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Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletQ & A - Music Librarian, Mona ButlerMona Butler has been a bassoonist in Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra since the orchestra was founded in 1989, and PNB's Music Librarian since the position was created in 1996. Marketing Assistant Maris Antolin sat down with Mona in late February to talk about what a Music Librarian does, the years-long process of putting together the orchestra parts for Alejandro Cerrudo's One Thousand Pieces, and the hard-working artists of PNB's orchestra.
2020-03-1726 min
Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 10 - Hanako O'LearyWelcome to Episode 10 of Sharpest Knives Podcast! This episode is the finale of Season 1 of this project and represents the culmination of a year’s worth of work. Thank you for listening and I hope you’ve enjoyed this first season!Episode 10 is Maris’s...
2019-11-2656 minSharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 9 - Baylee EngbergWelcome to Sharpest Knives podcast episode 9!This episode is with Baylee Engberg, and is the first episode of Sharpest Knives where the focus isn't art and arts organizations, but is culture - specifically coffee culture in Seattle and along the west...
2019-11-1456 minSharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 8 - Andrés ArteagaEpisode 8 is here!Andrés Arteaga, MFA, was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended Seattle University for both undergrad and graduate studies. He was a Jesuit from 2012-2015 where he taught art and social justice while studying philosophy, dance and...
2019-10-311h 04Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 7 - Ellen McGivernCurator Ellen McGivern is Maris’s guest on Episode 7 of Sharpest Knives!Ellen and Maris talk about rituals in art making processes, how connecting with other humans through art can remedy feeling bummed out, why you should show up for artists and go see...
2019-09-1954 minSharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 6 - Alice GostiEpisode 6: choreographer and durational performance artist, Alice Gosti. Alice has a solo-show coming up Nov 1-17th at ACT Theatre called Where is home - birds of passage. The show is a 3 hour come and go durational performance examining Alice’s...
2019-09-161h 04Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 5 - Sara PorkalobIn Episode 5, Maris hosts Art Activist and Seattle treasure, Sara Porkalob!Sara is a Seattle based Arts Activist who specializes in theater work. You may have seen the first two plays of her Dragon Cycle trilogy centering around telling the story of...
2019-09-091h 00Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 4 - Kaitlin McCarthyEpisode 4: Listen to Maris and Kaitlin McCarthy, Editor of SeattleDances, talk about the importance of talking about art, distinguishing between work you’re good at and work you actually like doing, and the joy of feeling uncomfortable. SeattleDances...
2019-09-041h 01Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 3 - Colleen BorstEpisode 3 is Maris’s conversation with Colleen Borst, who is the Development Manager at Velocity Dance Center. At the time of the interview, Colleen was also the Interim Managing Director at Velocity, and since then, Velocity has hired Catherine Nueva Espana as their new Executive Director.Colleen is an experienced fundraising and development professional and print production artist with over 20 years of working in nonprofit organizations experience. She has worked at Seattle University and the PETA Foundation. Colleen is also a fundraising consultant, freelance print production artist, and Tarot card slinger. She can be found at ColleenBorstConsulting.com. She holds an...
2019-03-1250 minSharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 2 - Shannon WellesIn this episode of Sharpest Knives, Maris talks to Shannon Welles. Shannon is a fine art photographer, she has a collaborative organization called Hypha that deals with permaculture, urban building, herbalism, and Pacific Northwest Native plants. Shannon has worked at The Showbox Theatre in downtown Seattle for 17 years, and most recently is the founder of an organization called Friends of the Showbox in Seattle.In their conversation Shannon and Maris talk about The Showbox Theatre and Friends of the Showbox, the ecology of cities, the importance of historic places and building sustainable networks. Save the Showbox Portrait ProjectFollow along or...
2019-03-121h 00Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 1 - Dustyn AddingtonEpisode 1 has arrived!In this episode, Maris Antolin sits down with Dustyn Addington, the Program Director at Humanities Washington. Dustyn leads the Think & Drink and Speakers Bureau programs, which aim to expand the humanities outside of the classroom and into the lives of all Washingtonians through provocative and enriching public conversations. Having received his Master’s in philosophy, he is now a PhD candidate at the University of Washington. Dustyn taught philosophy at the college level for eight years and also served as an instructor for the UW Center for Philosophy for Children.Dustyn is the co-host of local philosophy po...
2019-03-121h 09Sharpest Knives PodcastEpisode 0 - IntroEpisode 0 is a brief intro to The Sharpest Knives podcast featuring snippets from Maris Antolin’s first three interviews, featuring Dustyin Addington (Humanities Washington), Shannon Welles (Friends of the Showbox), and Colleen Borst (Velocity Dance...
2019-01-1003 min