The Artist In Me Is Dead

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Season 2, EPISODE 5: DANIELLE KRYSA :|: SAY THE STUFF & SAY IT LOUDER! Feb 29, 2024

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Danielle Krysa.

This fifth episode features a conversation with artist, curator, and author Danielle Krysa. Danielle is known for her many books and her 15 years curating, writing, and podcasting as The Jealous Curator. Her own creative practice involves collage, painting, sculpture, and ceramics…and of course HUMOR!

Dig into Danielle’s breadth of work from her 7 books, including two children’s books: How to Spot an Artist and Art and Joy: Best Friends Forever, to her TEDx Nashville Talk: How to cut creativity out of your life - to her witty, expressive art! This May she will have a solo show at Jen Tough Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico - check it out!

And if you dream of learning from her in-person and traveling to Venice, Italy - you’re in luck! There are still spots available in her workshop for July 15-26, 2024 which is hosted by the European Cultural Academy. A link to register is found in the show notes for this episode, on this podcast’s website: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com and on Danielle’s Instagram Accounts: @daniellekrysaart and @thejealouscurator

Notes from the show:

Danielle’s Books: Amazon Author Page

Your Inner Critic Is A Big Jerk
Creative Block
Collage
A Big Important Art Book (Now With Women)
A Big Important Artists: A womanula

Danielle’s Children’s Books:
How To Spot An Artist - This Might Get Messy
ART and JOY: Best Friends Forever

Workshops:
July 15-26, 2024, Venice, Italy: European Cultural Academy: https://eca.art/courses/art/contemporary-art-framework

Sold Out Workshop: Santa Fe, NM May 6-10, 2024, Jen Tough Gallery AIR STUDIOS

Solo Exhibition at Jen Tough Gallery, Opens May 4 with an opening reception May 10, 2024

TEDx Nashville talk: How to cut creativity out of your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrhfH-hTSMs&t=16s

Podcast: Art for Your Ear (over 200 episodes)

Blog: https://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/art-for-your-ear-podcast/

Instagram: @daniellekrysaart @thejealouscurator

Websites: http://www.krysa.com/danielle/about.htm

Artists Mentioned in the Episode + their Instagram:
Petah Coyne @petahcoyne
Debra Broz @zebrazorb
Elsa Pratt
Mando Marie @seeyouthroughit

Podcast: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com Instagram: @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast
Host Information: www.rhondawillers.com Instagram: @r_willers

Studio Mix #16 :|: Danielle Krysa
She’s a Bitch by Missy Elliot
Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift
Boys by Lizzo
Boss Bitch by Doja Cat
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GQAvgmIZL4RZZR4Ujh2lN

Danielle Krysa’s Biography:
Danielle Krysa has a BFA in Visual Arts, and a post-grad in graphic design. She is the writer behind the contemporary art site, The Jealous Curator (est.2009), and has curated art shows all over North America. Danielle is also an artist herself, and her narrative mixed media work is held in private collections worldwide. She is the author of several art books, including “Creative Block”, “Your Inner Critic Is A Big Jerk”, “A Big Important Art Book - Now with Women”, and two children’s books; “How To Spot An Artist” and “Art and Joy”. Danielle has had the great pleasure of speaking at TEDx, PIXAR, Creative Mornings, and was interviewed in series of video segments on oprah.com about breaking through creative blocks and self-doubt.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Season 2, EPISODE 4: RAHELEH FILSOOFI :|: immense, boundless, and limitless Jan 04, 2024

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Raheleh Filsoofi.

Raheleh is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Tehran and raised during the post-Islamic Revolution era and eight years of war with Iraq that followed, she is a keen observer of the world, integrating the subtleties of experiences within her performances and art.

When we spoke, Raheleh was in her third week of an artist residency at MacDowell in New Hampshire. She had recently completed an incredible year that included multiple significant exhibitions and performances, and as part of her residency she was taking time to reflect on the work she had completed in the past year.

Be sure to listen to the end of our conversation where she shares part of her newest poem.

