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| 20 Apr 2021 | Carolina Red Clay w/ printmaker Rashaun Rucker | 01:01:52 | |
We’re kicking off a new season of Studio Noize with artist and printmaker Rashaun Rucker! Rashaun recently debuted a new body of print work called Up From the Red Clay at M Contemporary Art in Detroit. In a series of linocut prints, monoprints, and drawings Rashaun prints the stories of his family. Using photographs from his grandma he reveals the layers of history, life, and love that exist in Warrenton, NC. JBarber and Rashaun reminisce about living in rural North Carolina and get into all the printmaking nitty-gritty details. Episode 108 topics include: What makes relief printmaking the preferred way to tell these Southern stories How artists should think about making work Honoring the people you love in your art Printing linocut editions at home Why community is so important in small, rural towns The payoff in the process of making work See more: www.rashaunrucker.com + @ruckerarts Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Become a patron of Studio Noize: | |||
| 27 Apr 2021 | The Power of Passion w/ artist Evita Tezeno | 01:00:08 | |
Evita Tezeno takes a break from selling out shows to talk with the Noize! JBarber caught Evita before she flew out to the closing of her solo show “Better Days” at Lois De Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles to talk about new series of work and her long career in art. She tells us about the dream that changed her work, the courage it took to go full time as an artist, and how she gets all the wonderful textures into her collages Episode 109 topics include: sketching and drawing as a practice dealing with multiple galleries the problems with making larger art working with celebrity clients making a living off your passion Evita Tezeno Port Arthur, Texas native, and graduate of Lamar University. Her works of art consist of collages with cubism influences. Her bold use of color, texture, and shape are the core of her collages. Inspired by images that she sees in her sleep, Evita translates these visions through mixed media, combining handmade papers, acrylic paints, and found objects. Pulling from experiences and children’s stories, she creates whimsical images that provoke laughter, thought and help to enrich the soul. Evita’s work has been commissioned by the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Dallas’ Deep Ellum Film Festival, the 30th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. See More: www.evitatezeno.com + @evitatezeno Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio
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| 04 May 2021 | Asking Better Questions w/ artist Juan Logan | 01:09:35 | |
This week the one and only, Juan Logan, joins Studio Noize! Juan is an incredibly prolific and creative artist whose work touches on all kinds of materials and issues. Using his head symbol he has created paintings, sculptures, installations, prints, and videos questioning America’s status quo and expressing his thoughts on the Black experience. We talk about Juan’s amazing 7,100 sq ft studio, how he is constantly working, the various levels of meaning to the symbols he uses, and how his passion for art translates to his collecting. Episode 110 topics include: creating work in a series exploring different mediums and materials using symbols to discuss heavy subjects the reasons to collect art the real-life effects of racial bias handling a shipping disaster how studio space affects your art practice Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan now lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life. See More: www.juanlogan.com + @juan.logan Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 11 May 2021 | Art + Life w/ artist Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell | 01:17:20 | |
Welcome, Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell to the Studio Noize fam! Zsudayka is living her best art life in DC with her artist husband, James Terrell, her artsy kids, her art practice, and recently became vice president of Black Artist of DC (BADC). She has done murals, art commissions, and much more to support herself and keep living her dream. We get into some great stories about her growth from not knowing what an artist's call was to collaborating with her husband and building her practice over the years. Episode 111 topics include: working on art commissions navigating galleries as a Black artist the art scene in DC collaborating on art with your spouse being an artist, a wife, and a mother mentorship/growing as an artist making it through the pandemic as an artist making proposals for an art show Zsudayka Nzinga is a self-taught artist. She specializes in curating art exhibitions and arts-based special events. She has curated with a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and helps other artists create flourishing art careers. See More: www.terrellartsdc.com + @zsudayka Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 18 May 2021 | Expressing Blackness w/ artist Jamaal Barber | 01:09:01 | |
It’s a special episode of Studio Noize with guest host Lauren Jackson Harris, co-founder of Black Women in Visual Art, talking to your boy, JBarber, about his MFA thesis show FULLNESS. Jamaal recently finished his three-year program in printmaking at Georgia State University. His thesis show is a collection of paintings produced during the quarantine and reflects a new mindstate in how he approaches art. Lauren and Jamaal talk about the difference in the work from his first solo show, Bright Black, to this body of work after grad school, how the pandemic affected Jamaal’s art practice, the personal healing that happened during this journey, and much more. Episode 112 topics include: academia versus the art market going back to school ways of visualizing Blackness father and son relationships growing as an artist artistic influences examining your art practice teaching art overcoming artistic insecurities how the pandemic affected creativity Jamaal Barber is a creative imaginative soul who was born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking and made it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed media prints can be seen on display at ZuCot Gallery. They have also been included in the Decatur Arts Festival, Atlanta Print Biennial Show and at various art shows around the Metro Atlanta area. Additionally, Jamaal has done work for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America and Emory University. See More Jamaal: www.jbarberstudio.com + @jbarberstudio See More Lauren: www.blackwomeninvisualart.com + @ljacksonharris Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 25 May 2021 | Special Editions w/ printmaker Leslie Diuguid | 01:11:49 | |
You know we love our printmakers on Studio Noize! We’re excited to talk to Leslie Diuguid from Du-Good Press out of New York. She is about to open her retrospective show at Subliminal Projects on June 5. It features 80 plus print works she’s produced at Du-Good so it’s a perfect time to connect with Leslie. She tells us about operating her print studio out of her basement and her big quest to get a new studio space. We talk about some of the dope artists she has worked with, adventures in screenprinting, and focusing on knowing what you want your practice to be. It’s another inspiring, super fun episode of the Noize! Episode 113 topics include: art studio spaces collaborating with artists methods of printmaking growing as an artist Black Women of Print artistic influences producing work the value of artistic labor believing in yourself as an artist In 2017 Leslie Diuguid established the first and only Black Female owned Fine Art Printshop in New York and collaboratively prints for artists, designers, illustrators, and galleries. See More: www.du-goodpress.com + @dugoodpress Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 01 Jun 2021 | Photography and More w/ gallery owner Arnika Dawkins | 01:01:02 | |
Gallery owner, photographer, and collector Arnika Dawkins joins the Studio Noize podcast. Arnika has been operating Arnika Dawkins Gallery since 2012 and specializes in photographic fine art. She represents an outstanding group of photographers and artists with photo-based work. We talk about what got her to create her own gallery, her love for photography in all its different forms, and discuss some of the fantastic artists that she represents. Such as Ervin A Johnson, Builder Levy, Keris Salmon, and Najee Dorsey. She lets us know what makes a good photograph and how she sees herself operating as a Black woman gallery owner in the art world. Episode 114 topics include: photographic techniques starting an art gallery Ervin A Johnson’s technique developing an eye as a collector expanding the medium of photography history and photography Keris Salmon’s photography and letterpress expression in imagery Arnika Dawkins Gallery is devoted to presenting fine art from both emerging and established photographers, specializing in images by African Americans and of African Americans. The gallerist is passionate about connecting collectors to artwork that is significant, inspiring, and provocative. As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. The gallery's objective is to provide an educational platform that supports this burgeoning community of talented artists. See More: www.adawkinsgallery.com + @arnikadawkinsgallery Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 08 Jun 2021 | Beyond the Body w/ artist Alexis McGrigg | 01:07:22 | |
Alexis McGrigg joins the Studio Noize fam! This week we talk to Alexis who is showing her new show, The Ether: Journey In Between, at Richard Beavers Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. Alexis talks about the revelations and experimenting that went into developing this new body of paintings. We talk about her choice of materials, her process, and the ideas of space and Black existence that she explores in her work. Of course, talk about a few of JBarber’s favorites from the show and some of her previous work that connects to this new conceptual theme. Alexis is looking good, feeling good and ready to talk with the Noize! Episode 115 topics include: working with a gallery moving away from the figure developing an abstract painting conceptual ideas experimenting with materials working with fabric dyes changes during graduate school exploring new work Alexis McGrigg is a contemporary artist who explores themes of blackness, space, spirituality, identity, and collective consciousness. Her artwork utilizes the mediums of painting, drawing, transmedia, and installation to create fictional and philosophical narratives of black existence that stems from historical and lived experiences. She integrates poetry, sound, and performance in her practice as major contributors of influence throughout her research. Alexis earned her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting from Mississippi State University in 2012 and a Master of Fine Art with a concentration in Painting and Transmedia from Texas Tech University in 2017. See More: www.alexismcgrigg.com + @alexismcgrigg Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 15 Jun 2021 | Black Futurity w/ scholar & curator Dr. Tiffany E. Barber | 01:16:21 | |
Studio Noize welcomes Dr. Tiffany E. Barber to the fam! (no relation to your boy JBarber) Tiffany is a scholar, curator, and critic that has done some great work around the ideas of Afrofuturism. We talk about the roles of Black artists, her work on and with Wangeshi Mutu, how studio visits help her with curating, and her love of dance. We’re always excited to have high-level conversations about art with the scholars that are thinking about Black art. Another great conversation just for you. Episode 116 topics include: defining Black art, the complexities of Afrofuturism, Wangechi Mutu and Mary Sibande, studio visits with artists, curating exhibitions, how artists approach art, social media algorithms and art, artists getting recognized. Tiffany E. Barber is a scholar, curator, and critic of twentieth and twenty-first century visual art, new media, and performance. Her work, which spans abstraction, Afrofuturism, dance, fashion, feminism, and the ethics of representation and aesthetic criticism, focuses on artists of the Black diaspora working in the United States and the broader Atlantic world. She is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Art History at the University of Delaware. She has completed fellowships at ArtTable, the Delaware Art Museum, and the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies. During the 2021-2022 academic year, Dr. Barber will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Getty Research Institute. See More: www.tiffanyebarber.com + @tiffanyebarber Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 22 Jun 2021 | Spirituals Tell the Story w/ painter Aaron Henderson | 01:06:37 | |
Aaron Henderson has been making art for over 50 years and he has a lot of great info to share with the Studio Noize listeners. Mr. Henderson has a new book about his long-running series based on negro spirituals. The book is called Fight On: A Visual Interpretation of African American Spirituals. It features not only his amazing paintings but also the written lyrics of the spirituals and essays by a few academics and historians. We talk about his research into the spirituals and how his life experience influences his paintings. Mr. Henderson tells us about making the new book, how he picked his models, and some great moments that happened while creating this series. Get ready to soak up some good knowledge on this episode. It’s the Noize! Episode 117 topics include: origin of African American spirituals region language in slavery interpreting negro spirituals researching spirituals stories of descendants of slavery kum ba yah young poets creating spirituals painting narratives making an art book the work of Black artists Aaron F. Henderson, a native of Birmingham, Ala., has been an artist all his life. The self-proclaimed narrative artist has always loved to draw and paint. For him, it is the story behind each piece of artwork he has done that motivates him to capture the realism, the emotion, the character, and the settings. He works mainly in oils and gouache on canvas, linen, and 100% cotton paper using bold, vibrant colors in his artwork that is showcased in exhibits, museums and corporations, and homes around the world. Henderson has distinguished himself with his Spiritual Series, which is a series of more than 50 pieces over the past 5 years based on his student work-study job as the audio recorder for the world-renowned choir of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala. He is always working on a series, which encompass a range of images, including pieces dedicated to the legend of Ganga Zumbi, Afrolantica, which provides a view into his interpretation of paradise. Another series, Music, includes his depiction of the Jazz influence on our culture. See More: www.zucotgallery.com + AJC feature on Aaron Henderson Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 13 Jul 2021 | Inward with curator Jasmine Wilson | 00:37:52 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. Jasmine is an amazing young emerging curator who has interned at the Studio Museum in Harlem and at ZuCot Gallery in Atlanta GA. Jasmine talks about her time in the curatorial fellowship, how she’s working to develop her artistic voice, and the process of creating this exhibition. Consider this the beginning of the mini-artist talk for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. Big thanks to Kaylan Buteyn and Pam Marlene Taylor for including Studio Noize as a partner. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Jasmine Wilson IG Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 15 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Julia Terry | 00:26:47 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with paper cut artist Julia Terry. She talks about what she learned about herself working during the pandemic, how her children responded to her working at home and how she approached doing self-portraits. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Julia Terry IG Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 16 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Jasmine Best | 00:24:41 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Jasmine Best. She talks about her pandemic experience, what she learned about herself making her work and how she approaches self-portraits. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Julia Terry IG Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 16 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Kayleah Aldrich | 00:26:07 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Kayleah Aldrich. She took a break from all the big fun teaching at a summer camp to let us know about her work from the show, growing up doing dancing and taekwondo, and how art helped her through the pandemic. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Julia Terry IG Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 16 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Ann Dawkins | 00:25:01 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Ann Dawkins. She talks about her personal battles with chronic pain, the lessons she learned working in the pandemic, and her new journey as a full-time artist. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Julia Terry IG Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 20 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Traci Mims | 00:27:45 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Traci Mims. She talks about her self-portrait work including all the iconography she uses in the pieces, how she handled creating in the pandemic and looking back on old work. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Traci Mims IG @traci_mimsartist Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 21 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Meredith Elder | 00:27:45 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Traci Mims. She talks about her self-portrait work including all the iconography she uses in the pieces, how she handled creating in the pandemic and looking back on old work. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Meredith Elder IG @meldera Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 22 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Lillian Chun | 00:26:45 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Lillian Chun. She talks about her relationship to time, making art at home during the pandemic, and how she uses herself as a subject of her work. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Lillian Chun IG @lillian___chun Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 27 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Krista Dedrick-Lai | 00:26:45 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Krista Dedrick-Lai. She talks about dealing with her diagnosed mood disorder, expressing her feeling using art, and her interesting method of painting. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Krista Dedrick-Lai IG @krista_dedrick_lai Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 27 Jul 2021 | Inward with artist Roanna Tella | 00:23:42 | |
In partnership with Stay Home Gallery, I present Inward, a virtual exhibition curated by Jasmine Wilson, one of the 2021 curatorial fellows. You should think of these special episodes as mini-artist talks for the virtual exhibition. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be dropping mini-episodes featuring all the artists in the show talking about their inspiration and artistic process. In this episode, we talk with artist Roanna Tella. She talks about the quarantine experience in Lagos, Nigeria where she is based. Roanna lets us know about the ways her art helped her cope with anxieties, working in watercolor, and how colors express her ideas. Check out the show at https://www.stayhomegallery.com/exhibitions/inward and listen to the episodes to hear more. As an exhibition inspired by our collective isolation and intimate encounters with ourselves, Inward centers the work of artists who confront their beauty, identity, and personal struggles through portraiture. This gesture to explore the inner Self, particularly during the global pandemic, is personal in nature and inspired me to call upon this group of artists to provide a visual opening into their inner worlds. The artworks included in this exhibition feature artists’ battles with anxiety and illness, as well as their transcendence of chaos and feelings of inner peace while surrounded by family and loved ones. By centering their narratives, it is my goal to inspire critical discourse surrounding the lessons and realizations that surface as a result of our individual reckoning with the need to transform amid moments of uncertainty and change. See More: Inward Virtual Exhibition + Roanna Tella IG @roannatella Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 03 Aug 2021 | Seeing Abstraction w/ artist Jamele Wright Sr. | 01:08:02 | |
Jamele Wright Sr. joins the Studio Noize family! Your boy JBarber is back from vacation and is live in the studio talking abstraction with Jamele. He tells us about his turn to abstraction and how seeing a piece by Clyfford Still gave him the breakthrough that he needed. Jamele talks about his family history that inspired his series In Transit and how all the textures, color,s and materials tell a much larger story about the Black experience. Great in-person in-studio vibes today on the Noize. You can even hear the fan going so you know it’s real! Listen, subscribe and share! Episode 118 topics include: New York living switching materials origins of Jamele’s abstraction Black migration creating a new practice studio space Born and raised in Ohio, at the age of 22 Jamele Wright, Sr. moved with his family to Atlanta, Georgia. While raising a family Jamele produced art, jazz, and poetry events throughout Atlanta. Realizing that there were many young artists not being represented he started a gallery called Neo-Renaissance Art House. After curating the gallery for over a year Jamele was inspired to pursue his own artistic career. After a number of solo and group exhibitions, Mr. Wright graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in Art History. He concentrated on African and African American Contemporary Art. Jamele graduated with Masters of Fine Art from School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. He completed a fellowship at Project for Empty Spaces in Newark, New Jersey. See More: September Gray Art Gallery +Jamele Wright Sr. IG: @jamelewrightsr Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 10 Aug 2021 | Mission Driven w/ creative director Jonell Logan | 01:03:25 | |
Studio Noize is back with none other than the creative director of the McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Jonell Logan. Jonell is an amazing accomplished woman that exemplifies exactly the type of leadership we need in these arts organizations. She talks with your boy JBarber about her career in the arts leadership that includes the Whitney Museum of Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American History and Culture. Jonell gives us insight into what curators expect and want out of a studio visit, what she sees as her role in the arts ecosystem, and why she’s driven to do the work that she does. Listen, subscribe and share! Episode 119 topics include: leadership in arts organizations the McColl Center for Art + Innovation working in institutions thoughts on curating artists making work talking to curators good studio visits Jonell Logan is an independent curator and arts advocate dedicated to supporting artists, transforming communities, and creating accessible creative spaces. Jonell is the founder of 300 Arts Project, an arts consulting company that supports community engagement, equity and diversity in arts via training, strategic planning, and exhibitions. 300 Arts has partnered with a number of organizations including Advent Co-Working, Charlotte, North Carolina; the National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia and the UTSA Institute of Texan Culture, San Antonio, Texas to develop programs and exhibitions that serve creatives, neighborhoods, and museum-goers from diverse backgrounds. See More: McColl Center for Art + Innovation + Jonell Logan IG: @jonell_logan Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 17 Aug 2021 | Be Your Own Artist w/ artist Dr Imo Nse Imeh | 01:06:24 | |
