Tom Ray's Art Podcast

Tom Ray's Art Podcast

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Tom Ray's Art Podcast episodes

  • S04 Episode 5: Tack Video - You're gonna make it after all.

    Spencer Blesi and Rob Griffen are two guys I used to work with at a corporate job. They were in the video department. Spencer even recorded a video for my band Lorenzo's Music. After I left that company I later heard that they also left and started their own video production company, Tack Video. I met with them at a coffee shop to talk about running their own business. I also have kind of a revelation while continuing my experiment to create sales for the things I make one piece at a time.  Tack Video Website - https://www.tackvid.com 


    Music for the show by Lorenzo's Music 

    https://www.lorenzosmusic.com

    24 min
  • S04 Episode 4: Steev Baker, Shauna Koszegi - Libraries and Landing Pages.

    Steev Baker & Shauna Koszegi work at the library. They spend their whole day trying to get people to think about it as a place that has tons of resources for creative people. So how do you get people to come to a place that has just always been there? One of the things they did is start a podcast about it. Tallest Building In Town https://tallestbuildingintown.com 


    Music for the show by Lorenzo's Music 

    https://www.lorenzosmusic.com 


    Get my graphic novel "Then This Happened..." on Amazon 

    https://amzn.to/2B6mTeC

    22 min
  • S04 Episode 3: Bradley Flora - Photography, Painting & Finding Multiple Outlets.

    There was an art installation at a local coffee shop in the fall and the artist, Bradley Flora heard my podcast and asked if I wanted to stop by and check it out. We ended up sitting down to talk, and he told me about how he’s been expanding on what he wants to do, going from photography to painting. Listen to the episode Listen on: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I also ponder ideas about other options for income besides freelancing. Check out Bradley's work on his website http://bradleyflora.com 

    Music for the show by Lorenzo's Music

    https://www.lorenzosmusic.com 

    21 min
  • S04 Episode 2: Zines & Personal Comics With Emily Mehr
    My wife and I were taking a weekend trip to Minnesota. I took that opportunity to meet someone that lives there that I'm friends with on Instagram, Emily Mehr. Listen to the episode Listen on: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Like me, Emily also draws a personal daily comic and you can check out her work on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/ejoymehr
    23 min
  • S04 Episode 1: Jessica Abel

    What cool way to start off the new season of the show, I got the opportunity to meet Jessica Abel!! Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube She is the comic book writer and artist who has made so many books, ranging from stories to instructional including the books Life Sucks, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, La Perdida, Growing Gills and Radio: An Illustrated Guide (with collaborator Ira Glass) just to name a few. You can check out her latest graphic novel Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2Szq1pP

    31 min
  • S03 Episode 13: Ivan Brunetti
    Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Previously on American Bandito, I spoke with artist Rachal Duggan and I discovered we had a mutual person that inspired us both. After I posted that interview, I got a silly idea in my head. I figured it would never work but it was worth a try. I sent Ivan Brunetti a link to that episode and just told him I would love to talk with him on the show. I figured what could it hurt? If he didn’t respond or said no at least I tried right? To my surprise, he said yes! He is currently at Columbia College in Chicago, just a few hours away. So my wife Merijoy and I took a trip to go meet him. So today on this special episode of American Bandito I meet Ivan Brunetti.
    36 min
  • S03 Episode 12: Stripe, Tattoo Artist
    Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Back in the first season of the show, I talked to a young artist named Salma Carreon. During the interview, she told me about how she briefly apprenticed at a tattoo shop. And it occurred to me I didn’t really know much about tattoo artists. How they start out, what it takes to become one, anything really. And since then I thought I should talk to one and find out. And it turns out one found me. He had messaged me on the American Bandito Facebook page. He runs a shop called Ultimate Arts Tattoo out on Commercial Ave. So he invited me over there to sit down and talk with him about what he does. Website - https://ultimatearts.squarespace.com Stripe's Bucky, Ink’d Wisconsinly https://buckyonparade.com/find-bucky/inkd-wisconsinly/
    23 min
  • S03 Episode 11: Luke Bassuener, Art Teacher
    Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person that I meet today I read about in the Isthmus. He was creating a stop-motion film with the students he teaches in his art class at Crestwood Elementary school. And the film they made was screened at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival. After reading that article I kind of had to talk to him. How could I not? And he’s a musician too. We decided to meet at the Monona Terrace during the Mini Makers Fair. But the pop-up interview I’m going to play for you this week took place just a few weeks ago when Merijoy and I had visited Browsers Bookstore on state street. After meeting the woman that worked there we just had to come back and talk to her again, because she was kind of awesome. See the animated short "A Valkyrie's Tale" on YouTube - https://youtu.be/LR6MB_4TeRM
    24 min
  • S03 Episode 10: Stitch Boom Bang, Embroiderer
    Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The first thing I saw by Heather Boggs of Stitch Boom Bang, was a portrait of Hall & Oates she embroidered on a doily. After seeing that, I kinda needed to meet this person. And it turned out she was also a fan of zines. So we met each other at a zine event that was happening in the downtown Madison library. And in another one of my pop-up interviews, I meet Elliot and his friend who walked up to my booth at Hibernation Liberation and asked what it was that I do? So I turned on my recorder and showed them. Check out Stitch Boom Bang https://stitchboombang.bigcartel.com Instagram @stitchboombang
    21 min
  • S03 Episode 9: Lakeside Press, Printers
    Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person I asked to meet with me today I contacted out of pure curiosity. I’ve driven past the lakeside press on Willy street like a million times and have never known a thing about it. And I always turn and look at it when I drive by. So I decided to contact them see if I could just come by and ask about the place. The story took so many turns as I listened. It was fascinating. Learn more about Lakeside Press - www.lakesidepress.org And in the pop-up interview segment, I meet Heather Rabata, a local Madison artist.
    20 min

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Tom Ray's Art Podcast is a podcast about trying to become a full-time artist.