Remotely Creative

For our Season 1 Finale, we let our minds wander with video artist and culture cultivator Adán de la Garza. We got some background on the collaborative roots of Collective Misnomer and insight into de la Garza's work cultivating a home for time-based arts in Denver. Adán also discussed adapting to recent transitions, ignoring the pressure to make COVID art, and the highest honor: a wing sauce in your name.

Ash Hopkins is a Senior UX / UI Designer at IHS Markit. After graduating from RMCAD in 2014 with a degree in Graphic Design, she started her career freelancing before finding her current position. Ash talked to us about making time to push yourself creatively, experimenting in ProCreate, and her experience bringing a child into the world during a pandemic.

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Jack Ludlam is a photographer who utilizes both analog and digital mediums. His work (mostly still-life) use a hyper-realistic aesthetic to highlight unique details and flaws. Sharing a wealth of information on every part of the process, from techniques to subject selection, Jack speaks openly about his experiences in the world of fine art photography.

Visit our website, rmcad.edu/remotelycreative, to learn more about our guests and see photos of their work. Don't forget that you can also submit your own questions for future guests by emailing [email protected].

It's our first two-part episode! Our guest is Greg Ellis (AKA Lazer Shark, AKA The Phoebus Cartel), a creative production and lighting designer who has worked with a variety of performing artists including Pretty Lights, Steve Aoki, STS9, and more.

Greg is impressively earnest as he shares how he's progressed as an artist in quarantine. He tells us about his recent Modern Mythology and Phoebus Cartel projects, the transformation of Pretty Lights as a musical entity, and the power of an audience. Greg also answers questions from listeners about his approach to new technologies, love for the analog aesthetic, and the life-changing moment when his creative process was transformed. There is no shortage of insight as we dive head-first into the worlds of music, performance, light, and technology.

Visit our website, rmcad.edu/remotelycreative, to learn more about our guests and see photos of their work. Don't forget that you can also submit your own questions for future guests by emailing [email protected].

Ben Alderman, also known as Lin Wen-Ben, is a process-based artist, painter, and RMCAD Alumni. Born in Taiwan and adopted to US parents at twelve, Ben's work is heavily influenced by dual experiences with Eastern and Western influences. We talk about Ben's experiences as an artist, the process of finding personal identity through art, and the next step; earning a Master's in London.

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Wesley Hall is a designer, illustrator, cardboard creature creator, webcomic author, and animator. He's also a master of e-mail marketing, working as a CRM Technical Producer at Smile Direct Club. On top of that, he also helped shape our new Illustrative Design program.

Starting with his post-collegiate work with AmeriCorps, we chatted about the multidisciplinary experiences that led him to where he is today. Between anecdotes, we get Wesley's unique perspective on the weird world of e-mail marketing, pick sides in the battle of Google VS. Microsoft, and blame all of our problems on Carole Baskin.

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Like most of our guests, Gretchen Marie Schaefer can't be defined  by a single title. To start, Schaefer is the Director of the Visiting Artist, Scholar, and Designer (VASD) Program at RMCAD, a producer of the Remotely Creative podcast, and an accomplished contemporary artist.

In celebration of the tenth year of our VASD Program, we talked with Schaefer about the VASD Program's origin story and growth over the last decade. From our favorite guests to our 2020 adaptions, you'll get a deeper understanding of the VASD Program and the leader behind the scenes.

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Carolyn Malachi is a Grammy Award-Nominated performing artist, sound engineer, and educator. She's living her dream in the music industry during a pivotal moment, and she educated us about advocacy, saying no, and trusting yourself. We also chatted about her life in DC proper, cryptocurrency, and how we will look back on 2020.

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How did a skater kid grow his own experiential marketing business, start a festival with Yelawolf, and leave the entertainment industry to make a living as a muralist? Primarily painting large scale public art, Nathan Brown has produced over 40 commissioned murals for brands like Red Bull, Patagonia, Spotify and more. Listen closely as he weaves us a tale about pagers, counterculture, Budapest, and burnout.

Visit our website, rmcad.edu/remotelycreative, to learn more about our guest and see photos of their work. Don't forget that you can also submit your own questions for future guests by emailing [email protected].