Pep Talks for Artists

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Ep 62: Book Talks: The Artists Way by Julia Cameron (Part 1) w/ Mandolyn Wilson Rosen Jan 18, 2024

Show notes

Book Talks is back! And so is artist, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, to help me tackle the OG creativity self help book: "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. We gave ourselves over body and soul to The Way for 12 weeks and lived to tell the tale...in two parts. Please join us as we share our experiences with the book (and some sprinkled-in context gleaned from Cameron's autobiography "Floor Sample").

Today in Part 1, we discuss:

1. Each of our favorite sections/quotes

2. The most challenging parts of doing the book (morning pages, tasks, artist's dates, the chapter readings

3. How “good” were we at doing all TAW parts?

4. The God Question. Is there too much God talk in there?

5. Personal revelations about our work or ourselves that came from doing the book

And don't miss the second part of our convo (Part 2-Ep 63) out now!

Please find Mandolyn Wilson Rosen online here: mandolynwilsonrosen.com and IG @mandolyn_rosen

Thank you, Mandy! Thank you Patrons! Thank you Peps Listeners!

All music by Soundstripe

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Ep 61: Some Thoughts on "Portrait Artist of the Year" the British TV Show Jan 13, 2024

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This episode is all about a fascinating British TV art reality show that I once gleefully watched completely pirated, through the kindness of Cherzo, a modern day Robin Reddit-Hood. You can check out the show: "Portrait Artist of the Year" on Amazon, if you are so intrigued!

Artists mentioned: Alice Neel, Frederick Hayes, and Tai Shan Schierenberg (Judge for the show).

Thank you, Listeners! Thank you, Pep Talks Patrons!

All music by Soundstripe

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Ep 52: Book Talks: "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari (Part 1) w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen Jan 11, 2024

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Artist, Mandolyn Wilson Rosen, is back with me for another Book Talks episode! In this episode, we are reading Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists," published 1550/1568 which profiles famous High Renaissance, mostly Florentine artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Boticcelli, and a few lesser-knowns. We were so excited about the book that we ran deliciously long and decided to cut it up and make it a two-parter.

In Part 1, we cover Vasari's takes on Giotto, Masaccio, Piero Della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, Fra Filippo Lippi, and Madonna Properzia de Rossi (the only woman in the book, and who was even left out of Mandy's earlier English translation!) Part 2 is coming right up - please keep an eye out.

Shout out to artist and writer, Elisabeth Nicula, who we quoted in the episode, and to the books that helped form Vasari's masterwork: "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio and "The Life of Brunelleschi." Also, a tip of the cap to the Virgin's Holy Girdle of Prato, shown to the public only 4 times a year: https://irenebrination.typepad.com/irenebrination_notes_on_a/2017/07/girdle-cintola-prato.html (Really, no one can out-weird the Catholics)

The book is available widely, both used and new! We recommend a skim, not a binge.

Find Mandolyn Wilson Rosen online at: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/

Thank you to artist, Amy McCormac, for your kind Buy Me A Coffee donation this month!

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Ep 53: Book Talks "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari (Part 2) w/ Mandy Wilson Rosen Jan 11, 2024

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We're baaacckk! Mandolyn Wilson Rosen and I have returned for Part 2 to finish our report on Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists," a combo-bio of Florentine High Renaissance artists from the 1580's. Pull up a carved high-backed chair, grab yourself a goblet of watered-down wine and join us for the continuation of our journey back to this fabled time in Italian art.

In Part 2, we cover Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Jacopo da Pontormo, Michelangelo, and Titian (with some discussion of Albrecht Durer as well). In the Boticelli section, Mandy references this article by Alexxa Gotthardt on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-botticellis-birth-venus-challenged-depictions-nude-art

Please visit our sponsor, The New York Studio School, to enroll for their wonderful Marathon courses (by Sept 8) or for over a dozen different 11 week Evening & Weekend Courses (by Sept 18) at NYSS.org

Find your own copy of "Lives of the Artists" by Giorgio Vasari at your public library or at most online bookstores. The 1991 English Translation by Julia and Peter Bondanella includes the lone woman artist in Vasari: Sculptor Madonna Properzia de Rossi. Earlier translations often exclude her, so keep an eye out if buying used!

Mandolyn Wilson Rosen is online here: website: https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com/home.html and IG: https://www.instagram.com/mandolyn_rosen/

Amy Talluto is online here: website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ and IG: https://www.instagram.com/talluts/

Thanks for listening!

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠

Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠

Amy's website: ⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠@talluts⁠

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Ep 60: The Peppiest of the Peps (Plus an AI Play) Dec 22, 2023

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Happy Holidays! It's the Peppiest of the Peps! Please enjoy this collection of plummy sugar plum quotes by the some of the guests of Pep Talks Past. Some cherished encouraging words have been said over the years, and I have gathered them for us here.

