Lisa Solomon is a studio artist, educator, and graphic designer. Solomon received her BA in Art Practice at UC Berkeley and her MFA from Mills College. Solomon, being half Japanese and half Caucasian, is interested in the idea of hybridization and mixed media work. Her work revolves around themes of domesticity, craft, and archetypes of masculinity and femininity. Obsessed with color theory, she is naturally drawn to altering objects conceptually so that their meanings and original intended uses are repurposed. Putting the "wrong" things together to recontextualize their purpose is her craft. She is also profoundly interested in bridging the gaps between being creative, living creatively, and making a living as a creative. Her drawings and installations have been featured at numerous national and international venues. Currently teaching at San Francisco State University, she also regularly teaches art at various colleges in the Bay Area. She has exhibited and worked with galleries both nationally and internationally, is in numerous private and public collections, and is continually tweaking artworks in her backyard studio. She resides in Oakland, California, with her husband, daughter, two dogs, two cats, and many, many spools of thread.   Her book, A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook will boost your color IQ and discover your personal palette with a hands-on, modern guide to color theory. Part sketchbook, part tutorial, A Field Guide to Color is a fun take on color theory for crafters, creatives, and anyone looking to understand the world of color. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other waterbased medium, artist and art teacher Lisa Solomon presents 30 journal exercises to dive into color theory basics. They include color experiments and color meditations that allow you to play and explore with color, and a mini lexicon of terms so you can better understand the plethora of color systems. A Field Guide to Color is perfect for both beginners and creatives looking to deepen their practice.   http://www.lisasolomon.com/     A Field Guide to Color Book   https://www.roostbooks.com/

Ashley Longshore talks about her life, work and how she stays positive! From working with Gucci to having collectors like Blake Lively and Eli Manning. She talks about not becoming an artist but BEING BORN an artist, showing up to do the work, loving yourself and how she started partnering with brands such as Bentley, and her new partnership with Maybelline.   Ashley is on fire! Not just in her career where just walked the catwalks for NYC's fashion week but in her life! Ashley shares her view on believing yourself and following your path!

In this episode we dive into:

-Going from being self-taught to working with global brands
-Realizing you can only be yourself
-What Ashley does if and when she gets nervous
-How she stays positive
-What it is like working with superstar collectors

Lisa Congdon is an incredibly talented, successful and humble artist. I am pretty much obsessed with Lisa because she is an organized, artistic, kind and genuine dynamo! She is an illustrator and author best known for her colorful, graphic drawings and hand lettering. She works for clients around the world including Comme des Garçons, Crate and Barrel, Facebook, MoMA, REI, and Harvard University among many others. She is the author of eight books, including the starving-artist-myth-smashing Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist and her latest book Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic (August 2019). She was named one of 40 Women Over 40 in 2015 and she is featured in the 2017 book, 200 Women Who Will Change the Way you See the World. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

In this episode we dive into:

-Switching careers later in life- How she started making work around the age of 32

-Becoming a PRO- Rejecting imposter syndrome and lessons learned

-How she got into writing and teaching-ie her belief in giving back and being generous

-Advice-She wrote the book on art business! Hear her advice for artists both artistically AND on the business end.

You guys are going to absolutely LOVE this episode, I know I had a blast talking to her. Thanks for listening!

 LINKS:

https://lisacongdon.com/

Follow Lisa on Instagram @lisacongdon

Lisa's books:

Art, Inc: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist

 

Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic (Art Book for Artists, Creative Self-Help Book)

 

A Glorious Freedom: Older Women Leading Extraordinary Lives

 

Visit Lisa at her store in Portland

 

