Ep. 021 Steve Allender - Rapid City Mayor on funding for the arts
In this episode, Wes talks with Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender.
Steve talks about his career as a police officer, why he ran for mayor, city budgets and the municipal funding for the arts. He also touches on the One Heart and Care Campus, school funding, and the volatility of sales tax.
Ep. 020 Ed Dwight - Sculptor and America's First Black Astronaut Candidate
Wes and Todd talk with world renowned artist and sculptor, Ed Dwight.
Ed talks about his early days growing up in Kansas City, Kansas, how he joined the Air Force and became a pilot, his time as America’s First African American Astronaut Candidate, his various business ventures, and how he became a world renowned sculptor creating memorials and works all over the United States.
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.
Ep. 018 Detour - Multi-disciplinary Artist and Author making a difference
In this episode, Wes and Todd are back in Denver with internationally renowned artist, Detour.
We talk Detour’s history of what led him to become a full-time artist, some of the projects that he has done, and what led him to write the phenomenal book “Be the Artist, The Interactive Guide to a Lasting Art Career,” a book that should be in every artist’s studio and part of the curriculum in every art school…
Ep. 017 JK Dooley - Western/Cowboy Watercolor Artist
In this episode, Wes and Todd are in Custer, South Dakota, to talk with Watercolorist, JK Dooley.
We talk about JK’s journey as an artist, how she started painting watercolors of ranch and rodeo life, social media, and numerous other tips and advice from this wonderful artist.
Ep. 016 Tom Rasch - Comic Book Artist and Content Creator
In this episode, Wes and Todd are in Rapid City, South Dakota, to talk with Comic Book Artist and Content Creator, Tom Rasch journey from Comic Book Artist to Content Creator. Tom also talks about two of his most popular characters, Salem Tusk and Black Alpha, the state of the comics industry, social media, and what it entails to be a Content Creator.
Ep. 015 Peggy Detmers - Sculptor
In this episode, Wes and Todd are in Rapid City, South Dakota, to talk with artist and sculptor, Peggy Detmers.Detmers talks about how she got her start in sculpture, her precognitive dream that foretold the large commission, “Lakota Bison Jump”, she did for actor Kevin Costner’s Dunbar Resort, a resort that never came to fruition…
Ep. 014 John Lopez -International Artist, Sculptor
In this episode, Wes and Todd travel to Lemmon, South Dakota to visit with international artist and sculptor, John Lopez. John talks about how he became a sculptor and how he started his brand of sculpture, “Hybrid Metal Art”…
Ep. 013 Georgia Amar - Master Screen Printer/Oil Painter
In this episode, Wes and Todd spend an afternoon with creative genius, Georgia Amar. It's a lively and philosophical discussion about life, education and art. We also talk about the art scene in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe.
Enjoy learning about this Master Screen Printer, oil painter, stained glass and 3D muralist originally from Morocco.
Ep. 012 Joe Ziegler - Pointillism Painter
In this episode Wes and Todd sit down with artist, Joe Ziegler. We talk about music and how it inspired two of his series of paintings, Black Faces of Rock and Queer Folk of Rock. We discuss his use of pointillism and the patience it takes to work using this technique…
Ep. 011 Rose Fredrick - Coors Western Art Exhibit
This week Wes and Todd sit down with Rose Fredrick, curator of the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale. Rose talks about the history and significance of the show; her approach to curating; and her relationship with the artists and their work…
Ep. 010 Michael Ome Untiedt - American West Painter
Wes and Todd visit with painter, Michael Ome Untiedt. Michael talks his about his early years before he discovered art, the catalyst that started him on his journey as an artist, kicking around Texas, and his trials and tribulations of his journey to become a full-time successful artist. In the process we get some history lessons, hear great stories and learn some great business tips…
Ep. 009 Chris Sessions - Photographer/Filmmaker
Wes and Todd sit down with Chris Sessions, photographer, filmmaker and musician. A prolific artist and creative force working in commercial advertising, documentary and fine art.
Ep. 008 Leo Tanguma - Chicano Muralist
Wes and Todd visit with Chicano Muralist, Leo Tanguma. Leo talks about growing up in Beeville, Texas and what set him on his path to becoming an artist, meeting the great Muralist, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and how it influenced his work, and discusses some of his incredibly powerful and significant murals like "Rebirth of Our Nationality.”
Join us for this fantastic episode with Leo Tanguma, Artist, Muralist, and Sage, as he recounts stories about his life, gives us some history lessons and imbues us with his words of wisdom.
Ep. 007 Cynthia Ramu - Pueblo Levee Mural Project Coordinator/Muralist and Art Educator
The Tenet podcast travels to Pueblo, Colorado to interview artist and art educator, Cynthia Ramu.
Wes and Todd talk with Cynthia Ramu about her start as an artist, moving to Pueblo to paint murals on the levee, and the importance of art education for children in the community. Cynthia also talks about the history of the Pueblo Levee Mural Project and what the future holds for the levee and a new era of murals in Pueblo.
Ep. 006 Stevon Lucero, Part 3
Part 3 of this three part episode; Where Wes and Todd visit with Denver Artist, Stevon Lucero, Painter, Poet, Philosopher and Visionary. In this episode, Stevon talks business, galleries, New York, and treats us to another reading of his poetry.
Ep. 005 Stevon Lucero, Part 2
Part 2 with with Denver Artist, Stevon Lucero, Painter, Poet, Philosopher and Visionary.
Ep. 004 Stevon Lucero, Part 1
Please join us in listening to part one of our three part series with this legendary artist Stevon Lucero as we discuss art, philosophy and the divine. As a Denver Artist, Stevon Lucero, Painter, Poet, Philosopher and Visionary tells us about his different styles of painting, Metarealism, Neo-Precolumbian and the traditional. Stevon then treats us to a reading of one of his poems “The Mad Man.”
Ep. 003 Jerry & Jay Jaramillo - Artists, Father & Son, Murals, Painting, & Sculpture
Hosts, Wes Brown and Todd Pierson, sit down with father and son artists, Jerry and Jay Jaramillo. Jerry talks about how he got his start as an artist and Jay talks about how his father mentored him to become an artist…Jerry and Jay talk about the importance of art in the community and the value it brings to those that live there.
Ep. 002 Bob Ragland, Non-Starving Artist, Denver Art Legend
In this episode Wes Brown and Todd Pierson visit with long-time Denver Artist, Bob Ragland. Bob talks about his youth in Cleveland, Ohio, and how he got his start as an artist. The discussion then turns to art business tactics and his "Non-Starving Artist" project.