The Gallery

Welcome back, everyone! I’m very excited to share with you an interview with one of my personal heroes, New York and Portland-based filmmaker and activist Adele Pham. On this episode, we bonded over being daughters of immigrants, and we also discussed her hit documentary Nailed It, class and cultural identity, the influence of multi-cultural stories […]

When this podcast was launched in 2017, the mission was to feature Houston and its artists in all their beautiful, energetic, and sometimes complicated glory. No one embodies Houston’s dynamic artistic culture better than Ben DeSoto, the subject of directors Michael Witnes Zapata and Andrew Benavides’ latest documentary Ben DeSoto: For Art’s Sake. During this […]

This season, the Gallery Podcast is bringing you a full lineup of filmmaker artist interviews, including some masters and legends, along with the Houston Cinema Arts Society at the 2019 Houston Cinema Arts Festival. On this episode, Claudia got to catch up with Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and rap artist Kimberly Rivers-Roberts. They talked about […]

This season, the Gallery Podcast is bringing you a full lineup of filmmaker artist interviews, including some masters and legends, along with the Houston Cinema Arts Society at the 2019 Houston Cinema Arts Festival. In this interview, Claudia sat down with a living legend, filmmaker Euzhan Palcy. They discussed what it has been like for […]

Welcome back, everyone! The Gallery Podcast is bringing you a full lineup of filmmaker artist interviews, including some masters and legends. Claudia teamed up again with Houston Cinema Arts Society to interview guest artists at the 2019 Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Her first interview at the festival was with the visionary writer and director, Trey […]

The Gallery Podcast welcomes the amazingly talented Jessi Bowman (co-founder of FLATS and photographer extraordinaire) for a one-on-one interview. Since its inception, FLATS has become a platform for Houston-based and visiting photographers to connect and share their art pieces in unconventional and intimate settings. Jessi and her husband, Cris Skelton, have made it their mission […]

We are finally back after a few crazy/busy months with an eerily haunting Halloween-themed episode of The Gallery podcast. This episode was recorded entirely in the dark during a very gloomy and foggy night with Houston musician Lauren Massa, frontwoman for Velveteen Echo and all-around indie darling (we know there’s no way you all would […]

Trigger Warning: This episode of The Gallery contains discussions about sexual assault and violence, which may be triggering to survivors. The Gallery Podcast is back this month with another episode featuring former Houston Chronicle investigative reporter, Anita Hassan. Anita joined us to talk about her special series for the Houston Chronicle, which explored the sexual […]

The Gallery Podcast finally kicks off season two with the exceptional Queens of DIY from Zine Fest Houston. Stacy Kirages, Maria Heg, Evan McCarley, and Sarah Welch joined us on the eve of Zine Fest Houston 2017 to give us a glimpse into their grassroots efforts to promote regional zines, mini-comics, and other forms of […]

The Gallery Podcast traveled all the way to Hollywood to meet up with old friends, enjoy the perfect lack of humidity, and catch some local comedy. During this trip, Houston raised and Los Angeles-based singer, writer, and performer, Caroline Anderson, joined us on the show to discuss her life in L.A. while working on the […]