the makers podcast

For the second part of my conversation with Sharon Arnold we discuss her launching of the Length x Width x Hight art subscription service that led to her Georgetown gallery of the same name. Her current partnership in Roq La Rue Gallery is also discussed along with many other things, including her plans for world domination. Enjoy.

Sharon Arnold has been director of youth programs at Gage Arts Academy, Owner of Length x Width x Hight Gallery, freelance curator, arts writer and artist. And a whole bunch of other stuff. Currently, she is co-owner and director of Roq La Rue, one of the nation's premier Pop Surrealist Galleries. In part one of a two-part episode we discuss her upbringing here in Seattle, her years working and studying in NYC, her return home and first moves as artist and curator. Oh, and she has a great dog (sorry, Sharon's cats).

Whatever Kimberly Trowbridge does, be it painting or teaching, playing music or conversing about art, she does with incredible energy and focus. I sat down with her at Top Hat studio, to discuss her journeys, both physical and spiritual, and the impact they've had on her life and artwork. Once again, music from Adam Levy buttons up the end of the show in advance of his March 27th show at my house in Seattle.

Joe Rudko is an artist living and working in Seattle. He's also young, smart and incredibly gifted. Despite these things, I truly like him very much. His work, which manipulates found photographs and the ancillary detrius of our chemical photorgaphy past to explore questions of truth and perception is, in a word, fantastic. And did I mention he runs a gallery called Two Shelves out of his apartment that features monthly intallations from established and emerging artists? Well, I just did.

For Episode 13 I sat down with New York artist Cicdy Hinant at Interstitial on the eve of her opening there in February of 2015. We discussed her work and the cult of celebrity voyeurism that informs it. I actually had quite a few of my misconceptions straitened out during this conversation, and as much as I can't stand the thought of personal growth I have to say I feel good about the whole thing. Music by the Honeydogs is featured at the end as part of a run up to Adam Levy's concert at my house at the end of March. (more on that in future episodes).

I sat down with Joey Veltkamp with a lovely bottle of bourbon for an even lovelier conversation with the loveliest fella around. from religion to politics to methods of coping with both without going crazy I got to know the man behind the bedding. Joey is one of those people that makes you feel better for having spent time with him. And he makes fantastic art, so there's that. Follow the link to check it out.

For the second part of my conversation with Tim Cross, We dig deeper into a whole slew of topics concerning art-making, the percieved value of novelty, remaining open and curious in one's practice and whether winning the lottery would turn us into insufferable art snobs. Dig in and enjoy.

Episode 10 has me sitting down in the Seattle studio of artist Tim Cross for a fun, rambling and at times delightfully contentious conversation about absolutely everything. I'm not kidding, we talked about every single thing, seriously, I had to make it a two-parter just to fit it all in. I also apparently have lost the ability to count to ten, as I refer to it as episode nine about a hundred times. Pay no attention to the idiot with the microphone.

Episode 9 has me sitting down with Julia Greenway of Interstitial (formerly Interstitial Theater) in their brand new digs in Georgetown, Seattle to discuss new media, video art, homemade pizza, and how we both apparently value fresh seafood over human lives. Julia was a complete blast to hang out with and her energy and passion are infectious and inspiring. Check out interstitial at http://www.interstitialtheatre.com

Trenton Flock is a writer, poet and co-founder of Vanguard Seattle, an online arts, fashion and culture magazine based, you guessed it, in Seattle. Vanguard is a lot like Trenton himself: insightful, informitive and passionate about a broad range of things. We met at his place on New Years day and despite courting the obvious possibility of a dual hangover snooze-athon had a wonderfully candid conversation about a whole bunch of stuff, but mostly art.