To learn more about Raheleh follow her on Instagram @rahafilsoofi and check out her website www.rahelehfilsoofi.com

Notes from the show:
Fragile handle with care: https://www.rahelehfilsoofi.com/blank
Bite: https://www.rahelehfilsoofi.com/bite
Say Their Names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0d0IJMTdE4

Podcast: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com Instagram: @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast
Host Information: www.rhondawillers.com Instagram: @r_willers

Studio Mix #15 :|: Raheleh Filsoofi
Reza Filsoofi: Whispers of Persia
Bamboo Water Fountain 24/7
Best Oud Instrumentals (Mixed by Billy Esteban)
National Arab Orchestra - Ahwak - Chadi Kassem
Erkan Ogur

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kQf78hfOk3QVxHKFasYWO

Raheleh Filsoofi’s Biography:
Filsoofi is collector of soil and sound, an itinerant artist, and a feminist curator. Her geographical, disciplinary and conceptual practice take on critical narratives about movement, immigration, and social activism. Clay and sound are the nexus of her practice and act as expressive mediums, with their cryptic and architectural qualities engendering new narratives through diverse aesthetic strategies such as multimedia installations and immersive sound performances. Her art disrupts the borders that exist between us and seeks a more inclusive world, illuminating and challenging policies and politics.

Her current and recent exhibitions include Imagined Boundaries, an interactive multimedia installation at Gibbes Museum in Charleston, SC (2023-2024), and Only Sound Remains, an interactive multimedia installation at the Sharjah Biennial 15, Thinking Historically in the Present in Sharjah, UAE (2023).

Filsoofi’s Imagined Boundaries, a multimedia installation, consisting of two separate exhibitions, debuted concurrently in a solo exhibition at the Abad Gallery in Tehran and group exhibition Dual Frequency at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida in 2017. The installation in each country connected audiences in the U.S. and Iran for few hours in the night of the show opening.

Raheleh's project, 'Listening: The Fourth String,' in collaboration with musician Reza Filsoofi, introduces an interactive instrument and platform called ShahTár. Through public performances, it highlights the contributions of the silenced Iranian musician and Sufi, Moshtagh Ali Shah, to music while emphasizing the power of listening to drive community engagement and promote social change.

She has been the 2022 Winner of the 1858 Contemporary Southern Art Award and the recipient of the 2021 Southern Prize Tennessee State Fellowship. She is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics in the Department of Art at Vanderbilt University and holds the secondary appointment at the Blair School of Music. She received her M.F.A. in Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University and a B.F.A. in Ceramics from Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Season 2: Episode 3: Sara Nishikawa :|: wiggle and take a chance Dec 20, 2023

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Sara Nishikawa.

Sara is based in Detroit, Michigan. Her sculptural practice coexists with a profession in nonprofit administration. Her approach to studio practice is one of desired balance, but also recognizing the peaks and valleys of creativity and life. As part of her creative practice, she hosts one-day baking residencies, known as Mostly Butter. Throughout our conversation, Sara comes back to the importance of your community of support as a lifeline to keeping creativity alive.

Please enjoy this episode with Sara Nishikawa.

To learn more about Sara’s work follow her on Instagram @supersarebear and @mostlybutter and her website www.saranishikawa.com

Podcast: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com Instagram: @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast
Host Information: www.rhondawillers.com Instagram: @r_willers

Studio Mix #15 :|: Sara Nishikawa
Pork Soda by Glass Animals
DLZ by TV on the radio
Maps by Yeah Yeah yeahs
Your Dog by Soccer Mommy
Intro by The XX

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oC95RgS8f6epQTv4EBvyl

Sara Nishikawa’s Biography:
Born and raised in Honolulu, HI, Sara Nishikawa is an artist and arts worker based in Detroit, MI. She is currently the artist-in-residence at Greenwich House Pottery in New York and has exhibited her work at Simone DeSousa Gallery and Spaysky Fine Art Gallery LLC. She runs Mostly Butter, an artist residency where she and an artist bake something they’ve always wanted to bake. She holds a BA in Psychology from Loyola Marymount University, MA in Visual Arts from CSUN, and an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Arts. She has a small dog named Angus and a cat named Kitty.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Season 2: Episode 2: Carmen Radley :|: creative river streams and reclaiming the forgotten Dec 14, 2023

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Carmen Radley

I met Carmen through the online writing community and newsletter, The Isolation Journals, where she serves as the managing editor and host of the monthly writing hour called The Hatch. In this conversation you’ll hear how Carmen became a co-collaborator with the founder, author Suleika Jaouad, and how The Isolation Journals has evolved in so many beautiful ways.

