Ep. 065 Ira Sherman – Metalsmith, Sculptor – Chastity Couture

Wes and Todd talk with Ira Sherman. Sherman talks about how he got his start in art, his mechanized sculpture, his series “Panaceas to Persistent Problems”, Chastity Couture – Impenetrable Devices, public art projects, jewelry, esthetic mechanical engineering & design, fashion shows, process & technique, Bitfactory, air muscles, flea market mechanisms, public art projects, jewelry, and making and promoting work.

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Ep. 064 Talya Feldman - Art Installation, Sound, & Film

Wes and Todd talk with Talya Feldman. Feldman talks about her journey that led her to pursue her MFA in Germany, what the MFA program at Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg is like, the catalyst that led her to her current work that confronts right-wing extremism and imparts healing and hope, and how one can support oneself as an Artist doing social-political art.

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Ep. 063 Cody Kuehl - Art That Explores The Myth And Ethos Of The American West

Wes and Todd talk with Cody Kuehl. Kuehl talks about reassessing his art life during Covid, journaling, art festivals, creativity, work ethic, the origination of the Western themes in his work, contrasting the myth of the West with the reality of history, challenging stereotypes, narrative and storytelling, comics, influences, Bill Watterson, integrity and making better art, Red Wolf, taking the idea of improv and applying it to art, pricing, commissions, and selling art via social media. We unpack a lot in this episode.

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Ep. 061 Carl Corey - Documentarian, Photographer

Wes and Todd talk with Carl Corey. Corey talks about being a Documentarian, his interest in photography at age nine, commercial photography, honesty and truth in photography, following your voice, the state of the photography world, process, rural life, photography books, publishing books, prints, galleries, portraits, one print for one month for one hundred dollars, successful photographs, being a Guggenheim Fellow and his new book, “The Strand.”

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Ep. 060 Paul Weiner - American Contemporary Abstract Artist

Wes and Todd talk with Paul Weiner. Weiner talks about infusing social commentary into his art, art and Covid, Covid lexicon, process, Instagram, art and the American flag, free speech, Pierre Soulages, patriotism, art as investment, collecting, zombie abstraction, gallery representation, residencies, Kehinde Wiley, pricing, and legacy.

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Ep. 059 Mary Chiaramonte - American Painter, Narrative Figurative Realism

Wes and Todd talk with Peter Strange Yumi. Yumi talks about his name, optimism, exploring painting and technique, Art Historians and Zoologists, imagery, mediums, self-examination, photography, Eugene Delacroix, voice, process, routines, social satire, Autonation, Fruitland, roller disco, sex and sexuality, the unified mind, buffoonery, science fiction, Yumicorp International Studios and Brave New World.

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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.

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Ep. 047 Anna Kaye - Charcoal Drawings

Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Anna Kaye. Kaye talks about her solo exhibit, Heatwave, at Sandra Phillips Gallery, her charcoal drawings, her love of nature and science, her fascination with wildfires, environmental advocacy, Drop-in Drawing at the Denver Art Museum, aspens, Pink Progression, community art and activism.

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Ep. 019 Krista Hanley - Art Advisor & Art Coordinator

Krista Hanley talks about art collecting, collection management and art appraisal. She describes the essentials of artist and collector relationships, pricing, artist residencies, and a plethora of important things that artists need to be aware of when approaching galleries and shows.

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