Relief Podcast: Recent Episodes
Akron Art Museum
This monthly podcast brings listeners joy and comfort to your day.
The Akron Art Museum’s staff shares insights from their own lives combined with conversations about the collection and interviews with regional artists and musicians.
Gina talks about movement with Stephanie Petcavage, Collections Manager and Exhibition Registrar. Sloane explores Honoré Guilbeau's lithograph, For Art's Sake. Shop Talk with Benedict Scheuer
(note, in the earlier segment Honoré Guilbeau is referred to as he, later as she. She is the correct identity for the artist.
Gina talks to Museum visitors about their adventures, Sloane takes a deep dive into Maurizio Pellegrin's sculpture, The Sea, and we talk with featured artist, Muti, an illustration studio from Cape Town, South Africa.
Seema and Gina talk about reflections and the various places to find them. Take a deep dive with Sloane into Dieter Appelt's photograph, Der Fleck auf dem Spiegel, den der Atemhauch schafft. Katelyn talks with artist Thomas Roese.
Seema and Gina talk about the photography as an artist's tool, choosing subjects for photographs, and what it means to be a photographer.
Sloan explores Daido Moriyama's photograph Inu No Kioko Shusho (Memory of Dog Epilogue) and talks about what it means to capture fleeting moments.
Katelyn chats with fine art photographer and educator, Lori Kella.
Seema and Gina talk about the different forms of "togetherness" and how people have fostered those moments over the past couple of years. Our "deep dive" explores artwork by Sam Gilliam. Katelyn talks to artist Terence Hammonds in the "shop talk" segment.
The Akron Art Museum’s staff shares insights from their own lives combined with conversations about the collection and interviews with regional artists and musicians.
This week the topic is Joy. Seema and Gina talk about the fleeting nature of joy and where they’re finding joy in this challenging moment.
This week the topic is Collage. Seema and Gina talk about how collage can include everything from mood boards and scrapbooks, to the large scale and monumental works in the museum’s collection.
This week the topic is Play. Seema and Gina discuss how to stay playful during times of stress and how artists use play in their work.
This week the topic is Alternatives. Seema and Gina talk about how the world is turning to creative alternatives during the pandemic and what alternatives can mean to artists.
This week the topic is Process. Seema and Gina discuss the different processes they’ve been going through during COVID and how artists work through extensive processes to get to a final result.
This week the topic is Mark-Making. Seema and Gina talk about the various kinds of marks they’re making with during this time and how artists use mark-making in their practice.
This week the topic is Abstract. Seema and Gina talk about how artists use abstraction and artist Alma Thomas’ career.
This week the topic is Motivation. Seema and Gina share some of their thoughts about how motivation looks different during quarantine and how artists get themselves motivated.
This week the topic is Spring. Seema and Gina share some of their thoughts about how the weather affects artists and their work.
This week the topic is Care. Seema and Gina share some of their thoughts about how care has changed in the context of Stay and Home.