Best Todd Pierson Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 190 Jonathan Berman – Producer, Director, Writer, Editor/ Commune 20th Anniversary Restoration 2:29:11

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with the Director of the movie “Commune”, Jonathan Berman. Jonathan discusses his early history growing up on the south shore of Long Island, weird jobs, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, being a professor at Cal State San Marcos, his documentary “My Friend Paul”, reality tv, being a producer, “The Shvitz”, long tail, Black Bear Ran…

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Ep. 189 Nicole Korbe – Painter, Gallerist, NKollectiv 2:27:53

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Painter and Gallerist, Nicole Korbe. Nicole discusses growing up in New Mexico & Oklahoma, creativity, being shy, her degree in Biology & Botany, her time working as a project manager for environmental consulting firms and how that experience plays into running a gallery, her beginnings as a painter, her pivot and …

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Ep. 188 Max Kauffman – Painter, Curator, Maker of Things 2:56:33

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Artist and Curator Max Kauffman. Max discusses the South Park premiere, the different work that he makes being like poems and songs, watercolor & gouache, anthropology, the cassette tape, his love of pattern, the importance of being in the head space for fun, analog, improvisation, growing up in Indiana, skateboard…

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Ep. 187 Sarah Boston – Painter, Western Artist 2:14:32

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Sarah Boston. Sarah discusses the various mediums that she works in, portraiture, painting, drawing from a young age, her connection to native culture, Charlie Russell, growing up in an artistic family, the Russell museum, taking art classes with Thomas Blackshear, routine, the A.R. Mitchell museum, the Bro…

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Ep. 186 Richard Alden Peterson – Photographer, Anti-Curator, Documentarian of the early San Francisco Punk Scene 2:21:38

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This week, Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer and Anti-Curator, Richard Alden Peterson. Richard discusses his introduction to photography, growing up in Santee California, writing for “The Door” and being the editor of his high school paper, shooting renowned bands for the local rock station at fifteen, GO newspaper, Illusion Light Show, art a…

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Ep. 185 Kevin A. Johnson – Painter & Illustrator 1:49:45

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This week, Wes and Todd sit down with Painter & Illustrator, Kevin Johnson. Kevin discusses his early engagement with art, comic books, Louisville, teaching himself to draw, favorite comic book artists, school, keeping it fresh, the Army, creating and drawing during his time in the service, his journey after retiring from the Army, Comic Con, Full …

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Ep. 184 Tania Kaaz - Analog Photography, pushing the limits of film emulsion 1:26:51

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This week, Wes and Todd sit down with photographer, Tania Kaaz. Tania discusses film photography, film soups, how she got started souping film, developing color film, the magic of film photography, how she got back into photography after a long hiatus, different effects with different substances & films, her cameras, how she chooses what substances…

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Ep. 183 Monica Ong - Visual Poet 2:10:55

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with visual poet, Monica Ong. Monica discusses her early journey with art, getting her MFA from RISD, integrating poetry with her visual art practice, experimentation & play, her first book “Silent Anatomies,” her poem "The Attic," sculptural types of poems, her interest in astronomy, process & evolution of the work, th…

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Tenet Rewind with Jeff Velarde 2:19:05

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This week, Wes and Todd present a Tenet Rewind with Painter, Jeff Velarde, previously released on July 1, 2021. Jeff talks about his exposure to art as a child, how art keeps him balanced, seeing some of his favorite art masterpieces in person, working as an Art Director for Z-Axis, traveling and how it influences his painting, balancing family wit…

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Ep. 182 Abigail Kreuser – Photographer, Curator, & Co-Owner of Auric Gallery 2:35:56

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Abigail Kreuser. Abby discusses how she and her partner Gundega came up with the name for their new gallery, being a serial entrepreneur, her journey as a photographer, getting her B.F.A. at the Rochester Institute of Technology, moving back to the Springs after college, her beginnings in curation, her first galler…

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Ep. 181 Kristen Egan – Mixed Media Artist Specializing in Sculpture and Sculptural Masks 2:29:16

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Kristen Egan. Kristen discusses sourcing gourds, carving masks, New Contemporary Folk Art, the area where she lives in Pennsylvania, sense of place, other materials she incorporates into her masks and sculptures, totems, the catalyst to carve gourds, air drying paper clay, repetition & referencing past work, birds,…

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Ep. 180 A.L. Lummus – Painter, Sculptor, Advocate Artist 2:56:06

