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Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur | Start and Grow Your Own Business1124: PRESERVING CULTURE through entrepreneurship (and a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign!) w/ Nadine ZazaWhat if entrepreneurship could be a tool for preserving cultural heritage? That’s exactly what Nadine Zaza, founder of Culture Crate, is doing. With a background in architecture, human-centered design, and cultural strategy, Nadine has built a mission-driven business that brings intangible cultural heritage to life through experiential learning kits.In this episode, Nadine shares her journey from working with refugee educators to building a business that safeguards cultural traditions—all while successfully launching a crowdfunded Kickstarter campaign. Whether you’re passionate about mission-driven business, crowdfunding, or education, you’ll walk away inspired by her insights on building...2025-05-2233 min
Defining HospitalitySmall But Mighty Hospitality - Sonja Haviland/Haley Mistler - Defining Hospitality - Episode # 173In this episode, Dan Ryan interviews Sonja Haviland and Haley Mistler, Co-Founders of Superette Studio. They discuss their six-year journey in the hospitality design industry, highlighting key projects such as the Napa Valley Lodge and The Lodge at Bodega Bay, the latter of which was awarded Condé Nast Traveler's Reader's Choice - Best Hotel in the World. The duo shares insights on entrepreneurship, their definition of hospitality as the art of making people feel like they belong, and the importance of creative networks. They also touch upon the significance of trust and communication in their partnership, showcasing their nimble a...2024-10-1653 min
The Installation Art PodcastThe Art of Surrender: Beth Lipman’s Intricate Glass InstallationsIn this episode, host Anastasia Parmson interviews celebrated American artist Beth Lipman. The conversation is rich with insights and learning moments, highlighting Lipman's artistic journey, processes, and challenges. Key takeaways include:• The influence of Lipman's creative family, and how growing up surrounded by folk art shaped her practice. • Her shift to creating large-scale glass installations, which often take years to complete.• The collaborative nature of her work, involving other skilled professionals and leveraging residencies and institutional resources.• Exploring themes of temporality, memento mori, and the human condition through her intricate...2024-08-131h 19
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Jon RafmanThis Debates in AI talk features Jon Rafman, an artist renowned for his exploration of digital cultures through video, animation, photography, sculpture and installation. His work, deeply infused with an anthropological point of view, delves into the complexities of life in the digital age, addressing themes of alienation, nostalgia and the quest for connection. Rafman’s notable projects include The Nine Eyes of Google Street View, capturing unexpected moments of humanity within Google Maps, and films like Codes of Honor and Dream Journal 2016–2019 that investigate niche Internet subcultures and personal dreams mixed with mythological and pop culture narratives. His art...2024-05-1650 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Kate CrawfordKicking off the Debates in AI symposium was Kate Crawford. Kate Crawford is a leading scholar of AI, artist, and author of Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. A preeminent expert in the social and political aspects of artificial intelligence (AI), Kate has spent 20 years analyzing data systems, machine learning and AI's impact on society. A research professor at USC Annenberg, senior principal researcher at MSR-NYC and honorary professor at the University of Sydney, she leads at the intersection of technology and justice. Crawford co-founded influential research groups like FATE and the AI...2024-05-161h 30
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Poetics of Computation PanelChristiane Paul (curator of digital art, Whitney Museum of American Art), Taeyoon Choi (co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation), and Dorothy R. Santos (writer, artist, educator) present and discuss the poetics of computation and computational literacy. Clement Valla (RISD professor and Computation, Technology, and Culture coordinator) moderated the conversation.To watch talks from the two-day symposium, head over to AI-Debates.risd.edu. You can also listen to each of them wherever you find your podcasts. Support for the event was from the Divisions of Liberal Arts, Experimental and Foundation