First Coat

This week on First Coat we have Amina Cooper. Amina is a curator, public arts consultant and public art policy strategist and founder of Amewa Fine Art.  She has over a decade of experience working with fine art and public art collections for leading municipalities, museums and galleries in Washington, DC and Boston, MA.  She currently manages over 3 million dollars in large scale public art projects as a public art consultant. She is also the inaugural Forecast Change Lab Research Fellow and initiated a broad survey of black public art. She created and runs the Instagram account @Blackmonuments.

In this episode we talk about how to create more equity in the public art space and learn from Amina's experience leading large-scale public art projects. 

Show Notes: http://distillcreative.com/blog/09/13/21/public-art-and-equity-with-amina-kache-cooper-ep-19

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This week on First Coat I share an exhibition I have up at High Line Nine in Chelsea called Handmade Landscapes: Ocean Meets Sky. I also share four ways that retail shops can feature art in their spaces. This episode has visuals so please go to our  YouTubeChannel to see what I'm talking about! 

Show Notes: https://distillcreative.com/blog/7/13/21/art-in-retail-space

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This week on First Coat we have Isa Rodrigues. Isa is a textile artist and educator from Portugal, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the Co-Executive Director at Textile Arts Center and teaches weaving and surface design. Isa has created  textiles for different public space settings and shares her perspective on weaving, dyeing, and the hand made. 

In this episode we talk about how she creates textiles for commission projects, how she plans out a weaving project, the ultimate public art, and what’s inspiring her right now.

Show Notes: https://distillcreative.com/blog/6/25/21/isa-rodrigues-on-textiles-and-the-ultimate-public-art-ep-17

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This week on First Coat we have Alexandra Gonzalez. Alexandra is the President and Co-Founder of Hive Public Space, a Women-led urban design and placemaking start-up  based in New York City. She is an architect, urban designer, entrepreneur and activist with experience working with private, public and non-profit sectors. She is committed to designing sustainable and resilient public spaces that are socially and culturally inclusive.

In this episode we talk about starting our own businesses, public space design, the bathrooms at Bryan Park, and how Hive Public Space works with artists for art in public space projects. 

Show Notes:  http://distillcreative.com/blog/5/22/21/alexandra-gonzalez-on-public-space-design-working-with-artists

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In this episode I give tips on how to find the best mural artist for your project. There are three steps to finding the best mural artist for your project:

Step 1: Write a creative brief. 
Step 2: Do a local and online search.
Step 3: Reach out to your top choice artists. 

Show Notes:  https://distillcreative.com/blog/2/16/21/how-to-find-a-mural-artist
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I’m kicking off season two of the First Coat podcast! This season I’ll be sharing more about how I do what I do: curate and project manage site-specific artworks. This first episode is about how much you should pay an artist.

Show Notes: https://distillcreative.com/blog/2/8/21/how-much-to-pay-artists

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This week on First Coat we have Jordana Vasquez. Jordana and I met at a Placemaking conference a few years ago and we've stayed in touch ever since. Jordana studied architecture and has worked in design, art, community development, and sustainability. She recently co-founded the Women of Color Collective in Sustainability (WOC/CS), which facilitates strategic exchanges between Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) sustainability pioneers, climate justice organizers, and advocacy groups to fight inequity and address climate change.  

On this episode we talk about how she and her co-founder started WOC/CS, her experience leading a grassroots public art project, her project Urbanonsite, and what it's like to be the only woman of color in the room. We brainstorm business development, for both Distill Creative and WOC/CS and how we're creating our directories. Jordana also shares how to use a personal project to connect with change-makers and artists around the world, thoughts on the role of public art, how to collaborate with sustainability organizations, and tips for career development.

Show Notes: http://distillcreative.com/blog/1/5/jordana-vasquez-on-starting-woc/cs-grassroots-public-art-and-being-curious-ep-13

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Atentamente Una Fresa is an artist based in Mexico City. We discuss the new normal for mural installations, how she started doing public art, how music affects her work, the benefits of art in public space, the benefits of doing art with community, and how and why she makes creative briefs for clients. 

Show Notes: https://distillcreative.com/blog/12/8/atentamente-una-fresa-on-mural-development-inspiration-and-creative-briefs-ep-12

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It's me, Stephanie, your host of First Coat! This week I'm sharing my Gift Guide based on my experience as an artist, podcast creator, and creative business owner. I link to everything I I share in the show notes. Let me know what you're gifting this year -- email me at Stephanie(at)distillcreative.com.

Show Notes: https://distillcreative.com/blog/2020/11/28/gift-guide-for-artists-and-podcasters

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Massimo Mongiardo is an artist based in Miami, Florida, but we met while he was working on a project here in NYC. He's done various murals across the country and launched an Etsy store selling his prints earlier this year. I spoke with Massimo about how to develop a personal style, his process for researching and developing mural designs for clients, how he makes money, and what's influencing him right now. 

Show Notes: http://distillcreative.com/blog/11/3/massimo-mongiardo-on-developing-a-personal-style-mural-designs-for-clients-andinfluences-ep-10

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