Our guest this week is Dr. Imo Nse Imeh professor of art and art history at Wayne State University. Imo is an amazing draftsman that intertwines his drawing practice with his art history practice. We get to the love and passion behind his amazing drawings including his Benediction series. We discuss his approach to teaching in 2021, give a shout-out to the people that inspired Imo to pursue art history, and how his commitment to making and drawing manifested during his time at Yale University. It’s a great conversation that highlights the need to follow your own path and be your own artist. Listen, subscribe and share! Episode 120 topics include: teaching in institutions rediscovering your voice the love for art history making space to draw Benediction series racial incidents in academia the beauty of lines painting vs drawing Dr. Imo Nse Imeh is a Nigerian-American visual artist and scholar of African Diaspora art. Presently, he is Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Westfield State University in Massachusetts. He is a Columbia University alumnus, and received his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Art History from Yale University in 2009. Dr. Imeh leverages his practice of visual art and research in art history to investigate historical and philosophical issues around the black body and cultural identity. He has made contributions to visual arts discourse with publications, lectures, and provoking studio art projects that interrogate the ways in which black bodies are imagined, installed, ritualized, and transformed. Recently, his art has been recognized by PBS News Hour, New England Public Media, Orion Magazine, and the contemporary art and culture magazine Art New England. See More: www.imoimeh.com + Imo Nse Imeh IG: @imoimeh Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 24 Aug 2021 | An Affirmation of a Legacy w/ artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson | 01:05:25 | |
We’re celebrating the legacy of Black art today with Napoleon Jones-Henderson, a member of the legendary collective, AfriCOBRA. Napoleon talks with us about the early years of AfriCOBRA and how that experience helped him grow as an artist. We talk about his working with different materials over the years, passing on his knowledge to the next generation, and how he feels looking back at some of the first art shows as a collective all the way up to the celebration of 50 years of AfriCOBRA at the Venice Biennale Listen. It’s great to hear the voice of someone that helped build and continues to build the legacies that we stand on today. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 121 topics include: AfriCOBRA critiques and workshops creative evolution AfriCOBRA at Venice Biennale looking back at the legacy of AfriCOBRA the brilliance of Duke Ellington moving between materials and mediums public art continuing the legacy Napoleon Jones-Henderson was born in 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones-Henderson attended the Sorbonne Student Continuum-Student and Artists Center in Paris, France in 1963 where he was immersed in an independent study program in French Art History and Figure Drawing. Upon returning to the United States, he enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago receiving his B.F.A. degree in 1971. Jones-Henderson went on to earn credits in advanced graduate studies in Fine Arts at Northern Illinois University and earned his M.F.A. degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005. In 1968, during the apogee of the Chicago Black Arts Movement, Jones-Henderson became a member of the Chicago-based artists’ collective called COBRA (Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists). The collective changed its name in 1969 to AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). During the formative years of AfriCOBRA, Jones-Henderson created large pictorial woven tapestries that were included in the group’s important series of exhibitions. In the early 1970s, exhibitions were mounted at the newly founded Studio Museum in Harlem and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He has been an active member of AfriCOBRA since 1969. Jones-Henderson is one of the longest continual active members. In 2011, the documentary AfriCOBRA: Art for the People was produced by the TV Land Network. The documentary chronicles the history and celebrates the contributions of AfriCOBRA to the 1960s Black Arts Movement. His artwork is in the collections of the DuSable Museum of African American History, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Southside Community Art Center, Hampton University Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of National Center of Afro-American Artists and Studio Museum in Harlem. In addition, his artwork is in distinguished private collections and numerous public art commissions. See More: www.napoleonjoneshenderson.com Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 31 Aug 2021 | Miss Quality and Consistency w/ painter Abi Salami | 01:06:53 | |
Superstar painter Abi Salami joins the Studio Noize fam! JBarber selected one of Abi’s paintings for a show this summer with the I Love Your Work podcast but has been a fan for a long time. Abi has incredible energy and talks about moving from her accounting job to embracing her passion as an artist. We talked about how she developed her style, what fuels her artistic drive, why she’s focused on residencies, and what all artists should take from hearing her personal story in the art world. Hopefully, we’re inspiring some folks today with another great conversation on the Noize. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 121 topics include: winning the Hopper Prize applying for grants 6 weeks residency in Marakesh painting Black women finding your artistic style making yourself unique networking with other artists changing careers left brain vs right brain evolving as an artist Salami is a self-taught artist who explores the uncanny in the everyday. She allows her subconscious and life experiences to inform her paintings. Salami feels compelled to create and capture moments in time and life to express her thoughts and feelings. Salami's work uses a personal lexicon made up of special symbols to explore memory, mental health, and race. Destigmatizing mental illness in African communities is a huge passion for Salami. Salami has been selected for the Jardin Rouge art residency with Montresso Art Foundation in the early summer of 2021. The pieces created during the residency will be included in an exhibition titled BLACK/ness at 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair and curated by artist Dr Fahamu Pecou. She was selected as a candidate of the Saatchi Art 2020 Rising Stars under 35 Class and a 2021 New Voices Top 100 Artists. Her work has been featured on the Washington Post, NBC5 News, FOX16 Morning News, Artsy, D Magazine and Voyage Magazine. See More: www.abisalami.com + Abi Salami IG @abi.m.salami Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 15 Sep 2021 | New Studio. Who dis? w/ JBarber | 00:26:50 | |
You boy JBarber lets you know all the info on the new JBarberStudio/Studio Noize space in Midtown Atlanta! Jamaal was selected as one of the artists in the new Midtown Arts Alliance residency program, Heart of the Arts. He just moved into a new studio space that he will have for the next year. After explaining the crazy life stuff that made this episode so late, he breaks down all the changes happening in his life from his new job as visiting lecturer at Georgia State and all the new things coming with the podcast. As a little bonus, he gives his thoughts on setting up a new art studio space and tries to layout the goals for the next year. We are back for more Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 123 topics include: life emergencies and art new teaching job finding the joy in teaching new studio space Midtown Arts Alliance - Heart of the Arts Residency welcoming visitors to your studio plans for Studio Noize See More: Heart of the Arts Residency + Midtown Arts Alliance IG @midtown_atl Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 21 Sep 2021 | Through the Wire w/ sculptor Kristine Mays | 01:08:37 | |
Kristine Mays has been “breathing life into wire” for a long time. We’re excited to have her on the Noize because she can talk so eloquently about listening to your artistic intuition. Since she started using wire as her main medium she’s been collected and represented across the country. Kristine talks with us about her artistic growth, how she constructs her ethereal forms and we go in-depth on her latest body of work Rich Soil, which is on display at Hillwood Museum through January 9, 2022. It’s great to talk to amazing artists that also listen to the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 124 topics include: heavy gauge wire art artistic intuition imagining 3D space growing up artistic Rich Soil at Hillwood Museum in DC standing out representing your ancestors and history Kristine Mays, a San Francisco native has been an exhibiting artist since 1993. She was the Grand Finale Winner in 2015 of the 5th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series National Competition. This competition not only provided an opportunity to exhibit her work at Art Basel Miami, but she had a solo exhibition at the Scope NYC Art Fair as well and was also afforded a chance to collaborate on a large-scale public mural. Her mural is on the side of the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco on Fillmore and Geary Streets. (It has large wire feathers placed among the portraits that adorn the walls, reflecting the fleeting existence of black jazz musicians in San Francisco.) In 2015 she also participated in the Hearts in San Francisco program, creating a large 400-pound heart for their annual public art installation. The heart spent a few weeks on display in Union Square before going to its final home upon purchase from AT&T. See More: Kristine Mays Website + Kristine Mays IG @ristinemays Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 28 Sep 2021 | Fine Art Chose Me w/ artist Grace Lynne Haynes | 00:59:27 | |
We’re excited to have Grace Lynne Haynes on the Noize! Grace is a wonderful young artist whose career is off to a tremendous start. From working on two magazine covers for the New Yorker, attending Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock residency, to solo shows with Band of Vices and Luce Gallery in Italy, Grace’s career is already some other people’s bucket list. We talk about the underlining concepts of her work and how she’s handling such rapid success. You know your boy can’t help but get a little art nerdy about her materials and relationship to color. It's an all-around great conversation with one of the talented young Black woman artist that is redefining the image of Black women in art. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 125 topics include: creating covers for the New Yorker Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock residency evolving as an artist pursuing an MFA redefining the image of Black women in fine art the meaning of color texture and material in artwork Grace Lynne Haynes is a California born visual artist currently based in New Jersey. She creates lusciously composed paintings containing bright textures and patterns. Intricate moments are juxtaposed against flat, black swaths of paint shaped to represent black female bodies. The artist’s painterly devices lead the viewer to question the very nature of color and how historically symbolic meanings surrounding colors and shades, especially black, are constructed. In Haynes’s work, black appears aspirational, dignified, and sublime. The result is a network of images addressing complex topics and stereotypes surrounding black femininity. Grace Lynne Haynes, an inaugural member of Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Senegal residency, is included in the 2020 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Art & Style. Her first Los Angeles solo exhibition is in March of 2020 at the Band of Vices Gallery, and she will follow it up with a solo exhibition at Luce Gallery in Italy in 2022. Haynes has exhibited at the Ontario Museum of History and Art, Untitled Art Miami, Dallas Art Fair and Paul Robeson Gallery of Rutgers University, Newark. She was a selected artist in Daily Collector’s online article “20 Painter’s Who Are Shaping the Next Decade”, and her work has been published in LA Weekly, New American Paintings, Creative Quarterly, and Culture Type. See More: www.bygracelynne.com + Grace Lynne Haynes IG Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 05 Oct 2021 | Artistic Honesty w/ artist Jesse Howard | 01:05:58 | |
Jesse Howard channels his passion for social issues into his mixed-media drawings and we’re happy to have him on this episode of Studio Noize! We just jump right into the conversation discussing a wide-ranging list of topics from proper critique etiquette, to maintaining gestures in drawings, blending media, and using homeless people as subjects in his work. There is a lot to learn from an artist and that is committed to being honest and revealing truth in his work. Another great art conversation for you. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 126 topics include: critique etiquette the importance of drawing finding your voice working with homeless subjects distorting the figure black women as the foundation of community different ways of teaching Since the 1980s, Jesse Howard’s socially-concerned drawings have focused on the plight of the homeless and the disenfranchised, particularly African Americans in urban environments. Informed by his own unsettling upbringing on Chicago’s West side and his lived experience as a black man, Howard is sensitive to the way these populations are viewed, treated and often dismissed. As the artist explains, “At times, [a black man] is a prisoner within himself and/or the neighborhood he’s trapped in, usually because of his race or circumstances; one could argue that he was dead before birth.” Produced in charcoal, watercolor and collage, his figures are typically distorted, reflecting the pressure and anxiety the individuals feel inside as well as the perceptions and expectations imposed upon them by society. In addition, the physical presence of urban life is often evident through bits of newspaper, receipts or various other scraps affixed to the surface of the portraits. See More: www.jessehowardstudio.com + Jesse Howard IG @stormbeforethecrisis Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 12 Oct 2021 | Live from Atlanta w/ photographer Shoccara Marcus | 01:08:53 | |
Shoccara Marcus is our first in-studio guest to the new Midtown Atlanta location! Shoccara is a fantastic photographer that focuses her camera on dancers. We talk about her background in modern dance and how she got behind the lens capturing movement. She tells us about her love for locations, making some of her favorite series, all her adventure in grad school at Savanna College of Art and Design, and her new project Pose Now Flex, posing cards for photographers and dancers. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 127 topics include: the joy of dancing photographing dancers going to SCAD for grad school traveling and photographing art residency doing the pandemic Point Now Flex dance posing cards finding inspiration in art Shoccara Marcus is self-described as, “Dancer first. Photographer second.” From plies and tendu to snapshots and photo albums, her love for dance would soon find her capturing its fluidity through a different lens. It was at Howard University where she picked up a camera in collaboration with her dancing. She later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, with a minor in Visual Arts-Photography and continued on to obtain her Master of Fine Art degree in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta, GA) Since then she has worked extensively both nationally and internationally. Some of her accomplishments include completing SCAD's study-abroad program in Lacoste, France, as well as, showcasing work at China Jinan International Photography Biennial, Exposition des étudiants in France, Hammonds House, Lucinda Bunnen Selects at Atlanta Photo Group (APG), Gallery 72, Peachtree Avenue, Wa Na Wari, and Museum of Contemporary Art (Atlanta, GA) where images from her series, Choreographing my Past, is part of their permanent collection. See More: www.shoccaramarcus.com + Shoccara Marcus IG @shocphoto Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 11 Jan 2022 | Storytelling w/ printmaker Linda Whitney | 00:56:17 | |
Studio Noize teams up with the good folks at Print Austin to bring you interviews with the winners of the 2022 Print Austin 5x5. This annual juried show features 5 amazing printmakers with a fantastic range of skill and experience. Linda Whitney is a long-time educator and internationally known mezzotinter. We talk about her amazing prints that highlight the movement and magnificent regalia of the powwow, the indigenous dance celebration. Linda talks about her husband and her connection to indigenous culture, the process of mezzotint, and what inspired her work. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode topics include: powwow dancing and regalia mezzotint printing indigenous culture making art about tough subjects teaching in university Print Austin Linda Whitney was born in Minnesota and raised in North Dakota. She began her art career early, earning a first place for one of her woodcuts in 6th grade. As an adult she earned her MFA (University of North Dakota) in art with an emphasis in printmaking. There she developed a reputation throughout the US for her full color intaglio prints and won several awards in juried exhibitions. She was also awarded national grants for her work with abused children, the subject matter of her intaglio prints. In 1994 she was hired as an assistant professor of art and chair of the art department at Valley City State University where she taught a variety of art courses including history, printmaking, theory, painting, drawing and design. She retired as professor emeritus in 2014 and now her focus is on mezzotint printmaking See More: www.lwhitneystudio.com/ Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 18 Jan 2022 | Always Learning w/ printmaker Ryan O’Malley | 01:13:35 | |
Studio Noize teams up with the good folks at Print Austin to bring you interviews with the winners of the 2022 Print Austin 5x5. This annual juried show features 5 amazing printmakers with a fantastic range of skill and experience. Ryan O’Malley is an artist, educator, event organizer, and teaches at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Ryan talks about his philosophy on teaching, how his students have affected his personal work over the years, and how he is finally creating the work he wants. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode topics include: printmaking philosophy creating a good teaching environment working in different print mediums traveling teaching vs personal work Print Austin Ryan O’Malley is an artist, educator, event organizer, and traveler based in Corpus Christi, Texas. He works in a variety of media with a focus on the expansive realm of printmaking. His love of people and process is explored in his ongoing body of work Shapeshifter. Transmuting traditional and technology-driven techniques, O’Malley contrasts their static and dynamic properties and navigates the spaces between precision and imperfection; between the ephemeral, and perpetual. As an artist, educator, and member of the Outlaw Printmakers, his work has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions, publications, and portfolios. He has shown internationally including in Canada, Estonia, Russia, Japan, France China, Mexico, Italy, Latvia, and Iran. His expertise is included in Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process, Second Edition, by Fick and Grabowski, and his work is in numerous collections including the Mint Museum of Art and the U.S. Library of Congress. O’Malley’s commitment to education includes serving as Professor of Art and Graduate Coordinator at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. See More: www.ryanomalleyart.com Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 01 Feb 2022 | Play With Your Art w/ printmaker Sarah Matthews | 01:06:23 | |
Sarah Matthews comes through to kick off season 7 of Studio Noize! Sarah is a printmaker and book artist that uses layering and color to create her wonderfully textured work. She talks about her latest solo exhibition, Overcomer, which is on view at the Annmarrie Sculpture Garden & Art Center from January 15 - February 27. Sarah talks about how the pandemic influenced her work, the different ways she approaches new projects, printmaking as play, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 128 topics include: printmaking creating patterns vs making faces her solo exhibition Overcomer themes in Sarah Matthews practice making art during the pandemic teaching printmaking finding inspiration in art Sarah Matthews is a MA Art & the Book graduate from the Corcoran College of Arts and Design at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Matthews also received an MBA with a Marketing Concentration in 2005 and a BS in Sociology in 2000 from Bowie State University in Bowie, MD. Mrs. Matthews’ work has been exhibited in the US and is a part of the permanent collections of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, George Washington University’s Gelman Library, University of Puget Sound, and Samford University. Mrs. Matthews is currently the Alma Thomas Fellow at the Studio Gallery in Washington, DC. She currently teaches bookbinding and printmaking. See More: https://www.iamsarahmatthews.com + Sarah Matthews IG @iamsarahmatthews Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 08 Feb 2022 | Making Thangs w/ muralist George F. Baker III | 01:04:06 | |
Muralist, George F. Baker III, joins the Studio Noize fam! George is a graphic designer and muralist in the Atlanta area. He’s developed a unique, colorful style and has been doing murals for some of the biggest companies in the world. His clients include Nike, ESPN Gameday, RedBull, Adobe, and MailChimp. George tells us about how he developed his style, how he learned to be good at making murals, and why he feels like he makes work for everyday people. George is also part of the Midtown Alliance Heart of the Arts residency in midtown Atlanta. This was recorded in JBarber’s residency studio. We talk about how he’s using his space. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 129 topics include: developing a style drawing YouTube university getting into murals wild mural projects building a business around your art the Midtown Alliance Heart of the Arts residency George F. Baker III, also known as GFB3, is a Nebraska-born, Detroit Grown, and Atlanta-Raised Creator. Using his instruments of design, illustration, and production, he employs a playful childlike spirit to engage the inner-child we all have. Currently, he is the Creative Director of Foster, a studio-collective striving to make people unafraid to play. See More: https://www.gfbthree.com + George F Baker III IG @gfb3 Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 15 Feb 2022 | A Dash of Culture w/ painter Rae Denise | 01:02:18 | |
