The Dark Art Society Podcast with Chet Zar

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Mate Jako- Ep. 133 Oct 02, 2019

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This week I interview Hungarian artist Mate Jako. We discuss his early life in Hungary, his life as a successful child actor and the resulting aftermath, traveling around Europe, living in London, becoming a fine artist and a whole lot more! Also: the Art Life update and I answer The 5 Questions. Interview starts at about 20:18 Mate’s personal website: http://entenn.com Mate’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/entennstudio The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Dan Quintana- Ep. 132 Sep 25, 2019

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This week I interview fine artist/illustrator Dan Quintana. We discuss his early entry into the fine art world, growing up in LA, us showing together early on in our careers, doing movie posters and illustration gigs and much more! Plus, the art life update, new subscribers (or lack thereof this month) and the 5 questions! Interview starts at about 23:46 Personal website: https://danquintana.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Han of Handsome Devils Puppets - Ep. 131 Sep 18, 2019

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This week I interview Han of Handsome Devils Puppets. We discuss her love of puppets and puppetry, the healing power of art and puppets, growing up religious in a small town, forging her own artistic path with puppets, the magick of art and lots more! Interview lasts 2 hours! Interview starts at about 16:30 Instagram:handsomedevilpuppets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/handsomedevilspuppets/ The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Jordu Schell - Ep. 130 Sep 11, 2019

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This week I interview artist/sculptor/makeup effects artist/brilliant mask maker, Jordu Schell. We discuss his early influences, his love of masks and mask making, masks as fine art, how he broke into the mask making and FX business, working in the film industry, the lack of respect for effects artists from film production, being an independent artist and business owner, freelance creature design and much more! Interview starts at about 17:10 Personal website: http://www.jorduschell.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Carrie Ann Baade - Ep. 129 Sep 04, 2019

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This week I interview fine artist/art professor Carrie Ann Baade about being an artist and art teacher, monsters, dark art and the shadow side, art school, visionary art, art academia’s view of dark art/pop surrealism, Alex Grey, duality, psychedelics, and much, much more! Interview starts at about 24:51 Personal website: www.carrieannbaade.com More info about Carrie:https://carrieannbaade.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Carrie-Ann-Baade-Overview-and-Interview-%E2%80%94-PoetsArtists.pdf The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Vanessa Lemen - Ep. 128 Aug 28, 2019

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This week I interview painter Vanessa Lemen. We talk about how she got her start as an artist, working at a greeting card company, Magick and spirituality, how we deal with death, our own father's death experiences, Vanessa's unique painting technique, finding her way in the art world and a lot more! This is a super deep episode and possibly a new favorite of mine! Interview starts at 24:26 I also give an art life update, read off new subscriber names and answer the 5 questions. instagram.com/vanessalemen facebook.com/vanessalemen twitter.com/vanessalemen VanessaLemenArt.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Mat Hurtado- Ep. 127 Aug 21, 2019

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This week I interview tattooer/painter Mat Hurtado. We talk about his late start into the art world as well as his rapid rise, the invaluable support of his brother Nikko, the value of hard work over talent, incorporating his Hispanic culture into his artwork, his painting techniques, the tattoo lifestyle and more! Interview starts at 30:56. Long intro this time! Personal website: http://www.mathurtado.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mathurtado The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Frank Forte- Ep. 126 Aug 14, 2019

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This week I interview storyboard/comic book/ fine artist Frank Forte. We talk about working in the film industry, H.P. Lovecraft, storyboard artist work life and pay rates(!), art school, Heavy Metal magazine, comics, self publishing, getting into the film biz, being in animator/artist unions and more! I also ask for some show critique, read off new subscriber names and answer the 5 questions (actually 4 questions cuz I missed #5). Personal website: www.frankforte.com Social media: https://www.instagram.com/frankforteart/ https://twitter.com/frankforteart https://www.facebook.com/frank.forte1 Frank's other sites and blogs: http://frankforte.blogspot.com/ www.asylumpress.com http://cartoonconceptdesign.blogspot.com/ http://horrorillustrated.blogspot.com/ Content editor at Heavy Metal Magazine www.heavymetal.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Tom Taggart- Ep. 125 Aug 06, 2019

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This week I interview sculptor Tom Taggart. We learn about his journey to becoming an independent fine artist through being a dimensional comic book cover artist and talk about cool toys from the 60’s and 70’s, ego death and mystical shamanic experience, sculpting techniques and materials and the struggle of living life as an independent creator. I also give a life update, read off new subscriber names and answer the 5 questions. Tom’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tomtaggart Tom’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.taggart.146/ Tom’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.taggart.146 The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

Ver Mar- Ep. 124 Jul 31, 2019

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This week I interview sculptor Ver Mar. We talk about our old Cannibal Flower days, working with then now defunct Strychnin gallery, working in the costuming field, discovering paper maché, sculpting techniques and materials...and then we get into some weird shit in the second half: ghost experiences and other cool paranormal phenomena! I also talk about the new documentary "Hail Satan?", read off new subscriber names and answer the 5 questions. Ver on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vermarartist The Dark Art Society Podcast is produced by Chet Zar, with mixing and mastering by the amazing Bryan Kilgore of Kilgore Sound; find him on Instagram and Twitter (at)kilgoresound, or his website www.kilgoresound.com Become an Official Member of the Dark Art Society: www.patreon.com/DarkArtSociety Chet’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChetZar The Dark Art Society Instagram: instagram.com/darkartsociety Official Dark Art Society Website: www.darkartsociety.com The Dark Art Society Podcast is now available in a variety of places, including the following platforms: SoundCloud: @darkartsociety iTunes: apple.co/2gMNUfM Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=134626&refid=stpr Podbay: podbay.fm/show/1215146981 YouTube: bit.ly/2nNYPre DarkArtSociety.com Copyright Chet Zar LLC 2019

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