Ep. 054 A.L. Lummus - Artist, Metaphor-Heavy Imagery
Wes and Todd talk with A.L. Lummus, aka Amy Lee Lummus. Lummus talks about art in the time of Covid, pop-up shows, influences, art education, balancing family with an art career, the journey to becoming a full-time artist, pricing, artist statements, time, some of her favorite pieces from her new series, and regales us with a poem that she wrote for Bend the Iron.
Ep. 053 Wes and Todd's Year In Review
This week Wes and Todd reflect on their first year of doing the podcast, what they expect in the coming year, what guests they would like to get on and then they are joined by surprise special guest and friend, Dan Drossman.
Ep. 052 James Holmes - Abstract Artist, Executive Director of Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation
Wes and Todd talk with James Holmes. Holmes talks about lettering race cars as a kid, auto racing, his various business ventures, motorsports sponsor management, Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation, how to pivot during the pandemic, the incident that was the catalyst for him becoming an artist, his criteria for himself to be called an Artist, social media, collecting art, art advocacy, pricing, art and social commentary, the role of music in the creative process, and the power of positive thinking.
Ep. 051 Eriko Tsogo - Mongolian American Cross-Disciplinary Artist
Wes and Todd talk with Eriko Tsogo. Tsogo talks about immigrating to the United States, being a DACA recipient, identity, art as calling, spirituality, art education, the various mediums that she works in, agency representation, residencies, Meow Wolf, social media, defiance, her diverse series of work, soap play, senses, Buddhism and shamanism, and the Mongolian Culture and Heritage Center of Colorado.
Ep. 050 Adrianna Abarca -Founder, Latino Cultural Arts Center
Wes and Todd talk with Adrianna Abarca, Founder of the Latino Cultural Arts Center and Curator of Hecho en Colorado at History Colorado. Abarca talks about her family history, growing up in Denver, identity, collecting art, and her vision for the Latino Cultural Arts Center, an integrated cultural campus in the Sun Valley neighborhood west of downtown Denver that will feature two museums, one dedicated to Mexican heritage and the other to Latin America; with a library of Latino arts…
Ep. 049 Cynthia Ramu - Pueblo Levee Mural Project
Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Director and Curator, Collin Parson. Parson talks about growing up in an artistic family, his formal and informal art education, the definition of an Artist, being an Artist as a profession, influences, process, George Carlin and Carl Sagan, his public art project for the City of Lakewood, and his favorite exhibits that he has curated for the Arvada Center.
Ep. 048 Collin Parson - Artist, Director, Curator - Arvada Center
Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Director and Curator, Collin Parson. Parson talks about growing up in an artistic family, his formal and informal art education, the definition of an Artist, being an Artist as a profession, influences, process, George Carlin and Carl Sagan, his public art project for the City of Lakewood, and his favorite exhibits that he has curated for the Arvada Center.