Studies, and Architecture & Design, as well...2024-05-1638 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Taeyoon ChoiTaeyoon Choi spoke on the final panel of the RISD Debates in AI symposium, Poetics of Computation. Taeyoon is an interdisciplinary artist who intertwines science, technology and human interaction through programming, drawing and writing. His work, including collaborations with artists like Christine Sun Kim and organizing the Code Ecologies conference with Nabil Hassein and Sonia Boller, highlights the environmental and societal impacts of technology. His contributions have been showcased globally, from the New Museum to the Shanghai Biennale, and supported by the Open Society and Knight Foundations. Choi, a co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation, has significantly influenced...2024-05-1620 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Dorothy R. SantosDorothy R. Santos (she/they) was part of the Poetics of Computation panel. Dorothy is a multidisciplinary Filipino-American storyteller, poet, artist and scholar with a PhD in film and digital media from UC Santa Cruz. Their work spans voice recognition, assistive tech and feminist media histories, among other areas. Santos has exhibited at notable venues like Ars Electronica and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and her writing is featured in publications such as Art in America and Vice Motherboard. Currently, they are a visiting assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz, contributing to the Everett Program for Technology and...2024-05-1615 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Christiane PaulKicking off Debates in AI's final panel of the day, Poetics of Computation, was Christiane Paul. Paul is an acclaimed writer and curator specializing in new media arts, honored with the Thoma Foundation’s 2016 Arts Writing Award in Digital Art. Her key publications include A Companion to Digital Art and Digital Art, among others. As the adjunct curator of digital art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, she has curated such significant exhibitions as Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools and is behind artport, the museum’s Internet art platform. Paul’s curatorial projects extend internationally, with notable exhibitions such as Pro...2024-05-1626 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Cory DoctorowDebates in AI Keynote speaker, Cory Doctorow, is a prolific science fiction author, activist and journalist known for his critical views on Big Tech and surveillance. An advocate for digital rights, he works with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and holds positions as a visiting professor at Open University and UNC’s School of Library and Information Science. Following his lecture he sits down for a conversation and Q&A moderated by Artnet News National Art Critic and author Ben Davis.To watch talks from the two-day symposium, head over to AI-Debates.risd.edu. You can also li...2024-05-161h 11
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: AI + the Artist PanelFor the RISD Debates in AI panel AI + the Artist, contemporary artists Trevor Paglen, Stephanie Dinkins, and Elisa Giardina Papa discuss how their work engages machine learning technology. This conversation is moderated by Griffin Smith (Critic, RISD) and Q&A follows.To watch talks from the two-day symposium, head over to www.AI-Debates.risd.edu. You can also listen to each of them wherever you find your podcasts. Support for the event was from the Divisions of Liberal Arts, Experimental and Foundation Studies, and Architecture & Design, as well as the Fleet Library and the Center for...2024-05-1621 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Stephanie DinkinsIn this episode you'll hear from the artist Stephanie Dinkins who spoke on RISD's Debates in AI panel AI + the Artist. Stephanie is a transmedia artist focusing on race, gender, aging and future histories through AI and social collaboration, aiming for care-based, equitable technological ecosystems. Her work explores AI’s impact on communities of color, emphasizing the importance of stories and cultural perspectives as fundamental societal algorithms. Dinkins, who teaches at Stony Brook University as the Kusama Endowed Chair in Art, advocates globally for inclusive AI globally. She is a 2021 United States Artist Fellow and Knight Arts & Tech Fellow, wi...2024-05-1618 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Elisa Giardina PapaElisa Giardina Papa’s was part of Debates in AI's AI and the Artist panel. Elisa's research-driven art practice seeks forms of knowledge and desire that have been