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PhotoWork with Sasha WolfSage Sohier - Episode 96In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, photographer and educator Sage Sohier joins Sasha to discuss a lifetime of extraordinary work, including her recently published books Passing Time and Americans Seen (Nazraeli Press), featuring photographs made primarily in the 1980s. They also delve into Witness to Beauty (Kehrer Verlag), an intimate and moving portrait of Sohier’s mother alongside her two daughters—a project that embraces aging and the passage of time. Throughout the conversation, Sage shares her enthusiasm and thoughtful insights on staying open to new ideas and equipment, as well as the value of revisiting older work...2025-07-1553 min
The Modern Art Notes PodcastJulian Hoeber, Aubrey Williams & Frank BowlingEpisode No. 712 features artist Julian Hoeber and curator María Elena Ortiz. Hoeber is included in "Generations: 150 Years of Sculpture" at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. The exhibition offers a new selection of works from the Nasher collection that offers conversations between works from the past and present. Hoeber's practice centers perception and searches for ways to exceed and reconcile limits set by binary ideas such as interior and exterior, or psychic and somatic. Paradoxically, he often uses binary systems, such as stereoscopic vision, in his work. His exhibition credits include Desert X 2019, a Hammer P...2025-06-271h 32
Making Business Art#031 Unlocking Communication through Unconditional Welcome with Karen FaithMost of us want to be more influential, creative, and able to build key relationships in and out of work. But this isn't always easy to accomplish, and sometimes it seems it’s because someone is standing in our way. But that someone, more often than not, might just be ourselves. For this minisode I’m bringing back business ethnographer and empathy trainer, Karen Faith, to discuss a powerful approach to listening, communicating, and relating she calls the “Unconditional Welcome." In this conversation Karen and I discuss what Unconditional Welcome is, when and how to apply it...2025-05-0640 min
Big Blend RadioArt Museums in the 21st CenturyFrom the Minneapolis Institute of Art to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas (pictured), and even the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain—this episode of Big Blend Radio’s WORLD OF ART podcast with artist and art historian Victoria Chick concludes her three-part series on the History of Art Museums, highlighting the evolution and innovation of 21st-century art museums in America.This art-focused podcast explores how modern museums are redefining the way we experience and interact with art, from cutting-edge architecture and community engagement to the transformation of muse...2025-04-2054 min
The World of Art with Victoria ChickArt Museums in the 21st CenturyFrom the Minneapolis Institute of Art to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas (pictured), and even the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain—this episode of Big Blend Radio’s WORLD OF ART podcast with artist and art historian Victoria Chick concludes her three-part series on the History of Art Museums, highlighting the evolution and innovation of 21st-century art museums in America.
This art-focused podcast explores how modern museums are redefining the way we experience and interact with art, from cutting-edge architecture and community engagement to the transformation of museum coll...2025-04-2054 min
Way Back WhenArt Museums in the 21st CenturyFrom the Minneapolis Institute of Art to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas (pictured), and even the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain—this shared episode of Big Blend Radio’s WORLD OF ART podcast with artist and art historian Victoria Chick concludes her three-part series on the History of Art Museums, highlighting the evolution and innovation of 21st-century art museums in America.
This art-focused podcast explores how modern museums are redefining the way we experience and interact with art, from cutting-edge architecture and community engagement to the transformation of muse...2025-04-2054 min
A Toast to The ArtsArt Museums in the 21st CenturyFrom the Minneapolis Institute of Art to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas (pictured), and even the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain—this shared episode of Big Blend Radio’s WORLD OF ART podcast with artist and art historian Victoria Chick concludes her three-part series on the History of Art Museums, highlighting the evolution and innovation of 21st-century art museums in America.