Carmen is based in Austin, Texas, and her family has been rooted in Texas since the early 1900s. Before coming to her present role and work, Carmen was a k-12 educator, hospital ship journalist, and professional biography writer. As we talked, she shared that her current personal project is focusing on reclaiming her hometown of Sour Lake, Texas, as a forgotten place. She is writing this book with no promise that it will be published, but this allows her to explore and evolve it before the pressures of the market come on it. Carmen’s love of literature and her poetics are so evident in this conversation - I can’t wait for you to experience it!

Please enjoy this episode with Carmen Radley.

To learn more about Carmen’s work follow her on Instagram via @theisolationjournals and check out the community at TheIsolationJournals.com and on substack: https://theisolationjournals.substack.com

Studio Mix #14 :|: Carmen Radley
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
The Promise by Sturgill Simpson (When in Rome cover)
16, Maybe Less by Calexico, Iron & Wine
Texas Sun by Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Summer's End by John Prine

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2apnzasqONvzmEuhNMOjID

Carmen Radley’s Biography:
Carmen Radley is the editor of the Isolation Journals. She’s currently writing a climate change memoir about her hometown of Sour Lake, Texas, an early twentieth-century oil boomtown where her family has worked in the oilfield for more than a century. A graduate of the University of Texas and Bennington College, she lives in Austin, Texas.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Season 2 Episode 1: Pam Kravetz :|: come join me Dec 14, 2023

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Pam Kravetz.

Pam Kravetz, “a mural makin’, street paintin’ quilt sewin’, yarnbombin’, curatin’, flashmobin’, tutu wearin’ rootin’ tootin’ art monster.” She is a regionally & nationally recognized visual artist with more than 50 art exhibits & installations.

Pam is the epitome of “come join me” for all the fun! Pam is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, where May 21st is officially Pam Kravetz Day and after our conversation, I’m sure you’ll understand why she is celebrated not only by her city, but also by anyone who meets her. She is an advocate and empowers those around her. She did throughout her k-12 teaching career and she continues to do so through her collaborative art making process, known as Pam & Co.

We cover so much of Pam’s amazing life in this conversation: from elementary art teaching to advocacy to starting her own synchronized swimming team and becoming a lifeguard at age 61! Give yourself the gift of getting to know Pam through this conversation.

Please enjoy this conversation with Pam Kravetz.

To learn more about Pam, check out her instagram @pamkravetz and her soon to be revealed new website pamkravetz.com

Studio Mix #13 :|: Pam Kravetz
These Boots Were Made For Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra
Brick House by The Commodores
Talk to the Animals by Rex Harrison (Dr DoLittle)
Love Shack by The B52's
Ohio River by Jake Speed & the Freddies

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4roohnY6SPlTkj61moO2I2

Pam Kravetz’s Biography:
Pam Kravetz - She’s a mural makin’, street paintin’ quilt sewin’, yarnbombin’, curatin’, flashmobin’, tutu wearin’ rootin’ tootin’ art monster. She is a regionally & nationally recognized visual artist with more than 50 art exhibits & installations.

With Pam, Contemporary Art is not a spectator sport – it is understandable, accessible, interactive and community oriented. Truly, she is inspired by the beauty in the chaos of the everyday. Her artwork ranges from street art, Artworks installations at Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital to monumental Memory Quilts in the lobby of the Contemporary Arts center. Recently Kravetz was the Art Director for The Blink Parade, a Board Trustee for Artworks ,The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ish Festival, HRC (Human Rights Campaign), and was a Co-Onsite Liaison for the National Council for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA) Conference in Cincinnati.

She is the creator & face of CAC-tV and the curator of the live art performances. Her alter ego, Pinky Shears is the notorious Mastermind of the Yarn-Bombing Collective – the Bombshells of Cincinnati and the performance art collective The Polyester Spy Club. Her current exhibit on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum Rosenthal Education Center – Ace Ramone, Mr. Doodle-Boy & the Peanut puts the best parts of herself & her art into an interactive wonderland. Her interactive exhibition, I Think My Uncle Gershun Was A Golem, at The Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, Ms. Kravetz used her artist voice and platform to talk about her family, her Jewishness and antisemitism. Currently, she has an installation at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center in the Creativity Center’s UnMuseum, titled Pinkolicious Pamajama’s House of Wonder and Silly Scooter’s Playhouse. Kravetz is also a CityBeat newspaper Best Artist of 2022, an Enquirer Cincinnati Women of the Year 2017. She has numerous awards and recognitions as both an artist and art educator. Pam is always up for the next larger-than-life art bonanza!!

