Podcast – Adventures in Arting Podcast

Today’s podcast is full of fun chatter.  This week, Mom and I are chatting about our August Art Adventures — much of it from my trip to London and Spain.  Come along for the ride! Just a peek: Tate Modern (more photos to come): The British Museum (more photos to come): Correfoc (fire run): Dali’s House (find the silver heads): Graveyard (more photos to come): Thanks for stopping by! All podcasts are archived here.  Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

  Our guest this week is Jane Davies. Today’s podcast is full of excitement — dogs barking, Mom choking, and plenty of art talk!  Mom, Jane, and I discuss creating abstract art, teaching, learning from students, making work your own, selling in galleries, and self-published books.  It’s a great chat with lots of intellectual content. Jane is a full time artist working in painting and collage. She offers workshops nationwide, focusing on developing a personal and playful approach to art making. After graduating Bennington College and attending the School for American Crafts, Davies began as a potter in the early nineties. She gradually transitioned into freelance art, using painting and collage as her medium. Since 2010 she has been teaching, writing, and making art. She participated in a residency at Vermont Studio Center in 2015. In addition to The Elements of Visual Language, Davies is the author of three books on collage and mixed media, one on ceramics, and has one DVD on painting and collage techniques. I love Jane’s work and could stare at it for hours!  Jane was a guest on a previous podcast more than two years ago.  You can find it here.  I also wanted to share a blog post that an artist named Jacki Long posted after listening to that podcast two years ago.  Take a moment and click through to Jacki’s post because I think it sums up the experience that many people have shared with me about listening to our podcast. Thanks for stopping by! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here. Today’s Podcast Sponsor is Van Gogh’s Ear

Today’s podcast is all about The 100 Day Project, classes I’m teaching, and visiting NYC (Fancy Food Show, YouTube Space, MoMA and getting my hair cut).  Mom picked out the photos and links to go with this week’s podcast. A preview of my visit to MoMA (more photos on the blog next week): Haircut before and after: A link to my upcoming in-person classes: Follow this LINK for a clickable list of classes. HSN info: I’ll be on HSN with a brand new never before seen crafting tool from Brother on July 11, 2017 during the 2am, 1pm, and 8pm hours! YouTube Space: Thanks for stopping by! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

  Today’s podcast features a wide ranging conversation with gallerist Abigail Ogilvy about running a gallery, choosing art, and the fine differences between galleries and museums.  Abigail Ogilvy… …opened a contemporary art gallery in her name in October 2015. Winter Group Exhibition: The Salon Show, December 2016 Located in Boston’s SoWa Art & Design District… Keenan Derby, Solo Exhibition: Secrets of the Sea, April 2017 Artworks pictured: Acrylic and sand on canvas …Abigail Ogilvy Gallery features emerging and mid-career artists, with a focus on the long-term career development of each artist. Artist: Marie Najera • Title: Stroll • Medium: Mixed Media on Panel Size: 48 x 36 in. • Year: 2017 After graduating from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Art History, and later continuing her arts studies at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York City, Ogilvy works to educate and activate Boston’s arts community. Cassandra C. Jones & Alfred Steiner, Fuse, February 2017 Pictured: Watercolors paintings by Alfred Steiner, Wallpaper installation by Cassandra C. Jones She has been recognized by Mayor Martin J. Walsh as an emerging leader in Boston under his SPARK council… Artist: Julia S. Powell • Title: Tempest Redux • Medium: Oil on linen Size: 36 x 36 in. • Year: 2017 …she also serves on the Board of Directors at Artists for Humanity… Artist: Lavaughan Jenkins • Title: Untitled 01 Medium: Oil paint and modeling paste with wire and plaster armature Size: 12 x 6 x 5 in. • Year: 2017 …and is currently on the Steering Committee at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Artist: Michael Gordon • Title: Tibetan Turquoise MQ4-53 Medium: Found Posters and Polymer Resin • Size: 48 x 34 in. • Year: 2017 Ogilvy got her start at contemporary art gallery, Galleria Tornabuoni, in Florence, Italy, and prior to opening Abigail Ogilvy Gallery she spent time at local technology start-ups Wayfair and Moontoast. Artist: Ariel Basson Freiberg • Title: Unseen Limb • Medium: Oil on panel Size: 14 x 11 in. • Year: 2017 You can find Abigail online at www.abigailogilvy.com and on twitter and instagram. Thanks for stopping by! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

  Today’s podcast features a conversation about wrangling tables at HSN, the Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at MoMA, creating step-outs, and so much more!  It has been a crazy month full of fake eyelashes. And so many craft projects that I can’t wait to share!  I hope you enjoy the podcast and all the chit chat.  We’re going to have a guest (gasp) on our next podcast! Thanks for stopping by! P.S. Here is the link to my online pattern design class I mentioned on the podcast.

