Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with husband & wife duo Lino Azevedo and Jamie Azevedo.

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Christopher Moss. 

Christopher Moss (b. 1977, Wilkes-Barre, PA) received a BFA in 2000 from Marywood University, Scranton, PA and an MFA in 2006 from CUNY Brooklyn College. Since late 2016, he has lived and worked in Savannah. 

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Tamara Garvey, past host of the show, & beloved local artist & illustrator.

Tamara Garvey has a BFA in Illustration from SCAD; you can find her quirky pen & ink artwork at Gallery 209 (among others) & or catch her working in her studio in City Market. Garvey's solo show "The Winter of our Discontent" at Gallery 2424 opens next Friday, January 30th, and runs through Saturday, February 21st, 2026.

https://www.tamaragarvey.com/

Read more about the solo show here:

https://www.tamaragarvey.com/winter-of-our-discontent

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with The Maxines, an all-female grunge band in Savannah, Georgia. They're gritty, high-energy alternative rock with raspy vocals, moody rifts, & wild, unfiltered performances that demand attention.

AJ Grey is vocals, twins Coco & Maddie Oke are drums & guitar, & Emma Faith Smith is on bass.

You'll be familiar with their 2023 album "Skin Tight", and the amazing anthem "Cannibal". Listen to us chat about their upcoming album, which is expected to release in the next couple weeks. The single "Sink My Teeth In" is already available on streaming platforms to preview. Take a listen. 

https://www.instagram.com/themaxinesband/

https://www.themaxinesband.com/

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Nono Flores, a local illustrator. 

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Kristen Baird, the founder and designer behind Kristen Baird Jewelry.

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Phil Musen, a local artist and Owner/Executive Director of Cute Tomatoes Gallery.

Phil Musen b.1985 Boston, MA relocated to Savannah, GA to complete a BFA in Painting from SCAD. He likes cats. You can catch him painting in Forsyth Park or working in Cute Tomatoes Gallery.

Cute Tomatoes is located at 218 E 41st Street, open 1PM-5PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays, as well as the 1st Friday of each month.

The next exhibition, "Capture/Drift" features new work by Dana Richardson and Adrienne Berkland. The opening is next Friday, December 5th from 6PM-8PM. 

*The word he was searching for at the end of our chat was benevolent. We need more benevolent investors in the arts and civics spaces. It used to be more common & it's disappearing.*

See his work here: 

https://www.philmusen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cutetomatoes/

Check out his gallery here:

https://www.instagram.com/cute_tomatoes_gallery/

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Chuck Carbia, a local fine artist, performance artist (entertainment artist), college professor, and musician.

Stanton first encountered Carbia more than a decade ago through Glitter Chariot, an indescribable collective (band, performance art, entertainment art, confusion spectacle) that explores complex relationships and emotions. 

Click this link to change your life: 

https://www.glitterchariot.com/

Carbia plays traditional Latin jazz with the band Tocamos Mas, based on music produced by his father and uncle under the "The Carbia Trio", pioneers of the Latin music scene in New York, Miami, and Puerto Rico in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Learn more here:

https://www.tocamosmas.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/tocamosmas

Carbia also plays with local anonymous surf grunge rock band Donna Savage. Their latest album, Take It, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube.

Donna Savage will be playing at the Dairy Daze Festival on this Saturday, November 15th. This will be the festival's 3rd year. Doors open at 11AM. Tickets are only $30.52 & can be purchased online through The 912 Group.

This year the event benefits I is We Incorporated, a local non-profit organization that works to support at-risk youth through mentorship, counseling, and skill-building workshops, with a focus on reducing violence and promoting positive choices. 

Learn more here:

https://cscarbia.wixsite.com/donnasavage

https://www.instagram.com/donnasavageband/

Event information and tickets here:

https://the912group.squarespace.com/

Learn more about Chuck Carbia here:

https://www.chuckcarbia.com/

https://www.instagram.com/onemoday

Check out his amazing wife Kelly Boehmer's work here:

https://www.kellyboehmer.com/

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Heather L. Young, a local artist based out of Richmond Hill that sells under the name Fly Young Studio online. She does contemporary oil paintings as well as traditional pen & ink drawings, drawing inspiration from her coastal southern heritage and love for moss-draped live oak trees. She's a board member with Arts on the Coast, & a contributing arts writer for Reflections Magazine. You can find her work in ShopSCAD downtown, and Arts on the Coast Gallery in Richmond Hill, among others. 

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Jeanette McCune, the Executive Director of Cleo the Project Space, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit arts organization, located at 915 B Montgomery St., Savannah, Georgia. The space is open on Saturdays from 12-5PM, or by appointment.