disqualified and rendered nonsensical by hegemonic demands for order and legibility. Through critical yet poetic framing, she works across large-scale video installation, experimental films, and AI-based art projects to draw attention to those parts of our lives which remain radically unruly, untranslatable, and incomputable. Her work has been exhibited at the 59th Venice Biennale, MoMA, Whitney Museum, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, ICA London, Vienna Secession, among others. Giardina Papa is Assistant Professor of Mode...2024-05-1614 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Trevor PaglenIn this episode you’ll hear from the artist Trevor Paglen. Trevor is a multidisciplinary artist known for blending image-making, sculpture, journalism and engineering into his work. His art, which explores themes like state secrecy and artificial intelligence, has been exhibited globally, including at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and the Barbican Centre. Notably, Paglen launched an artwork into orbit and contributed to the Oscar-winning film Citizenfour. He has also created public art for Fukushima’s exclusion zone. Paglen’s contributions to investigative journalism and art have been recognized with awards like the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award an...2024-05-1621 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: What's Work Got to do With It PanelAuthor Brian Merchant ("Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech") and artist/journalist Molly Crabapple ("Brothers of the Gun" and "Drawing Blood") in conversation with Eric Telfort (Department Head, RISD Illustration) at RISD's Debates in AI symposium. To watch talks from the two-day symposium, head over to AI-Debates.risd.edu. You can also listen to each of them wherever you find your podcasts. Support for the event was from the Divisions of Liberal Arts, Experimental and Foundation Studies, and Architecture & Design, as well as the Fleet Library and the Center for...2024-05-1628 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Eric TelfortEric Telfort was part of Debates in AI first panel, What's Work Got to Do With It. Eric is an illustrator and fine artist who earned his BFA in Illustration from RISD and, after working as a production artist in the video game industry, an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Telfort has lectured throughout the US and internationally in Zimbabwe, where he was a Visual Arts Initiative artist in residence. In 2019, he received a Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship to explore creativity in poverty and pursue a personal, independent visual novel. He is an associate...2024-05-1614 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Brian MerchantIn this episode you’ll hear from the writer Brian Merchant who was the first Debates in AI panel, “What’s Work Got to Do With It?” Brian Merchant, a technology journalist and former tech columnist at the LA Times, is widely recognized for his insightful analysis of automation, labor and technology’s environmental impact. Merchant is author of the bestselling The One Device (Little, Brown and Company, 2017) and most recently Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Little, Brown and Company, 2023). This new book explores the Luddites’ misunderstood uprising and the modern implications of tech depl...2024-05-1614 min
RISD Debates in AIRISD Debates in AI: Molly CrabappleIn this episode you’ll hear from the artist Molly Crabapple who was on Debates in AI first panel, “What’s Work Got to Do With It?” Molly’s written and illustrated for the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, and so many more. Last year, she told us about the time she took a whirl on the text to image generator Dall-e. She typed in: Syrian city destroyed by war drawn by Molly Crabapple. And all of a sudden drawings popped up that looked like half-baked versions of her work. Seeing these image...2024-05-1612 min
Designed this waySomnath Bhatt | Visual Arts • Graphic DesignSomnath Bhatt is a designer, artist, and writer who lives between Ahmedabad and New York City. His work has been shown at MoMA PS1, Art Week Dubai, India Art Fair, the ICA London, and Mécènes du Sud Montpellier-Sète, among other venues. Selected clients include Instagram, the New York Times, The New Yorker, Reebok, HYEIN SEO, and the musicians Nicolás Jaar and Mitski. Currently he is an Art Director at Bloomberg. He also works as a contributing editor at MOLD Magazine and AIGA Eye on Design. Somnath believes in the power of the unseen, the chaos of myth...2023-01-231h 39