Today’s podcast features a conversation about the Nari Ward opening at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Art in Bloom at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), my prize winning painting, and more!  I will be sharing some long blog posts with lots of photos of the ICA Opening and the Art in Bloom stuff in the upcoming weeks, but if you’d like to peek at them in the meantime, you can see them in this week’s vlog: Here is a photo of my painting that won first prize in the oil/acrylic category at the Watertown Art Association show: We’re going to be doing a “listener mail” episode soon, so please leave us your comments and questions! Thanks for stopping by!  Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

Today’s podcast features a conversation about the new Matisse in the Studio exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), along with a painting class I’m currently taking there.  On my blog I have tons of photos from the exhibit and you can find them HERE.  And here’s a photo of my art class at the museum (more on that on another day): Thanks for stopping by! All podcasts are archived here.  

  Today’s podcast features a conversation about my recent travels, teaching, and some new adventures. Here are some photos from the surface design class I taught: And here is Carol Anne Grotrian talking to us about how to critique quilts. The two quilts in the photo are both hers — two variations on the same idea, one more successful than the other. During the Workshop, there was a team of women stretching all the Ruby Red Quilts onto canvases.  You can see my little owl on the table: Most of the quilts had a red background, so I’m thinking my white-on-white background is going to pop in the big group of them.  I’m super excited to see them all together! Last but not least, I mention “Bullet Journaling” in the podcast.  If you don’t know what that is, this a great article all about it: WTF is a Bullet Journal & Why Should You Start One?  An Explainer. Thanks for stopping by! All podcasts are archived here.  Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

  Today’s podcast features a conversation about my recent visit to NYC — a visit that included two stops at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), a day at YouTube Space… …the play Sleep No More, and a stop to teach three classes at Papercraft Clubhouse in Connecticut on the way home!  I’ll be sharing lots of photos from those events in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, you can enjoy our conversation about them. You can also get a peek at those events in this week’s vlog: Thanks for stopping by! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features a conversation about learning in general and four particular learning experiences — the marbling class I shared in yesterday’s blog post, a lecture on Winslow Homer’s Summer Night (see a bit in this vlog), the connoisseurship dinner at the Museum of Fine Arts (see a bit in this vlog) and then a quilting class I took last weekend (photos below): Class started with our instructor, Timna Tarr, sharing some of her quilts: After some brief instructions…. …we were off and running with our own improvisational piecing! The picture above is the quilt top that I finished in class.  Kind of a hot mess, but I’m letting it marinate. I don’t have a lot of photos because of the snow that day… …most of the students left class early to get home before the roads got too bad.  I was one of the few who stayed the whole day and at the end of the day, I took my little red wagon, and headed home! Thanks for stopping by! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about new classes, interrupting, the word interesting, the MFA Boston, the Blogiversary, and our visit to Creativation (formerly CHA).  I thought I’d include some photos from Creativation as a companion to the podcast.  Enjoy! I am planning to share all of my projects very soon, but just so you know, I was finishing this quilt sample on the plane to Phoenix! Speaking of Phoenix, I took a photo from our hotel room window that I thought was kind of cool: I spent the first day setting up the Brother booth, which turned out great! As I mention on the podcast, I demo-ed, demo-ed, and then demo-ed some more!  In the Brother Booth, the Crafter’s Workshop Booth and the Art Foamies Booth: Here’s a peek at the show floor: But, of course, Creativation is really about the opportunity to take photos with other people! Ten points if you can guess which of my friends decided it was a good idea to give me a makeover….

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about CHA’s upcoming Creativation Show, my recent visits to HSN and the MFA Boston, and more!  I will share lots of photos from all of those things in February.  In the meantime, here’s a recent snap of me and Mom: And since it is my Blogiversary, I thought I’d share a quick list of the previous 61 Adventures in Arting Podcasts.  AND, if you love the podcast, please leave a review on iTunes.  We’d really appreciate it! * Introducing the Adventures in Arting Podcast — super short podcast introducing ourselves * What is Failure? — with guest Ronda Palazzari * A Conversation With Jenn Mason * Renovating This Old House — with guest Bethany Larsen * Changing Your Mind About Weeds — with guest Peter DelTredici * A Conversation with Kelly Purkey * Thinking Globally — with guests Nathalie Kalbach, Louise Nelson, and Birgit Koopsen * Points of Two — with guests Roben-Marie Smith and Samie Harding * Cocoa Daisy — with guest Christine Drumheller * The Julie Show * Growing Together — with guests Noell & Izzy Hyman * A Conversation with May Flaum * Going to Museums * Arts in Worship — with guest Kimberly VerSteeg (who sadly passed away in 2015) * Katerina Lanfranco * Jen Cushman Jewelry Artist * Jaime Makes Stencils — all about The Crafter’s Workshop * Karen is a Planner — with guest Karen Grunberg * Rooster in the Hen House — with guest Joe Rotella * Stencil Girl — with guest MaryBeth Shaw * She’s Crafty — with guest Jennifer Priest * Nat & Julie’s Art Collaboration * Paige’s Paper — with guest Paige Martin * Bilingual Sewing — with guest Vanessa Vargas Wilson * International Quilt Festival Houston * The Glamping Life — with guest Cheryl Boglioli * Carl is Addicted to Creativity — with guest Carl Johengen * #CarveDecember — with guests Briana Goetzen, Louise Nelson, and Arleigh * Julie Talks Teaching * Quilting with Leslie Tucker Jenison * Rebekah Meier: Surface Designer * Season 5 of Scrapbook Soup * Jane Davies’ Collage Journey * New Adventures with Diana Trout * Ashley Horton Cuts It Up * At the Ink Pad with Anna & Barbara — all about my favorite little shop in NYC * On the Paper Trail with Eileen Hull * Designed by Jessica — with guest Jessica Sporn * Packing the Studio * Jodi Ohl Paints * At the Museum with a Friend — with guest Nathalie Kalbach * After the Move * Designing Stamps — with guests Nathalie Kalbach and Rachel Greig * Episode 43 — miscellaneous discussion of Megacities Asia at the Boston MFA, Plumdinger Studio, Boston ICA, Picasso Self Portraits, Julie Australia Trip, Etching Press, and the Paradise City Craft Show * Episode 44 — super short podcast from Australia * From Byron Bay Australia * Not Interesting * Make It Artsy * Roxanne Coble * The Unruly Art of Linda Kaye-Moses * Episode #50 (Wow!) — miscellaneous discussion of HSN airing, upcoming classes, MFA Museum Council, Mass MOCA, the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, MoMA, my approach to blogging * Attitude * Listener Mail * Our August 2016 Visit to New York City * Chatting with Suzanne Sicuranza * William Merritt Chase & the Creative Proce...