Studio Noize welcomes oil painter Rae Denise to the fam! Rae creates wonderful fantasy portraits that blend cultures, mythologies, and narratives. We talk with her about her recent solo show Sisters of Twine and Gold, how she approaches building her audience and exploring new concepts outside of the world we know. Rae shares her process and talks about her switch from digital to physical painting. It’s a great conversation with an amazing young artist Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 130 topics include: digital art vs physical art oil painting creating characters Sisters of Twine and Gold celebrating Black women in visual art details in painting Rae Denise bio “I am a painter and illustrator, residing in Chicago, IL. I spent most of my career freelancing, illustrating children’s books, and producing portraits with a blend of royalty and fantasy. Recently, I have decided that I am more fulfilled and secure in working for myself full time to reach my desired goals. Now, I have more time to paint, explore, and bring my passion projects to fruition. My artwork collectively is a collaboration between my memories, daydreams, and inspirations. I love working with Oils; it gives me the freedom to manipulate and communicate with an array of methods while bridging my love of diverse themes and styles. My practice now solely focuses on amplifying my voice through a series of works infused with fantasy, enriched with culture, and celebrated with nature.'“ See More: https://www.raedenise.com + Rae Denise IG @_rae.denise_ Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 22 Feb 2022 | And Then We Heard Thunder (Live) w/ artist Demetri Burke | 00:59:27 | |
Studio Noize goes live! Painter and artist Demetri Burke called on your boy JBarber to moderate his artist talk for his solo exhibition, And Then We Heard Thunder, at Mint Gallery in Atlanta. The crowd was great and you get to hear Demetri talk about his work in a strong way. We discuss pieces hanging in the show, his process of creating this body of work, and how he’s developing and growing as an artist. Demetri gave some great insights into the work, his interacting with his various mentors like Charly Palmer and Arturo Lindsay, and transitioning out of undergrad into the art world. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 131 topics include: Mint Leap Year artist residency the process of painting the value of mentorship creating a solo exhibition being the subject of a painting learning the art business Demetri Burke is a young artist recently receiving their BFA Degree in Studio Art, Magna Cum Laude, from Georgia State University and is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. His latest highlight includes being featured in the 3rd annual AXA Art Prize Juried Exhibition held in New York Academy of Art, juried by Ian Alteveer, Lauren Haynes, Brett Littman and Eugenie Tsai. He uses mixed media, including charcoal, oil paint, and found images, to express narratives of identity and culture on canvas. Abstraction, montage and realistic rendering are key parts in his creation process. See More: www.dmtriburke.com + Demetri Burkee IG @demetri.stefan Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 01 Mar 2022 | Sacred and Divine w/ theologian Dr. Christena Cleveland | 01:07:08 | |
Welcome back public theologian, writer, and activist Dr. Christena Cleveland to the Noize! Christena’ new book God Is A Black Woman is out now and she returns to the podcast to talk about it. We talk about her journey finding the Black Madonnas, the revelations that come from accepting her sacredness, and how art and theology intersect with our spiritual beliefs. We talk more about her love for art and some of her favorite creators. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 132 topics include: God Is A Black Women book Black Madonnas in France spirituality and art overcoming programmed beliefs Delita Martin Harmonia Rosales accepting your sacredness Christena Cleveland, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal as well as its sister organization, Sacred Folk, which creates resources to stimulate people’s spiritual imaginations and support their journeys toward liberation. An award-winning researcher and former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Christena lives in Boston, Massachusetts. See More: www.christenacleveland.com + Dr Christena Cleveland IG @christenacleveland Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 08 Mar 2022 | Creating the Context w/ curator and writer TK Smith | 01:09:32 | |
Studio Noize bringing in the big guns to discuss the wide world of Black art. In episode 133 we talk to the curator, writer, and cultural historian TK Smith about his work creating and explaining the context in which Black art is produced. We get into his curatorial practice which includes shows at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, GA, and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Tk has written for Art In America, the Monument Lab Bulletin, and Art Papers. He tells us how he reviews shows and what were some of his favorite shows he’s seen recently including the Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse previously on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Its an in-depth conversation with one of the bright young thinkers in contemporary Black art. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 133 topics include: Curating and institutions the importance of networking curating shows Looming Chaos by Zipporah Camille Thompson the Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse writing exhibition reviews exploring the meaning of monuments Smith’s curatorial projects include Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams at the Woodmere Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA. (2021), the 2021 Atlanta Biennial exhibition Virtual Remains at the Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, GA. (2021), and Zipporah Camille Thompson: Looming Chaos at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, GA. (2020). His writing has been published in Art in America, the Monument Lab Bulletin, and ART PAPERS, where he is a contributing editor. In 2021 he was invited to be the inaugural writer-in-residence at the Vashon Artist Residency and, most recently, he was a 2022 recipient of an Andy Warhol Writers Grant. Smith is a doctoral student in the History of American Civilization program at the University of Delaware, where he researches art, material culture, and the built environment. He received his Master of Arts in American Studies and his Bachelor of Arts in English and African American Studies, with a certificate in Creative Writing from Saint Louis University. See More: www.tksmith106.com + TK Smith IG @tksmith106 Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 15 Mar 2022 | Carving Out Time w/ printmaker LaToya Hobbs | 01:08:39 | |
LaToya Hobbs returns to Studio Noize! LaToya has been on an amazing run with her latest work since her last time on the podcast. We catch back up with her in hearing all about her exciting show and successes including the phenomenal Carving Time installation that is currently on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art through April 3. She talks about how she was inspired by Kerry James Marshall to create Carving time and all the levels to this amazing piece. We. talk about how much her work has changed, leaning into what she does, and some of her work with Black Women of Print. Warning we get into all the printmaking nitty-gritty and you know your boy JBarber loves that. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 134 topics include: developing as an artist importance of drawing Carving TIme installation tackling a big project artistic influence Kerry James Marshall Elizabeth Catlett Black Women of Print Black family and legacy LaToya M. Hobbs is an artist, wife, and mother of two from Little Rock, AR who is currently living and working in Baltimore, MD. She received her BA in Painting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and MFA in Printmaking from Purdue University. LaToya’s work deals with figurative imagery that addresses the ideas of beauty, cultural identity, and womanhood as they relate to women of the African Diaspora. She creates a fluid and symbiotic relationship between her printmaking and painting practice producing works that are marked by texture, color, and bold patterns. Her exhibition record includes several national and international exhibits in locations such as the National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL, the Community Folk Arts Center in Syracuse, NY, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL and the Sophia Wananmaker Galleries in San Jose, Costa Rica among others. See More: www.latoyamhobbs.com + LaToya Hobbs IG @latoyahobbs Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 12 Apr 2022 | A Whole New World w/ artist Carla Jay Harris | 00:54:05 | |
LA based artist Carla Jay Harris joins the Studio Noize fam! Carla makes intricate and layered digital art using a unique process to build her narratives. She walks us through her process of creating a series like A Season in the Wilderness which is currently on display at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History. Carla talks about the importance of a process, weaving narratives that let viewers into the story, and making space for her creative work by maintaining her 9 to 5. We’re back with another great episode of the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 135 topics include: digital composite art putting together a series traditional vs digital photography working with a gallery having a job as an artist crafting abstract narratives exploring materials Born in Indianapolis, IN, but raised traveling the world as the child of a military officer, Carla Jay Harris’s social and artistic development was impacted tremendously by the geopolitical and natural environments she encountered. She fervently believes that physical and physiological space has a fundamental, lasting impact on personal identity. While the environment around us is constantly evolving, photography has the power to capture a place or a moment—transforming a flicker in time into a lasting, appreciable statement. Harris’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the California African American Museum, CA; the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA; the Southern, Charleston, SC; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; and the Museum of Fine Arts Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. She has been the beneficiary of several grants and fellowships, including the Hoyt Scholarship, Resnick Fellowship, and a grant from the Pasadena Art Alliance. Harris completed undergraduate coursework at the School of Visual Arts in New York, received her Bachelor’s degree with distinction from the University of Virginia, and her MFA from UCLA in 2015. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. See More: www.carlajayharris.com + Carla Jay Harris IG @carlajayharris Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 19 Apr 2022 | What We Pass Down w/ artist Milton 510 Bowens | 01:07:15 | |
The one and only Milton “510” Bowens joins the podcast to talk about the inspiration behind his signature mixed media work. Milton has been making his painting for over 30 years and still has a big passion for what he does. He’s developed an unmistakable style with his collage paintings. He talks about the professor that inspired him, how he gathers his images, uses text in art to make a statement, and how he uses his work to educate and not just decorate. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 136 topics include: how he got the “510” moniker using Black icons in artwork Basquiat’s influence in art using symbols and text in art being a Black artist why Milton makes art for the people Born and raised in Oakland, Calif., Milton Bowens is the fifth boy of ten children and also the youngest of the ten, that’s the origin of his unique signature Milton 510. Milton’s artistic promise began at the age of five with nothing more than a few pencils and cut-up brown paper bags stapled together and used as sketch paper, thanks to his mother’s ingenuity of making the best of lean times. Milton never lost sight of his humble roots. Discreetly placed on many of his collage works is a piece or strip of brown paper bag a subtle reminder it doesn’t take much to spark creativity. Years later, Milton’s formal art education took off while he attended the Renaissance Art School in Oakland during his junior and senior high school years. Milton is a nationally recognized artist and activist, who has been creating powerful work for the past 20 years. With his unique brand of mixed media paintings, enveloping the viewer as witness, participant, and long-lost relatives. They become reflections on family, life and culture. Having one of his jazz collections “Afro-Classical” was used as a part of a course study on the Harlem Renaissance at Cornell University since 2009. His work was recently featured in Transitions Magazine which is published by Harvard University. Milton 510’s art sparks conversation on art, history, and the times in which we live today his work promises to be as direct, open, and honest as artistically possible. In 2010 Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson appointed Milton as the Arts and Education Spokes Person for Sacramento’s Any Given Child partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Washington D.C. See More: www.milton510.com + Milton Bowens IG @milton510 Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio | |||
| 26 Apr 2022 | Do What You Do w/ artist Clayton Singleton | 01:04:34 | |
We all would want to be in class with Virginia-based artist Clayton Singleton. Clayton joins the Studio Noize fam and has a wide-ranging discussion about his colorful layered artwork, the art community in the Virginia area and the fantastic way that he approaches teaching. He tells us some great childhood stories that feed into reoccurring themes in his work. We talk about his use of adinkra symbols and how he balances his personal work and ideas with his robust portrait commission work. It’s another great conversation on the Noize. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 137 topics include: the Virginia art community adinkra symbols/meaning teaching with passion taking care of family doing portrait commissions the business of art the Soul Finger Project at Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center “You sense what people call passion” when you are around Clayton Singleton. This Virginia resident’s blend of verbal and visual art inspires, motivates and educates. In addition to once being a member of the Hampton Roads National Poetry Slam Team, he has been noted in many publications ranging from The Virginian Pilot to Time magazine. Clayton has created public art, won numerous awards, and produced several solo and group shows including Walking on Paper at ArtWorks gallery, Recent Works: ART INSTALLATION PERFORMANCE at SONO gallery and LOOK BEYOND at d’ART Center @The Selden, which benefited The Autism Society of Tidewater. The Virginia Opera commissioned Clayton to design sets for Porgy and Bess and Freedom’s Journey. Clayton has served as a member of Norfolk's All-City Teaching Team, The d'ART Center Board of Directors and Norfolk Arts Commission. In addition to helping rewrite Norfolk's art curriculum, he produced solo exhibitions DEFINING BEAUTY at The Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, CULTURAL SHIFT at The James Wise Gallery at Norfolk State University, LOVE OF THE GAME at The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum and VALEDICTORIAN which consists of paintings, mixed media and video; an extension of the group show Looking Both Ways: Roots in African American Art at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center. Moreover, Singleton exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, The Chrysler Museum of Art and has co-curated regional group exhibitions such as NOW: African-American Artists in Tidewater. Most recently he produced a solo exhibition FUTURE LOVE PARADISE which toured for two years beginning at Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center and ended at his alma mater Virginia Wesleyan University. See More: www.claytonsingleton.com + Clayton Singleton IG @claytonsingletonartist Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 03 May 2022 | BAIA Block Party w/ Black Art In America | 01:18:01 | |
It’s a special episode of Studio Noize as your boy JBarber, does his man on the street interviews at the East Point Better Block Street Festival. Black Art In America is opening up a brand new headquarters in East Point, GA, and part of that comes with a commitment to be a part of the community. Najee Dorsey, founder of Black art in America, pulled up with a tent, some art, and two artists live painting at the Street Festival. I talked with the folks there and you get a sense of the excitement from the neighborhood, the community leaders, and the artists about how much it means to have the BAIA headquarters, and art in general, be a part of the East Point vibe. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 138 topics include: the new Black Art In America Gallery the value of art in the community how to improve communities living in East Point migration paying homage to the artists that came before us BLACK ART IN AMERICA™ (BAIA) is a leading online portal and network focused on African-American Art with visitors from over 100 countries visiting our site each month and about half a million visitors to our social media pages for Black Art In America™, Garden Art for the Soul, Everythang Black and Do You Basel?™. Black Art In America™, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter comprise our online virtual network and resource. BAIA amplifies thought-provoking commentary on today’s visual arts news from a variety of perspectives, including breaking news, gallery meet-ups, market trends, and profiling leading (and emerging) Black visual artists in the country. In addition, BAIA offers stories about collecting and provides a eNewsletter that helps art enthusiasts worldwide keep up to date on the changing and forever evolving Black visual arts market. See More: www.blackartinamerica.com/ + Black Art In America IG @blackartinamerica_ Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 17 May 2022 | Expressions of Blackness w/ artist Katharen Wiese | 01:07:03 | |
Katharen Wiese returns to the Noize! We love returning guests on Studio Noize especially when they reach new milestones in life that we can celebrate. Kat was admitted into the Yale MFA program for fall 2022! We discuss how she feels and what she is looking forward to in this amazing new journey she’s starting. Kat tells us her thoughts on graduate school for artists, what attracted her to the program and how she plans on interacting in this storied institution. We discuss her latest solo show, I Made the Corn Rows: Portraits of Black Nebraskans, the podcast she created that accompanies it, the Black ID’s podcast, and her feature in Pressing Matters magazine issue 18. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 139 topics include: starting MFA at Yale the experience of graduate school/school for art new solo show, I Made the Corn Rows feature in Pressing Matters magazine Black IDs podcast the intersections of diverse backgrounds research in Kat’s art practice how to approach a painting and printmaking Katharen Wiese (b. 1995, Lincoln, Nebraska) is an artist and a community arts organizer living and working in the historic Everett Neighborhood of Lincoln, NE. She holds a B.F.A. in Studio Art from The University of Nebraska at Lincoln (2018). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions across the state including the Museum of Nebraska Art (2021), Kiechel Fine Art (2020), Lux Center for the Arts (2020), Tugboat Gallery (2019), the Prairie Arts Center (2017), and many more. Her work is a part of the Nebraska History Museum collection and the Thomas P. Coleman print collection at the Sheldon Museum of Art. She was a 2018 nominee for the University of Nebraska Vreeland Howard Award and a four-time award winner of the Kimmel Harding Scholarship for Emerging Arts (2014-2018). Wiese has curated art shows across the state for the past four years with an emphasis on sharing the work of artists of color. Wiese views building an art historical cannon that decentralizes patriarchy and white supremacy as her central work as an artist-curator. Wiese's work analyzes the relationship between power and Blackness related to art history, colorism within media representation, and multiracial individuals. Wiese uses found materials and portraiture to make evident the relationship between identity formation and the material world. See More: www.katwiese.com + Katharen Wiese IG @katharen.wiese Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 24 May 2022 | Rant and Raving w/ JBarber | 00:26:57 | |
It’s been a while since we've had a good ol’ JBarber rant on the Noize! Today it’s just your boy talking about his visit to Fort Dorchester High School and the inspiring experience working with the high school kids. JB talks about the presentation and the feeling he tried to give to the students. He gives his thoughts on his show at Public Works Art Center in Summerville, SC, trying to decipher high schoolers and some thoughts and prayers for the people out in Buffalo, NY Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 140 topics include: teaching art in high school connecting with students staying focused on your art giving permission to enjoy the journey being focused the tragedy in Buffalo, NY Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 31 May 2022 | Raw Passion w/ painter Clarence Heyward | 01:11:57 | |
Welcome painter and collage artist Clarence Heyward to the Studio Noize fam! Clarence has an amazing story about how he became a full-time artist. In the short time, he’s been working he’s gotten museum shows, placed into collections around the country, and has built an art practice that gets him excited to work every day. We talk about doing studio visits, how to paint Black people, and using his family as inspiration for his work. Of course, we talk about the paintings, some of them have some very surprising inspirations. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 141 topics include: teaching art art residencies getting studio visits painting Black people vulnerability and authenticity figuring out what works jumping into art full-time never burning out the importance of family Clarence Heyward (American, b.1983) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He is a painter and collagist whose work explores notions of the Black American experience. His work investigates cultural truths, challenges stereotypes, and questions identity. Clarence believes it's important to "paint his truth" and uses persons of color as subjects in his work as homage to his culture. Beginning his journey as a full-time artist in 2019, he is best known for his dynamic and fresh take on figurative art. Heyward relocated to North Carolina to study Art Education at North Carolina Central University. He has shown his work nationally and has been featured in venues including the 21c Museum of Durham, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for Cultural Arts, the Block Gallery Raleigh, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and (CAM) the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh. Heyward was the recipient of The Brightwork Fellowship residency at Anchorlight, Raleigh in 2020, the Emerging Artist in Residence at Artspace, Raleigh in 2021 and was the 2022 Artist in Residence at NC State University. His work is in the collections of several notable private and public institutions. He currently lives and works in Raleigh, NC. See More: www.clarenceheyward.com + Clarence Heyward IG @clarenceheywardart Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 07 Jun 2022 | Diving Deeper w/ author and artist Glenn Lutz | 01:26:55 | |