Also, listen to the end to hear a 3 minute Shakespearean radio play I made with ChatGPT based on the podcast tagline: "to all those shuffling along the artists' road." Find out what a computer thinks will inspire us.

Thank you to all of the artists who were kind enough to let me interview them and also to those who have allowed me to pluck their bon-mots for this peppy parade of clips:

Artists and intreviews referenced in this episode:

Ep 11: Jennifer Coates

Ep 12: Sharon Butler

Ep 21: Emilia Olsen and Keisha Prioleau Martin

Ep 23: Portia Munson

Ep 26: Shari Mendelson

Ep 29: Ever Baldwin

Bonus Ep: How to Host a Studio Visit w/ Catherine Haggarty & NYC Crit Club

Bonus Ep: The Longevity of an Art Practice w Sarah Grass & The Pack Art School

Ep 35: Elizabeth Weiss

Ep 37: Paula Wilson

Ep 40: Natalie Beall

Ep 48: Catherine Haggarty

Ep 49: Julia Gleich

Ep 54: Judy Glantzman **

Ep 59: Elisabeth Condon

**To inquire about working with Judy Glantzman, please reach out via email: JudyGlantzman at gmail dot com or DM on IG @judyglantzman

A link to the ChatGPT play "Artists' Journey Unveiled" as written text: https://chat.openai.com/share/8a69d9a6-d7d6-4d2c-ad31-cb0f14b499c2

Music / FX:

"The Britons" © K MacLeod 2022 / Pixabay

Characters made with Voice Morphing/TTS: Altered AI

All other music and sound effects by Soundstripe

Thank you, Listeners! Thank you, Pep Talks Patrons!

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Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Amy, your beloved host, on IG: @talluts

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Ep 59: Interview w/ Elisabeth Condon Dec 01, 2023

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So happy to have painter (and sculptor!), Elisabeth Condon, back on the podcast on the eve of her solo show opening in Miami! A huge fan of her work, I was excited to learn more about her process and influences.

Catch her new work in person at:

"Tempus Fugit" Emerson Dorsch Gallery : Dec 3, 2023 - Feb 3, 2024

Untitled Fair / Emerson Dorsch / Booth A23: Dec 6-10, 2023

Elisabeth's works that we mentioned in this episode were: "Lupine" 2023, "Post-Epistemic Flower" 2023, "Forest" 2023, "Transporters" (Chairs) 2023, and "Dusk" 2023

Visit Elisabeth Condon online at:

Elisabethcondon.com or @elisabethcondon on IG

Visit Emerson Dorsch Gallery online at:

Emersondorsch.com/ or @emersondorsch on IG

Thank you, Elisabeth! Thank you, Listeners! And thank you so much, Patreon supporters and Buy Me a Coffee supporters!

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Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠⁠⁠! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠⁠

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Ep 58: Interview w/ Amy Talluto (Your Host Speaks) Nov 21, 2023

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Today, it's a brand new installment of the "Interview the Interviewer" series and I'm excited to reveal that this episode's Interviewee is ... me! Thank you so much to artist, Catherine Haggarty, for generously suggesting this collaboration and for asking such wonderful questions about my work.

More info about Amy (your beloved host's) work online: amytalluto.com and @talluts

Works mentioned (AT unless noted): "The Princesse de Broglie" (Ingres), "Bending Figure & Ingres Eye" 2023, "Rain Cloud" 2022, "Cloud (After Ingres) 1-3" 2023

Catherine Haggarty online: catherinehaggarty.com and @catherine_haggarty

Artists mentioned: Jennifer Coates, Phyllis Plattner, Louise Mouton Johnson, Frank Gross & Jean Pichotta Gross of NOCCA, Rita MacDonald, Ever Baldwin, Geoffrey Young, Dee Shapiro, Elisabeth Condon, Dona Nelson, Philip Guston, Judy Glantzman, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Agnes Martin, Vija Celmins, Julia Gleich, Shari Mendelson, Courtney Puckett, Matisse, Betty Woodman, Charles Burchfield, Edvard Munch, Robert Rauschenberg, Kathe Bradford

Amy's fave podcast: Las Culturistas

Amy's fiery crucible of self help: Pep Talks for Writers, Wired to Create, Steal Like an Artist, On Art and Mindfulness, The War of Art, Art & Fear, The Artist's Journey: Bold Strokes to Spark Creativity, Make Art Not Content (Podcast), Big Magic

Thank you, Catherine! Thank you, Listeners! And thank you so much, Patreon supporters!

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Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠⁠! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠

Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠

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Ep 57: What We Can Learn from Comedians Nov 10, 2023

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Today I make the case that artists have a lot in common with stand-up comedians. Comics give excellent pep talks and advice to each other about staying the creative course and weathering career setbacks and I think we can benefit from eavesdropping on some of their road-honed wisdom.