This art-focused podcast explores how modern museums are redefining the way we experience and interact with art, from cutting-edge architecture and community engagement to the transformation of muse...2025-04-2054 min
As BuiltInterview with Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtIn the first episode of a new series about the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art International Design Competition, As Built co-hosts Patience Jones and Brian Jones speak with Julián Zugazagoitia, the Museum’s Director & CEO, about the competition and the need for community involvement. Photo of Julián Zugazagoitia courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art2025-03-1327 min
ART BYTESScott Heffley: Former Painting Conservator and Avid CollectorWhat would it feel like to take a paintbrush to a masterpiece? Scott Heffley knows. As a Painting Conservator for 34 years, he was up close and personal with masterpieces many times. But this world class conservator is also a world class collector of the quirky, the unique, and the kitschy.2025-02-0726 min
ART BYTESArt Bytes: Michael Sims, master printer - Lawrence LithographyThe master printer and founder of the Lawrence Lithography Workshop reminisces about his storied career, the artists with whom he has worked, and the enormous patience required to produce stunning lithographs.2025-01-0328 min
ART BYTESArt Bytes: Jonathan Henery: Exploring the legacy of the innovative artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude,In this episode of Art Bytes, we speak with Jonathan Henery about the captivating world of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's ambitious art installations. The pair of artists, famous for their large-scale fabric works, began with wrapping the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in 1969. Despite initial backlash from the public and the fire department, their artwork remained, leaving a lasting impact on the museum and its visitors.Since then, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have continued to push boundaries with projects like wrapping Kansas City's Loose Park walkways, surrounding 11 Miami islands in pink floating fabric, and even wrapping the Ponneuf Bridge...2024-12-0622 min
PhotoWork with Sasha WolfChristian Patterson - Episode 87In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Sasha engages in an honest and deeply personal conversation with photographer Christian Patterson. They delve into the creation of "Redheaded Peckerwood" (MACK) and his latest book, "Gong Co." (TBW Books & Éditions Images Vevey). Christian offers a thorough description of his intricate process and motivations for these long-term projects, providing nearly step-by-step insights. He also reflects on his years working with William Eggleston and the nuanced ways in which that experience did, and did not, influence his artistic direction.
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ART BYTESArt Bytes: Jan HendrixBorn in a small town in Holland and now based in Mexico City, Jan Hendrix creates complex patterns and dynamic architectural metal installations that mesmerize even the casual observer.2024-11-0122 min
Making Business Art#026 Extraordinary Benefits of Understanding Others with Karen FaithHenry Ford once said that “if there is any secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from [their] angle as well as from your own.” What Henry Ford was talking about is practicing “cognitive empathy” also known as “perspective taking.” My guest and founder of Others Unlimited, Karen Faith, teaches people in organizations how to be more successful by learning and practicing “cognitive empathy” to achieve better results in communication, trust, culture, collaboration, and many other benefits. In this conversation Karen and I talk about different typ...2024-10-151h 41
ART BYTESArt Bytes: Aimee Marcereau DeGalanThe Louis L. and Adelaide C. Ward Senior Curator, European Arts at the Nelson-Atkins discusses our current fascination with immersive art experiences and how Claude Monet was one of the artists leading that charge many, many years ago.2024-10-0420 min
ART BYTESArt Bytes: Cheech MarinComedian, actor, and avid art collector Cheech Marin talks about his career with Tommy Chong and his passion for collecting Chicano art.2024-10-0426 minART BYTESArt Bytes: Sherri JacobsThe field of Art Therapy has grown exponentially around the world, partly due to the pandemic. Art Therapist Sherri Jacobs explains how making art can actually reduce sadness, anger, and depression.2024-10-0424 minART BYTESArt Bytes: Samantha KoslowWe go behind the scenes at Christie’s Auction House at Rockefeller Plaza with the Director of Business Development and Head of Museum and Corporate Collection Services to find out how a high-end art auction is assembled.2024-10-0420 min
ART BYTESArt Bytes: Elias CrespinThe internationally acclaimed Venezuelan artist who began his career as an engineer now makes massive, magical sculptures that move and dance.2024-10-0418 minART BYTESTrailerThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City launches its newest podcast series. Art Bytes episodes are geared toward listeners who have an interest in art but don't necessarily know a great deal about it. Each standalone episode takes the listener behind the art on the walls and into the fascinating stories of how artists work, how art is made, and how the world of art is filled with diversity 2024-09-1100 min
Enterrupt KCEp27 - Jenny Mendez, Mattie Rhodes Director of Cultural Arts Center!Jenny Mendez is the Director of Mattie Rhodes Cultural Arts Center. Born and raised right here in Kansas City, she has helped impact our community in several ways and made events at Mattie Rhodes the places to be! She has an incredible story about growing up and loving art, her influences, and the art work she has done in and around Kansas City! Currently, she has a piece of art at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art at their A Layered Presence exhibit. This is a fun and engaging conversation with one of Kansas City's best hidden secrets! This...2024-08-212h 07
The Operational ArchNarrative, Operational Art, and Museums, w/ Nikki Dean (E25)In this episode, the team discusses the importance of narrative, operational art, and the role of museums in military professional development with Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Nikki Dean. Ms. Dean is a military history interpreter at the World War I Museum located in Kansas City, MO.
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Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas KaneThe Art of JoyThis past weekend, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art debuted a new retrospective exhibit on the life and work of Franco-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. One of her great initiatives was to express rebellious joy in her art, especially later in her career.