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 12: Zahra Hooshyar :|: be in conversation with yourself May 25, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Zahra Hooshyar

Zahra is an interdisciplinary artist based in Northern California, who describes herself as constantly stuck in diasporic liminal spaces.

Zahra and I met at Anderson Ranch Arts Center where she was working as a ceramics intern. She was my workshop assistant for a week-long terra sigillata workshop, which we can now fondly refer to as t-siggy thanks to Zahra. She’s one of those people who feels like magic when you meet her. She engages with a desire to be submerged fully in the wholeness of life.

Zahra is a first generation Iranian-American, who was born and raised in West Virginia to a cute and short pair of Iranian immigrants. We recorded this episode on the day her BFA thesis show opened. She is graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Persian Studies, and as you’ll hear from our conversation, Zahra is a human containing multitudes of experiences and knowledge.

Please enjoy this episode with Zahra

To learn more about Zahra’s work follow her on Instagram @zazahoosh and check out her website http://www.zhooshyarstudios.com

Studio Mix #12 :|: Zahra Hooshyar
Be Careful by Greentea Peng
Prelude by Ali Azimi
Lamp Lady by Sevdaliza
It Never Rains Here Morteza by Kiosk
No Bus by lophiile

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42rb0A0IahbU54upMbEcxW

Zahra Hooshyar Biography:
Zahra Hooshyar is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on ceramics. Born and raised in West Virginia to a cute and short pair of Iranian immigrants. She is a first generation Iranian-American that is constantly stuck in diasporic liminal spaces. Hooshyar will be graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Persian Studies.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episdoe 11: Emily Romens :|: self-compassion & creativity May 19, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Emily Romens.

Emily’s creative practice has evolved from that of art student to arts administrator to presently new mom. We discuss the importance of self-compassion when it comes to your creative practice and how to recognize when you might be missing or lacking your own creative motion.

Emily shares ways artists can advocate for themselves when they are beginning careers or jobs in arts administration. She offers ideas for how you can ask for your creative practice to be part of your employment agreement.

We also dive into the feelings of shame that bubble up when someone tells us “it’s so easy to make” and yet we are struggling to take that first step and how it requires a lot of energy to be spontaneously creative.

Please enjoy this episode with Emily Romens.

To learn more about Emily’s work and practice, follow her on Instagram: @emlyrmns

Studio Mix #11 :|: Emily Romens
Sexy Villain by Remi Wolf
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish
Paralysed by The Staves
Summer Girl by HAIM

Podcasts:
Armchair expert
Lore
This American life
Mike Bribiglia’s Working It Out

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BggKksXt1YtOrRBUO9NUV

Emily Romens Brief Biography:
Emily Romens received her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls in 2017.
I make non-objective objects, based on very objective things. I am an object maker, and a bellyacher. I find myself most attracted to patterns of domestic life - each beautiful, overwhelming, insignificant, sexy, humorous, caring, heavy, vague, charming, ordinary, moment. How I get my hands moving has changed a lot over the last five years, but the wonders of my gross domestic life has remained. I am now a mother to my child, the first human who has ever deserved my mothering. And somewhere in there is that object maker.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 10: Hannah Kane :|: put yourself next to your creativity May 04, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Hannah Kane.

Hannah moves through the world as an artist and wanderer. In our conversation, you’ll hear how she prioritizes wonder in her life. And then we meander through Hannah’s seeking nature and the teachers that have mentored her along the way, including the ocean. Later we think about the ways in which our creativity is impacted by our romanticized beliefs about the creative paths of others.

The title of this episode is inspired by Hannah’s realization that the ocean is never going to get closer to her, so she needs to put herself next to the…*bleep’n*...ocean, just like we need to put ourselves next to our creativity if we want to experience it.

We started the recording after catching up and laughing for about 30 minutes, so you’ll hear us come into the conversation from that place of connection and joy.