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with A.L. Lummus, a.k.a. Amy Lummus. Lummus discusses the pandemic & how it affected her and her work, timing, Barbara Kruger, Mettle Martyr I & II, being an Advocate Artist, lessons learned in doing the work, “dog with a bone” syndrome, work/life balance, the thread that runs through the work, stories/narrative, art & …

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Ep. 179 Ryan A. Lee – Painter, Noir stories of the New West entangled with the Old West 1:58:51

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Ryan A. Lee. Ryan discusses being “artsy” growing up, falling in love with wide open spaces, his wife proclaiming on Facebook his new professional career as an Artist, self-esteem, his brief art education at Kansas University, being exposed to art in his youth, the influence of the pop 80’s skateboard m…

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Ep. 178 Johanna Mueller – Printmaker, Relief Engraving & Mixed Media Printmaking 2:51:13

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Printmaker, Johanna Mueller. Johanna discusses being an entrepreneur in her youth, having a strong work ethic, her art education, falling in love with printmaking, defending her work in grad school, learning to edit her criticism, finding her voice with printmaking, the printmaking community, Frogman’s workshops…

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Ep. 177 André Lippard – Painter, Sculptor, Fusing Cubism & Surrealism 2:15:29

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, André Lippard. André discusses the mediums he works in, oil painting, multi-perspective technique, his early engagement with art, his Artist grandfather, when he first started painting, stepping out of your comfort zone, his Art education at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, instructors and me…

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Ep. 176 Maria Sheets – Kiln Fired Stained Glass Paintings, Art Conservation 2:59:59

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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 Mus…

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Ep. 175 Lyndy Bush –- Contemporary Southwest Oil Painting 2:53:51

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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 a…

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Ep. 174 Ken Chapin – Smithsonian Exhibition - Crossroads: Change in Rural America 2:09:21

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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 importa…

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Ep. 173 Ann Morgan – Abstract Painter, Melding the Traditional With Technology 2:13:50

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Ann Morgan. Ann discusses painting big, technology informing her process, xeroxes, learning to paint at age 13, winning awards in her youth, AmeriCorps VISTA, getting her B.F.A. at Michigan State University, not painting for 20 years, always considering herself an Artist, her “Art Stuff" folder, the cat…

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Tenet Rewind with Mary Carroll 2:22:33

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This week, on Tenet Rewind, we are featuring our interview with Mary Carroll (Chiaramonte.) Carroll talks about narrative, nature, work ethic, her struggles with an autoimmune disorder, histamines, childhood, self-criticism, competitions, voice and vision, influences, mystery, death, favorite authors, and optimism for the future. Currently, her pie…

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Ep. 172 Warwick Saint – Painter, Photographer, Mixed Media Artist 3:06:09

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Photographer, and Mixed Media Artist, Warwick Saint. Saint discusses growing up in South Africa, the influence of his parents on his art journey, studying philosophy and how it informed him as an Artist, his earliest engagement with photography, point of view, London, and his early photo career, the cat…

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Ep. 171 Christopher La Fleur – Painter, Pop Art 3:00:48

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Christopher La Fleur. Christopher discusses the catalyst for starting his art business, the encouragement and influence of his father, his thoughts on art school, growing up in Greeley, Colorado, writing and science fiction, being a queertrepreneur, hope for the future, planning and producing events, Po…

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Ep. 170 May Pang – Photographer, John Lennon - “The Lost Weekend” 1:11:44

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer, May Pang. May discusses her exhibition “The Lost Weekend." her time with John Lennon, some of the photos that are part of the exhibition, and the feature film documentary “The Lost Weekend: A Love Story." Join us for a wonderful and remarkable conversation with May Pang. Check out May Pang’s websit…

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Ep. 169 Topher Straus – American Impressionistic Landscape Artist – 2023 Check-in 1:52:27

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This week, Wes and Todd do their annual interview withArtist Topher Straus. Topher talks about technology, Maui, charities, Sauvage Spectrum Winery, changes in his business model, World Heritage Sites, marketing & advertising, Vail International Gallery, the secondary market for his work, new gallery representation, Japan, traveling, new work, phot…

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Ep. 168 Marisa S. White – Fine Art Photographer, Photomontage 3:11:20

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Fine Art Photographer, Marisa S. White. Marissa discusses pancakes, digital art, AI, art festival categories, photomontage, portfolio reviews, process, technology, the compulsion to create, the encouragement she received in her youth from her father, the support of her husband, Surrealism, Magritte, clouds, Carl…

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Ep. 167 Gina Teichert – Painter, Desert Noir 2:41:07

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Gina Teichert. Gina discusses Tik Tok, Napa County, growing up in Nevada, National Geographic Kids, the influence of her Artist grandmother, support from her family, her connection to the West, bringing her experiences into her work, voice, art school, the fashion industry and modeling, sketching, her own rubric…

