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Art Dealer Diaries PodcastSam Patania: "Legendary Patania Jewelry" Lecture at M. O. Club - Epi. 313, Introduction by Dr. Mark SubletteThis podcast is a recording of a lecture that renowned jewelry artist Sam Patania gave at the Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, AZ.Lecturing on his family of silversmiths to a crowd of Western jewelry collectors, Sam provides background on the techniques, tools, and wisdom passed down from his grandfather (Frank Patania, Sr.) to his father (Frank Patania, Jr.) and then to him.I was honored to have introduced him, and I hope you enjoy the story behind this legendary family tree of silversmiths. This is Sam Patania on Art Dealer Diaries episode 313....
2024-09-2545 min
The Cowboy Up PodcastE2S3 The Legendary Patania FamilyThere are silversmiths, and then there are the Patanias. As third-generation Sam Patania likes to say, beginning with his Sicilian-born grandfather, the artists in his family use jewelry as their canvas. Sam speaks with Russell and Alan about his family’s exceptional silversmithing and design talents and how Patania creations became part of the Smithsonian’s permanent collection.
2022-07-0932 minThe Cowboy Up PodcastE2S3 The Legendary Patania FamilyThere are silversmiths, and then there are the Patanias. As third-generation Sam Patania likes to say, beginning with his Sicilian-born grandfather, the artists in his family use jewelry as their canvas. Sam speaks with Russell and Alan about his family’s exceptional silversmithing and design talents and how Patania creations became part of the Smithsonian’s permanent collection.
2022-07-0932 min
Art Dealer Diaries PodcastArt Dealer Diaries: Podcast Highlights (Part 4) Epi. 157 - Host Dr. Mark SubletteThree years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments.Part four features (in order) Native American jewelry hallmark expert Bille Hougart, museum director and curator Tricia Loscher, 3rd generation silversmith Sam Patania, Western painter and sculptor John Coleman, Jemez Pueblo potter and sculptor Kathleen Wall, and comedy writer/trade blanket expert Barry Friedman.
2021-07-211h 09
Art Dealer Diaries PodcastFrank Patania Jr.: Renowned Santa Fe & Tucson Silversmith (Part 2) - Epi. 108, Host Dr. Mark SubletteFrank Patania Jr. owner of the Thunderbird shop of Santa Fe and Tucson, and the son of Frank Patania Sr. tells the second half of his 87-year story in this edition of the Art Dealer Diaries Podcast. Frank and I spoke for almost 3 hours so this is a two-part podcast with the first portion of the story appearing in episode 107. Part two focuses on Frank Patania Jr's own career and the process behind some of his most important works. We hear about Frank using styrofoam to cast a 9ft tall cross in aluminum and passing the literal and figurative...
2020-07-081h 17
Art Dealer Diaries PodcastFrank Patania Jr.: Renowned Santa Fe & Tucson Silversmith (Part 1) - Epi. 107, Host Dr. Mark SubletteI had an important historical figure on the podcast today, Frank Patania Jr. original owner of the Thunderbird shop of Santa Fe and Tucson, and the son of Frank Patania Sr. tells the story of the lives of three generations of silversmiths. I had Sam Patania, Frank Jr's son on an earlier podcast which you might want to listen to as well. Frank and I spoke for almost 3 hours so this is a two-part podcast with the remainder of the story appearing in episode 108 which is part two. Part one focuses on Frank Sr and their time in Santa...
2020-07-011h 24
Art Dealer Diaries PodcastSam Patania: 3rd Generation Silversmith - Epi. 103, Host Dr. Mark SubletteSam Patania took the time to come to the Medicine Man Gallery Studio for this episode of the Art Dealer Diaries. We've been kinda slow, hunkering down through quarantine, so it was wonderful to spend an hour and talk face to face with an actual human being. One of the best silversmiths in the business, Sam's has an amazing family history. He's a third-generation silversmith whose grandfather, Frank Patania Sr, opened the Thunderbird Shop in 1927 in Santa Fe and not long after that in 1937, came to Tucson. His grandfather was an immigrant with a third-grade education who came from...
2020-06-031h 14