Please enjoy this episode with Hannah Kane

To learn more about Hannah’s work and practice, follow her on Instagram: @_h_kane_

Studio Mix #10 :|: Hannah Kane
Boa Sorte Vanessa De Mata and Ben Harper
Ndokulandela by Bongeziwe Mabandla
Falling Water by Maggie Rogers
Shake it out by Florence and the Machine
All I wanna do by Sheryl Crow

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10eBrgqYCbk3phJOrNS6ah

Hannah Kane Brief Biography:

I move through the world as an artist and a wanderer. I have been enjoying my last few years learning through travel and connection with others. I am constantly seeking new languages to connect with and some of my favorite modes are: conversation, storytelling, clay, dance, yoga, food and my newest favorite surfing. Spiritual work is the most important and interesting to me.

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

EPISODE 9: Jeremy Nordin-Berghuis :|: the power of questions Apr 27, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Jeremy Nordin-Berghuis. Jeremy has been working in clay for 20 years. His experience began as a teen at a production pottery business in Northern Wisconsin. Today, Jeremy is moving back to Wisconsin after 5 years in Boise, Idaho, where, as you’ll hear, his path was anything but clear and certain when he first arrived.

Throughout our conversation, we circle back to the power of questions. To the importance of asking questions borne from curiosity and the responsibility that instructors and educators have in posing questions.

And you won’t want to miss our side note into taxidermy and how a first date at a Paint n Sip went sideways…but ended up providing a surprising bit of inspiration for Jeremy.

Please enjoy this episode with Jeremy Nordin-Berghuis. To learn more about Jeremy’s work follow him on Instagram: @jnbceramics

PS Shout out to @camp_nebagamon for giving so many boys and creatives an encouraging, supportive, and community-driven place to be in the summers. #ktfb

PPS there are only three more episodes in Season 1 of @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast ! Thank you for joining us during this inaugural season - I hope you’ll come along for Season 2, which will launch in early 2023. If you’d like to support the podcast, you can donate via our website: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com/donate You can also be a sponsor of the podcast! https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com/sponsorships I’m looking for Season 2 support now. Thank you for considering!

Studio Mix #9 :|: Jeremy Nordin-Berghuis
Money Machine - 100 Gecs
Pursuit of Happiness - Steve Aoki, Remix Kid Cudi
Straightjacket - Quinn XCII (92)
Anytime - Eve 6, Soundtrack of movie Out Cold
A/B Machine - Sleighbells

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ixsQThM1G94JtEcqW4EMj

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

EPISODE 8: JENN ANGELL :|: connecting through art Apr 20, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Jenn Angell. Jenn is an artist, glaze technician at a small handmade ceramic tile company, and a manager of a community clay studio.

We talk about how science theory becomes science in practice through her clay and glaze work. She also shares how it can be difficult to prioritize time in her studio despite her love of working with clay. And how the pandemic era has taken a lot of mental energy away from her creativity.

As an introvert Jenn shares how she hopes her art connects with people and the importance of that connection through her art because human to human connection often takes more time for her to develop.

Please enjoy this episode with Jenn Angell.

Color Research Resources: (there’s so many more, but here are a few to get you started)
Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy and the Arts by P. Syme
Color Problems: a practical manual for the lay student of color by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel

Art Centers Mentioned:
Penland School of Craft
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Additional Resources Mentioned:
Heal Your Body by Lousie Hay
Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown Podcast

To learn more about Jenn’s work and practice: follow Jenn on Instagram: @jennxangell

Studio Mix #8 :|: Jenn Angell
Woman (reading) - La Dispute
Bury Me - Bayside
5 out of 6 - Dessa
Overbite - Sincere Engineer
Brother’s Blood - Kevin Devine

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/15B9UXM7OKWSUFB0VaOG7Q

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

EPISODE 7: JAZMIN SWANSON :|: a quick walk…not a stroll, not a run Apr 14, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Jazmin Swanson.

Jazmin is a ceramic artist and teacher currently living in Oceanside, California. At one point after graduating from art school, she told herself “I’m never going to be an artist again,” because it felt safe to say this, but as you’ll hear that only lasted for a bit of time because her creativity and urge to make came back.

We explore what it means to find your voice again after a creative break and how she has always had this way of confidently doing things and knowing herself well enough to advocate for what she needs. Jazmin also shares how she avoids burnout by keeping her creativity and herself at a quick walking pace, not running and not strolling, but a quick walking pace that keeps her ideas and self growing.