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Ep. 166 Josh Davy – Sculptor 2:15:04

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Josh Davy. Josh discusses Next Gallery, oil painting, getting back to making things for fun, pushing himself, sitting with the work & feeling where it’s going, buildings, ceramics, his art roots, glass blowing, symbolism, bridges, cathedrals, connection, Christianity & religion, empathy & grace, being human, rob…

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Ep. 165 Clay Ross – Abstract & Impressionistic Artist - Curator & Gallerist, The Look Up Gallery 2:11:47

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Colorado Springs Artist, Clay Ross. Clay discusses growing up in Colorado Springs, his journey as an Artist, being color blind, the “ache” to make art, working in acrylic, his two series, being a cheerleader for his community, True North Art Gallery, mixed media, abstract work, cityscapes, his current exhibition…

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Ep. 164 Visible Planets – Dan Drossman & Homeboy Sandman 59:46

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with their friend Dan Drossman and Homeboy Sandman. Dan and Homeboy Sandman discuss how they met, how Visible Planets came about and the thought behind it, and the Artists involved in the exhibition at Bitfactory and the concert at Herman’s Hideaway. Join us as we talk all things Visible Planets with Dan Drossman and…

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Ep. 163 Raven Rohrig – Illustrator & Mixed Media Artist 2:50:08

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Raven Rohrig. Raven discusses her life growing up with her Artist father, her artistic family, not being exposed to a lot of art, the beginning of her art journey, the catalyst for her to follow her muse and become a full-time Artist, her name, coming out, labels, authenticity, her three bodies of work, c…

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Ep. 162 Allyson Sheumaker – Executive Director, A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art 2:28:57

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Allyson Sheumaker, Executive Director of the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art. Sheumaker discusses how she landed in Trinidad, Colorado, the history of Trinidad, A.R. Mitchell’s early years, stories of Mitchell, Mitchell’s work as Curator of the Trinidad History Museum, Harvey Dunn, Mitchell’s legacy o…

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Ep. 161 Chris Long – Painter, Landscape 2:51:42

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This week Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Chris Long. Chris discusses RVing and living on the road with his family for 11 years, FOMO, wanderlust, equating RV life as that of hunter-gatherer, the pandemic, his former life as a Sculptor, the catalyst to start painting, teaching himself to paint, selling paintings in New Orleans, how his foundati…

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Tenet Rewind - Featuring Chicano Muralist Leo Tanguma 2:17:39

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In this episode, 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 Nation…

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Ep. 160 Annie Decamp – Painting, Mixed Media 1:36:22

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This week Wes and Todd catch up with their friend Annie Decamp. Decamp discusses her recent exhibition at Kuehl Fine Art in Trinidad, her health scare, stepping away from encaustic work, surviving a home invasion, her current work looking at and away from trauma, PTSD, healing through art, the loneliness of trauma experiences, laughing and love, ev…

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Ep. 159 Mick Burson – ART – Multidisciplinary 2:49:38

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Mick Burson. Mick discusses bath houses, living on the road, murals, graffiti, exhibitions, growing up knowing he was going to become an Artist, mentors, painting trains, painting for people in the backseat, his parents, Waco, and how it plays into his work, pursuing degrees in Art, sketchy painting scena…

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Ep. 158 Jasmine Dillavou – Boricua Mixed Media and Performance Artist 2:12:55

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Mixed Media and Performance Artist, Jasmine Dillavou. Jasmine discusses her Instagram handle, her childhood, getting her B.A. in Visual & Performing Arts from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, her path as an Artist, her compulsion to create, making with intention and gratitude, being account…

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Ep. 157 True North Art Gallery – Skylar Call, Melissa Porter, Marisa S. White 1:46:16

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Colorado Springs Artists, Skylar Call, Melissa Porter, and Marisa S. White. Skylar, Melissa, and Marisa, discuss their art background, their love of Colorado Springs and its art community, how they all met and became friends, the seeds of the True North Art Gallery, the structure of the co-op, membership,…

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Ep. 156 Melody Epperson – Artist, Curator – Tree Tales 1:17:47

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In this episode, Wes and Todd catch up with Artist and Curator, Melody Epperson. Melody discusses her recent solo show “Lifetime of Snapshots," Women’s Caucus for Art, receiving a PS You Are Here grant from Denver Arts & Venues, her public art installation “Tree Tales," engaging youth and community, challenges of facilitating the “Tree Tales” proje…

