Ep. 176 Maria Sheets – Kiln Fired Stained Glass Paintings, Art Conservation

This week Wes and Todd sit down with Master Glass Designer, Painter, and Fabricator, Maria Sheets. Maria discusses her childhood growing up in a Russian Orthodox church, some of her Russian family history, her art education, her journey as an Art Conservator, how her experience in art conservation informs her glass work, her experience with the Museum of Biblical Art, starting her own art conservation business, working with liturgical glass, her start in doing her glass work, her grandmother, her family’s roots in art glass and ceramics manufacturing, resilience & optimism, art being her religion, Agnes Marin, Scottish Stained Glass, research & glass design, halo history, iconography, breaking the rules, the provenance of liturgical artifacts, weird things she’s been asked to create, social-political imagery, Judy Chicago, early female anarchists/activists, science, conserving & restoring art, living to open the kiln in the morning, material science, art safety, process, her latest exhibition “Out Of Our Hands,” artificial intelligence, and her basic rule of success.

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Ep. 175 Lyndy Bush - Contemporary Southwest Oil Painting

This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Lyndy Bush. Lyndy discusses Southern New Mexico, suburbs, Borderlands, Las Cruces, her artistic mother, inspiration, seeing herself as an Artist, her education, leaning into Art, her compulsion to create, Math & Science, Colorado, oil painting and metalsmithing, the old masters, layering & glazes, her art being autobiographical, routine, process, painting flowers, being a full-time Artist with a full-time career, what Art does for her, plein air, books, abstract painting, her greatest achievements, CHAC, Women’s Caucus for Art, Georgia O’Keefe, Frida Kahlo, Picasso, podcasts, pricing, and some of her art philosophy.

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Ep. 174 Ken Chapin – Smithsonian Exhibition - Crossroads: Change in Rural America

This week Wes and Todd welcome back Ken Chapin to Tenet to talk about all the exhibits and events that he is helping to produce for the Smithsonian Exhibition - Crossroads: Change in Rural America. Ken discusses the companion exhibits and events taking place around the Smithsonian exhibition, the theme of Agriculture, exploring rail and its importance to Trinidad and the surrounding area, “Corn Mothers," the role art plays in aging populations, “BRIM – The Solano’s Stories," “Tractor Trek,” feeding the wolf, “STEAM," “Grow Raise Make," “The 5 States of Colorado," the Trinidad Creative District, and what he loves about engaging and working in the Trinidad community.

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Ep. 040 Dennis Scholl - Documentary Filmmaker, Lifeline:Clyfford Still

Wes and Todd talk with award-winning documentary filmmaker, Dennis Scholl about his early years growing up in Miami, his work as former Vice President/Arts for the Knight Foundation, the Oolite Arts organization and his role as President and CEO, making documentaries, his extraordinary documentary Lifeline:Clyfford Still, and the wonderful documentary that he co-directed, The Last Resort.

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