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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Photographer, Dean Fidelman. Dean discusses the documentary “The Dark Wizard”, his friendship with Dean Potter, Yosemite Valley, living a low income lifestyle, doing whatever it took to have fun creating & climbing, getting into climbing & photography as a teen, learning camera repair & working in photo labs, The Stonemasters, John Long, publishing books, his Stone Nudes, Ansel Adams’ darkroom, nude photography, going to photo school at the Brooks Institute, his process, making honest work, spontaneity, the catalyst for Stone Nudes, favorite photographs, his favorite photographers, using the right words, archiving other people’s work, exhibitions, the Yosemite Climbing Museum, highs & lows, Valley Muse & his other book projects, inspiring & paying it forward and preservation & storytelling.

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We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of contemporary artist, collector, and zingmagazine publisher Devon Dikeou. In honor of her life and legacy, we are rereleasing our October 2021 interview with Devon. In this interview, Devon talks about her work, exploring the in-between, her “Mid-Career Smear”, zingmagazine, and the Dikeou Collection.

You can experience Devon’s work at her website www.devondikeou.com 

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Abstract Figurative Painter, Will Thompson. Will discusses his early exposure to art, anime, Toonami, the catalyst to start painting, Basquiat, growing up in Alabama, what brought him to Denver, how he started showing at NKollective gallery, his abstract figurative work, clouds, western themes, his best support, music, what compels him to create, being a storyteller, Picasso, his recent show at NKollective, his grandfather, creative routine, what painting does for him, pricing, prints, what he does with his money when he makes a sale, social justice & art, and the motto he lives by.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Author, Krista Hanley. Krista discusses what she’s been doing since she left the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, starting her self-defense business “We Are Safer Together”, tips for deescalating a confrontational situation, her new book “How To Survive A Mass Shooting”, the Columbine school shooting, the media & it’s role in the reporting of school shootings, PTSD, therapy, the lack of resources to deal with the aftermath of Columbine, the Trench Coat Mafia, the structure of her book, revisiting her memories to write the book, school shootings moving forward, being vulnerable in writing the book, her thoughts on what should be done to bring an end to school shootings, gun control, and what she would like readers to take away from reading her book. 

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Contemporary Fiber Artist, Heather D. Schulte. Heather discusses Norway, what compels her to create, growing up in a family of makers, her art experiences as a child, language, weaving and computer technology, the mediums she works with, textiles, text & technology, patterns & algorithms, braille, her Peeky Blinders series, exploring different coding systems, her traumatic brain injury, repair & care being part of her art practice, textiles in the art world, teaching art, traveling and her world view, intergenerational communities, her “The Times” series, stitching on newspaper, binary code, collaboration, her work around Covid & the pandemic, “Stitching the Situation”, challenges she has faced as an Artist, the art community in Colorado, her “What We Feel We Cannot Say” series, her book suggestions, and the mantra that she lives by.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Cynthia Ramu, the Fairy Godmother of the Pueblo Levee Mural Project. Cynthia discusses the history of the Pueblo Levee, the first time she painted on the levee, taking over as the coordinator, her exhibit “Concrete Creativity”, grants, Floyd Tunson, the project living digitally through History Colorado, the world record, how many murals on the levee, the old levee compared with the new one, stories about the levee, the murals that she has painted, her collaboration on a mural for the Ukrainian people, process to apply and paint on the levee, themes for the murals, the painting season, women leading the charge on the new levee, the future of her participation in the Pueblo Levee Mural Project, and the art scene in Pueblo.

Join us as we catch up with Cynthia Ramu and the Pueblo Levee Mural Project.