Author and multi-disciplinary artist Glenn Lutz joins the Studio Noize fam and has a deep discussion about his new book, There’s Light: Artworks and Conversations Examining Black Masculinity, Identity, and Mental Well-Being. Glenn interviewed a wide range of Black men and examines themes related to Black male identities, sexuality, masculinity, and mental health. There’s Light is a collection of over sixty artworks from contemporary art legends and emerging talents, alongside more than thirty interviews from artists, activists, psychologists, community organizers, authors, musicians, filmmakers, athletes, and lawyers. Including contributions from the late Virgil Abloh, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Mark Bradford, Wyatt Cenac, Barkley Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Steve McQueen, Tyler Mitchell, Darnell L. Moore, Pope.L, and many more. Glenn and JB discuss the themes that thread through the interviews, how Black men deal with trauma, and using art as a tool for healing. This is an amazing project and Studio Noize is excited to giveaway one copy of the book There’s Light. Tune in to the show for details. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 142 topics include: machoism vulnerability of Black men love vs fear running from death accepting who you are using art as a vehicle for healing praise and worship creating a book project Glenn Lutz is a contemporary artist with a multi-disciplinary practice. He released his first book with Simon & Schuster titled, Go F*ck, I Mean, Find Yourself in 2018. In addition to creating books, he works in performance, photography, sculpture, and hip-hop under the moniker Zenn Lu. Lutz’s work examines topics such as identity, spirituality, mental health, and the cause and effect of the injustices faced by the black community. He approaches his craft with questions rather than answers using storytelling as a tool to examine his research interests See More: www.glennlutz.com + Glenn Lutz IG @glenn_lutz Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Dreamland Mixtape w/ painter Roscoe Hall | 01:09:48 | |
Roscoe Hall has spent his time working as a chef and an artist his whole life. On today’s episode of Studio, Noize Roscoe tells us about how much the two worlds blend together and add depth to his mixed media paintings. We talk about his painting materials lists feeling like ingredient lists, how he made it through hustling his artwork, and the need to make paintings after long restaurant days. Roscoe reveals the revelations he had at the Dallas Art Fair this year and where he sees himself going with his work. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 143 topics include: art materials lists building texture in painting personal history influencing artists the Dallas Art Fair selling art being a chef vs being an artist getting into a zone in the studio connecting with other Black artists Roscoe Hall is not only a chef, but also an accomplished artist who works in a variety of media. He was introduced to fine dining at a young age and immediately wanted to get into the kitchen. He started as a dishwasher at a small local restaurant until he landed a job as a line cook at Chez Panisse, where he trained for two years under Alice Waters. He then moved up the culinary ranks learning various cuisines at multiple restaurants in St. Louis and Portland, before heading to New York City to work under Chef David Chang at Momofuku Saam Bar. He later moved to Birmingham, AL and served as Executive Chef for Rodney Scott’s BBQ. With a kick ass wife and two hilarious children, Roscoe recently took on a new role as culinary director for Post Office Pies and is working on an exhibition of his latest art. See More: www.scottmillerprojects.com/exhibitions/roscoe-hall/ + Roscoe Hall IG @artisticmisfits Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 21 Jun 2022 | A Relationship With Color w/ artist Reginald Laurent | 01:10:55 | |
Abstract artist Reginald Laurent joins the Studio Noize fam! Reginald has been creating his colorful, energetic paintings for over 30 years and developed his signature style along the way. We talk about how he set up his practice while working a corporate gig, his approach to color, and the role of experimenting in his art. Beyond discussing his work and his various series, we get into what Reginald calls his unintentional legacy which is his teaching engagements. He does zoom sessions with schools elementary through high school and leads them in art projects based on his paintings. We talk about some of the wonderful messages and artwork he’s created with the students since leaving his corporate gig behind and finally getting to do what he loves full-time. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 144 topics include: living harmoniously with color being productive value as an artist unintended legacy of art wood assemblages teaching engagements controlling narratives the domino effect being God lead as a creator Reginald Laurent’s artist statement: My art imitates life because it is representative of the diversity and inclusion of every culture, the backbone of what makes the world such an interesting place. The artistic irony and true narrative are reflected in the various stages during the execution of my process. My creations go through a regentrification process, and the intended result is a multi-cultural amalgamation of color that can be universally appreciated. My canvas is the only place I know where every color can exist in perfect harmony yet maintain its own individuality. It is the only place I know where I can mix, manipulate and integrate beautiful pigments and hues of colors, and every single color is equally significant. Each color has its own place and space and purpose and complements, respects and adds to the totality of the work. I try to do on canvas what we can’t seem to do on earth. See More: www.laurentoriginals.com/ + Reginald Laurent IG @laurentoriginals Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 28 Jun 2022 | Work the Magic w/ painter Lanise Howard | 01:07:46 | |
Fresh from her opening at Seasons LA, we got the amazing Lanise Howard on the Noize! Lanise’s work ranges from portraiture to large allegorical figurative paintings. Her new show And Then They Heard the Wind is another step in her evolving and experimenting with new work depicting her characters in transition. She talks about building the narratives in her new works, how she developed her technical skill to match her sense of color, channeling negative experiences into art, and vibing out in the studio. Lanise opens up about the narrative behind a few of JB’s favorite pieces too. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 145 topics include: creating references for paintings a sense of color nuance in painting experimenting in the studio art school experiences social media and art Makidada “And Then They Heard the Wind” at Seasons LA Lanise Howard’s artist statement: My name is Lanise Howard. I am interested in the analogous world, hidden histories, and the digital space. My work ranges from portraiture to large allegorical figurative paintings. The work often lies in-between differing states of being. I aim to create new spaces through paint, where the viewer can become transported. I often think about the analogous world; one which is related to our own, but can be a space of new possibility. In my experience as an African American woman, I find myself thinking of an alternative to that experience, one rooted in the necessity to rewrite history. The idea of change then becomes an element of the work, enacted through the dreamed space. My work often presents hypotheses and tries to offer possible answers, through engagement and inquiry. I am primarily interested in the figure and landscapes. Elements of realism and abstraction juxtapose against each other, in order to offer a peek into the in-between, beyond what we can usually see. I am ebbing towards this space of the in-between and the analogous, finding ways to help construct it materially. See More: www.lanisehoward.com + Lanise Howard IG @lanise_howard_studio Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 12 Jul 2022 | In the Quiet Spaces w/ printmaker Deborah Grayson | 01:10:28 | |
The wonderful Deborah Grayson joins the Studio Noize fam! Deborah is a printmaker artist in Baltimore, MD, and has been making work about the intersection of science and race. We dive into the deep in with some printmakers talk about ink and process but we explore her work that includes extensive research, drawing, and multiple print processes. Deborah talks about how she expresses herself in her work, moving her body when you are working, and creating worlds for Black people. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 145 topics include: working inside out printmaking processes ink tips recovering from trauma Black women experiences hidden history creating worlds for Black people project management skills Salt Eaters Using vernacular, ethnographic and medical photographs from the early 20th century as source material, Deborah Grayson examines historical archives to trace Black women’s life-stories. Moving between figuration and abstraction, the historical and the intergalactic, the spiritual and the profane, Grayson uses printmaking (e.g. etching, woodcut, screenprinting) and drawing to re/animate the rich but neglected and sometimes quiet stories of Black women's lives. In her work Grayson builds an archive of images and artifacts that reflect Black women’s experiences and expressions of love, desire, ambition, hunger, vulnerability, spirituality, fear and joy. In particular, Grayson is interested in examining both quiet and silence as modes of Black women’s expressiveness and what they both reveal and protect about the inner lives of Black women in order to enable a more nuanced understanding of their lives. Ink, graphite, wood and paper are among the tools Grayson finds useful to do this creative and documentary work. The detailed work of carving, etching and drawing, combined with the variety of ways she presents color, volume, tone and texture, allows Grayson to contribute to the cultural production among artists and thinkers interested in creating an archival imaginary – an imagination of the future that is conceived through what was possible in the past – to envision narratives about Black women’s lives that are neither violently annotated nor redacted. Following Caswell and others, rather than just “documenting a more diverse past based on identities of the present,” Grayson’s work focuses on connecting the untold or misinterpreted stories of Black women’s histories to craft different trajectories for the present and future. See More: www.graysonstudios.com + Deborah Grayson IG @graysonstudios Follow us: Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 19 Jul 2022 | Afro-Atlantic Histories w/ curator Kanitra Fletcher | ||
Today we focus on the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. This phenomenal show originally debuted at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil, and is now being exhibited at the NGA. We talk with Kanitra Fletcher, associate curator of African American and Afro-diasporic art at the NGA, about this brilliant massive show. Kanitra talks about the basis for the show and her part in curating the exhibition, Black portraiture, and the lesson that can be learned from the exhibit. Since your boy JBarber could only study the beautiful catalog we thought it would be great to hear a first-hand experience of the show from another curator, Studio Noize fam, Lauren Jackson Harris. Two brilliant Black women in one episode of the Noize. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 147 topics include: Afro-Atlantic Histories at the National Gallery of Art connecting hidden histories the journey of enslaved people Black portraiture curating at the NGA experiencing an exhibition relating to work from the past capturing history Kanitra Fletcher is an American curator and art historian currently working as associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Named to her role in January 2021 after serving as an associate curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Fletcher is the National Gallery's first curator dedicated to acquiring, stewarding, and exhibiting work by African American artists. Fletcher's academic specializations include the art of Brazil and Latin America and the Black avant-garde See More: https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/afro-atlantic-histories + Kanitra Fletcher IG @kanshefle Lauren Jackson Harris is an arts professional and independent curator who was exposed to art at an early age and it undoubtedly became her passion. With a BFA in Graphic Design and Art History from Howard University and a MA in Creative Business Leadership from SCAD, I value both education and experience in the arts. I enjoyed networking and cultivating relationships with those within the arts and cultural industry. I have used my innovative strategies and progressive ideas to help ignite the arts community and create new avenues for artists and arts workers. Through managing partnerships and engaging audiences, I hope to add value to the art scene of my hometown of Atlanta, engage and grow with other BWVA’s, and transform the art world one step at a time. Lauren Jackson Harris IG @ljacksonharris Black Women in Visual Arts IG @blackwomeninvisualart Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 26 Jul 2022 | An Open Eye w/ artist Tokie Taylor | 01:08:38 | |
Fine art photographer, Tokie Taylor, comes back to the Noize to talk about her new projects. Tokie has been working on a book with her Reclamation series that features her fine art photography featuring children and heirlooms. We discuss the book and how it relates to family history and artifacts. She lets us know how she manages the children in the shoots, the role of experimenting in her practice, and how she sees herself growing her vision with every piece. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 148 topics include: Reclamation series creating an art book experimenting with other mediums cyanotype vs photography artists during the pandemic family heirlooms institutional spaces the value of Black art doing commissions Atlanta, Ga. based artist, Tokie Rome-Taylor, explores themes of time, spirituality, visibility and identity through the medium of photography. Portraiture, set design, and objects all are a part of Tokie’s photographic practice. She uses digital photography as her foundational medium, while also exploring cyanotype, and embroidery as a means to explore the layered complex relationship African Americans in the diaspora have with the western world. Rome-Taylor’s series, “Reclamation”, was selected for PhotoLucida Critical Mass top 50. Her work has been featured in What Will You Remember and Feature Shoot Magazine. Additionally, Tokie is a Funds for Teachers Fellowship recipient, studying photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico and in San Francisco, California. Rome-Taylor’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work has been a part of exhibitions at The Griffin Museum of Photography, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Stella Jones Gallery, SP-Foto SP-Arte Fair, São Paulo, Brazil, Gallery 1202, the Masur Museum, Zuckerman Museum of Art Lyndon House Art Center and the Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, among others. She is a recipient of the Virginia Twinam Smith Purchase Award, adding her work to the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia as well as the Legacy Award, bestowed by the Griffin Museum of Photography. Her work is held in multiple public and private collections and was recently acquired by the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. Rome-Taylor is a 20+ year veteran educator and working artist. She is open to opportunities that relate to artist talks, visiting institutions, residencies and workshops. See More: www.tokietaylorstudio.com + Tokie Taylor IG @tokietstudio Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 02 Aug 2022 | Make It Happen w/ muralist Thomas “Detour” Evans | 01:05:53 | |
On the season 7 finale of Studio Noize, we got muralist and artist extraordinaire Thomas Evans aka Detour on the podcast! From airbrushing t-shirts in high school to big, colorful murals Detour has been making it happen for a few years. We talk about his Art Tip Tuesdays video series on youtube and IG, how he started making murals, and how he developed his signature style. Detour lets us know how getting away from your daily grind to explore ideas can lead to big discoveries. We discuss his book, Be The Artist: An Interactive Guide to a Lasting Art Career, and his wonderful artwork. All that and more on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 149 topics include: developing style Art Tip Tuesday making t-shirts big time commissions integrity and creative freedom the treadmill canvas experimenting accountability for artists Thomas Evans, a.k.a. Detour, is an all-around creative specializing in large scale public art, interactive visuals, portraiture, immersive spaces, and creative directing. His focus is to create work where art and innovation meet. A born collaborator and “military brat,” Detour pulls from every conceivable experience that shapes his landscapes and perspectives. Explaining Detour’s work is no easy task, as ongoing experimentations in visual art, music, and interactive technologies have his practice continually expanding. With his ever-evolving approach to art, Detour’s focus is on expanding customary views of creativity and challenging fine-art paradigms by mixing traditional mediums with new approaches—all the while opening up the creative process from that of a singular artist, to one that thrives on multi-layered collaboration and viewer participation. See More: www.iamdetour.com + Thomas "Detour" Evans IG @detour303 Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 25 Oct 2022 | For Da Folks w/ painter Tim Short | 01:05:53 | |
The Noize is back! Season 8 kicks off with a bang because we have one of the best young artists in Atlanta, Tim Short. Tim has developed a distinct voice to go along with his amazing level of skill in painting. We recorded this episode as the artist talk for his solo show, “For Da Folks”, at the end of his Mint Leap Year residency. Tim talks about the process of making his paintings, how he imagines Blackness, making art that makes him happy, and getting a message across through art. We talk about his sci-fi leanings and where he sees his work going in the future. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 150 topics include: Mint Leap Year residency confidence in style mastery in art handling criticism different approaches to creating a painting imagining Blackness balancing the supernatural elements of his art Timothy Short was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. He moved to Atlanta in order to attend Georgia State and pursue art in 2011. Predominantly as an oil painter, Timothy constructs imaginative narrative spaces always centering the Black figure. These stories are meant to venerate the everyday people close to him, often chosen as models for his work, using cosmological and celestial imagery. By detailing the subjects of the works in darker palettes, associations of lighter colors and spaces with inherent goodness or divinity are subverted and a metaphysical iconography is granted to the Blackness of these universes. Timothy’s inspirations are Kerry James Marshall, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Jordan Casteel amongst many other painters, a host of manga and comics, and great Black music. See More: www.timshortart.com + Tim Short IG @culturedstruggle Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 01 Nov 2022 | Creative Freedom w/ painter Kevin “WAK” Williams | ||
Kevin “WAK” Williams is preparing for his annual Atlanta exhibition and stopped by Studio Noize to talk about it. Kevin has had a long, successful career in art and has created some legendary work along the way. We talk about what keeps him engaged in art making after so long and the differences between how he did his work back in the day, hustling art on the streets of Chicago, and working with brands and galleries worldwide. We get some insight into the new show, If Not Us… Who? opening at Mint Gallery on November 5th. We touch on Kevin’s idea of creative freedom, building narratives in art, controlling your business, and staying relevant over 30 years as an artist. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 151 topics include: building a legacy through art creative and financial freedom managing your brand (bet on yourself) building narratives understanding your value copyright for artists staying relevant impact, empowerment, and enlightenment Kevin A. Williams is an artist on a mission, but his is no solo trip: He wants to take you on the journey, too. His destination is a place where more African-Americans will appreciate, own and even create fine art that honors their rich heritage and hope filled destiny. So far, tens of thousands of people have willingly followed Williams to that vista – including talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, and actor comedian Bernie Mac. From celebrity homes to small businesses, corporate offices and women’s spas, Williams’ original and lithograph artwork hangs from coast to coast. As the best-selling artist in the African-American print market, Williams is a popular personality at national art shows, conferences of African-American groups and major international events, including the Essence Music Festival. His art has been featured on television’s “Law & Order” (NBC) and “Soul Food” (Showtime). An artist who has received no formal training Williams’ success has been in what some may call non-traditional methods of reaching art consumers. Kevin A. Williams/WAK Urban Fine Artist CEO, WAKART, LLC See More: www.artbywak.com + Kevin "WAK" Williams IG @artbywak Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 08 Nov 2022 | Working Artist w/ artist Miya Bailey | 01:16:53 | |
Tattoo legend, Miya Bailey, jumps on the Noize to talk about everything he’s got going on. Miya has been tattooing for 30 years and he invested in creating a community of artists and art lovers in Atlanta with City of Ink tattoo shop and Peter Street Station, the artist-owned community art center. Miya tells us about his attitude toward building an ecosystem, his appreciation for his tattoo clients, working with apprentices, and funding his vision with the Black dollar. A lot of that good art talk today on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 152 topics include: Moving to Atlanta in 1994/ early ATL art scene transparency in art client relationships having apprentices tattoo culture valuing the Black dollar Twin Flame exhibition Government Cheese exhibition retiring as an artist artist-run galleries Currently residing in Atlanta, Miya Bailey (b. 1975) is an illustrator, film producer, painter, celebrity tattoo artist and founder of City of Ink Tattoo shop. Bailey is passionate about art, family and education. He uses his gifts to extol the importance of the arts in one’s community and to encourage art enthusiasts to support living artists through collecting. Bailey grew up in Asheville, North Carolina. See More: Miya Bailey IG @miyabailey + City of Ink IG @cityofink + Peter Street Station IG @peterstreetstation Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 22 Nov 2022 | Mad Explosive w/ painter Dawn Okoro | 01:01:30 | |
