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WNY SoundstageA conversation with Play/Ground artists Amanda Besl, Jacob Todd Broussard, Adam Thibodeaux, and Shawn ChikiIn this episode, our host, Liberty Darr, speaks with four artists that will have works featured this year at PLAY/GROUND, an annual art festival presented by M&T Bank and produced by The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art and Resource:Art. At this event, artists are asked to create ambitious, immersive, site-responsive installations for our community to explore. This year P/G is happening on the banks of the Buffalo River, with thirteen artist installations in and around the old grain silos at [...]
2022-10-0416 minWNY SoundstageA conversation with Play/Ground artists Amanda Besl, Jacob Todd Broussard, Adam Thibodeaux, and Shawn ChikiIn this episode, our host, Liberty Darr, speaks with four artists that will have works featured this year at PLAY/GROUND, an annual art festival presented by M&T Bank and produced by The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art and Resource:Art. At this event, artists are asked to create ambitious, immersive, site-responsive installations for our community to explore. This year P/G is happening on the banks of the Buffalo River, with thirteen artist installations in and around the old grain silos at [...]
2022-10-0416 min
Tintamarre: An Artist PodcastCoaching, practicing, and following your intuition w. painter ANDREW SMALDONETintamarre is back with Season 2! Kicking the season off is a conversation with Florence based painter, Andrew Smaldone. We began our conversation discussing studio habits and we touched on the role of coaches and practicing. Born 1978 in Denver, Colorado, Andrew Smaldone has shown his work widely in Europe, the US and the UK. He completed an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, in London in 2005 and a BA in Fine Art from The George Washington University, in Washington D.C. in 2001. Smaldone’s recent works focus both on surface and space, a process he initiated in 2016 during hi...
2021-11-271h 12
Tintamarre: An Artist PodcastLetter Writing as Proposition, the Importance of Touch, and Collaborative Making w. JULIA ROONEY & MAYA STRAUSSDuring the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, painters Julia Rooney and Maya Strauss continue to find ways of staying in touch at a distance by writing letters and sending each other works through the the mail. While graduate students at the Yale School of Art, Julia and Maya begin their correspondence on the occasion of a dual critique. During this evaluation, each artist presented her work in a shared critique space, but before jumping into the crit, the artists read a selection of the letters with which each slipped under their studio doors from the past month. This experiment has lead...
2021-01-021h 06Tintamarre: An Artist PodcastRelying on Vision Through Creative Resourcefulness w. artist LESLIE MARTINEZWith a keen awareness of painting's material transformation, artist Leslie Martinez joins the podcast to speak about their work. Leslie was born in The Rio Grande Valley of the South Texas-Mexican border and raised in Dallas, Texas. They received an MFA from Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut in 2018 and a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City in 2008. Their work in material abstraction explores notions of self-determination, embodiment, and futurity through the language and processes of transformation and discovery. Leslie Martinez is represented by And Now in...
2020-10-1555 minTintamarre: An Artist PodcastCultivating Community and Building A Project Space w. Greene House Gallery's MARISSA GRAZIANO & SAMUEL GUYBased in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, painters Marissa Graziano and Samuel Guy each share their experiences of pursuing art and creating a project gallery space right in their New York apartment. Named after their neighborhood, Greene House Gallery threads various artist communities together through exhibitions and programming and extends itself as a meeting grounds for guest curators and friends. In this conversation, we talk about online exhibition workarounds during the pandemic, critical responses to putting work online, the low stakes of curating your own show, and doubt--all with the hopeful sentiment of "if you build it, they will come". ...
2020-09-2853 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 038 – Babe: Pig in the City This week on Total Movie Recall, we watched the Sophie’s Choice of talking pig movies — Babe: Pig in the City. You might remember it as a sweet children’s fantasy movie about cute talking animals, but that’s just your brain trying to protect you from the harrowing nightmare that is this film. Dogs are hung from chains and drowned in front of us. Crippled Jack Russell Terriers are killed and teased with the sweet release from their worldly limitations, only to be cruelly pulled back into their wheelchair prison. Ryan and Steve started this movie as boys...
2020-09-1400 minTintamarre: An Artist PodcastTrust, Friendship, & Dissonance in Collaboration w. AFRICANUS OKOKON, JOSÉ DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ, AND MARIEL CAPANNAArtists Africanus Okokon, José de Jesus Rodriguez, and Mariel Capanna join the podcast to hold a conversation about collective efforts on navigating collaboration through thematic dialogue, list-making, skillsets, and planned dinners. Each respected artist describes the decision to come together for a thesis exhibition, furthering their own investigations while students at the Yale School of Art. How do we create meaningful relationships among our creative peers? What environment fosters effective learning from colleagues? How do we create space for misalignment to happen within a group? All three artists share their thoughts on these questions while addressing the necessity and v...
2020-08-0655 minTintamarre: An Artist PodcastWorking Across Boundaries w. painter GERALD SHEFFIELDIn our conversation, I speak with Gerald Sheffield on his nomadic practice, occupying the margins, and giving in to facility in order to reach conceptual goals. Gerald’s work examines relationships to space, place, empathy, architecture, and nationalism. We talk about his time in the military, his decision to pursue art, and his work as Fulbright Fellow this past year.
2020-05-1251 min
Tintamarre: An Artist PodcastDoubting the Impossible w. AMARYLLIS DEJESUS MOLESKIAmaryllis deJesus Moleski's paintings and installations explore liminal spaces made of light and symbolism. Through her usage of cartoons, Amaryllis creates spaces and geographies that birth new origin stories exploring resurrection, femme materiality, queerness, and alternative ways of existence. In this conversation, we discuss her early upbringing moving around often, her love for comics and cartoons, and how much doubt became a teacher for her practice.
2020-04-2954 minTintamarre: An Artist PodcastFreedom Within Imagination w. painter ALEX JACKSONWith the sharp eye for painterly application and the tight hand of a draftsman, painter Alex Jackson challenges notions of perception, representation, and measurement. His comprehensive understanding of color allows his work to take on new understandings of space, touch, and categorization. In this first episode, we talk about creative freedom through occupying one's own imagination inside the studio.
2020-04-101h 08Tintamarre: An Artist PodcastMinisode: BelongingHow to find space to belong to oneself during a time of uncertainty.
2020-04-1007 minTintamarre: An Artist PodcastTrailer to Tintamarre: An IntroductionTintamarre is a podcast of artist conversations focusing on creative processes. Starting in 2020, host Jacob Broussard will bring listeners in and outside of the studio from various makers in his community. Be on the lookout!
2020-01-1902 min