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about Carve December and the Blogiversary.  Here are the links I promised: * My Missing Quilt: LINK * The Creative JumpStart Visual Interview (you can still sign up HERE): * And all of the #CarveDecember goodness that I promised: Nicole Maki: CarveDecember is my favorite challenge of the year. It is a great opportunity to grow as an artist as I find the act of completing thirty-one stamps improves my carving and the way I think about stamp design. Working on a similar project each day helps to hone my individual style. It also provides time to work through the more difficult technical aspects of stamp carving – for me that is visualizing what to cut away and what to keep in order to ensure the most impact. This year I challenged myself to spend the month making original characters, each with a one sentence back story. By giving the characters some context, for example, “Grady is prone to rearranging things when anxious.” people were able to relate to my stamps personally and say, “I’m a Grady too”. One of my favorite things about CarveDecember is the amazing community Julie has created. The support really helped me push through on those too-busy days of December and the constant influx of inspiration has a collaborative effect as people see a stamp, make it their own and then another person uses that new image as a starting point for their stamps. This steady stream of great ideas provides a fertile environment for art to grow. Gerald’s tiny umbrella wasn’t the strangest thing about him: Grady is prone to rearranging things when anxious: Meredith’s favorite way to relax is sparring at the local mixed martial arts club. Pearl’s passions include politics, hand fans, and umbrellas: Nicole’s blog, instagram Marta Harvey: About 10 years ago I was creating and trading a lot of ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), and having a wonderful time learning new techniques.  My approach was to learn, practice, then put my spin on it.  My ATCs were therefore always changing, as I was always looking for something different to try. After looking at M. C. Escher’s optical illusions book one day, I decided I was going to try a tessellation of my own.  Hah!  Easier said than done!  It took me a few days (if I remember correctly), fiddling with sketches, grids, rulers, tracing paper, etc. (all hand-drawn), but I finally came up with a tessellation.

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features Lou Ann Gleason: Lou Ann is CEO and co-founder of a growing company, Gelli Arts LLC.  Gelli manufactures a unique gel printing plate that is used by teachers and artists.  Gelli started with her partner’s great idea.  Clever manufacturing, savvy marketing and lots of getting the little things right have turned that idea into a brand with an expanding customer base around the world. Lou Ann was born and raised in Michigan, one of 10 children in her family.  She worked at a department store to help pay tuition at her all-girls high school, and then put herself through college. She graduated from Michigan State.  After college, she worked first for a department store, making decisions about which women’s clothes to stock, then for a bank.  Eventually, she went to get her MBA at University of Michigan. The MBA degree opened up new opportunities. Lou Ann worked at Procter & Gamble.  There she worked in brand marketing, making decisions about product development and advertising on household brands such as Cascade, Dawn and Joy.  She was also lucky to spend a few years developing new products—which became a big asset at Gelli Arts. Lou Ann stayed at P&G for 15 years.  Later she served as chief marketing officer for a vacation real-estate firm, then started her own consulting business. Today she divides here time between the consulting business and Gelli Arts. Lou Ann met her husband at P&G.  They have two children, one son in college in California (who has already started his own business) and a daughter who is serving in the Peace Corp in Ukraine. The artwork samples in this post are by Joan Bess, Birgit Koopsen, Marsha Valk, and Lou Ann Gleason. Find Gelli online: * buy a Gelli plate * website * Gelli project instruction sheets for teachers Thanks for stopping by! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.

We recorded the first two sections of this three-part podcast while I was at Quilt Festival.  If you listen, you’ll get a bit more of an in-depth perspective on being at the show. And now, just a few of the quilt photos (lots more on the blog this week and next): Thanks for stopping by!