To learn more about Jazmin’s work and practice:
Follow Jazmin on Instagram: @jazmincolette.studios

Studio Mix #7 :|: Jazmin Swanson
LăVǐNDŭR by KAMAUU
What’s Up? by 4 Non Blondes
Binz by Solange
Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap
Die Young by Max Frost - replace with
Did you think by Arlie
There She Go by Garren Sean

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ebPszBK0KM3kxJYJC0rmE

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 6: Theresa Schneveis :|: hibernating creativity Apr 07, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Theresa Schneveis, a multimedia artist, arts educator, and arts administrator living in Virginia. Her connection and conversations with her creativity started at a very early age. You’ll hear about her early mentors and artist community and how community remains an important part of keeping her creativity full of vitality. As we are in real time emerging from winter in the Upper Midwest, Theresa’s expression that her creativity is currently hibernating seems very fitting to share as this week’s episode.
CW // domestic abuse

Topic notice: Later in the conversation, Theresa shares a bit about being in a domestic abuse situation and art making that followed (47 minute marker - 49 minute marker). If this is a topic that would cause harm to your being, please skip this section of the conversation or skip this episode. Lisa does pause to alert listeners to the topic.

To learn more about Theresa's work and practice:

Follow Theresa on Instagram: @theresasnow

Studio Mix #6 :|: Theresa Schneveis
Alaska by Caiola
San Luis by Gregory Alan Isakov
Menswear by the 1975
Running Away by VANO 3000
Bodies by The Knocks and MUNA

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HHVKCaXDH5TTzyoJd28Hh

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 5: Olivia House :|: yes, and... Mar 30, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Olivia House, a Black designer based in Chicago. Social change is at the core of her practice, and Olivia uses design to teach, heal, and build community.

You’ll hear how a realization prompted a summer-long research project that became so much more. She describes her immersive research approach to her project: Where are all the black designers?

Olivia and Rhonda talk about what advocacy looks like in combination with design and about how a little seed of agency grew in her and can grow in each of us to realize our own capacity to create change.

To learn more about Olivia's work and practice:
Follow Olivia on Instagram: @livs_house
Website: https://www.oh497.com/

Studio Mix #5 :|: Olivia House
Transparent Soul by Willow
Truth Hurts by Lizzo
Industry Baby by Lil Nas X
Garden (say it like that) by SZA
Butter by BTS
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7CcW2hE9vAsIau4620nlnb

Organizations & Books Mentioned in our Conversation
Books: The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing your Joy by Karen Walrond
Organizations: For Freedoms Project

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 4: Anders Dickson :|: keep your door open Mar 24, 2022

This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Anders Dickson. During one of his artist residencies, there was a requirement to keep your door open on Tuesdays. In this episode, you’ll hear that while that was a physical rule, it’s also a great metaphor for his approach to art making and creative exploration.

At age 20, Anders, an American, started a semester abroad experience in Germany and then remained in Europe for the past 15 years.

One of my favorite parts from his artist statement is: My studio is like a forest of accumulated items wherein I intuitively incorporate images, and gestures from the environment into assemblages…My role is to move between items like a spider: drawing parallels and connecting narratives into a network with its own internal logic.

He currently lives and works between Holland and Paris.

Please enjoy this episode with Anders Dickson.

Find Anders on Instagram: @dicksonanders

Studio Mix #4 :|: Anders Dickson
Sunflower River Blues- John Fahey
Storm - Godspeed
You! - Black Emperor
Anywhere I Lay My Head- Scarlett Johansson
Wildflowers- Tom Petty
Might as Well - Acetone
Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ - The Velvet Underground

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bCJGBOpZqciJRaSoo8RHD

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Books, Artists, Residencies Mentioned in our Discussion

Books:
House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
Tell Them I Said No, Martin Herbert (curator & author)
Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M Pirsig
The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard

Artists:
Harry Smith
Donna Harroway
Lucy McKenzie
Susan Cianciolo

Schools & Residencies:
Fine Arts Academy in Karlsruhe (Deutschland/Germany)
Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg (Deutschland/Germany)
Städelschule in Frankfurt (Deutschland/Germany)
De Ateliers, Amsterdam (Netherlands), artist residency

Spring Break for the Podcast Mar 17, 2022

Hey There! Welcome to The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast, I’m your host, Rhonda Willers. This week the podcast is on Spring Break! In the meantime, catch up on the first three episodes with Lisa Vang, Stephanie Lenertz, and Ira Elliot Corbett - you’re sure to find some inspiration in these conversations.

