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- Meaning and Color, Art in the Feng Shui Practice, with Rodika Tchi
What does the Chinese practice of Feng Shui say about art?
I sat down with Rodika Tchi, a Feng Shui expert, to geek out over Feng Shui, meanings and energy in art, colors in your home space and how you can create a space that encourages creativity.
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34 min - Messiness, Play, Motherhood and Art, with the duo Leisure
How can artists balance family life with their practice?
I sat down with Meredith and Susannah from the duo Leisure, to talk about all things collaboration, motherhood and letting go. They share with me the ways having children has influenced their art practice, and some historical examples of women artists and their experience in finding the balance.
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42 min - Teaching Socially Engaged Art, Preparing the Future, with Justin
How can schools prepare students to be in the world? And what does socially engaged art have to do with it?
I sat down with Justin Langlois, an artist, educator and organizer, to chat about his ideas of the role socially engaged art can play in post secondary institutions. We also talk about the work that he makes as an artist, and his views on creating measurable differences through art.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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26 min - Opening the Senses, Inspiration and Creativity, with Katerina and Keiko
Can being in nature open our senses, inspire us and motivate us to create?
I sat down with Katerina and Keiko, two amazing humans, to talk about the art of Shinrin-yoku, slowing down, and creating from a place of contemplation.
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37 min - Down Memory Lane, Raising Children with Art, with Ana
My sister Ana is back on the podcast!
We talk about our upbringing and experiences in the arts as children, the benefits of engaging in the arts at a young age, and of course, the balance between having fun and actually growing in skills.
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33 min - Thinking Out Loud, Gallery Attendance and Culture
Why do we go to the gallery? Is there something deeper happening with culture and institutions?
In this episode, I consider the results on arts and culture in Canada, based on Statistics Canada's 2016 General Social Survey, combined with my latest readings into cultural policy and governments employing culture as a tool to meet different needs.
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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com25 min - Art + Medicine, Illness in Communities, with Brad Necyk
What does creating artwork with patients look like?
Well, Brad Necyk might be giving us a little glimpse into that. I sat down with him to talk about the connection in his work to medicine, how it differs from art therapy and whether expressing illness in modern culture is altering our perception of it.
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34 min - art With a Small A, SketchKon Konvention, with Danny and Koosje
Turns out there is such a thing as a Comic Con for artists and it's called SketchKon!
I sat down with Danny and Koosje, the co-founders of the SketchKon Konvention happening on November 2-4 in Pasadena, CA. We talk about drawing as a medium, the wonderful speakers that will be at the event, and how bringing art enthusiasts from behind their computer screens to meet each other in real life can be really rewarding.
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29 min - Taking a Break, Artists on Hiatus, with Matthew and Shinobu
What happens to artists when do not make any art for a while? Are they still artists? What do they do with their time? Do they evaporate into thin air?
I sat down with Matthew Evans and Shinobu Akimoto, the co-directors of the Residency for Artists on Hiatus, to talk about the motivation behind the project, some of the non-art activities the residents do, and what happens after the residents finish the residency.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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33 min - Thinking Out Loud, 3rd Solo Episode, Things Art School Did Not Teach Me
It's time for another solo episode!
What's that? I'm back in school? Again? To celebrate learning and new chapters, I cover the five things that art school did not teach me.
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About Back to the Drawing Board
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Back to the Drawing Board cultivates a unique perspective on the shape, role and meaning of visual art in the everyday world. Through interviews with adventurous and out-of-the-box thinkers and…
makers, Back to the Drawing Board instills an approachable and fun integration of life and art.