Studio Noize fam, Dawn Okoro, returns to the show to catch us up on her art life. Dawn has been through some major changes since we last talked to her. She toured her Punk Noir show, created and showed new work in London, and featured her work in movies, tv shows, and Life Water bottles! We talk about her latest show, Mad Explosive Spontaneity, Kool-Aid drawings, and baking to survive the pandemic. It’s always great to catch up with the fam! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 153 topics include: Mad Explosive Spontaneity show showing work internationally working during the pandemic Kool-AId drawings Life Water deal and response changing your art process working with models online Punk Noir updates publicity from having art in movies and tv shows how Dawn sees her career growth Dawn Okoro is a multidisciplinary artist living in Austin, Texas. Her desire to make art sparked from her love of fashion illustration and design. Her work is influenced by punk, hip-hop, and the composition techniques used in fashion photography. Okoro’s art is highlighted on Season 2 of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on NBC. Her work can be seen in theaters in Sony Pictures’ “The Invitation,” opening on August 26. She has collaborated with Pepsico, with her art on the company’s LIFEWTR water bottles. Okoro is featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, USA Today, W Magazine, and Essence. Her art was recently exhibited at Christie’s New York. In 2022, Okoro made her UK debut with her solo exhibition, “Mad Explosive Spontaneity” at Maddox Gallery. See More: okorostudio.com + Dawn Okoro IG @dawnokoro Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 29 Nov 2022 | For Us, By Us w/ Dr. Fahamu Pecou and Stephanie Fleming | 01:10:15 | |
What does it look like to have an art institution built for Black artists and audiences throughout the diaspora? Today we talk about the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA) with founder, Dr Fahamu Pecou and interim village chief, Stephanie Flemming. This is not a Black version of a white museum. It’s a space that honors, uplifts, and celebrates the culture of the diaspora. We talk about the programs like the Bridge Residency and PassPortal, how to build a new institution, and connecting with Blackness around the world. More of that good art talk that we do right here on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 154 topics include: African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta diversity in institutions Adama Bridge Residency PassPortal connecting with Blackness around the world cultural exchange physical museum spaces vs virtual spaces building an institution STEPHANIE FLEMING, Interim Village Chief of ADAMA I am a first generation American from an innovative pair of Jamaican immigrant parents. I am passionate about how people of African descent construct identity and discover agency in a world that insists upon misconstrued narratives. I love working with ADAMA because it feels like home and the institutional extension of my art practice. For me ADAMA is where I can bring my whole self with joy, as a Jamaican Black woman, an artist, a storyteller, facilitator, and cultivator. DR. FAHAMU PECOU, Founder of ADAMA I am an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose works combine observations on hip-hop, fine art, and popular culture to address concerns around contemporary representations of Black men. Through paintings, performance art, and academic work, I confront the performance of Black masculinity and Black identity, challenging and expanding the reading, performance and expressions of Blackness. See More: adamatl.org + ADAMA IG @adama_atl Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 06 Dec 2022 | Southern Pride w/ fine art manager Kyle Coleman | 01:03:12 | |
ArtFields is a southern art competition that is changing the landscape of art in South Carolina and giving real money out to artists. Kyle Coleman, fine art manager of ArtFields, joins Studio Noize to let us know about this 9-day celebration of art. We get to know the ins and outs of the ArtFields competition, from the selection panels to the live events in Lake City, SC. We talk about the impact of a festival like this in the rural south, the response from the artists and the community, and what’s coming in 2023 as ArtFields celebrates 11 years of this event. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 155 topics include: ArtFields in Lake City, SC creating an art competition in the rural south cash prizes for artists growing ArtFields over 11 years art selection panels comparison to Art Basel and other art fairs ArtFields Jr. interfacing with artists as an organization ArtFields started in 2013 with a simple goal: honor the artists of the Southeast with a week’s worth of celebration and competition in the heart of a traditional Southern small town. The competition and exhibition offers over $145,000 in cash prizes. The winners of two People’s Choice Awards are determined by the votes of people visiting ArtFields; a panel of art professionals selects all the other awards, including the $50,000 Grand Prize and $25,000 Second Place award. Kyle Coleman is the fine arts manager of ArtFields since 2019. See More: ArtFieldssc.org + ArtFields @artfieldssc Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 13 Dec 2022 | Lasting Impressions w/ executive director Dr. Liz Andrews | 01:02:52 | |
The new executive director of the Spelman Museum of Fine Art, Dr. Liz Andrews, joins the Noize! She has been tasked to lead the museum through a new exciting period in its illustrious history. We recorded live from the Lave Thomas: Homecoming exhibition in the halls of Spelman. Dr. Andrews tells us about the upcoming Black American Portraits exhibition overflowing with some of the biggest and best Black women artists like Bisa Butler, Amy Sherald, and Calida Rawles. She discusses her time at LACMA, the power of museum acquisitions, and the meaning of portraits. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 156 topics include: Lava Thomas: Homecoming Spelman Museum of Fine Art curating at LACMA the power of museum acquisitions authenticity in art Black American Portraits exhibition meaning of portraits the reputation of Spelman College the new Spelman Center for Innovation & the Arts Liz Andrews is an artist, curator, museum professional, and leader who is dedicated to the arts and social justice. She has worked with arts organizations across the nation. In August 2021, Liz began her role as Executive Director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Prior to joining Spelman College, Liz Andrews was Executive Administrator in the Director’s Office of LACMA where she expanded her role to collaborate on projects and priorities across museum departments, including diversity and inclusion efforts and curating exhibitions. Her curatorial projects at LACMA included The Obama Portraits Tour and a companion exhibition Black American Portraits, and she commissioned an augmented reality (AR) monument dedicated to Biddy Mason by the artist Ada Pinkston, among other projects. Liz’s career is also defined by a long-standing commitment to engaging college students through research and the arts through teaching at George Mason University and serving as an advisor and organizing public programming at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Liz was born and raised in Denver, Colorado and attributes her commitment to justice from her father, attorney Irving P. Andrews. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Wesleyan University, a M.A. in Arts Politics from the NYU Tisch School of Arts, and a Ph.D in Cultural Studies from George Mason University. Her dissertation was entitled Envisioning President Barack Obama. See More: Spelman Museum website + Spelman Museum IG @spelmanmuseum Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 20 Jan 2023 | Embrace the Public, or Not w/ JBarber | 00:29:53 | |
Happy New Year! The Noize is back for more Black art conversations for you. Your boy JBarber can’t come back without talking about the biggest thing going in art right now. The Hank Willis Thomas sculpture honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. To say the reviews have been mixed is an understatement. JB talks about the piece, all the conversation around it, and what we can take away from it all. We are excited to announce our partnership with Black Art In America and how we will work together to keep bringing you more content and conversations. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 157 topics include: Embrace sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas intention versus interpretation public criticism considering scale as an artist expectations of art patrons synergy with Black Art In America Send a voice memo of your thoughts about the Embrace sculpture to studionoizepodcast@gmail.com to be included in a future episode of the Noize. See More: Spelman Museum website + Spelman Museum IG @spelmanmuseum Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 27 Jan 2023 | Answer the Call w/ JBarber | 00:28:13 | |
Today your boy JBarber explores his experience as an exhibition juror over the last year. It’s a different perspective on artist calls and calls for art programs and contests. The experience of awarding the Hudgens Prize last year was a real eye-opener in terms of what works and what stands out in a wide-open field. We talk about things that eliminate you immediately and what can help when applying. JBarber also went through the process of creating an artist’s call for this year’s annual juried show at Mint Gallery. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 158 topics include: Being an art juror applying to artist calls how to eliminate yourself immediately ways to approach making work what interests you to apply to an artist call how jurors think about the work the Hudgens Prize Send a voice memo of your thoughts about artist calls to studionoizepodcast@gmail.com to be included in a future episode of the Noize. See More: Hudgens Prize Winner 2022 Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 03 Feb 2023 | Bodies and Prints w/ printmaker Julia Curran | 01:00:27 | |
On this special episode of Studio Noize brought to you by Print Austin, we go complete print nerd on you! We’re talking with printmaker Julia Curran, who was selected for the Print Austin and Print Sante Fe 5 x 5. Julia’s work deals with the larger social and political phenomena that land in the body, and she has a unique vision for how that manifests. We talk about some of the themes she explores like her Mother Nature monsters, the perils of working as an adjunct professor, and the ways she uses different print mediums. of course, we talk about some specific pieces with her world-class titles and what career change she sees as an addendum to her art practice. All that and more on this print-focused episode. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode topics include: exploring printmaking processes real life through art the perils of adjunct teaching at universities switching careers understanding the human body a dream studio set up Julia’s time at the Jentel Residency exploring different mediums networking for success The Spring Break Art Fair Julia Curran is a multi-disciplinary artist with a background in the socio-politically conscious tradition of printmaking. Through her experiences dealing with an auto-immune disease from a young age, she has developed a fascination with what it means to be in touch with one’s body in a disembodied culture, our presumption of agency over flesh, and the interconnected health of our internal and shared environments. Recent works feature Mother Nature embodied as a cast of anatomical and anthropomorphic figures such as trees, suns, bones, roots, seedlings, volcanoes, digestive systems, and underground monsters – each perpetuating cycles of life and death, as well as humorous remixes of old myths. Her intricate and precise craftsmanship combines painting, printmaking, and collage; Curran calls for us to look within and around, and to find resilience through celebrating our fleshy, sexual, abject, mortal, celestial, and interdependent nature. See More: www.juliacurranprints.com + Julia Curran IG @julia.s.curran Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 10 Feb 2023 | Surface Appeal w/ printmaker Myles Calvert | 01:01:30 | |
On this special episode of Studio Noize brought to you by Print Austin, we go complete print nerd on you! Myles Calvert is a multi-faceted printmaker working as an assistant professor at Winthrop University and making fantastic prints. Myles is one of the artists included in the 2023 Print Austin 5x5. He talks about his love of objects and how that drives his experimentation in multiple print mediums. We talk about his travels from Toronto to South Carolina, finding the hidden histories of patterns, digital art vs printmaking and how he’s working to push himself to do more with printmaking. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode topics include: a love for objects using multiple print mediums using the multiple handling paper digital art vs printmaking Surface Appeal exhibition working at the McColl Center in Charlotte, NC technology adding to printmaking traveling across the South Myles Calvert was born in Collingwood, Ontario. He attended the University of Guelph with a focus in printmaking, before travelling to London, UK where he completed his MA in Printmaking, at Camberwell College of Art (University for the Arts, London). Major bodies of work included installations of screen printed toast and the idolization of popular British celebrity culture. During this time, he worked for the National Portrait Gallery before moving to Hastings in East Sussex, to teach printmaking at Sussex Coast College and become Duty Manager of the newly built Jerwood Gallery (Hastings Contemporary). Myles' toast-based work continued with a 43000 slice installation during the Queen’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ with college students, drawing BBC media attention, and culminated in two solo exhibitions before making a return to the University of Guelph to teach. 2019 residencies included Art Print Residence (Barcelona, Spain) and Proyecto’ace (Buenos Aires, Argentina), as well as a lecture/workshop at PUCP (Pontificia Universidad Catòlica del Perú) in Lima. Myles is currently an Assistant Professor in Fine Arts at Winthrop University, South Carolina. See More: www.squirrelpigeonfish.com + Myles Calvert IG @squirrelpigeonfish Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 17 Feb 2023 | Collecting Atlanta w/ art collectors George and Esohe Galbreath | 01:06:03 | |
Today we’re talking to art collectors George and Esohe Galbreath about their journey into collecting. George, an artist, and his wife, Esohe, have crafted a fantastic collection of Atlanta artists. They just published a book chronicling the experience called The Galbreath Collection: A Decade of Collecting Atlanta. They talk about how they built their collection over the years, what it means to share their passion for art, and building a relationship with the artists they collect. They’ve watched the Atlanta art scene over the last ten years and have good observations about what they see. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 159 topics include: marrying a visual artist becoming an art collector the first big purchase strategy for collectors ARTiculate ATL supporting the local art community the Black figure connecting with and learning from other collectors George Galbreath graduated from Hickman High School in 1997 and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Howard University in in 2000. He completed his M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2002. Throughout his eighteen years of classroom teaching, including sixteen years with the Fulton County School District in Atlanta, Georgia, he has maintained a career as a working artist. He currently serves as Art Department Chair at Westlake High School. His work has most recently been showcased in his 2021 solo exhibition at P2 Gallery in Castleberry Hill Art District. Esohe completed her collegiate studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. In 2004, she began her career at UPS and held management roles in Distribution Solutions, Implementations, Operations, Engineering, and Transportation Solutions, and in her free time assisted small businesses with planning, financial documentation, and tax preparation. In 2012, Esohe merged her corporate experience with her passion for the arts and working with creatives to form Sohé Solutions – Boutique Small Business Consulting. In early 2015, Esohe decided to dedicate 100% of her time to her entrepreneurial endeavors. Through consulting clients, Esohe discovered a love and passion for working with creatives, artists, and visionaries and with her husband George was inspired to co-found ARTiculate ATL – an annual art social featuring 30+ artists with 1,000 art enthusiast attendees; and the Youth Artists Program – a 501c3 non-profit bridging the exposure gap of some of Atlanta’s most visually talented youth. Esohe and George are also avid art collectors and recently published The Galbreath Collection: A Decade of Collecting Atlanta featuring over 100 pieces of artwork from 70 artists. See More: www.thegalbreathcollection.com + Galbeath Collection IG @galbreathcollection Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 24 Feb 2023 | The Substance of Soul (replay) w/ artist Vanessa German | 01:12:51 | |
While JBarber is out giving a Tedx talk at Wake Forest we’re flashing back to one of the classic Studio Noise episodes with the one and only Vanessa German! Vanessa tells us about her mother and all the lessons she taught her about art and making space for art practice. She talks about the power of objects and how she turned from making singular Power Figures to a community of figures. Vanessa gives a great perspective on how she relates to her art, how she sees all the different mediums she uses, and her commitment to making art. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 160 topics include: Vanessa German inspired by her mother creating power figures including the community in your art practice telling stories with art Vanessa German is a visual and performance artist based in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homewood. Homewood is the community that is the driving force behind German’s powerful performance work, and whose cast-off relics form the language of her copiously embellished sculptures. As a citizen artist, German explores the power of art and love as a transformative force in the dynamic cultural ecosystem of communities and neighborhoods. She is the founder of Love Front Porch and the ARThouse, a community arts initiative for the children of Homewood. Her work is in private and public collections including Everson Museum of Art, Figge Art Museum, Flint Institute of Arts, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, David C. Driskell Center, Snite Museum of Art, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. German’s fine art work has been exhibited widely, most recently at the Figge Art Museum, The Union for Contemporary Art, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Flint Institute of Arts, Mattress Factory, Everson Museum of Art, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Studio Museum, Ringling Museum of Art and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Her work has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR’sAll Things Considered and in The Huffington Post, O Magazine and Essence Magazine. She is the recipient of the 2015 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, the 2017 Jacob Lawrence Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the 2018 United States Artist Grant and most recently the 2018 Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. See more: pavelzoubok.com/artist/vanessa-german/ + @vanessalgerman Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 03 Mar 2023 | The Exhibit w/ artist Jamaal Barber | 00:30:33 | |
The new docuseries The Exhibit from MTV and the Smithsonian Channel debuts tonight! The six episode docuseries will follow seven American artists who will compete for a presentation at the museum and a $100,000 cash prize. The cast includes your boy, printmaker, Jamaal Barber! Yes, your boy is on national tv, and it was quite the experience. You might see me on the tv and all over the internets but he’s bringing the real talk to the fam, the day ones. Right here on the Noize! JBarber gives his thoughts on the eve of the show and talks as much as he can about the process, the rest of the cast, and what you can expect. Plus he talks about what these types of opportunities can mean to artists and gives his hopes for what comes out of this. Tune in and let us know what you think of the show! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 161 topics include: The Exhibit on MTV being on national television making art outside your comfort zone Dometi Pongo and Melissa Chiu as the host of The Exhibit judges Adam Pedelton, Abigail Deville and Keith Richards watching yourself on tv what opportunities mean to artists making art to be free The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is teaming up with MTV Studios to create the six episode docuseries The Exhibit, which will follow seven American artists who will compete for a presentation at the museum and a cash prize. Following a nationwide search, participants were selected in consultation with Hirshhorn curators. The group includes printmaker Jamaal Barber, Onondaga artist Frank Buffalo Hyde, designer and sculptor Misha Kahn, painter Clare Kambhu, multimedia artist Baseera Khan, video and performance artist Jillian Mayer, and painter Jennifer Warren. See more: ArtNews: Who Is the Next Great Artist? A New TV Series from the Hirshhorn and MTV Aims to Find Out + MTV The Exhibit Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 10 Mar 2023 | Your Own Unique Voice w/ textile artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders | 01:00:00 | |
Simone Elizabeth Saunders makes her New York debut with her new solo exhibition Unearthing Unicorns. Simone joins the Studio Noize fam to talk about her fantastic textile work. She explains the process behind tufting (with a tufting gun and a punch needle), her techniques to build her narratives, and her Black Nouveau aesthetic. Simone walks us through a few of the wonderful pieces and speaks about her use of animals as metaphors. It’s another great art conversation with getting to know another powerful, international Black woman artist. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 162 topics include: Unearthing Unicorns March 17 - May 13 at Claire Oliver Gallery working on large-scale textiles the Unicorn Tapestries art nouveau influences tufting guns vs punch needles working with textiles the Black experience in Canada sparkles in the art using animals as metaphors Simone Elizabeth Saunders (she/her) is a textile artist based in Mohkinstsis - Calgary, Canada. Saunders explores themes of the diaspora, ancestorship and Black womanhood. Her colourful textiles highlight motifs and iconography from her Jamaican heritage and engage with socio-cultural factors reclaiming power from oppressive ideologies. Currently, Saunders is exploring the iconography of the famed high Renaissance era Unicorn Tapestries and Art Nouveau advertising through a contemporary Black feminist lens. See more: www.simoneelizabethsaunders.com + Simone Elizabeth Saunders IG Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 24 Mar 2023 | More Stories to Tell w/ artist Stephen Towns | 01:03:46 | |
