LINKS 

NOLADNA.com

NOLA.com/Times-Picayune Article

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/arts/new-orleans-collector-preserves-decades-of-the-city-s-newspapers/article_c54d2fe2-3aca-5e62-b00d-b3051b0d8378.html

The Advocate Article

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/in-a-hidden-trove-of-new-orleans-life-a-glimpse-of-street-food-culture-a/article_764b5b86-8f39-11e7-83e1-3b1cb9101d34.html

Atlantic Article - Old Newspapers New Value

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/old-newspapers-new-value/376139/

In this mini-episode of Art Bazaar host Brandon Wunder discusses an upcoming trip to New Orleans, both for pleasure as well as work.

He lists off some brief history of the city, especially regarding the Mardi Gras Indians & Preservation Hall, as well as announces that a special episode of Art Bazaar will be recorded during this trip, as well as the start of his next documentary project.

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Host Brandon Wunder is joined by AG co-founder Rob Riegel, and Head Archivist of the Alternative Gallery, Alex Encelewski, for a  chat about film preservation, the Alternative Gallery's growing film archive and the upcoming screening at the Emmaus Theatre titled Dusty Cans. 

Dusty Cans is an ongoing film screening series of 16mm film prints featuring cartoons, short documentaries, cultural films, musicals, home movies, trailers and commercials, silent films and more. 

The next Dusty Cans screening takes place this Sunday, January 28th 1-3 PM at the Emmaus Theatre. Tickets are available on Eventbrite as well as the the Box Office the day of the screening.

Dusty Cans Tickets

Film Archive Fundraiser
https://igg.me/at/AG16mmFilm/x/11436122#/

www.TheAlternativeGallery.com/Podcast

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On this episode of Art Bazaar we're joined by Maltas Con Leche, a family of artists consisting of Rafa, Jubilee, Sourpanda & Cat. 

Maltas con Leche was designed as a collaborative space for Raf and his family to create an array of mediums including illustrations, paintings, community murals and even tattoos, as well as live demos and workshops. 

You can check out their work by going to:

Maltasconleche.com
https://www.instagram.com/maltas_con_leche/

www.TheAlternativeGallery.com/Podcast

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Art Bazaar IG: https://www.instagram.com/artbazaarpodcast/