Lisa's class on Workflow, Time Management and Productivity for Creatives

Allison Reimus's work explores the relationship between decoration and function and similarly, how painting operates as both an object and an idea. Simple compositions depicting singular moments and objects, within a shallow pictorial space, allow Reimus to freely explore her interests in formalism, geometry and abstraction. Thoughtful investigations regarding tactility and surface often lead to experiments with media closely associated with domesticity and the feminine--  glitter, gold leaf, flocking fibers, textiles and spray paint.  Reimus's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications throughout the United States. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Chicago, IL), Knox College (Galesburg, IL), and The Mission (Chicago, IL). Recent group exhibitions include Left Field Gallery (Los Osos, CA), Kirk Hopper Fine Art (Dallas, TX), Platform Gallery (Baltimore, MD) and No Place Gallery (Columbus, OH). Her work has been included in ArtMaze Mag, Maake Magazine and New American Paintings (#88, #113, #125), where she was highlighted as both an "Editor's Selection" and a "Noteworthy Artist." Reviews include The Boston Globe, The Washington Post and NPR. Upcoming exhibitions include Left Field Gallery (Los Osos, CA) and Massey Klein Gallery (New York, NY).   In this episode, Allison and I dive into her background, and how growing up in Michigan shaped who she is as a driven artist. We discuss her process within her work and how we were both told not to have children in order to have a career in the arts. This conversation sheds light on how women are told to live their life which we are currently seeing in politics with the challenge to Roe vs Wade. Predominantly white men are telling women what to do with their bodies. Check out more of Allison's work through the links below!     LINKS:   https://artmazemag.com/in-studio-with-allison-reimus-about-decoration-trusting-the-process-and-being-okay-with-failure/ https://www.allisonreimus.com/ https://www.masseyklein.com/ https://www.leftfieldgallery.com/ https://www.anntoebbe.com/

In this episode, I talk to the Boston based artist Crystalle Lacouture about her work, her experience working as a longtime assistant to Nancy Spero & Leon Golub, collecting artwork and working as an arts consultant.   Crystalle is a painter based in Boston and North Adams, MA and received her Bachelor’s degree in Painting/Printmaking from Skidmore College in 2000.   During the 10 years she lived in NYC, Crystalle was a longtime assistant to activist artists Nancy Spero and Leon Golub. She also worked at the Lower East Side Printshop, for the installation artist Phoebe Washburn and at the Academic Arts Agency, College Art Association.   In addition to her full-time studio practice Crystalle has worked as a private art consultant, and curates art programming and acquisitions at TOURISTS, a hotel and resort newly opened near Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA. She is represented by Beth Kantrowitz from BK Projects in the Boston area.   In 2018 several of her paintings were acquired by Fidelity, she participated in a Vermont Studio Center residency, and had a two person show with the artist Helena Wurzel. This fall she will be in a 3 person show at Drive-By Projects in Waltham, MA. She is also the mother to three elementary-age children and an avid gardener.   LINKS: https://www.instagram.com/crystallelacouture/ https://crystallelacouture.com/home.html http://bkartprojects.com/ https://www.touristswelcome.com/

I had such an amazing time talking to the incredible painter Daisy Patton! Daisy is so easy to talk to and incredibly sharp, it was a blast to record this with her. In this episode we talk about getting out of grad school, changing mediums, death, photography, painting, treating yourself and a ton of other great topics! I felt like I was hanging out with my painting BFF. From Los Angeles, California, Daisy Patton moved back and forth between Oklahoma and California during her childhood. She spent much of her early years reading adventure and detective tales, history and art history books, and ghost stories. Patton’s practice is focused on history, memory, and social commentary stemming from this youth soaked in such specific cultural landscapes. Her work explores the meaning and social conventions of families, little discussed or hidden histories, and what it is to be a person living in our contemporary world. One such series is Forgetting is so long, reviewed in Hyperallergic and The Denver Post, as well as featured in Create! Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Vasari21, Fraction Magazine, Full Blede, and Backroom Caracas.   Currently residing in Seattle, Washington, Patton has a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Oklahoma with minors in History and Art History and an Honors degree. Her MFA is from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University, a multi-disciplinary program. Patton received the Montague Travel Grant for research in Dresden, Germany, and she was also awarded a position as an exchange student at the University of Hertfordshire, UK while an undergraduate. Patton has completed artist residencies at Minerva Projects, Anderson Ranch, the Studios at MASS MoCA, RedLine Denver, and Eastside International in Los Angeles. She has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally, including her first museum solo at the CU Art Museum at the University of Colorado. K Contemporary represents Patton in Denver.   LINKS:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791098.A_Gentle_Madness   http://daisypatton.com/   https://www.instagram.com/daisy_patton/  