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Four Corners Arts ForumIn this episode I speak with local artist and master printmaker Ron Fundingsland whose stunning art work is recognized internationally.Join me for a conversation with local artist and master printmaker Ron Fundingsland whose beautiful art is recognized internationally. He is affiliated with the American Society of Graphic Artists, The International Print Triennial Society and The Boston Printmakers to name a few. His work is in the public collections of the Denver Art Museum, The Seattle Art Museum, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. He is also represented by many galleries including the Robischon Gallery...2024-04-1630 min
Essential ConversationsTICUP: Operas & Museums
This
time, our guests are Neal Long, Director of Learning at the Lyric Opera of
Kansas City, and Anne Manning, Deputy Director for Learning and Engagement at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. In this captivating conversation, we explore the role of art in healing and resilience, ways to be more innovative in providing support for groups of people, the importance of practicing humility when you know that you don’t know, striking a balance between beauty, comfort, and truth-telling, and curating experiences that foster choice, develop empathy, and provide care. You don’t have to be...2024-04-1252 min
Big Blend RadioPoet Carissa "Lucky" Garcia Goes to Chaco CanyonThis episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Friday "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show with the National Parks Arts Foundation features Carissa "Lucky" Garcia, the Spring 2024 NPAF artist-in-residence in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Carissa “Lucky” Garcia is an Indigenous/Chicana writer, performing artist, community organizer, anti-oppression educator and Indigenous Justice advocate. She is a founding member of the La Resistencia publishing press and poetry collective amplifying LGBTQ+ voices of color. Carissa’s storytelling communicates ideas that focus on her experience as an Iraq War veteran, Native American culture, love, politics, and her appreciation for comic books a...2024-04-061h 22
Toast to The Arts & ParksPoet Carissa ”Lucky” Garcia Goes to Chaco CanyonThis episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Friday "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show with the National Parks Arts Foundation features Carissa "Lucky" Garcia, the Spring 2024 NPAF artist-in-residence in Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
Carissa “Lucky” Garcia is an Indigenous/Chicana writer, performing artist, community organizer, anti-oppression educator and Indigenous Justice advocate. She is a founding member of the La Resistencia publishing press and poetry collective amplifying LGBTQ+ voices of color. Carissa’s storytelling communicates ideas that focus on her experience as an Iraq War veteran, Native American culture, love, politics, and her appreciation for comic books...2024-04-061h 22
Art Is Awesome with Emily WilsonHayv Kahraman - PainterWelcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, Emily chats with Iraqi born, Los Angeles based artist Hayv Kahraman...About Artist Hayv Kahraman:Hayv Kahraman was born in Baghdad, Iraq 1981, now lives and works in Los Angeles. A vocabulary of narrative, memory and dynamics of non-fixity found in diasporic cultures are the essence of her visual language and the product of her experience as an Iraqi refugee/come émigré. The body as object and subject have...2024-03-0518 min
PhotoWork with Sasha WolfJim Goldberg - Episode 70In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Sasha and photographer, Jim Goldberg discuss his new book, Coming and Going, published by MACK, which is a very personal story but also a book about storytelling itself. Jim talks about his lifelong interest in social justice and Sasha and Jim connect Jim's work to both Jazz and Punk music. Sasha also announces the first ever participants in the PhotoWork Foundation Fellowship.
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Jim Goldberg’s innovative and multidisciplinary approach to documentary makes him a landmark photographer an...2023-12-211h 02
5 Plain QuestionsCara RomeroCara Romero, born 1977 (Chemehuevi/ American)In a fine art photographic practice that blends documentary and commercial aesthetics, Cara Romero (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe) creates stories that draw from intertribal knowledge to expose the fissures and fusions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and futurity.Romero has held solo exhibitions in the US, UK, and Germany. Her recent group exhibitions include Our Selves: Photographs by Women Photographers at the Museum of Modern Art and Water Memories at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2022). Her public art projects include #TONGVALAND presented in Los Angeles by...2023-11-2935 min
ArtMoves-The PodcastArtMoves Podcast 12 – artist and curator Kiki SernaIn this episode, we speak with artist, curator, and champion of the immigrant experience, Kiki Serna. Listen along, as she so eloquently immerses us into her world, both with her poignant art and her thought-provoking words.