Your boy JBarber got to see the show Declaration and Resistance at the Reynolda House and immediately had to get the artist Stephen Towns to come on the show! Stephen has had a crazy busy couple of years but he had some time to talk to the Noize about his show. He has paintings in the National Museum of African American History & Culture and this show has been touring for a couple of years. We talk about his vibrant, beautiful paintings and his wonderful quilts from the show. Stephen talks about his process of research and adding life to his archived photography, how artists get to tour a show, and how teaching yourself a medium changes how you make art. More of that good art talk that we love over here. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 163 topics include: Declaration and Resistance at the Reynolda House through May 14, 2023 researching stories as inspiration breathing life into archive photography switching between painting and quilting magical elements in art vibrant color of Black people making work about life in the South Stephen Towns was born in 1980 in Lincolnville, SC, and lives and works in Baltimore, MD. He trained as a painter with a BFA in studio art from the University of South Carolina and has also developed a rigorous, self-taught quilting practice. In 2018 the Baltimore Museum of Art presented his first museum exhibition, Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning. His work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Artforum, the Washington Post, Hyperallergic, Cultured, Forbes, AFROPUNK, and American Craft. Towns was honored as the inaugural recipient of the 2016 Municipal Art Society of Baltimore Travel Prize, and in 2021, Towns was the first Black artist-in-residence at the Fallingwater Institute, located at Frank Lloyd Wrights' renowned Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania. In 2021 Towns was also awarded the Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual Artist Award. See more: www.stephentowns.com/ + Stephen Towns IG @stephentowns Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 31 Mar 2023 | The Art Ecosystem w/ artist Najee Dorsey | 00:59:22 | |
So many articles are coming out about Atlanta becoming a major hub for the art world. Who decides if Atlanta has arrived? Who gets to represent the city? What does Atlanta have or need to reach this new status? There’s no one better to talk about this than Najee Dorsey. As an artist, gallery owner, art dealer, and collector, he’s been on all sides of the art ecosystem. Najee and your boy JBarber break down the parts of the ecosystem and give insights into what they’ve seen in Atlanta and the different ways to support an art community. This ain’t random people talking outside Magic City! These two brothers have seen some things and given a good insight into the moment happening around art in the South. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 164 topics include: Painting the Moment: The Time has Come for Atlanta’s African American Visual Art Scene by D Amari Jackson describing the art ecosystem in Atlanta developing as an art collector buying original works who validates an art scene Is Atlanta’s Art Scene Finally Achieving Critical Mass? There Are Big Signs That Point to ‘Yes’ on ARTNET.com places to view Black art in Atlanta the hope for Atlanta as a place for art different ways to support artists Since becoming a full-time artist in 2005, Najee Dorsey has become well acquainted with the trials and tribulations of most African American artists: the closed doors in the arts community, the lack of representation in art institutions, and the undervaluation of African American art and its creators by the dominant society. Being the proactive individual that he is, Najee founded Black Art In America™ (BAIA) in 2010 as a free online media platform for African American artists, collectors, art enthusiasts, and arts professionals. In the company’s conceptual stages, influencers from BAIA’s audience were surveyed and it became clear that their issues were centered on exposure, appreciation, and access to each other. BAIA™ was founded as a centralized location for profiling the African American artist -- giving members of the network access to the work of African American artists (past and contemporary), and most importantly, opportunities for interchange. Since 2010, the network has become the leading online portal and resource focused on African American art, artists, collectors, industry leaders, and arts enthusiasts. The BAIA™ online network currently has a monthly virtual reach of 750,000 people and growing. See more: www.najeedorsey.com + Najee Dorsey IG @najee.dorsey Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 07 Apr 2023 | Art Goals w/ painter Jennifer Warren | 01:31:22 | |
Straight from MTV and the Smithsonian Channel, we got one of the stars of The Exhibit, Jennifer Warren! We’ve been watching Jennifer do her thing the last few weeks on the art docuseries as the self-taught artist in the group, inspiring viewers with her beautiful oil paintings. Jennifer and your boy, JBarber, discuss the experience of being on reality tv; what her regular life is like back in Chicago, and how she’s looking to build an art career. We get to know the woman behind the wonderful work on the tv show and JB shares advice with her as she starts her journey into the art world. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 165 topics include: Competing on The Exhibit on MTV and Smithsonian Channel oil painting in France envisioning an art career having a full-time job vs being a full-time artist doing artwork without a community motivating yourself to make art planning to make a new series of art switching from a corporate job to art networking advice for artists building a career and a family Jennifer Warren Bio: “I am a Chicago-based oil painter making work that explores themes around nature, beauty, and the Black body. As a largely self-taught artist, my practice reflects my passion for incorporating new ideas and techniques that aim to convey the lived Black experience through everyday intimate and meditative moments. My work has been exhibited at the Martin Gallery, Chicago, IL; the Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia, MO; and in Saatchi Art Virtual exhibition. I graduated with a BA in International Business and minor in Visual Arts from Eckerd College and attended a Painting and Drawing program at the Leo Marchutz School of Fine Art in France. I currently live and work in Chicago, IL.” See more: www.jenniferwarrenart.com + Jennifer Warren IG @jenniferwarren_art Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 14 Apr 2023 | Genuine Curiosity w/ journalist Dometi Pongo | 00:59:42 | |
Every great show needs a well-dressed superstar host, and on The Exhibit, we had Dometi Pongo! JB and Dometi go behind the scenes of the MTV and Smithsonian Channel’s art competition show and talk about the cast, the challenges, the art, and the memorable moments that didn’t make it to the screen. Dometi explains where his love for art started and how his curiosity made him the perfect person to host a show with so many different art styles and personalities. He talks about work on TV, his latest work with the Pongo Strategy Group, and some exciting new partnerships that will produce more great content soon. We can’t level without hearing about his trips back to Ghana. It’s more of that good art talk on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 166 topics include: hosting The Exhibit on MTV and the Smithsonian Channel having a love for art curiosity as a host impressions of the cast of The Exhibit memorable moments for the show the Pongo Strategy Group producing the type of shows people need and want traveling back to Ghana being in the room where decisions are made Dometi Pongo {pronounced dō-meh-TEE} is the host of the hit MTV docuseries True Life Crime and multiple MTV News franchises, including its flagship program, “Need to Know,” which provides award-winning analysis of trending news stories. Pongo’s work lives at the intersection of pop culture and social justice. In addition to hosting red carpet activations for Paramount’s tentpole events (like the Video Music Awards, Grammys, and MTV Movie & TV Awards), the Chicago-born journalist helms a number of Smithsonian Channel programs exploring topics spanning hip-hop, pop culture, and American history. Pongo regularly joins senior leadership in moderating company-wide discussions on equity in Paramount’s “Courageous Conversations” series led by MTV Entertainment Group President Chris McCarthy. His illuminating reporting and perspective can also be heard in his role as contributor to ET Live and Sirius XM’s Karen Hunter Show. The award-winning journalist also works as a speaker and multimedia consultant through his firm, Pongo Strategy Group, which helps organizations tell better stories through multimedia. In partnership with Sankofa Ventures, Dometi’s annual group tours of Ghana, West Africa provided more than 70 American travelers from the African diaspora an opportunity to explore their ancestral lineage. See more: https://www.dometi.net + Dometi Pongo IG @dometi_ Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 21 Apr 2023 | Explore and Discover w/ artist Baseera Khan | 01:06:06 | |
The Exhibit, on MTV and the Smithsonian Channel, introduced America to the wonderful, brilliant Baseera Khan, and she joins Studio Noize to talk all about it. Baseera has been making her performances, sculptures, and installations for years, and her work explores materials and their intersections with identity. She talks about being on the show, her approach to exploring materials, and her life's many facets. We discuss her solo exhibition, I Am an Archive, at the Brooklyn Museum and the ways that experience changed her view of her work and herself. We learn more about her psychedelic prayer rugs, her upcoming project for Highline Park in New York, and some of the work from The Exhibit. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 167 topics include: making art on The Exhibit meeting all the artists using identity in art psychedelic prayer rugs I Am an Archive exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum being an artist during the pandemic dealing with rejection as an artist the excitement of exploring materials how your practice can change after a big project Baseera Khan is a New York-based performance, sculpture, and installation artist who makes work to discuss materials and their economies, the effects of this relationship to labor, family structures, religion, and spiritual well being. Khan is currently working on a public art commission on The High Line for fall 2023. Khan mounted their first museum solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York (2021-22), and opened their first solo touring exhibition in Houston, Texas at Moody Arts Center for the Arts, Rice University (2022-2023). Khan has representation at Simone Subal Gallery, New York where they mounted their first solo exhibition called Snake Skin (2019). They have exhibited in numerous locations such as Wexner Center for the Arts (2021), New Orleans Museum of Art (2020), Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism, Munich, Germany, Jenkins Johnson Projects, Brooklyn, NY (2019), Sculpture Center, NY (2018), , Aspen Museum (2017), Participant Inc. (2017). Khan's performance work has premiered at several locations including Brooklyn Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Art POP Montreal International Music Festival. Khan completed a 6 week performance residency at The Kitchen NYC (2020) and was an artist in residence at Pioneer Works (2018-19), Abrons Art Center (2016-17), was an International Travel Fellow to Jerusalem/Ramallah through Apexart (2015), and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2014). Khan is a recipient of the UOZO Art Prize (2020), BRIC Colene Brown Art Prize and the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant (2019), was granted by both NYSCA/NYFA and Art Matters (2018). Their works are part of several public permanent collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim, Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, MN, and the New Orleans Museum of Art, LA. Khan's work is published in 4Columns, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, Art in America, BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, and TDR Drama Review. Khan is an adjunct professor of sculpture, performance, and critical theory, and received an M.F.A. from Cornell University (2012) and a B.F.A. from the University of North Texas (2005) See more: www.baseerakhan.com + Baseera Khan IG @baseerakhan Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 28 Apr 2023 | Stink Pink Gators and Furs (replay) w/ artist Jamea Richmond-Edwards | 01:10:00 | |
The Noize is giving you a special episode replay with one of the best contemporary artists in the game, Jamea Richmond-Edwards. The 7 Mile girl, joins the podcast to talk about her amazing mixed media work. Her work centers Black women fully and unapologetically. She crafts narratives around her life experiences growing up in Detroit in the ’90s. We talk about her inspirations from Ebony magazine spreads to Howard and beyond. It’s another great conversation with one of the best contemporary Black artists in the world. Listen, subscribe and share! Episode 168 topics include: AFRICobra influences embracing color being a Black Indigenous woman spiritual energy in art symbols in Jamae’s work using women as subjects growing up in Detroit in the 1990s the power of style Jamea Richmond-Edwards graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Jackson State University in 2004 where she studied painting and drawing. She went on to earn an MFA from Howard University in 2012. She offers a repertoire of portraits of women drawn using ink, graphite, and mixed media collage. Richmond-Edward’s work has garnered the attention of various art critics including in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post’s “Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know”. Richmond-Edwards has exhibited her artwork nationally and internationally including the Delaware Art Museum, California African American Museum, Charles Wright Museum in Detroit, MI, and Galerie Myrtis In Baltimore Maryland. Her works are in the permanent collection of private collectors across the country including the Embassy of the United States in Dakar, Senegal. See more: www.jamearichmondedwards.com + @jamearichmondedwards Presented by: Black Art In America Read the Studio Noize Artist Feature Artist Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Story of a 7 Mile Girl Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 12 May 2023 | Proper Preparation w/ tax preparer Esohe Galbreath | 00:51:16 | |
Studio Noize wants to make sure that you are handling your art business properly. We are bringing back our resident tax specialist, Esohe Galbreath with Sohe Solutions , to give the fam some tax tips and help us start to get our affairs in order. Artists do a lot of freelance work, but we still need to ensure we stay out of trouble with Uncle Sam. Esohe talks about the different deductions available to artists, how to keep track of receipts and mileage, and the consequences of NOT doing your taxes properly. Nobody wants to talk about taxes, but we got to do it! Time to get yourself and your art business all the way together. Listen, subscribe and share! Episode 169 topics include: important tax deadlines what artists can deduct on taxes how to build a habit of tracking expenses and receipts using a tax preparer not hiding your income from Uncle Sam the Youth Artists Program lifting up Black talent Articulate ATL 2023 artist call organizing and elevating your art business Esohe completed her collegiate studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. In 2004, she began her career at UPS and held management roles in Distribution Solutions, Implementations, Operations, Engineering, and Transportation Solutions, and in her free time assisted small businesses with planning, financial documentation, and tax preparation. In 2012, Esohe merged her corporate experience with her passion for the arts and working with creatives to form Sohé Solutions – Boutique Small Business Consulting. In early 2015, Esohe decided to dedicate 100% of her time to her entrepreneurial endeavors. Through consulting clients, Esohe discovered a love and passion for working with creatives, artists, and visionaries and with her husband George was inspired to co-found ARTiculate ATL – an annual art social featuring 30+ artists with 1,000 art enthusiast attendees; and the Youth Artists Program – a 501c3 non-profit bridging the exposure gap of some of Atlanta’s most visually talented youth. Esohe and George are also avid art collectors and recently published The Galbreath Collection: A Decade of Collecting Atlanta featuring over 100 pieces of artwork from 70 artists. See more: wwwsohesolutions.com + Esohe Galbreath IG @sohesolutions Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 19 May 2023 | Say More, Do More w/ fabric artist Dawn Williams Boyd | 01:05:09 | |
If there ever was an artist that wasn't scared to say what needed to be said, it’s Dawn Williams Boyd. Whether it is issues of gun violence, abortion, or voting rights, she will make sure she shares her feelings about it in her wonderful cloth paintings. We talk to Dawn about her recent exhibition, Tip of the Iceberg at Fort Gavsenvoort in New York, and some of the issues she’s covered in the show. We talk about how she makes her complex compositions, sources her fabrics, and the power of doing work that makes people uncomfortable sometimes. Her cloth paintings are powerful, and we talk all about it today on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 170 topics include: using different mediums doing work about current events sourcing fabrics and materials The Tip of the Iceberg show at Fort Gansevoort Gallery saying things that need to be said continuing to learn history the process of putting together Dawn’s work revising work in process the necessity of saying something tackling new subjects Dawn Williams Boyd was born in 1952 in Neptune, New Jersey. She earned her BFA at Stephens College, Columbia, MO in 1974. She has exhibited her works at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; Southwest Art Center, Atlanta, GA; Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA; Bulloch Hall, Roswell, GA; Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA; Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA; and Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA. Her work is included in the collections of The Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA and the Richardson Family Art Museum at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. See more: www.dawnwilliamsboyd.com + https://www.fortgansevoort.com/artists/dawn-williams-boyd/selected-works Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 26 May 2023 | Do the Work w/ artist Chris Clark | 01:07:06 | |
Today we got Jacksonville artist, muralist, painter, Chris Clark on the Noize! Make sure you follow Chris everywhere you can to see how vibrant and experimental an art practice can be. You’ll see him painting a mural one day, hitting you with some Midjourney collaborations the next. This type of energy is always great to see. This episode we talk about what inspires Chris and how he works across mediums to explore the themes he loves. We talk about his recent solo exhibition New Growth and we as how he approaches using AI in his art. he tells us about the shenanigans with Black Wall Street Gallery, the value of putting Black face in his murals and more about his motto: DO THE WORK! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 171 topics include: learning about Black artists exploring AI art tools/ Midjourney what AI generators mean for artists how Chris uses AI imagery as reference and collaboration having an art practice #dothework studio space being inspired by family approach to making murals New Growth solo exhibition gallery shenanigans/ Black Wall Street Gallery Chris Clark is an internationally recognized painter, illustrator, and muralist based in Jacksonville, FL. Renowned for his portraiture and celebration of Black culture. Clark’s captivating artwork has garnered awards and exhibitions nationwide, showcasing his exceptional talent and powerful narratives. With a distinct artistic vision, Clarks work transcends boundaries, evoking powerful emotions and fostering connections between art and viewers worldwide. See more: Chris Clark IG @cooli_ras_art Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 02 Jun 2023 | Dancing with the Muses w/ curator Lauren Tate Baeza | 01:20:17 | |
Lauren Tate Baeza is the curator of African Art at the High Museum in Atlanta and recently curated an amazing exhibition featuring the work of African printmaker, Bruce Onobrakpeya. We got Lauren on the show today to talk about the exhibition (you know your boy JB loves the prints!), the approach to contemporary African art, Bruce Onobrakpeya’s long storied career, judging art and all types of topics. Lauren has a brilliant thought process and is here to enlighten us all about the wonder “transitions” in the art world. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 172 topics include: Bruce Onobrakpeya’s work and career “The Mask and the Cross” exhibition at the High Museum Catholic church’s influence on Nigerian art telling a story with an exhibition designing an exhibition artists embracing mistakes technical printmaking unlocking mastery exoticizing African art 2022 Hudgens Prize Lauren Tate Baeza joined the High Museum of Art in November 2020 as the Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art. Baeza oversees the African art collection of more than one thousand objects, including extraordinary examples of masks and sculpture, exceptionally fine textiles, beadwork, metalwork, and ceramics. Prior to joining the High, Baeza served as director of exhibitions at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights from 2018 to 2020. During her tenure there, Baeza maintained the Center’s two ongoing installations in its American Civil Rights Movement and Global Human Rights Movement galleries and organized sixteen temporary exhibitions and installations, including Fragments, a collaboration with celebrated designer Paula Scher, featuring passages from Dr. King’s handwritten speeches and letters. Concurrent with her position at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Baeza also curated the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, featuring approximately ten thousand items, and managed the James Allen and John Littlefield Collection. Previously, she served as executive director of the APEX Museum in Atlanta, which interprets, presents, and celebrates Black history. Baeza holds a Master of Arts in African studies from the University of California, Los Angeles; a Bachelor of Arts in Africana studies with a cultural studies concentration from California State University, Northridge; and a certification in curatorial studies from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. See more: Lauren Tate Baeza at The High Museum + Lauren Tate Beaza IG @elletatebaeza Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 09 Jun 2023 | Shifting Time w/ Berrisford Boothe and Klare Scarborough | 01:12:03 | |
The new book Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2021 collects the art, poems, essays, and statements of over 70 African American artists as a glimpse into their lives during the pandemic years. Co-editors Berrisford Boothe and Klare Scarborough join the podcast to discuss this passion project that includes some of the Studio Noize fam like Tokie Taylor, Imo Imeh, Alfred Conteh, Delita Martin, and more. They talk about how it all came together from the Shuga and Wata online talks to the artwork and essays. They also discuss the need for community, whether online or in person, how events change artists, and the need for art during tough times. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 173 topics include: Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2021 artists working during COVID how artwork changed over time networking during the pandemic virtual communities Shuga & Wata sessions creating the book Shifting Time lessons from the COVID years the trend of Black figuration Berrisford Boothe was born in Kingston, Jamaica and is now a U.S. citizen. Boothe has served on the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. He is currently a Professor of Fine Art at Lehigh University. Berrisford Boothe is the Principal Curator of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection. He was one of 100 artists nationwide featured in Robert Wuthnow’s book ‘Creative Spirituality: The Way of the Artist.’ Berrisford’s digital print collages, ‘Virtual Lithographs’ were part of the exhibition African-American printmakers: The Legacy Continues at The Aljira Center for Contemporary Arts in Newark, NJ. He was in the 2008 seminal exhibition: In Search of the Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art at The Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, PA. His work has been featured in exhibitions at The Allentown Art Museum, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, The African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA, The William Benton Museum of Art, The New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA and The State Museum of PA. See more: Order Shifting Time from Amazon + Berrisford Booth IG @verbena2160 Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 30 Jun 2023 | A Strong Spirit w/ artist Leroy Campbell | 01:02:55 | |
