August 23, 2024
This week Elliot Bowers sat down with Dave & Johnny Disco to discuss Elliot’s new exhibition “Displacement” at Purple Window Gallery, at Mana Contemporary in Chicago.
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April 19, 2024
This week Sally C. Garner joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice, beginning with photography which led way to an interest in sculpture, installation, fiber and most importantly weaving.
Sally is featured in the Two-Person Exhibition “Process/Symbiosis” with Jason Rafferty at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, April 20th-May 11th with an opening reception on Saturday April 20th from 5-8PM.
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December 8th, 2023
This week Amy Reidel returns to the podcast to talk about her recent mixed media and installation based works that combine abstract and figurative elements to explore the relationship between being a caregiver during a period of global turmoil.
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December 1st, 2023
This week Jeff Stevenson joins us to talk about his work that explores ideas of masculinity and the self through a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, and installation.
Jeff also talks about his the exhibition “Cross-Section: the many faces of Jeff Stevenson” that opens at Studio Break Gallery with receptions on Sunday Dec 3rd from 2-5 PM and Sat Dec 9th from 4-8 PM.
Read MoreNOAH KASHIANI
This week Noah Kashiani joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice that explores mixed media painting and sculptural forms. In the episode Noah breaks down his recent works that use found objects and various processes/materials to create mixed media works that examine consumer culture and late state capitalism.
Noah has a solo exhibition “Built Similarly” that opens on Saturday September 9th from 5-8 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago.
Read MoreJAKE WELLS
This week Jake Wells joins the podcast to talk about his background as well as his work, which is heavily influenced by his experiences in nature. His studio practice includes landscape paintings as well as mixed media sculptures created through explore traditional painting as well as peeled paint, and reclaimed objects found in nature.
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Bill Conger joins the podcast to talk about his sculptural works that incorporate a wide range of found materials that are repurposed and configured to give them new life. In the episode we talk in depth about his new solo exhibition entitled “Gold” that opens at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago on Saturday October 15th, from 5-8 PM.
Read MoreTODD JONES
This week Todd Jones joins the podcast to talk about his recent work that explores ideas of consumer and material waste through discarded paint. His studio practice utilizes a variety of materials and processes to crate painting, sculpture, and installation based work.
Read MoreLEA ANDERSON
Lea Anderson joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice, that uses a wide range of materials and processes to create variety of 2D, 3D, and installation based works.
Read MoreMAIA STERN
Maia Stern joins the podcast to discuss her work, which is influenced by fairy tales and folklore through a variety of glass and mixed media based sculptures and installations.
Read MoreCARIN MINCEMOYER
Carin Mincemoyer joins the podcast to discuss her multimedia sculpture, installation, and public works that explore the relationship between humans and the natural environment.
Read MoreANASTASIA SITNIKOVA
Anastasia Sitnikova joins the podcast to talk about her conceptually driven mixed media and installation works that explore the relationship between technology, psychology, and human nature.
Read MoreSEAN CAULFIELD
Sean Caufield joins the podcast this week to discuss his abstracted environmental landscapes that explore the boundaries of the biological and mechanical.
Read MoreREBECCA CASEMENT
This week Rebecca Casement joins the podcast to discuss her beautiful mixed media work that distill personal and emotional experiences into abstracted sculptures and installations.
Read MoreKATE KAMINSKI, BEN COHAN, JOHN REDDINGTON, & DAVID LINNEWEH
This week Kate Kaminski, Ben Cohan, John Reddington, & David Linneweh reflect on their lives since graduating from Southern Illinois University nearly 15 years ago.
Read MoreSAM MACK
Sam Mack joins the podcast to discuss their work and writes: “the installations of my work form a grammar of materials that utilizes institutional signs of caution and control punctuated by trans and queer-signaling. interwoven references point toward a slippage of both material and language that exists between physical, academized, and a theoretical corporeal existence.”
Read MoreRY MCCULLOUGH
Ry Mccullough joins the podcast to share a range of work that include collage, sculpture, and installation through a variety of materials and processes that include creative writing, language, and intuition to explore what he describes as the “know and unknown.”
Read MoreKATE KAMINSKI
This week Kate Kaminski visits the podcast to discuss some of her sculptural work that explores narrative and mythology as well as her more recent works, which largely focus on ceramic production and sculpture.
Read MoreDONOVAN WIDMER 2
This week Donovan Widmer joins the podcast once again to share his recent series of works that investigate and catalog a variety of skin conditions as a way to discuss the cultural stigmas that surround them.
Read MoreSCOTT AIGNER
Scott Aigner joins the podcast to discuss his current work which explores nostalgia and pop culture through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches from tedious process based works, performance, and installation.
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