Artists of Houston Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rhonda Lanclos
Houston is HOT but the People are Cool!!! Houston is a big art town, full of talented artists, I have the good fortune to sit down with many of them for delightful conversations about their work and where to find them. Some of my art convos go beyond HTX but the focus of the podcast are the talented people here in Space/Bayou City. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rhonda-lanclos/support
Betsy Evans is one of the best ceramic artists in Houston and is known nationally for her craftsmanship and creative inventions of pieces of art that tell a story, her story. We sat down to a wonderful conversation that included her beginnings not as a ceramic artist but as a woodworker, but eventually she explains her entire journey to now. Please enjoy!
www.betsyevansceramics.com
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Sweft is an international first class choreographer, actor, dancer, DJ, and motivational figure based in Houston, with intermittent residence abroad. He's our first dancer on the podcast and am thrilled we were able to sit for a great talk. In our fun conversation he tells the start of his career that has a continuum to China and his experiences there. Sweft is a positive influencer and his instagram will surely make you smile, and I hope that this interview will too!! Remember to tell your friends about the podcast, and subscribe and don't miss a single episode.
Instagram: Sweft Washington
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Richard Hall is a Houston native and man of many talents, including being an artist! He has a studio in the Silos within the Sawyer Yards; Studio 227. We had a delightful conversation talking about his early years and multitude of accomplishments.
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Lori Griffin is a west Texas based artist/curator who put together a pop up show that I was invited to participate in along with 21 other West Texas Artists. She is a delightful personality and we had a nice conversation at the 'opening' of the show in a donated space owned by local artist Steven Walker. Temperatures were taken at the entrance and artist participants were staggered to ensure social distancing. The work focused on the current experience of the artists in pandemic. On hand was Sarah Shuttleworth, a new artist, whose 3D work illuminating the anxiety we've all felt with wearing masks in public spaces and the difficulty dealing with the plethora of information via media outlets that seem more overwhelming than helpful. The show is designed to be a travelling exhibit and hopefully will visit HTX in the future.
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Meet Romeo Robinson, Houston based artists who makes beautiful images of important and influential black people, based on history and imagination. People that may be overlooked or persecuted, that Romeo realized were absent in the places he sought to view art, museums and galleries. His work is large and powerful, don't miss this special and timely interview with an artists that I admire and celebrate, Mr. Romeo Robinson!.
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Romeo Robinson is a visual artist based in Houston, TX. He paints large figurative works that depict and enlighten black figures of importance and relevance to society that are sometimes overlooked or persecuted. He wanted to make looking at images of black subjects to be a normal experience, unlike what history has provided, with lack of black stories, paintings in particular, in museums and galleries, Romeo sought to fill in the gap and paint what he wanted to see. