Modern Art + Culture

Tokie Taylor taps in with the Modern Art + Culture podcast to discuss her inclusion in Atlanta Photography Group's Portfolio exhibition, her ongoing body of work that centers African-American heritage and perspective. We talk about gate-keepers in the fine art establishment and the pros and cons of social media for breaking artists. 
https://www.tokietaylorstudio.com/

Pat Kane is a photographer with a documentary style. His work has appeared in: The New York Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic among others. Pat's images are a part of the photo collectives Indigenous Photograph and Boreal Collective. Pat identifies as mixed Indigenous/settler and is a proud Algonquin Anishinaabe member of the Timiskaming First Nation (Quebec). He has a special focus on Indigenous issues and the relationship between land and identity.

Website: www.patkanephoto.com
Instagram: @patkanephoto

In this episode we meet Jeremy Dennis, who is a contemporary fine art photographer and a member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. In his work, he explores indigenous identity, assimilation, and tradition. He has been part of several group and solo exhibitions, residencies, and recipient of the Creative Bursar Award from Getty Images.  We also talk to him about what may be his most ambitious and personal project to date -- Ma's House.

https://www.jeremynative.com/

Photographer Kiliii Yuyan illuminates the hidden stories of Polar Regions, wilderness and Indigenous communities. Informed by ancestry that is both Nanai/Hèzhé (Siberian Native) and Chinese-American, he explores the human relationship to the natural world from different cultural perspectives. Kiliii is an award-winning contributor to National Geographic Magazine and other major publications. Kiliii is based out of Seattle, but can be found across the circumpolar Arctic much of the year. 

His series, Masks of Grief and Joy is exhibiting in the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum of Photography, from May 26th - July 9th, 2021 as part of Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists and Issues, and online at griffinmuseum.org or kiliii.com.  

Welcome back to the MAC podcast! We kick off season two by speaking with curator and owner of Skye gallery, Jonny Skye. Skye studied Visual Art at Brown University and Art Education at RISD.  A visual arts educator in public school, museum and community centers, Skye spent the majority of her career in urban education reform as a youth and community advocate prior to opening Skye Gallery in 2017.

SKYE GALLERY celebrates contemporary art that speaks to our humanity, challenges the dominant narrative, and offers a vision for tomorrow. https://skye-gallery.com/

What an exhausting year. So much has happened that has changed our perception of ourselves and the world we live in. In our last episode of 2020, we run down a list of things that we'd like to leave in 2020 and check off some of the things we're hoping to see in the new year. 
A warm thanks to all the people whom we've interviewed this year and all the new people we've made friends with. Hope to see you again in the new year!

As we start wrapping up our special coverage of ACP fest, we speak to Chip Standifer who brings a wonderful vibe to the podcast. He opens up about his works and leadership role in APG as well as continue the conversation with us that Judith Pishnery started, about navigating the fine art world. Chip gives great advice for up and coming and mid-level photographers trying to find their footing in a system that may be a bit antiquated but nevertheless is still the standard.

https://www.chipstandiferphotography.com/

In this installment of the ACP studio sessions, we are visited by the veteran editorial photographer, Ron Sherman. Ron takes us back to a simpler and more prosperous time in the photo world, and all the stops in between that his camera managed to take him. 

https://www.ronsherman.com/

This time around, we speak to Judith Pishnery from Atlanta Photography Group (APG) who tells us a bit about her background, APG's history, and best business practices for fine artists. This episode is for the aspiring, emerging, or curious commercial photographer who’s had more than a passing interest in breaking into the fine art world. A lot of today’s discussions will cover what it takes to not only reach out to a curator but to maintain that link once you’ve made that connection.

https://www.atlantaphotographygroup.org/ 
https://www.judithpishnery.com/index

In the fifth installment of our ACP Studio Sessions, we have a conversation with wildlife portraitist, Karey Walter. We do a deep dive on the meaning of her work, what drives her to go out of her way to find specific animals and the affect her work has on her outlook on life and vice versa. We also talk a lil shop on academia. 
https://www.kareywalter.com/