It’s always an honor to bring on one of the greats in Black art. We got Leroy Campbell joining the Studio Noize fam! Leroy has been an artist for 31 years, and his signature neckbone paintings can be seen worldwide. We talk about Leroy’s path to becoming an artist, from how he created his signature neck bone work to how he honors his culture and embraces his Gullah heritage. We talk about a couple of upcoming books he’s been working on, new experiments in painting, and a look back at the Black galleries, collectors, and artists that defined his career. This is a great episode to get you inspired. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 174 topics include: Getting started in Art the Black Art Renaissance producing work for the community being self-taught being inspired by Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence embracing his Southern Gullah heritage honoring the Black galleries and collectors creating a children’s book writing a memoir created new experimental work Charleston, South Carolina native, Leroy Campbell’s art speaks of the contributions to humanity through the African American perspective. More than just art, each piece serves as Campbell’s tithe, as he uses his gifts and talents to teach others about the richness of the Gullah/ Geechee heritage and the beauty of his people. Leroy Campbell describes humanity like a garden. In the 1300s Native Americans invented a system of gardening called “Three Sisters,” which involved strategically planting corn, beans, and squash together. The corn provides support and structure for the beans to grow. While the beans pull nitrogen from the air, returning it to the soil and enriching all the plants. The squash, planted at the base, spreads its large leaves, which offer shade and protection, keeping the soil moist and cool. When each of the plants is whole and thriving and healthy, it is able to reach its full potential and contribute to the garden. If one of the plants becomes sick, it affects the balance of the garden. Master gardener, painter, storyteller, and lover of souls, Leroy Campbell paints a beautiful hope for humanity through his art and through his words. In telling the stories he knows best, he is offering the wisdom and lessons of the elders as a gift to us all. As part of the human experience, we are all searching for our place in the garden, our purpose, our connection, our significance in this world. Those stories are the most powerful gifts in the universe as they provide a sense of self and a foundation of wisdom based on patience, love, and discernment. Campbell’s vision is of a healthy garden, where each is whole, liberated and validated, where people are free to love who they are and in turn nurture others around them. Leroy Campbell’s paintings, infused with history, tie the past to the present in the practice of sankofa, the understanding that you can’t move forward until you receive the lessons of the past. The vulnerability of his art, his soul, his ability to tell a story through the use of acrylic, paper, tapestries, and organic materials, creates an opportunity for conversation, for something real, for the human connection that we are all desperately seeking. See more: Leroy Campbell website + Leroy Campbell IG @leroycampbellart Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 07 Jul 2023 | Connections w/ art collector Ashley Lee | 01:06:33 | |
We’re covering the other side of this art game today! Ashley Lee, a lawyer by day and art collector, every other moment of her life. Ashley is committed to building her art collection, and we discuss how she does it. It’s a little bit of budgeting, a little bit of research, and a whole lot of passion for the work that she loves. We break down things like budgeting and framing, getting to know artists, and how the pieces make her feel. Ashley tells us about her favorite artists, her dream pieces, and the importance of telling everyone how they can build a great collection without being rich. It’s a great art collecting conversation for you today on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 175 topics include: why collect art the art-collecting community connecting with artists and art defining your art collection budgeting for collecting artist wish list framing and presenting work in your home understanding abstraction studying art growth in collecting Ashley is an attorney, black art blogger, and private Black art collector based in Atlanta, GA. Although she acquired her first open edition print by notable artist Gilbert Young in 2005 as part of a leadership program with her alma mater Spelman College, she became a serious Black art collector in 2018 when she acquired the "Obama No Drama" linocut by David C. Driskell to commemorate her experience as a 2012 Democratic National Convention Obama Delegate. Over the years, she has collected scores of works including works from established artists such as Kerry James Marshall, Sam Gilliam, Faith Ringgold, Elizabeth Catlett, and Samella Lewis. Ashley collects Black art exclusively because in the words of Faith Ringgold "art is a form of experience of the person, the place, the history of the people, and as Black people, we are different." While she has acquired amazing pieces thus far, her art collecting journey is in full swing as she continues to purchase pieces that resonate with her and represent different aspects of her soul. See more: The AML Collection website + The AML Collection IG @theamlcollection Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 14 Jul 2023 | Part of the Community w/ art collector Kerry Davis | ||
The Postman is here! We got the esteemed collector Kerry Davis joining the Studio Noize fam. Kerry built his legendary collection while working 30 years as a postman at USPS. How impressive is his collection? Well, it’s in the middle of a 5-year national museum tour, and he could have a whole other show from work currently up in his home. The collection includes the biggest names in Black art, from Charles White to Radcliff Bailey, Mo Brooker to Louis Delsarte. The collection alone is enough to discuss, but we go deeper than that. Kerry tells us about the relationships with those names on the wall. Mildred Thomas was his real friend; those personal stories are so great to hear. We talk about how he started touring his collection, got so much incredible work, and all the artists he met and got to know on his journey. Another great episode with that good art talk for you. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 176 topics include: -buying art vs collecting art -getting to know artists -Mildred Thomas stories -helping Louis Delsarte in his studio -meeting artists as a postman -organizing a collection -developing an “eye” -touring the Davis collection -how to handle a big collection -appreciating printmaking “It’s been called “a museum in a home.” The private collection of art amassed by Kerry and C. Betty Davis over nearly 40 years is one of the richest collections of African American art in the world. The Davises – a retired postal worker and a former television news producer – have invited friends, neighbors, church members and their children’s friends into their home to see their art. Now they are sharing their extraordinary collection with a wider audience. “Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art” opens Feb. 4 through May 14 at the Taft Museum of Art. The exhibition features 67 of the more than 300 works that grace their suburban Atlanta home. It includes Romare Bearden’s colorful portrayal of a jazz quartet, photographer Gordon Parks documentation of racial disparity and abstract pieces by Sam Gilliam, Norman Lewis and Alma Thomas. The show spans from early Black pioneers, such as Elizabeth Catlett and Jacob Lawrence, to contemporary artists.” -Janelle Gelfand Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 28 Jul 2023 | New Foundations w/ curator, director Faron Manuel | 01:00:57 | |
The new director of the BAIA Foundation, Faron Manuel returns to the Noize! Faron and JBarber talk about his years of experience as a curator and writer that took him from Clark Atlanta Museum as a docent to the High Museum of Art and now his new role at Black Art In America. Faron talks about his plans for the foundation, new partnerships and programming on the horizon, and curating in the contemporary art market. We dive into the upcoming Fine Art Print Fair and his thoughts on the work of Richard Mayhew. More of that good art talk you love on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 177 topics include: being an informed collector and artist working on the Black Art in America Foundation working at the High Museum of Art partnerships with the Future Foundation real-life experience in institutions curating Better Days: Joy and Revolution thesis about Richard Mayhew Fine Art Print Fair at BAIA Gallery Faron Manuel is the Director of the Black Art In America (BAIA) Foundation. A 501c3 organization that provides funding and professional development opportunities for Black artists and arts professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Before joining the BAIA Foundation, Manuel oversaw two Mellon Foundation-funded curatorial fellowship grants at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta from 2016-2023. Before joining the High Museum, he was the Special Projects Curatorial Assistant to the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum Director. He also served as the Assistant Editor at Black Art In America from 2015-2016, where he regularly interviewed collectors and reported widely on contemporary art. Manuel earned his B.A. in History from Clark Atlanta University in 2015, where he completed several museum fellowships. He has worked as an independent curator and art writer with notable collections and institutions over the years, doing much to expand the footprint of early-career artists. He was presented with the Hammonds House Honors Award for Curatorial Excellence in 2019 and recently served as a Resource Specialist for the Aspen Institute’s 2022 Fall Workshop Series on grant program development. See more: BAIA Welcomes Faron Manuel As Director Of BAIA Foundation Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 04 Aug 2023 | Push and Pull w/ printmaker Althea Murphy-Price | 01:08:59 | |
The wonderful Althea Murphy-Price joins the Studio Noize fam today! Althea is an awesome printmaker and professor at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville. Her work explores the politics and culture of Black women’s hair. She’s not confined to one medium in her exploration. She does lithography, screenprinting, collage, photography, and 3D printing. We talked about what inspired her to do so much experimentation and where she found her love for printmaking. Of course, we talk about her wonder work, ideas of realness and perfection, adornment of little girls, being a “good printer,” and much more. Two printmakers that love printmaking talking that good art talk like you like it. It’s the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 178 topics include: Falling in love with printmaking struggling with letting go getting into teaching having an artistic community the politics of Black women’s hair experimenting with materials being a good printer using technology in experimenting making mistakes in the print shop Althea Murphy-Price is inspired by the social implication of beauty and its relationship to female identity, women, and culture. Topics of real and false, decoration, and imitation are explored in two and three-dimensional working methods, using traditional and non-conventional approaches to printmaking and sculpture. Althea Murphy-Price began her studies in Fine Art at Spelman College before receiving her Master of Arts in Printmaking and Painting from Purdue University and later studying at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts. Her artwork has been shown widely throughout the country and in international cities in Spain, China, Japan, Italy and Sweden. Her writings and work have been featured in such publications as Art Papers Magazine, CAA Reviews, Contemporary Impressions Journal, Art in Print, Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process., and Printmakers Today. See more: Althea Murphy-Price website + Althea Murphy-Price IG @altheamurphyprice Presented by: Black Art In America Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 22 Dec 2023 | Miami Noize pt 1 w/ Valerie Francis | 00:23:42 | |
Studio Noize done hit the big time! We’re back with a special series of episodes recorded at Miami Art Week. We’ve heard so much about Art Basel, the awesome art fairs on South Beach, The grand event of Art Basel. We are taking you behind the scenes to see what is really going on. Miami Noize is a series of episodes records live during Miami Art Week. Kicking off with Valerie Francis, owner and operator of Knowhere Art Gallery. It was A LOT going on but we stole 15 minutes from Valerie to talk about her experience at SCOPE, the artist she displayed including the OG Charly Palmer, and what is the value of being shown at an art fair. Its just a taste of the bigger conversation. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 179 topics include: participating at SCOPE selling work at an art fair Knowhere Art Gallery in Martha’s Vineyard diversity at Miami Art Week the value of art fairs Valerie Francis is the director and chief curator of Knowhere Art Gallery. After graduating from Hunter College with a BFA in Printmaking, Interior & Architectural Design, and an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers Business School, Francis amassed a wealth of experience in the global health and technology field with over a decade in the public health sector with Sanofi. Francis serves on the board for Artists for Humanity (Boston, MA), the Leo Project (Nanyuki, Kenya), and the Martha's Vineyard Center of Visual Arts. See more: Knowhere Art Gallery website + Knowhere Art Gallery IG @knowhereart Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 05 Jan 2024 | Miami Noize pt 2 w/ Women’s LIVE Artist Studio | 00:29:38 | |
Live from outside of SCOPE we chat it up with Martha A Wade and Reisha from the Women’s LIVE Artist Studio. They had a wonderful journey from Chicago to Miami Art Week. They talk with us about process of showing at the fair and some insights on the interactions with attendees and how it all working into their plans for the studio. Time is a premium so this short interview is only an introduction to the good work they’re doing in Chicago. Your boy JBarber ends the episode with some reflection on the last year as we welcome in 2024. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 180 topics include: participating at SCOPE raising money to come to Miami Art Week Women’s LIVE Artist Studio interacting with the SCOPE crowd supporting young women artists having tough conversations with colleagues From the Women’s LIVE Artist Studio website: The Women's LIVE Artist Studio (WLAS) is a vibrant hub nestled within the heart of Navy Pier, Chicago's premier indoor tourist destination, boasting over 9 million visitors annually. Our Gallery is dedicated to showcasing the artistic talents of women artists from the local community. Through daily live art demonstrations, we invite our visitors to witness the creative process in action. We represent a supportive community of 30 female artists from diverse backgrounds and mediums, all sharing a common commitment to empowering women in the Chicago art scene and advocating for equal recognition and opportunities. See more: Women's LIVE Artist Studio website + Women's LIVE Artist Studio IG @womensliveartiststudio Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio | |||
| 19 Jan 2024 | Miami Noize pt 3 w/ Ben Munoz and Jeremiah Ojo | 00:46:44 | |
Your boy JBarber manage to sit with two people from the Studio Noize fam while down at Miami Art Week. First up is Ben Muñoz, Chicano printmaker we talked to at Print Austin. JB met up with Ben and attended a bunch of the satellite fairs like Untitled, NADA, Ink, Prizm, and Pinta. We recorded a conversation riding in traffic after leaving Pinta. You get our fresh relfections on the day including how shows create a vibe, impressions of the work at the show, the best things about Miami, and more After that it’s the man himself Jeremiah Ojo, Founder and Managing Director of Ilèkùn Wa (an art business advisory firm). Jeremiah selected two artist to showcase at SCOPE and that lead to a conversation about what it means to show at the an art fair. What does an art career look like with being at Miami Art Week as the big goal? Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 181 topics include: different fairs at Miami Art Week Pinta - the Latin American art fair creating a vibe an an art fair comparing the work you see at the fair participating in Scope Art Fair curating for art fairs increasing visibility and audience defining what you want in your career Benjamin Muñoz (b. 1993) is a Dallas-based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, installation, and monumental printmaking. Muñoz grew up in the vibrant Chicano culture of Corpus Christi, Texas, which boasts the country's largest Day of the Dead celebration, lowriders shows, and unique food culture. The middle child of artist brothers, Muñoz found his voice by reflecting on his heritage, upbringing, and current surroundings. J. Olayinka is the Founder and Managing Director of Ilèkùn Wa (Our doors), an art business advisory firm, facilitating & cultivating opportunities for visual artists of African descent to create, sustain and thrive. Over the last decade, J. Olayinka has become a sought after arts and culture management consultant, working internationally in artist professional development, gallery management, and art fair operations. His collaborative work with minority emerging contemporary artists, art institutions, corporations, and collectors has carved a pathway of connectivity for creative professionals throughout the African Diaspora and on the continent. Having worked with a number of black-owned, fine art galleries throughout the African Diaspora, J. Olayinka has forged an alliance of artist collectives and galleries in North America, Europe, and Africa working uniformly to economically advance the artistic and cultural production of their communities. See more: Ben Muñoz website + Ilekun Wa Website Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 16 Feb 2024 | The Way For You w/ artist Ify Chiejina | 01:25:37 | |
Ify Chiejina is a self taught artist making her way in art world. JB found her work after she created a beautiful print with master printmaker, Curlee Holton, at Raven Fine Art Editions. Ify talks about her work with Curlee and how she has navigated being a self taught artist and building the career that she wants. Her previous and recently announced illustrations for the Criterion Collection for legendary Senegalese filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene, has had an impact on how she approaches her practice. Ify is also active on IG @ify.chi.chiejina and we talk about the movitvation behind some of here interesting IG commentary on art and artists. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 182 topics include: working with Curlee Holton at Raven Fine Art Editions being a draftswoman defining yourself as an artist artist having career goals developing outside of art school doing a project with the Criterion Collection imposter syndrome experimenting in the studio Ifeatuanya (Ify) Chiejina is a visual artist born and raised in Queens, NY. Ify is a black Igbo female with ideas, thoughts, and truths that are rooted and reflective of different customs and traditions. As a Nigerian-American, Ify considers the tensions and complexities that come with being brought up in an African household, in a western society. Ify completed her B.A in philosophy from Queens College. Ify completed a certificate program for the Caribbean Cultural Center of African Diaspora Institute’s in 2015 She has participated in residencies at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. Her paintings are in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection. Ify is also one of the founding members for the Southeast Queens Artist Alliance, (SEQAA). See more: Ify Chiejina website + Ify Chiejina IG @ify.chi.chiejina Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 01 Mar 2024 | Expressions in Linoleum w/ printmaker Tenjin Ikeda | 01:14:02 | |
Today on the Noize we got printmaker, Tenjin Ikeda! he has been making art as for over 30 years and its been a journey across all kinds of mediums. From painting, to dancing, to sculpting, to printmaking, Tenjin has been open to where his talents and opportunity take him. We learn about Tenjin and his philosophy on making work. We nerd out a little bit on carving and relief printmaking masters like Latoya Hobbs, Elizabeth Catlett and more. Tenjin talks about a turning point print for him, how his spirituality inspires his work and what he’s learned by being in exhibitions over so many year. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 183 topics include: doing art for 30 plus years finding printmaking carving tips and secrets developing compositions what piece was a turning point in his eyes the differences between mediums experience gained from exhibitions offering critique to younger artists Tenjin Ikeda is an Afro-Puerto Rican artist born and raised in Brooklyn, New York on October 30, 1968. At a very young age learned the importance of tradition and heritage from his mother. He taught himself how to draw at an early age and he was hooked, he has been seriously making art for 30 plus years using the various mediums of painting, sculpture, and printmaking. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York first focusing on graphic design and ultimately Fine Arts where he felt more freedom to express himself. It was at the Art Students League that he discovered printmaking, which has been his focus for the past 20 plus years. “It is my desire to continue to visibly show the richness of my ancestry to the world.” He has various works in private collections in the US, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas as well as acquisitions by The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Print Club of Albany, and the Art Student’s League. Tenjin’s work has been featured as cover art and illustrations for various books. He has been included in “Modern Printmaking” an up coming book of 30 contemporary printmakers by Sylvie Covey. Tenjin, also worked for 6 years as an artist assistant to Richard Artschwager and with artist Keith Haring on a mural project Mr. Haring did at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He has participated in-group shows in different parts of the United States, Ireland, Japan as well as Spain and Australia. See more: Tenjin Ikeda’s website + Tenjin Ikeda’s IG @ify.chi.chiejina Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 16 Mar 2024 | Being Spectacular w/ artist LaNia Roberts | 01:34:17 | |
