Katie McCall is an artist and art teacher in New Orleans. Her work and her passion for making it is amazing. This was such a fun conversation and the first time Katie and I met. We talk about the postcard art I sent to her gallery, teaching and making art, transitioning from teaching es to hs, her approach to exhibiting work in NO and more. We hope you give it a listen.

Tile Art from her IG @katiemccallart

Dive into her work on IG or check it out at her gallery https://lemieuxgalleries.com/artist/katie-mccall

In this conversation we talk a lot about language and Danielle's delving into language in her creative practice that includes hand lettering and social practice strategies. We also dive into the project she is working on in her MFA program which may or may not have her visiting every Kroger in the southeastern US. She also talks about her company and the grad degree level of knowledge she gained from seeking a patent as well as the grief of when projects don't turn out the way we want them to. This conversation could have gone on for days but we both had afternoon appointments. I can't wait to check back in!

Dive into Danielle's practice on IG @_danimy or her website https://www.danimy.com/ or https://www.bookbelts.com/

Tile Art: Free Your Genius Perch located at FISK University and from her IG account photo by Evan Brown

I didn't know Alvaro before this conversation. I have only admired his incredible water color/drawings on Instagram.

It was a really awesome conversation and he talks beautifully about the ways in which his advertising career is different than his art making and ways in which these adjacent practices also intersect. We talk about all sorts of things but an exciting piece is the Brazilian skateboarding scene in the mid 1980's. Thanks so much Alvaro for the generosity of your time and talking about your creative practice!

Tile Art: Prince of Brasil from his IG page @alvaro_naddeo

Dive into his work more deeply at https://www.alvaronaddeo.com/

I'm so grateful that Pat took the time to talk with me for a few hours about his photography practice. It was so wonderful to hear how he dealt with coming to the work of great photographers before him by letting it blow his mind but not blow away his curiosity and interest in making images. I was fascinated to find out that he curated one of the first exhibits ever of Vivian Maier's photography at Wilco's Solid Sound Festival.

We hope you will give it a listen and check out his new album he talks about on his bandcamp page and the great photo connection that led him back to finish a project he had begun years ago.

https://solidsoundfestival.com/

https://patricksansone.bandcamp.com/album/infinity-mirrors

Tile Art from @sansonic1

This three-hour conversation covers A LOT of ground from teaching, horizontal ambition, MOCA MAC, and the grief of not getting to teach together anymore. We hope you give it a listen!!!

Tile Art: @missygraphite IG Give her a follow!

In this roaming conversation Kristina and I talk about the gifts and challenges of her role as Department Chair at WKU, her recent glass residency at the Toledo Museum, adjacent vs integrated practices, the iterative nature of having a studio practice, and how she mainly identifies as a tinkerer above all else. Like in my initial writing about her work in Number magazine 20 years ago when I said I felt like I was inside one of her paintings this conversation felt like having that same experience with her as my real-time guide. We would love for you to give it a listen.

Tile Art- @kristinaarnold_art IG work made at Toledo Museum GAPP Residency

Dive more deeply into Kristina's practice https://kristinaarnold.com/

Andy King and I finally got together and had a nice long talk about making art, not drinking anymore, summer teacher schedule and a whole host of things. It was lovely and we hope you give it a listen!

Tile Art: From https://www.modfellows.com/contemporary-artist-andy-king/ Detail from "Transformative ideas"

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WHOA!!! In this almost 3 hour episode Briena and I talk about A LOT!!! We hope you will peck away at it or turn it up during a session in the studio. I was lucky to get to be in her classroom a handful of times this year and see her recent show "Just Piddlin'" at Browsing Room Gallery.

Dive into her work on IG @brienaharmening or http://brienaharmening.com/

Tile Art-"I'll think about it" from her website

In this episode the Nathaniel Covington we talk about his artistic practice, skateboarding, his recent autism diagnosis in his late 30's, teaching, and lots of stuff in between. We had a few technical difficulties recording this episode and lost some of the audio but we think it's still enough to tell the story of our conversation in his studio.

Dive into his work on IG @nathannada or @thevisitorcenter or at https://www.modfellows.com/nathaniel-covington

Tile Art: Jiggly Joe from his IG

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