FATE Conference 2019 "The Secret Handshake"   Abstract: The mysterious inner workings of academia, museum and gallery systems, and granting agencies are not always evident to individuals who desire to work with/in them. If only we had insight into what the hiring committee/ granting agency/ juries were thinking, we could customize our submissions materials to be most appropriate. We all know that we need to have sharp images and equally strong written content, but what are the more nuanced things that we should be taking into consideration? This panel invites individuals who have been on search committees, juries, or other relevant committees who will share their experience and insider knowledge of the selection process. Also, it invites individuals who have found successful ways of navigating these systems from the outside from managing their academic career to finding and creating exhibition opportunities. Sometimes it seems like you need to know the secret handshake to be successful in academia and the arts; this panel seeks to let people in on the secret.    Panelists: "The Successful Candidate: Two Perspectives on the Tenure-Track Faculty Search Process" Amy Broderick, Florida Atlantic University Corey Lamb, Florida Atlantic University   "Giving It the Ol' College Try" Jessica Burke, University of North Carolina Charlotte   "Finding the Candidate that Fits the Glass Slipper" Kathy Liao, Missouri Western State University

John Bokor is an Australian artist. He graduated from the National Art School in 1993. John’s work ranges from domestic interiors and Still Lifes to suburban landscapes. For over 12 years he has been represented by King Street Gallery on William in Sydney. He is also represented by Nicholas Thompson Gallery in Melbourne and Edwina Corlette Gallery in Brisbane. He has had 20 solo exhibitions at both commercial Galleries and at regional galleries across Australia. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including “Still Life” at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney in 2013, “Baked Goods” at the University City Arts League in Philadelphia, PA in 2016 and “Planting Dreams” at the State Library of NSW in Sydney, 2016.   In 2012 he won the Plein Air art prize and had 4 large drawings purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. In 2013 John won both the Wilson Art Award and the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award. In 2016 he won the drawing section of the Muswellbrook Art Prize and was awarded the Kings School Art Prize.That year he was also the inaugural artist in residence at the State Library of NSW. Bokor’s work is held in many public and private collections including the Art Gallery of Ballarat, the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australia Club, the State Library of NSW, Maitland Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, Macquarie Bank, UBS Warburg, the Kings School Art Collection, NSW Parliament Art Collection and several university collections around Australia.   I had such a wonderful time talking to John about his work and love of art. John is located in Australia and talks about growing up above an art gallery which was a completely fascinating story. In this episode, we also talk about his process in building his paintings, how drawing relates to painting his experience being a teacher just to name a few topics! Overall this is such a great interview if you want to laugh a lot and talk about color, paint application and being a painter. Enjoy!   https://www.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au/artists/john-bokor/   http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/john-bokor/   https://www.instagram.com/johnbokor/   https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/362.2012.2/

In this episode, we discuss his process, inspiration, and continuing to make work when you know you are called to do so. Phillip lives and works in Taunton, Massachusetts and studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In addition to being a painter, he has multiple podcasts such as Ahtcast, The Mixed Media TAPES, Ahtakes, and has the blog Artist Family Tree.   LINKS: phillipjmellen.com Podcast projects: Ahtcast – Visual Artist Interview Podcast-http://www.ahtcast.com/ The Mixed-Media Tapes – Short format artist audio talks on aspects/topics of studio life/practice-http://www.ahtcast.com/p/the-mixed-media-tapes.html Ahttakes – Artists speaking on art related practice. Such as collaboration, blogging, listening to music, poetry etc. http://www.ahtcast.com/p/ahttakes.html   Artist Family Tree Blog-https://artistfamilytreedotorg.blogspot.com/     Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse - Read by Benedict Cumberbatch: In 1960, pioneering American artists Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse met for the first time and became close friends. In 1965, Eva found herself facing a creative block during a period of self-doubt, and told Sol of her frustrating predicament. Sol replied with this letter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSMIgsPj5M

Ashley Norwood Cooper has exhibited her paintings in solo and group shows around the country. These include exhibitions at Zinc Contemporary in Seattle, Art Garage in Cooperstown, NY, the College of William and Mary, Silvermine Arts Center, Bennington Museum of Art, SUNY Oneonta, Earlville Opera House, Santa Clara University and two previous shows at First Street Gallery. She will be featured in the upcoming 2019 issue of “New American Paintings: Northeast Edition.” She holds her MFA from Indiana University. The artist lives with her family in Cooperstown, NY and teaches in the art department at SUNY Oneonta.   LINK ashleynorwoodcooper.com https://www.firststreetgallery.org/ http://www.dianefitch.com