The Art Ambassador: Recent Episodes

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Gwenda Joyce an artist coach and agent, and the founder of the Art Ambassador. She is a former gallery owner in Chicago and long-time member of the contemporary art world.

Join Gwenda as she discusses her 9 crucial steps for artists so they can take their careers to new heights. Based on her successful “Yes!” coaching program, and her new book "9 Steps to Artistic Freedom", Gwenda takes artists through a step by step process that moves them past frustration and into comfort, abundance and creative flow while helping them have meaningful connection with their audiences and live joyfully as entrepreneurs as well as artists.

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Gwenda Joyce interviews art gallery owners from around the country who will be participating in the major Miami Art Fairs of contemporary art in 2018

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Gwenda Joyce interviews directors of two new museums that opened this year,
Emily Kapes of the James Museum and Robin Held of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum at WSU.

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Gwenda speaks about the For Freedoms partner initiatives that are happening in 50 states with curators Courtney Gilbert and Kate Crawford

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Gwenda Joyce interviews Corey Ross and Danielle Iversen about The Art of Banksy in Toronto.

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Gwenda Joyce talks with 3 of the 38 artists who created murals as part of the public art presentation at the new Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco
Rachel Kowalik
Claudio Talavera-Ballon
John Kraft

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Gwenda talks with Elizabeth Leach about Portland's annual summer event for the arts

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Artist Kelly Leahy Radding, who just returned from a trip to 12 National Parks, talks about her passion for wildlife, nature and the environment

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Gwenda Joyce talks with art gallery owners who are taking innovative steps to showing art: Jesse Greenberg of JAG Projects in NYC and Alex Rocklemann of Rocklemann Partners in Berlin.

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Gwenda Joyce talks about the issues-oriented exhibitions at San Jose's arts organizations
on view this summer. Collector Mike Bewley will talk about his art collection based on social
justice on view at the SJMA and Marielle Merveau will talk about the opportunities to be
interactive with the exhibits at the ICA.

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Gwenda Joyce talks with curator Carrie Lederer about "Personal to Political: Celebrating African American Artists" and Rhea Fontaine of Paulson Fontaine Press about the artworks in the exhibit.

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Gwenda Joyce talks with three successful art gallery owners whose galleries are located in non-urban, rural areas that you can visit while on vacation

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Gwenda Joyce is LIVE for Day 3 of the StARTup Art Fair in San Francisco and talks with exhibiting artists about their experience.

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Gwenda Joyce is Live at for Day 2 of the StARTup Art Fair in San Francisco and talks with exhibiting artists and cultural partners.

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Gwenda Joyce is Live at the opening day of the StARTup Art Fair in San Francisco and talks with exhibiting artists

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Gwenda Joyce talks with art collector Heidy Braverman about how art gives her inspiration and has guided the course of her life.

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Gwenda Joyce talks with art gallery owner Jeffrey Lee of Ryan Lee Gallery and artist Monica Lundy about presenting controversial political and social subjects..

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Gwenda Joyce talks to artists about setting yourself up for successfully selling your art.

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Gwenda Joyce mines the field to come up with her best secrets and presents a show of the 7 Mistakes Artists Make (and how to avoid them)

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Host Gwenda Joyce talks with the founders and artists from two Art Fairs that select artists to show and sell their own artwork, the Start Up Art Fair and the Other Art Fair.

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Gwenda Joyce discusses the art and legacy of Nathan Oliveira and the exhibit at MarinMOCA in interviews with Nancy Rehkopf, Joe Oliveira and Susan Christianson.

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Gwenda Joyce speaks with artists and the curator involved with the innovative 48 Pillars exhibition,
and the curator of a space specifically created for emerging artists called Embark.

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Gwenda Joyce continues the discussion of the impact of "Pacific Standard Time" exhibitions by over 40 Southern California institutions with interviews with two gallery owners, Jack Rutberg and Peter Blake.

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Gwenda Joyce will talk with 2 museum administrators who were involved in ground-breaking exhibits as part of Los Angeles' recent presentation of over 40 "Pacific Standard Time" exhibitions.

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Hear from Artist Karen Fitzgerald about how she has created a successful career as an artist
and a fabulous body of artwork in the round.

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Gwenda Joyce discusses the public art seen at San Francisco International Airport with arts administrator Susan Pontious and artist Amy Ellingson.

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Stories of how gallery owners are changing their galleries to respond to the changes in the world.
Guests : Wendi Norris of Gallery Wendi Norris and John Williamson of WilliamsonKnight Gallery.

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Gwenda Joyce continues the holiday spirit of peace and good will with a discussion of an important nonsectarian exhibition, Collaboration & Collection, at the Islamic Community Center of Northern California. Guests are artist Julie Cohn and organizer and artist Lea Delson.

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Gwenda Joyce talks to 4 art gallery owners who participated in the Miami Art Week art fairs in early December 2017. Guests are: Bernice Steinbaum, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery,
Mark Borghi, Mark Borghi Fine Art, and Jean-Luc Richard, Galerie Richard and and BJ Kocen of Glave Kocen Gallery.

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Gwenda Joyce will talk about the new Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco and how it has affected the art scene; guests are gallery owners Nancy Toomey of Nancy Toomey Gallery and Monique Deschaines of Euqinom.

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Gwenda Joyce talks with gallery owner Michael Lyons Wier about what it’s like to run a top art gallery in the heart of Chelsea in New York

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Gwenda Joyce will be talking to Denver gallery owner and artist, Doug Kacena, about his deep involvement in the contemporary art world and his commitment to creating an immersive experience for art.

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Today Gwenda talks with two artists about how they changed the course of their careers and have found the recognition and sales they want.

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Today Gwenda talks about how to overcome some of the blocks that artists face to having successful careers. Her guest Susan Richardson; artist from Tracy, California, talks about how working with a coach opened up new possibilities for her and has increased her commitment to her success

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Today Gwenda talks about her experience helping artists who struggle with their careers turn a corner on their success and get the recognition they want. Her guest Pat McIntosh from Sonoma, CA will talk about the her change from panic to possibility with her art career in the last 5 months and Karen Barrow from Naples, FL will talk about how her art career has made a quarter turn and how she’s thriving as a result