I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators & Collectors

Artist, teacher, and entrepreneur Faith Evans Sills is an inspiring leader who has created so much for others from leading artist retreats in Costa Rica to her books and classes that she offers. In this episode, we talk about leaving an art epicenter to pursue other avenues, being a mother artist, creating your own business, licensing work, writing books, running retreats, and self-care.

In this episode, I talk to the artist Jean Koeller about her approach to painting, making a living as an artist, and how she works between observation, memory, and invention. Art and nature draw her equally into their respective worlds as she paints in the landscape and in her studio.

Pennylane Shen: Artist Consultant on How to Approach Galleries & Tips for Artists

In this episode, I talk to the artist Marcelina Gonzales about challenging preconceptions of being a Hispanic female through her work. Marcelina creates meticulous pieces that combine paint and resin to recreate memories of her youth. In our conversation, she discusses how she navigated her experience from adolescence to womanhood while growing up in Brownsville, a border-town located at the southernmost tip of Texas.

Artist & Entrepreneur Jamie Smith: Starting a Business, Creating Work & Supporting Community

In this episode, I talk to the artist Corey Lamb about his life, work and his teaching experience. Specificity gives way to persona, as figures take on the guise of familiar roles: the mother, the lover, the fool, and the serpent. Narratives constructed around simple gestures and common motifs are cobbled together visually through visceral applications of oil paint, plastic acrylic shapes, and carefully arranged spray marks. Flat, ornate floral shapes mockingly dance around thick, heavy flesh.

In this episode, I talk to Ashley Jude Jonas is an artist, writer, curator and educator originally from Key West, Florida about her work and also creating the artist-run space, The Blue House. Her work reframes potential and wonder in the context of the everyday through sculptural, photographic and two-dimensional works. Utilizing found objects and site-specificity, she asks us to pay attention to the often unnoticed and peculiar relationships between form, function and place.

In this episode, I talk to the artist Francis Sills. We discuss his move from NYC to South Carolina and how it impacted his work and working from observation. Francis earned an MFA from Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and a BFA from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and he is represented by Horton Hayes Fine Art in Charleston, SC and Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Larchmont, NY/ Kent, CT.

In this episode, I talk to the CEO of Big Carel, Anna Brozek, about selling work online and tips for artists on marketing. Big Cartel is a technology company built by artists for artists. Anna talks about how running an indie record store lead to what she does now, her love of supporting artists and building community in the arts and she shares marketing tips for artists looking to sell online. Anna was great to have on the show and I know you will love hearing from her and learning a few marketing tips!

John Seed is a California-based arts writer, painter, curator, and retired professor. He began making art while attending Stanford University, where he earned a BA in Studio Art and an MA in Fine and Studio Art at UC Berkeley which led to a position writing for The Huffington Post. Since then Seed has written for Harvard Magazine, Hyperallergic, and Christie’s Hong Kong to name a few. He has published several books and he is a frequent speaker and panelist.

I am thrilled to have the New York based artist, Eric Hibit on the show! I have been following Eric's work for years and am excited to connect with him on the show where we talk about how he builds his images, his studio, pleasure in viewing, his residency in Morrocco and supporting the arts community.

Field Projects is an artist-run project space in Chelsea NYC and online venue dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists. Centered on long-term curatorial projects, Field Projects presents monthly exhibitions at their Chelsea location in addition to participating in pop-up exhibitions in and around New York as well as art fairs around the world.

Nadia has lived in places such as Islamabad, Paris, Sydney, Cairo, and the USA. In this episode, we discuss relocation, identity and how it plays into her work. She states that the figures in her paintings are herself ­ but also others. We dive into topics of sexism, racism, and creating safe spaces. This episode examines and asks what does it mean to be a painter and a woman given our current political and cultural climate.

Lucas Spivey is the founder of Culture Hustlers Bussiness School for Creators. Since 2010, Lucas has pioneered a 100% experiential learning model for thousands of individual creators to help them understand and sustain the business side of their practice. He develops educational programs for higher ed including Harvard University, Ringling College of Art & Design, and MIT among many others.

This is a really uplifting interview with Mychaelyn Michalec that dives into ideas on motherhood and creativity, taking time off and taking control of your career. We talk about a topic that isn't discussed enough, taking time off after having kids. With the recent spotlight on mother artists, we applaud the mom who is back in her studio with a newborn strapped to her chest and brush in hand but I wonder if this pressure is healthy?