I’ll return with a new episode next week. I’m so excited about the next set of conversations coming your way in the weeks ahead. Thanks to all of you who have been listening during the first three weeks!

If you’ve been enjoying the conversations, please rate, review, and share with your friends and communities.

And as always, subscribe and listen to The Artist In Me Is Dead wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 3: Ira Elliot Corbett :|: your creativity is sacred Mar 10, 2022

This episode features a conversation between host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Ira Elliot Corbett. Ira is a nonbinary transgender artist living and working in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

In our conversation I was struck by their practice of asking themselves questions, such as what do they want to share from a happy place of making and exploration?

You’ll also hear how BTS lyrics from their song, Black Swan, inspired Ira to ask, am I having my first death of my creativity right now? And how Ira feels a bit like a baby deer learning to walk after recognizing this first death.

You will want to hear their studio wrap up answers. One of Ira’s responses connected and hit me so deeply, I was moved to tears, literally.

Find Ira on Instagram: @iraires_
Studio Mix #3 :|: Ira Elliot Corbett
Late Night Love Letter-Luxid
OUTTA MY MIND- Monsune
Outro:Ego - BTS
Take You Back (The Iron Horse Cattle Call), Orville Peck
Moon - BTS

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rcq9r4mdJo7YTkk2brpvX

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 2: Stephanie Lenertz :|: never leave the kids aisle Mar 02, 2022

In this episode, host Rhonda Willers and guest Stephanie Lenertz discuss Stephanie’s uninhibited and joyful approach to art making. She says, “If it doesn’t make you giggle, it’s useless!” We explore what it means to be an artist, where she finds inspiration and materials, and how she uses time intentionally, even while cleaning her studio. You’ll hear how during the pandemic, she decided to host her own art exhibition in…wait for it… her bedroom!

Find Stephanie on Instagram: @stephlenertz
http://stephanielenertz.com

Potential Art Materials for Giggle-Filled Making:
Bubble wrap
Silly string
Play doh
Pearler beads
Rhinestones
Glitter
Plasti-dip
Googly eyes
Feather boa
Pipe cleaner
Birthday candles
Grocery twist ties

Studio Mix #2 :|: Stephanie Lenertz
Starsign by Litany
Woo! by Remi Wolf
You've Got Your Whole Life Ahead Of You Baby by IDER
Oops!... I Did It Again by Britney Spears
The Girl from Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz (but really any version will do)
The ‘90s by FINNEAS

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/16Y3Vg7HNClMO9S3zcpn9b

Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com

Episode 1: Lisa Vang :|: make your own history Feb 25, 2022

In this episode host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Lisa Vang, discuss how Lisa's creative practice has changed since graduating with an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts. She shares how she explores her creativity today through food and culture and how she is reviving her inner artist by preparing a space for her art making to come back into her day to day.

Find Lisa on Instagram: @l.h.vang
https://www.instagram.com/l.h.vang/

Studio Mix #1 :|: Lisa Vang
Dateline - Podcast
Crime Junkie - Podcast
Lord of the Rings- Soundtrack & Movies
Harry Potter- Soundtrack & Movies
Criminal Minds - TV
Somebody Feed Phil - TV

Listen to Lisa's Studio Mix on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1QwSgLpnrsySBswWTMsNRy

CW // child predators
Sensitive topic notice: Later in the conversation, Lisa shares about a specific artwork she created about child predators. If this is a topic that would cause harm to your being, please skip this section of the conversation or skip this episode. Lisa does pause to alert listeners to the topic.

Visit: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com/

Trailer :|: The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast Feb 05, 2022

Hey There! Welcome to The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast, I’m your host, Rhonda Willers, a visual artist, author, educator, and mother.

On The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast I have conversations with guests tracing their creative paths and exploring their current and future creative practices. We discuss the ebbs and flows of creativity and what we can do when we feel creatively stuck. Through these conversations I hope to encourage you to explore and pursue your own creativity in small and big ways. My guests’ stories have inspired me, and I hope they will connect with you too.

Subscribe and listen to The Artist In Me Is Dead wherever you get your podcasts.

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