Check out the website Pueblo Levee Murals – www.puebloleveemurals.com

For more info on how to participate and paint a mural on the levee, go to www.pueblolevee.org

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Multimedia Artist, Madi Brunetti. Madi discusses Instagram handles, Black Sabbath, Death Metal, having the support of her parents, the mediums she works in, taxidermy, pinning bugs, cicadas, tattoos, therapy, moths, being neurodivergent, change, self-portraits, overcoming her eating disorder, mental health, marathons, masking, coping mechanisms, autism, embroidery, some of her pieces, getting her degree in studio art from Fort Lewis College, her residency at Art Gym, Bell Projects, road kill, death, pricing, hand embellishment, art as therapy, selling work, living your life, Bitfactory’s “US” exhibition, and what the future holds for her.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Chloé Duplessis! Chloé discusses her family, her education, growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, living in New Orleans, moving back home, running for the school board, her involvement in politics, getting her diagnosis of Stargardt disease, moving to Denver, starting her art business, telling lesser known stories of history, working in different mediums, honoring her ancestors and our shared history, travel, being part of a supportive art community, creating the first accessible “I Voted” sticker for the City of Denver, the Colorado Black Equity Study, Cathay Williams, the history behind & the evolution of her exhibition “12 Tablecloths, burlap being her “soul fabric,” her exhibition “Origin Story” at Understudy, her piece “Reclaiming Liberty,” and her advice to Artists to “Serve from where you are.”

Join us for a fantastic and inspirational conversation with Chloé Duplessis!

Check out Chloe’s work at www.chloeduplessis.com

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Chloé’s exhibition “Origin Story” will be on display at Understudy through July 19th - https://www.denvertheatredistrict.com/understudy

Hear Chloé talk about the exhibition “Origin Story” on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dNjq1pv9P0

Chloe’s exhibition “Shared History” opens July 28th at the Center for Colorado Women’s History - http://www.historycolorado.org/center-colorado-womens-history

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Colorado Springs Artist, Jes Moran. Jes discusses her engagement with art as a child, growing up in Wisconsin, altering clothes & studying apparel design, her compulsion to make, loving process, having an intentional art practice the past five years, creative ideas, some of the other creative pursuits that she explored before doing the work she does now, being self-taught, learning to trust herself, her process, being fearless, quilts, sewing, what art does for her, letting go, her older work, titles, negative space, abstract art, experimentation & exploration, finding her voice, writing, space, memories, family, vulnerability, self-doubt, routine, sacrifices, potato chips, color, her new work, her show at Auric in June, being seen & valued, the support of her family, the Colorado Springs art community, and her idea of perfect happiness.

Join us for a wonderful conversation with Jes Moran!

Check out Jes Moran’s exquisite work at www.jesmoran.com

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Jes’ exhibition “Seam Shift: painting through construction” will be on display at Auric Gallery through the month of June. Opening reception June 5th.  For more information go to www.auricgallery.com

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This week, Wes and Todd sit down with Canadian Contemporary Fine Artist and Illustrator, Gary Taxali. Gary discusses how his style doesn’t differ between his personal and commercial work, business sense, work/life balance, his early career and moving to New York City, being exposed to the fine art world in New York, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, transition from illustration to the fine art world, his early engagement in art, drawing at an early age in school, the support of his family, the importance of doodling and mark making, teaching at OCAD and how it informs his work, creativity and problem solving, voice and personal style, philosophy of his creativity, trusting yourself and the process, confidence, play being the essence of creativity, having the support of music, Mississippi Delta Blues, feeding his soul, the Russian Avant Garde, connecting to people through art, his style and how it has evolved, the Fleischer Brother, Mad magazine, how he found inspiration from Depression era America, his political art, the Library of Congress acquiring some of his work, not self-editing, tattoos, charity, using old textbook pages to create on, process over work, being a working Artist, classical Indian music, spontaneity, rolling the dice of your creativity, embracing the flaws, working with musicians creating album covers and concert posters, Aimee Mann, his name Taxali, being commissioned by the Royal Canadian Mint to design six quarters, his children’s book “This is Silly”, upcoming exhibitions, pricing art, and his parting thoughts on creativity and it’s importance.

Join us for a riveting and thoughtful conversation with Gary Taxali!

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