Artists of Camberville

Speaking publicly about it for the first time, Bettina shares her story of surviving the sex abuse she suffered as a child. Bettina Burch’s story is about the power of forgiveness, the healing magic of art, and the challenging beauty found after unearthing difficult truths about your own life. (We recorded it on a hot day during a power outage, so yes those are birds and trucks in the background of the clip.)

In this episode I speak with Tamar Avishai, host of The Lonely Palette --the podcast that returns art history to the masses. We delve into what makes a good podcast, how she started The Lonely Palette, her audio collective Hub & Spoke, and much more!

I sit down with SOS artist Jaclyn Perrone about her work as a cityscape artist, the MANY steps she took in the 5-month lead-up to opening her first Etsy shop, and her challenging transition to the Somerville art scene from New York.

I speak with Bethany Noel Murray, a painter whose large canvases reveal the difficult and often transcendent moments of living with chronic migraines. Bethany details the technical tricks she uses to entice the eye as well as the practical steps she’s taken to build her art business.

Just in time for Pride, I sit down with painter Nate Devarie to delve into his conservative upbringing (including a three month stint in gay conversion therapy) and how it influences in art. We talk about how his relationship with God has changed throughout his life and how finding love with his minister fiancee has altered his view of religion and church.

This is an extra-packed episode with music (all shortened a bit for time) and conversation about Dan Blakeslee's many adventures busking in and around the subway, his/my thoughts about art school, music fundraising, beer label art, the kindness of strangers, and much more. Dan is the type of person you could disregard as hipster with his beard and his plaid jacket if it weren’t for his authenticity and talent. After spending five minutes with him it's difficult not to become enamored with his open heart. It's a byproduct of spending the last 20 years doing something he loves.

On the Second episode of Artists of Camberville I talk to children's musician Jeff Jam about why he chooses to play "Itsy Bitsy Spider" 10 times a day, how he's financed his 5 albums and what he expects from parents at his shows