People, Place, & PurposeMermaids + Madeleines: Heather Auclair-WelchHeather Auclair-Welch is the owner of Mermaids and Madeleines, and while she originally hails from Southwest Harbor in Maine and got her start selling artfully decorated rocks as a kid, now she calls Massachusetts home and creates coastal-inspired jewelry and art. The brand evokes positivity, and feelings of calm and joy reminiscent of being near the ocean on a beautiful day. A self-proclaimed introvert making her way as a business leader sharing her brand and her creations with the world, Heather shares so many powerful insights during our conversation. You’re going to walk away inspired! Where yo...2022-11-2147 min
rizdeologyS3E0: Defining a CommunityHow do you define the RISD community? In this episode, we went to the RISD Beach and asked students to offer their perspectives. This season, we want to explore what "community" means at this school through student spaces on campus and the community members supporting them. Email us at rizdeology@risd.eduProduced by Olivia Schroder, Sofia Carrera-Britten, and Zora GambergMusic by Podington BearSponsored by the Fleet Library at RISDReach us on Instagram @rizdeologySeason 3 produced by Olivia Schroder and Zora Gamberg. Sound editing b...2022-10-2618 minPeople, Place, & PurposeTiny Farmhouse: Amy McCoyAmy McCoy is the Creative Director, Illustrator, and Founder of Tiny Farmhouse based in southeastern Massachusetts, right near the Rhode Island border. She has spent her career as a Freelance Broadcast Producer, but loves being an artist, traveling, growing her own food and raising animals, spending time in nature, and thinking about sustainability. In this episode, she references numerous times how she wants her uniquely designed tea towels, aprons, greeting cards, notebooks, market totes, and more, to make people happy! Where you can find Tiny Farmhouse:- Website: http://www.tinyfarmhouse.com- Instagram: http...2022-04-0456 min
The Abstract AthleteS6E11 - Don HasselbeckJoin the art professor, Ron Johnson (Virginia Commonwealth University) for episode eleven of season six with artist, creative, and former Tight end for the Colorado Buffalos, nine year NFL vet and Super Bowl Champion with the Los Angeles Raiders, Don Hasselbeck. Together they will discuss Don's football and art careers and how where they intersected.This episode will discuss his incredible paintings and his ideas and thoughts involved in creating such dynamic work.For information on Don Hasselbeck please visit:instagram.com/donhasselbeckartist/?hl=enFor more information Don visit:2022-04-041h 23
The Wise Fool Art PodcastPeter Hay Halpert, Art Collector + Private Art Dealer (USA)We discuss:
- his dog Polar Bear
- being a professor
- generalist versus specialisation
- commodities trading
- building relationships
- collecting photography
- difficulties of running a gallery
- publishing a book
- editing your work
- portfolio reviews
- estate planning
- photographic editions
- editions as a marketing tool
- the concept of rarity
- the benefits of scarcity
- the importance of listening to advice
https://www.phhfineart.com
People + Places mentioned:
- Artist Salary in Ireland - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2-000-irish-artists-will-get-state-salaries-we-should-do-the-same-here-pqw3gf2qv
- Helen Denerley - https://helendenerley.co.uk
...2022-02-082h 14Podcast | The Wise Fool Art PodcastPeter Hay Halpert, Art Collector + Private Art Dealer (USA)We discuss:
– his dog Polar Bear
– being a professor
– generalist versus specialisation
– commodities trading
– building relationships
– collecting photography
– difficulties of running a gallery
– publishing a book
– editing your work
– portfolio reviews
– estate planning
– photographic editions
– editions as a marketing tool
– the concept of rarity
– the benefits of scarcity
– the importance of listening to advice
https://www.phhfineart.com
People + Places mentioned:
– Artist Salary in Ireland – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2-000-irish-artist...2022-02-082h 14
Podcast | The Wise Fool Art PodcastMatthew Szösz - Sculptor who loves glass + Educator (USA)We discussed:
– living a story filled life
– the lose of the middle class
– his love of chaos
– teaching art
– having a willingness to fail
– the art market is a con job
– universal basic income
– having a known signature style
– Craft artist
– artist residencies
People + Places mentioned:
– Rhode Island School of Design – RISD – https://www.risd.edu
– Corning Museum of Glass – https://home.cmog.org
– Traver Gallery – https://www.travergallery.com/artists/matthew-szosz/
– Duane Reed Gallery – https://www.duanereedgallery.com/matthew-szosz
https://www.matthew...2022-01-201h 20