This episode recorded during the Dry Tortugas residency on Loggerhead Key.  Our guest Jacob Kelley with us on the island for part of the time.  He was an intern for the National Park Service finishing his college degree.  Jacob's job on Loggerhead was to monitor the many loggerhead turtle nests on the island, release hatchlings and keep nest data documented.  Jacob spent nearly 80 days in 2020 on the island over spanning multiple rotations and was a great resource to us about the island.

Join Carl and Shannon as they chat about art and residencies with Tanya Ortega founder of theNational Parks Arts Foundation.

15 months of hard work have paid off! Carl and Shannon have been named the 2020 Artists in Residence at Dry Tortugas National Park.  In this special episode the tables are turned and the Tortuga Brothers are interviewed by Lake Worth's very own Mary Lindsey.  We talk about the application and where the idea came from as well as our thoughts about living off the grid on a 40 acre desert island with no company accept sea turtles and birds migrating south for the winter for an entire month.

This episode is a 20 minute highlight with portions of four episodes from our first year.  These four interview segments bring together what a residency is about, life as the artist resident and the the special place that is the Dry Tortugas.  

Shannon and I wish to thank all of our guests on the podcast over this year for the great conversations!  We wish the demo we were sending to the National Parks Arts Foundation could be long enough to include all of you!!

We also extend a special thanks to the 5 guests from 4 episodes we did include. Mark Golden,Kelly Clark, Beth Williams, Hailey Williams and Clyde Butcher.  These conversations informed our ideas of the Dry Tortugas and made us even more certain we want to be the Artists in Residence on Loggerhead Key in 2020.

Loggerhead 2020 or Bust!

Carl and Shannon

The Flying Tortuga Brothers

Well here we are at episode 14 recorded 2 weeks before our Dry Tortugas residency application is due.  I can think of no better guest to be the capstone for this part of the podcast.  We were fortunate enough through Shannon to be able to sit down and talk with Mark Golden.  Co founder and CEO of Golden Artists Colors.  Mark is not only a paint maker but also hosts a residency, The Golden Foundation Residency where 18 lucky artist a year get to go to Paint and tinker with materials  for a month at Golden Paint in Upstate NY.  Passionate about art residencies and the communities they create Mark also sits on the board of the Alliance for Artists Communities which is a resource for art residencies around the world.  We had a great conversation ranging from the history of Golden Paints to residencies and artists.  We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did getting the opportunity to talk to Mark.

The Tortuga Brothers scored a great get for this week's episode!  We sat down to interview Beth and Hailey Williams.  They are the dynamic mother daughter duo chosen as Artists in Residence at Dry Tortugas National Park for 2019. Beth and Hailey are home after after spending the month of September on Loggerhead Key.  As this is the exact residency we hope to be chosen for in 2020 we were thrilled to chat and let them give us the scoop on their experiences and what we can expect if chosen to be AIRs in 2020. Beth is a pastel artist and you can find her website at http://bethwilliamspastels.com Hailey is a writer and poet.  Her works can be found at pellwrites.com  Hailey was gracious enough to share one of the poems she wrote on Loggerhead Key with us and  it is included in this episode.  We hope you enjoy listening to this interview as much as we did making it.

 

Loggerhead 2020 or Bust!

Carl and Shannon

The Flying Tortuga Brothers

After a hurricane threatened the end of summer holidays for both Shannon and Carl they were able to go on their trips.  It has been three weeks since the last episode and the boys are back to talk about their adventures before jumping into a schedule of fall interview episodes.  Shannon's travels included a trip to the Hispanic Museum and Library in NYC where he met with Dr Marcus Burke for a tour and to view the Sorolla paintings.  Carl's summer trip took him to the Mediterranean where some of his highlights were a trip to the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice where he saw 14th century church paintings and an exhibit of Georg Baselitz paintings as well as photographing the early and late day light in Venice.

Hi - This week on the FTB podcast Carl and Shannon talk about Residencies they are applying for and where their travels will take them for the next few weeks.  This episode includes a special treat Shannon reads his new poem Pennants.  We will be away from South Florida for a bit and will resume interviews and our regular schedule of podcasts when we return.  We are each heading off on our adventures armed with a digital recorder for impromptu interviews or fun ambient sounds so who knows what we will return with.  To go along with this episode there will be blog post at our website highlighting some of the art and places we talk about in this episode.

What better way to mark the 10th episode of the podcast than to talk with an artist who has spent time at Dry Tortugas National Park.  Today's interview is with Harun Mehmedinović co creator of Project Skyglow.  He's a photographer / cinematographer / environmental advocate.  Project Skyglow looks to the skies and examines the impact of light pollution on society and nature by showing the beauty of some of the most amazing dark sky places left on Earth.  Harun spoke with us for nearly and hour and his knowledge and his passion are evident!  You can watch some of his amazing short movies at https://skyglowproject.com

This week's interview is guaranteed to make you as excited about Dry Tortugas National Park as we are and is sure to make you want to visit this amazing place.  Our Guest this week is Kelly Clark who worked as a ranger at the Dry Tortugas for 16 years and is a treasure trove of knowledge about the park.  Kelly took time from a trip to Montana to chat with us about the park and what life on Loggerhead key is like for those artists lucky enough to be chosen to participate in the residency each September.  We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!  

Next week Shannon and I will be doing one of our catch up and chat episodes where we will talk about art and what we are inspired by.  We are planning to share another one of Shannon's poems.  We will also be talking about each of our upcoming art adventures as we will both be doing some traveling in September.

Loggerhead 2020 or Bust!

The Flying Tortuga Brothers

Carl and Shannon