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Episode 594: Today I chat with U Gallery founder Alex Farkas…all the way in Amsterdam. Alex wanted to break the barriers that he felt was holding both artists & collectors back with the current gallery mode. We talk about why he moved from San Francisco to Amsterdam, how he built an international business & team , & what’s next for U gallery.

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Episode 593: Today I chat with artist, muralist, podcast host, teacher, & mother, Brandi Hofer. She’s a master at juggling it all. We talk about being thankful for burnout, the positive way motherhood has affected her career, “Be Brave Days,” & much more!

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Episode 592: Today I chat with Sewist, Elizabeth Watkins. I’ve known Elizabeth for years & known about her sewing career, but she’s started doing these new things called fabric collages, which are fabulous! I knew I had get her on the pod to chat with her about it.

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Episode 590: Listen to my chat with restauranteur, Irene Demas, who didn’t know when she & her husband traded a grilled cheese sandwich for a Maud Lewis painting that it would net them $272 thousand 52 years later!

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Episode 589: Today I talk to Expressionist artist, Caroline Rust. She does these fabulous paintings with textiles that are heavily influenced by things like history, women’s rights, & intuition. We talk talk creative vs. administrative work, listening to your gut, & the history of the baker’s dozen.

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Episode 587: Today I talk to Jeffrey Katzin about the Cleveland Urban Folk artist Michelangelo Lovelace. His goal was to document the realities of inner city life. His his current exhibition Art Saved My Life currently showing at the Akron Art Museum. It goes until August 18, 2024. This is such an inspiring story!

At the Intersection of St. Clair and Eddy Road, Michelangelo Lovelace

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Episode 586: Dr. Tom Hanchett, aka “Dr. History,” is a local historian & author in Charlotte, NC. I met him at the local library when he was talking about our city’s food culture when I realized he had the perfect career: He gets to investigate all sorts of cool things [& report about them]. I find out how his career developed & what he does.

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Episode 587: Today I am talking with Flanzella. She’s a collage artist from Toronto, Canada. She uses vintage & historical magazines & let me tell you, it is lush. We talk inspiration, we talk process, we talk business, we cover it all.

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Episode 578: Today I talk to Anne Wise Low of Artwalks Charlotte. Anne is an art advocate, an art appreciation professor at our community college & the creator & founder of ArtWalksClt. I took one of her Art Walks in my neighborhood & was so impressed with her. Anne tells me how she created a truly Artful life.

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Episode 588: Today I talk to sculptor Marta Dominguez… all the way in Spain. We talk about her alter-ego cow sculptures. We talk art markets. We talk AI & more…

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