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Ep. 155 Chris Maynard – Feather Folio, Sculpting & Carving Feathers 1:52:17

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Artist, Chris Maynard. Chris discusses growing up in Washington state, growing up around art, the catalyst to become a full-time Artist and deciding to focus on feathers, feather structure, Argus Pheasants, snake skins, themes of his work, how he sources his feathers, the legality of acquiring feathers, c…

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Ep. 154 Emilie Odeile & Ken Chapin – Wove World, Goodnight Moon 2:43:10

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Emilie Odeile & Ken Chapin. Emilie & Ken discuss their background in the Arts, how they met and became Artners, how Ken designed and sold the world’s largest collection of knitting needles, Emilie looking for larger than commercially made knitting needles, how they work together and what each brings to th…

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Ep. 153 Kathryn Petroff – Oil Painter & Muralist 2:25:02

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Oil Painter & Muralist, Kathryn Petroff. Kathryn discusses her original art path, photography & the darkroom, how photography has informed her painting, living in Bailey Colorado, growing up in an artistic family in Dallas, drawing with her Dad, her transition from photography to painting, getting her BFA…

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Ep. 152 Jeff Dean – Sculptor - Metal Wall Art, Stone, Bronze, Wood & Clay 2:35:25

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Sculptor, Jeff Dean. Jeff discusses growing up in Fairbanks, his earliest art memory, being introduced to pottery, his art education, South Bear School and Pond Farm, the Naguib School of Sculpture, growing up building things, yurts, teaching art, moving to Tennessee, living in North Carolina, demonstrati…

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Ep. 151 Gilpin County Arts Association – Michele Roussel & Eric Miller 1:58:33

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with the Art Gallery Manager, Curator, and Vice President of the Gilpin County Arts Association, Michele Roussel, and the President of the Gilpin County Arts Association, Eric Miller. Michele and Eric discuss the history of Central City, the history of Washington Hall that houses the GCAA Art Gallery, the Cent…

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Ep. 150 Georgia Padilla – Multimedia Artist, “Coloring Outside the Lines”, Celebrating Autism Acceptance Month and Neurodiversity 2:49:44

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Multimedia Artist, Georgia Padilla. Georgia discusses growing up in Colorado and Manitou Springs, CPTSD, living with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, art as a coping mechanism, anxiety, Dialectical behavior therapy, breathing beads, mental illness, her voice as an Artist and how she uses it, how art saved …

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Ep. 149 Edward Mapplethorpe – American Photographer/Artist 2:20:47

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer, Edward Mapplethorpe. Edward discusses his early life growing up in Queens, his father introducing him to photography, his brother Robert and Patti Smith, his introduction to the darkroom and how it solidified his path in photography, his education at SUNY Stony Brook, the importance of being…

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Ep. 148 Samantha Johnston – Executive Director & Curator of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center 1:40:49

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Samantha Johnston, Executive Director & Curator of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. Samantha discusses the structure of CPAC, funding, being an educator and becoming the Executive Director of CPAC, her engagement with photography in her youth, her BFA and MFA experiences, CPAC’s Veterans Workshop Se…

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Ep. 147 Kary Janousek – Photographer, Wet Plate Collodion 3:02:32

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Wet Plate Collodion Photographer, Kary Janousek. Kary discusses how she ended up in Fargo, the historic building that houses her studio, how she sealed the deal for her studio space, her love of history and old things, vintage millinery, her start in photography, how her millinery business informed her ph…

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Ep. 146 Shadows Gather – Photographer of Alternative Nightlife Culture 2:08:47

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer, Shadows Gather. Shadow discusses documenting Denver nightlife, Fuji Instax cameras, her beginnings in photography, Instagram tips, instant film, capturing humanity & fun, her routine when she photographs, Los Angeles, Austin, the Denver drag and punk scenes, clubs, keeping her finger on the …

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Ep. 145 Steve Morrell – Figurative Painter 2:30:08

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Steve Morrell. Steve talks about his current work, New York, moving to Colorado, advertising, copywriting, Chat GPT, NFTs, ADD, psychedelics, MDMA, LA, Miami, Art Basel, trampolines & models, nudes, voice, art in his youth, painting denim jackets in the '80s, street art, working large, commission…

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Ep. 144 Billy Ludwig – Digital & Mixed Media Artist 3:32:26

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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Digital and Mixed Media Artist, Billy Ludwig. Billy discusses the art scenes in Miami and New York, Art Basel, art fairs, digital work, photoshop, mixed media, process Lucasfilm, compositing images, Star Wars vs. World War II, research, the importance of authentic representation in his work, getting flagg…