Leaving other jobs, she has now taken a leap of faith to focus just on her art, and she’s had an inspiring path to this point …imagine being a wide-eyed 7-year-old seeing the grand Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for the first time, then one day showing your own artwork there! The stories of some of her experiences in this country may tu...2023-11-1455 min
Win At Home FirstWhat 'could' I do and the power of dreaming with Kim Alexis Newton, Board Member of BigLots! and authorDo you continue to dream? Sometimes, we can get so busy in our everyday lives, that we forget to water the things that give us life. What is something that you dream of doing someday? Today's podcast guest Kim Alexis Newton will encourage you to set aside time to dream and to be intentional. Not only that but to take it a step further, and surround yourself with the right kind of people who can encourage you, and inspire you to get where you want to be, despite any naysayers. In this episode, you’ll disc...2023-10-2449 min
Restorative WorksClaire de Mézerville López welcomes Glenn North, educator, Poet, and Director of Inclusive Learning and Creative Impact at the Kansas City Museum Glenn North, Educator, Poet, and Director Speaks with Claire de Mézerville López PublishedJun 08, 2023 Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Glenn North, educator, Poet, and Director of Inclusive Learning and Creative Impact at the Kansas City Museum to the Restorative Works! Podcast. Glenn explains how the Kansas City Museum is a space where truth and storytelling are paramount. A place where often untold stories and fractured histories are put on display as whole and true experiences and reflections of their community and its past. The Kansas City Museum has adopted restorative pract...2023-08-3118 min
The Art EngagerDisrupting the art museum experienceToday, I'm joined by Rachel Nicholson (Director, Visitor Engagement & Research at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) and Christine Murray (Head of Content at Art Processors) to discuss an art experience that revolutionises the way visitors interact with Impressionist art. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has collaborated with Art Processors to bring to life "A Beautiful Disruption: Experiencing the Bloch Galleries," a sensorial digital journey that forges personal connections with Impressionist masterpieces and their creators. This innovative encounter leverages existing gallery technology to lead visitors through a hands-free, 'eyes-up' experience, guided by dynamic lighting and immersive...2023-08-2453 min
Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-DaltonLara Shipley | Desire Lines
Photographer and educator, Lara Shipley talks about her book, Desire Lines, published by Overlapse. Desire Lines combines imagery and text, both contemporary and historical, as a vehicle to have a thoughtful and contemplative discussion about immigration. It looks at our current humanitarian crisis at the southern border and views it through the larger context of human migration and shifting borders. Lara and I also talk about her current collaboration with Antone Dolezal called The Naked Truth, a story about a Victorian Spa founded by a snake oil saleseman and which eerily resembles the disinformation media world that w...2023-07-3044 min
Restorative WorksGlenn North, Educator, Poet, and Director Speaks with Claire de Mézerville LópezClaire de Mézerville López welcomes Glenn North, educator, Poet, and Director of Inclusive Learning and Creative Impact at the Kansas City Museum to the Restorative Works! Podcast. Glenn explains how the Kansas City Museum is a space where truth and storytelling are paramount. A place where often untold stories and fractured histories are put on display as whole and true experiences and reflections of their community and its past. The Kansas City Museum has adopted restorative practices as the center of their methodology where they are able to confront harm, conflict, and disinformation. Gle...2023-06-0817 min
The WPI Oral HistoriesWPI Oral History: Connie Glenn on Tom Wesselmann (Session 2)Constance “Connie” W. Glenn is an acclaimed art historian, curator, writer, and collector. She is the founding director of the University Art Museum at California State University Long Beach, where she also established the Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies and taught courses in art history and museum studies. Since the 1960s, she has been an avid collector with a particular interest in Pop Art and the works of Tom Wesselmann. In her second oral history session with WPI, Glenn discusses her philosophy as a collector, her correspondence with Wesselmann on the difficulties of classifying works, and her observations of s...2023-02-011h 48
The WPI Oral HistoriesWPI Oral History: Connie Glenn on Tom Wesselmann (Session 1)Constance "Connie" W. Glenn is an acclaimed art historian, curator, writer, and collector. She is the founding director of the University Art Museum at California State University Long Beach, where she also established the Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies and taught courses in art history and museum studies. Since the 1960s, she has been an avid collector with a particular interest in Pop Art and the works of Tom Wesselmann. Highlights of the interview include descriptions of the burgeoning Kansas City art scene in the 1960s, trends in Glenn’s history as an art collector, memories of her re...2023-02-011h 30
The BarnVulgar Display of Podcast - Tom Huck of Evilprints - part 1Send us a textTom Huck - Evil Prints http://www.evilprints.com/EVIL PRINTS @SPIDERHOLE STUDIO, PO BOX 666, PARK HILLS, MO 63601, UNITED STATES EVILHEADCREW@GMAIL.COMTom Hück (born 1971) is an American printmaker best known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. He lives and works in Park Hills, Missouri, 60miles south of St. Louis, where he runs his own press Evil Prints @ Spiderhole Studio. His work is influenced by Albrecht Dürer, José Guadalupe Posada, R. Crumb, and Honoré Daumier. Huck's woodcut prints are included in numerous public and private collections, including the Whitn...2022-12-1653 min