Thank you to this episode's sponsor, The New York Studio School, for their support. Please check out their Fall MFA and Certificate Programs at nyss.org

Comedians quoted in the episode: Justine Marino, Caitlin Peluffo, Dan Bubitz/Art of Bombing Podcast, Janeane Garofalo, Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Emma Tattenbaum-Fine, Paul F. Tompkins, Kyle Kinane, Beth Lapides, Joel Byars/Hot Breath Podcast, Johnny Carson,

Amy's fave comedians: Maria Bamford, Paul F Tompkins, Catherine Cohen, Todd Barry, Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, Jes Tom, Calvin Cato, Eman El-Husseini, Oscar Aydin, Hayden Johnson, Jaboukie Young-White

More info about Amy Talluto (your beloved host):

website: ⁠amytalluto.com⁠ instagram: ⁠@talluts⁠

Thank you for listening!

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠

Amy's website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠⁠⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠⁠

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Ep 56: The Munch Bunch Oct 26, 2023

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The band's back together! And this time, Elisabeth Condon, Jennifer Coates and I discuss "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth," a recent Munch survey exhibition at the Clark Institute. We each chose a single painting/print to discuss within the context of Munch's Monistic melancholy, love of clumps, and repetitious reveries.

Thank you to The New York Studio School for sponsoring this episode. Deadlines for MFA/Certificate are approaching Jan 15.

Elisabeth spoke about: "White Night" oil on canvas 1901

Jennifer spoke about: "The Magic Forest" oil on canvas 1919-25

Amy spoke about "Towards the Forest II" color woodcut 1915

More info about the show at the Clark: https://www.clarkart.edu/exhibition/detail/edvard-munch-trembling-earth

Texts mentioned: "Munch: An Inner Life" by Oystein Ustvedt, "Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth" Clark Catalog, "The Private Journals of Edvard Munch: We Are Flames That Pour Out of the Earth" ed J. Gill Holland, Søren Kierkegaard's works: "Fear and Trembling" and "The Sickness Unto Death," "The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985" ed Maurice Tuchman

Artists/Writers mentioned: August Strindberg, Swedish playwright and novelist, Piet Mondrian, Martha Diamond, Sam Francis

Fiddle Factoid: Jennifer mentioned the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (hardingfele) and its "troll tuning"

Online articles mentioned: "The Art of Repetition" by Martin Gayford for The Spectator & "The Soul Laid Bare" by Sue Prideaux for the Tate Museum online

Other Munch works mentioned: "The Scream" 1893, "The Sick Child" 1907, "Love and Pain" aka The Vampire 1895, "Death in the Sick Room" 1893, "Death Struggle" 1915, "Kiorsterud Garden of Asgaardstrand" 1905, "The Storm" 1893, "Girls on the Bridge" 1902

More info about Elisabeth Condon:

website: elisabethcondon.com | instagram: @elisabethcondon

Solo exhibition at Emerson Dorsch in Miami Dec 3

More info about Jennifer Coates:

website: jenniferlcoates.com instagram: @jennifercoates666

Solo exhibition at High Noon in NYC May 2024

More info about Amy Talluto (your beloved host):

website: amytalluto.com instagram: @talluts

Peps has a Patreon! If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠⁠

Thank you for listening!

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Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠

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Ep 55: Let's Keep Thinking About Pollyanna Oct 06, 2023

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From Richard Diebenkorn's "Notes to Myself On Beginning a Painting," it's a special mystery-whodunnit pepisode where your host, Amy, tries to decipher the meaning of #8 on Diebenkorn's note.

Learn more about Diebenkorn and his work, including photos of him and his studio, at The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation: https://diebenkorn.org/

The novel, "Pollyanna," by Eleanor H. Porter is available at most bookstores and libraries and has also been made into at least 2 feature films.

The article "One Scuzzy Moment" by Robert Indiana for the New York Magazine 2004 can be found here: https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/10557/

If you are a Peps fan and would love more pep talks in your life, please consider supporting the podcast financially on Patreon at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠! For $5 a month, patrons receive exclusive mini Pep-isodes monthly or bimonthly, delivered directly to their email inbox with a clickable link. No tech savviness required! Also, patrons receive early access to not-yet-released full episodes, fresh out the oven. Join the Peps fam on Patreon and become a part of the Pep Talks Peerage today. Find out more here: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PepTalksforArtists⁠

Thank you!

Your beloved host

Amy's in a group show "In the Middle with You" at ⁠The Middle Room⁠ 2930 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, California thru Oct 20, 2023

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Pep Talks on IG: ⁠@peptalksforartists⁠

Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠

Amy's website: ⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠@talluts⁠

⁠BuyMeACoffee⁠ Donations appreciated!

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