It’s an instant classic for you today on the Noize! We got the wonderful LaNia Roberts on the show and she came with all the energy, honesty and transparency that we needed in our studios. LaNia talks about how she got her big personality, empowering herself through art and the inner thoughts that artists feel and don’t often speak on. There is a truly awesome story on how she got to her style of painting that is a must here for any artist trying to find their way. You gotta rate the show 5 stars just for that! Its all that good art talk that you need in your life with a young woman artist that is blazing a trail in these art streets. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 184 topics include: being a young artist at SCOPE getting empowerment through art how LaNia developed her personality creating systems to support your practice the big shift in painting Stan Squirewell as a mentor overcoming the fear of growth what artists believe about themselves LaNia Roberts, born in 1996 and hailing from Louisville, KY, discovered a profound means of self-expression in visual art amidst her early struggle with identity. Supported by numerous scholarships as a first-generation college student, she pursued a degree in Painting at Syracuse University's Visual and Performing Arts School. LaNia culminated her academic journey in 2019, achieving a degree in Painting from Syracuse University and traveling to over 12 countries across three continents since attending art school. Presently, she resides in Louisville, KY, fully engaged as a professional artist. Her practice has also expanded into an online-based social art practice, empowering millions worldwide to embody radical self-compassion, love, and acceptance, with over 200,000+ followers between Instagram and Tiktok. Most notably, her artistic endeavors have garnered her the representation of the esteemed Claire Oliver Gallery in Harlem, New York City. See more: LaNia Roberts’ website + LaNia Roberts’ IG @laniaroberts Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 17 May 2024 | Black Objects w/ metalsmith David Harper Clemons | 01:01:49 | |
Your boy, JBarber, has been teaching at the Penland School of Craft and now we’re back with new Studio Noize! We found David Harper Clemons in a weaving cabin making broaches, print, sculptures and drawings. David is also the HBCU tour coordinator for Penland. We talk about the HBCU tours and how to get more diversity into artist communities. David talks about his curiosity with materials in making his functional and wearable art, the value of Black narratives in objects and what you need to be a great metalsmith. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 185 topics include: gettting into metals HBCU tour at Penland School of Craft bringing diversity to Penland metalsmithing vs jewelry the attention to detail top 3 skills of a metalsmith curiosity for materials Black narratives in objects importance of surfaces and touch David was born in El Paso, Texas and spent much of his life in Austin, Texas. Initially he began his undergraduate career attending Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, pursuing a degree program for Biology Art. He attended the program for two years before returning to Austin to complete his BFA at the University of Texas in Austin, with a primary emphasis in painting. He earned his MFA in Metalsmithing in 2007 from San Diego State University. David taught in the art department at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, Arkansas for 10 years. During 8 of those years he was responsible for creating and heading the Metalsmithing and Jewelry Department. In 2018 he relocated to Penland, North Carolina to dedicate his time to be an independent artist and workshop instructor. Much of his work embraces the craft of Metalsmithing and it’s collected history of techniques and objects. The resulting works rendered in metal, mixed media, and hand made artist books are vehicles to communicate ideas surrounding identity, narrative, and forays into material and process-based work. He has exhibited in numerous exhibitions including: Craft in America: Expanding Traditions, Different Tempers: Jewelry & Blacksmithing, RE/ACTIONS, and has work in the permanent collection of the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, National Ornamental Metal Museum. Yale Contemporary Craft Museum, Ollie Trout Collection at the University of Texas in Austin. See more: David Harper Clemons’ website + David Harper Clemons’ IG @harperclemons Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 31 May 2024 | Adult Summer Camp w/ BIPOC Penland panel | 01:08:10 | |
After spending 8 weeks at the Penland School of Craft there was a perfect time to reflect on the experience. Your boy JBarber got together a diverse panel of Penland people to talk about it. You got students (Erika Marin and Tori Hoang), a teaching assistant (Jasmin Warnock), a CORE student (Nicholas Malik), and an instructor. Not to mention some diverse ethnic backgrounds from Latinx to Asian to Black to discuss being in art spaces like Penland and exploring your curiosity in craft. We discuss their experience in the spring concentration, how diversity effects art spaces, and what they have learned during the process. Most importantly, do we recommend Penland to other artists of color? Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 186 topics include: how to find out about Penland making time for an 8 week class/residency Core students at Penland for 2 years experiencing craft for the first time living at an adult summer camp interacting with creatives learning from the other people at Penland diversity at Penland and art spaces learning about yourself with making Penland School of Craft is a national craft education center dedicated to the creative life. Located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Penland offers total-immersion workshops in sixteen beautifully-equipped studios along with artist residencies, a gallery and visitors center, and community programs. See more: Penland School of Craft website + Penland School of Craft IG @penlandschool , Nicholas Malik’s IG @nicholas_malik, Jasmin Warnock IG @warnockart Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 14 Jun 2024 | Exposure w/ printmaker Vanessa Meshack | ||
Vanessa Meshack is fresh off her first solo gallery show at Pencil and Paper Gallery and a feature in the international printmaking magazine Pressing Matters. Now she joins her favorite art podcast, Studio Noize, to talk about her new career. Vanessa was one of the super fans featured on the 100th episode! She’s made huge leaps in her art practice since she me JBarber out at Print Austin years ago. She discusses the way that making art has helped her find herself again, how she began exploring printmaking, and the challenges of setting up a new studio practice. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 187 topics include: Inner Visions solo show at Pencil and Paper Gallery figuring out a direction obstacles on the way to making art falling in love with printmaking using yourself as a reference expressing yourself through art being featured in Pressing Matters magazine print nerding out over monoprinting separating your practice from your business Vanessa Meshack bio: In her profound journey towards self-actualization, Vanessa Meshack draws upon spiritual guidance, memory's whispers, graceful movement, and rich experiences to craft abstract figurative masterpieces. Her creations convey not just strength, healing, vulnerability, and joy, but also embody the intricate tapestry woven by intersectionality, shaping her unique worldview. Rather than dwelling on the shadows of overlapping social identities, Vanessa reframes the narrative, showcasing the elegance that blooms from embracing one's inner wisdom. Her chosen mediums, such as drawing, fiber, and printmaking techniques like monotype and woodcut, are meticulously applied to archival paper and fabric. Through stitching and quilting, she imparts intention, infusing her work with a profound meditative essence. Vanessa Meshack, a self-taught maestro, channels her artistic voyage into her prints. Her monotypes, a dance of ink and texture, create vignettes of her narrative. Her studio, nestled in a detached garage apartment in Dallas, Texas, serves as her sanctuary. Here, she transforms solitude into eloquent expressions, demonstrating the boundless potency of artistic exploration. See more: Vanessa Meshack website + Vanessa Meshack’s IG @vlmeshackart Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 28 Jun 2024 | Njeri the Great w/ artist Njeri Kinuthia | 01:13:49 | |
The 2024 Florida Prize exhibition at the Orland Museum of Art introduced your boy, JBarber, to 10 fantastic artists in the state of Florida. We got the People’s Choice Award winner from that show, Njeri Kinuthia, on the Noize today. Her work is centered around her experiences growing up in Kenya and the ways she wrestles with culture, religion and social norms. Njeri talks about her love of drawing, her complex relationship with religion, and the ways her art helps her build a sense of self. We go through the details of some of Njeri’s amazing work in the show including Njeri the Great, Nyumba, and Smothered II. Plus some stories about Njeri being a pastor and throwing shade with fabrics. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 188 topics include: coming to New York from Kenya finding freedom in the clothing wrestling with cultural norms in art the importance of drawing female oppression 2024 Florida Prize Njeri Kinuthia bio: Njeri Kinuthia was born and raised in Kenya. She received her bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design from Machakos University, Kenya. Njeri moved to the U.S. in 2021 to pursue her MFA at the University of Central Florida, funded by the Provost's Fellowship Award. Her artistic merit has been recognized with awards, including the 2024 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art People’s Choice Award, the 2024 University of Central Florida Outstanding Graduate Creative Research, the 2023 Éclat Law Prize, the 2023 United Arts Public Art Award, the 2023 Innovation in Arts Award, among others. Njeri has exhibited her work in various shows and galleries, including the ongoing Florida Prize at the Orlando Museum of Art, and a solo exhibition at Snap! Gallery in Orlando. She has also showcased her art in international settings, including Norway. Njeri is also an Art Educator teaching at the University of Central Florida. Her work explores themes of self-reflection, feminism, and the suppression of women perpetuated by cultural and societal norms. Njeri has also shared her insights through artist talks and interviews, further contributing to the discourse on the role of art in society. See more: Njeri Kinuthia website + Njeri Kinuthia’s IG @njeri_artistar Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 12 Jul 2024 | Personal Enjoyment w/ art collector Nick Bedford | 01:10:31 | |
We are talking about collecting today on the Noize! We got attorney and art collector Nick Bedford. You might catch Nick in Miami at Art Basel, flying worldwide to check out all the shows, or in the studio with your favorite artists. Nick talks about the value of art, following artists as they grow, and getting into the politics behind collecting. Nick shines a light on what he values in purchasing, which includes the sketches and preliminary drawings. It’s a talk about the other side of the art business from a person actively supporting and acquiring work. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 189 topics include: reasons to collect value in art collecting sketches and preliminary works what makes a great artist how success changes artists and collecting following artists as they grow recent treasures in the collection gatekeeping by museums and galleries Nick Bedford bio: Nicholas Bedford is a highly accomplished, leveraging his extensive legal expertise to provide exceptional defense for prominent corporate entities, municipalities, and trucking companies across the nation. Among his esteemed clientele are renowned organizations like National Indemnity Company, The Kroger Co., American Family Insurance, Grady Memorial Hospital, The Home Depot, Inc., The City of Atlanta, and some of the nation’s biggest corporate citizens. With over a decade of experience, Nicholas has consistently demonstrated his prowess in handling complex legal matters. Beyond his legal achievements, Nicholas is deeply committed to his community and passionate about promoting artistic advocacy. He serves as a Board Member of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts and is the visionary Founder of the Artist Making a Difference Mural Program. Through this innovative initiative, Nicholas has spearheaded impactful murals and initiated programs for philanthropic causes, including the Ronald McDonald House, the Atlanta Missions, Allgood Elementary School, and the Jesse Draper Boys & Girls School. See more: Nick Bedford’s IG @nick_bed Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 26 Jul 2024 | Advocate and Collaborate w/ curator Kilolo Luckett | 01:07:48 | |
Pittsburgh-based art historian and curator, Kilolo Luckett joins the Studio Noize fam today! Its always exciting to have dynamic, interesting women on the show because they have so much to offer. Kilolo has created an experimental, contemporary art platform with Alma Lewis and still works as an independent curator with artists like Stephen Towns, Amani Lewis and Thaddeus Mosley. She talks about building connections with artists that she curates, the importance or reading for artists and creating Alma Lewis as a place where artists can grow in their practice. Kilolo shares what she sees as the job of a curator and how to created a culture that supports artists in every way. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 190 topics include: building a connection to artists what an artist reads advocating for artists what a curator does the importance of narratives in art creating Alma Lewis art culture supporting artists during a residency Kilolo Luckett bio: Kilolo Luckett is a Pittsburgh-based art historian and curator. With more than twenty-five years of experience in arts administration and cultural production, she is committed to elevating the voices of underrepresented visual artists, especially women, and Black and Brown artists. Luckett is Founding Executive Director and Chief Curator of ALMA | LEWIS (named after abstract artists Alma Thomas and Norman Lewis), an experimental, contemporary art platform for critical thinking, constructive dialogue, and creative expression dedicated to Black culture. Among the many exhibitions to her credit are Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities (2018), Resurgence – Rise Again: The Art of Ben Jones (2019), I Came by Boat So Meet Me at the Beach by Ayana Evans and Tsedaye Makonnen (2020), Vanishing Black Bars & Lounges: Photographs by L. Kasimu Harris (2020), and Dominic Chambers: Like the Shapes of Clouds on Water (2020) at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center; Amani Lewis: Reimagining Care (2021) and Lizania Cruz: Performing Inquiry (2022) at ALMA | LEWIS; Stephen Towns: Declaration & Resistance (2022), which premiered at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art and travels to Boise Art Museum in Boise, Idaho, and Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2023); and Luckett co-curated SLAY: Artemisia Gentileschi & Kehinde Wiley (2022) at The Frick Pittsburgh. She has curated exhibitions by national and international artists such as Peju Alatise, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Thaddeus Mosley, Tajh Rust, Devan Shimoyama, and Shikeith. She served as an Art Commissioner for the City of Pittsburgh’s Art Commission for twelve years. Luckett has held positions as Curator of Meta Pittsburgh’s Open Arts, Consulting Curator of Visual Arts at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Director of Development at The Andy Warhol Museum, and Curatorial Assistant at Wood Street Galleries, where she helped organize shows that included Xu Bing, Louise Bourgeois, Larry Bell, Catherine Opie, Nam June Paik, and Tim Rollins + K.O.S. See more: Alma Lewis website + Kilolo Luckett’s IG @kilololuckett Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 23 Aug 2024 | Bad Business at Mint w/ artist Jasmine Nicole Williams | 01:03:31 | |
Mint Gallery in Atlanta has closed its doors, suddenly and sloppily. How could this happen to such a well known, well used space? Studio Noize has recorded episodes there. Your boy JBarber had his thesis show there. There was a history and reputation to the gallery. Today we bring back Jasmine Nicole Williams, aka Jiggy Jas, back for an emergency episode of Studio Noize. We unload our thoughts on the closing of Mint and how poorly it was all handled. We discuss the precarious nature of being an artist and how devastating it can be to have your life and livelihood threatened by bad business. We talk about the changing landscape of arts funding, the need for community and the courage it takes to advocate for yourself and your fellow artists. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 191 topics include: the chaos of Mint Gallery closing non-profit arts funding how poor leadership effects working artists being transparent the dream of having a studio what creates culture what comes from the chaos Jasmine Nicole Williams is a Black American visual artist and organizer from Atlanta, GA. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking from the University of West Georgia in 2017. Her work explores her southern, black, and femme identities through printmaking and murals to inspire people to dive deeper into their humanity. Influenced by the work of artists like Elizabeth Catlett and Emory Douglas, Jasmine believes in the transformative power of portraiture, print, and public art. She understands the role of art and the need for that art to be accessible to the people as a tool to advance the working-class struggle. With a deep interest in craft and process, Jasmine makes dignified work that reflects and relates to everyday people and injects them with a spirit of optimism toward the future. Since receiving her BFA, Jasmine’s work has been showcased at Prizm Art Fair, Perez Museum Miami, ZuCot Gallery, Eyedrum, MINT Gallery, and Echo Contemporary. She has received residencies from Hambidge and Midtown Alliance. She was awarded grants from RedBull, Sprite, WISH ATL, and Dream Warriors Foundation and fellowships from Southern Graphics Council International and TILA Studios. She has worked with [adult swim] and Nike. Currently, Jasmine is the 2023 recipient of the Living Walls Abroad Fellowship. Jasmine continues her practice in Atlanta, GA. See more: Rough Draft Atlanta: MINT Gallery abruptly closes its doors at MET Atlanta + AJC: Mint gallery closed suddenly, leaving artists scrambling and unhappy + Jasmine Williams website + Jasmine Williams IG @jn.ooomami Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 06 Sep 2024 | So Many Series w/ artist Anthony Burks Sr. | 01:18:56 | |
Artists should be comfortable blazing their own paths. Even if it take you outside the norms of Black figuration and makes people look at you funny. Today’s guest, Anthony Burks Sr., knows all about that. As a Black artist using animals as his main subjects he has stories of people that didn’t want his work at first but the beautiful compositions, the masterful drawing and the spirit that he puts into the work is undeniable. Anthony talks about his animals, his creative drive, how he approaches his business and survives as an artist. It’s a wide ranging art conversation for yall today. We know you like that good art talk right here on the Noize! Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 192 topics include: the love of drawing staying in your lane as an artist painting animals as a Black artist turning his home into a gallery handling commissions Zero Empty Spaces art studio and collective using social media to get clients how to get support at a fundraiser the art hustle in Florida Anthony Burks, a native Floridian, is a conceptual fine and commercial artist. He works in numerous forms of media including charcoal, pen & ink, pastels, watercolor, and color pencil. The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale graduate has won awards and contests including Best of Show in several different art shows. He has worked and collaborated with numerous companies and organizations over the years through his 30-year company with his wife, Trina Slade-Burks, ATB Fine ArtGroup Inc. (ATB). Anthony has exhibited his artwork at various galleries, museums, and events. He also utilizes his skills to encourage artistic youth and adults to further pursue their own creative talents and to help promote the arts. He has co-curated varies exhibitions including Continuum PB Arts Fair, Collaboration: African Diaspora Exhibition, Karibu and Boys II Men Art Expo just to name a few. These exhibitions have provided opportunities for emerging, mid-career and established artists and have exposed them to collectors who may not have had the opportunity otherwise.Over the last 20 years, he has also provided opportunities through arts education and artistic techniques to develop artistic skills in drawing and art appreciation.
See more: Anthony Burks Sr. website + Anthony Burks Sr. IG @ampburks Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||
| 20 Sep 2024 | Legacy Weekend pt 1 w/ the Legacy Print Council | 00:45:25 | |
A couple of weeks ago a group of super talented printmakers got to together in Houston at the studio of the one and only Delita Martin. We talking Delita, Chloe Alexander, Anne Johnson, Rabea Ballin, Shanna Strauss, Jess Sabogal, Rashaun Rucker and Steve Prince who couldn’t make it. Even your boy JBarber slid in there some how. The magic of the moment inspired us to create a new printmaking collective called the Legacy Print Council. Of course JBarber pulled out the mics to document such a momentous occasion. Today we got Delita Martin and Chloe Alexander talking about how this all came together and the value of sharing with your peers. Followed by Dr. Kheli Willetts who came by the studio to visit and ended up making a print herself. Kheli talks about being inspired to make a print, the time she spent with Elizabeth Catlett and her observation about the event. It’s just a little taste of that good art talk from Legacy Weekend with the crew. Listen, subscribe, and share! Episode 193 topics include: how the Legacy Weekend came together energy in the print studio sharing techniques with your peers continuing to learn as your career grows creating a collaborative portfolio Dr Kheli Willetts jumping into printing again Dr Kheli Willetts spending time with Elizabeth Catlett the context of Legacy Weekend Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas. She received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and an MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formerly a member of the fine arts faculty at UA Little Rock in Arkansas, Martin currently works as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press. Martin’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Most recently Martin’s work was included in the State of the Arts: Discovering American Art Now, an exhibition that included 101 artists from around the United States. Her work is in numerous portfolios and collections. Chloe Alexander is a printmaker who works out of Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010 and an M.Ed. in 2014, both from Georgia State University. Alexander is a national and international exhibiting artist who has shown work in institutions such as the International Print Center in New York, the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London, and the Kai Lin Art Gallery in Atlanta. Dr. Kheli Willetts is Principal and Founder of Dira Professional Development. Prior to starting her own firm, Dr. Willetts was Director of Professional Development at Mid-America Arts Alliance (MAAA) small to midsize arts and cultural organizations as well as practicing artists.
See more: Delita Martin website + Delita Martin IG @blackboxpress + Chloe Alexander website + Chloe Alexander IG @thehaplessprintmaker + Dr Kheli Willetts website Jamaal Barber: @JBarberStudio Support the podcast | |||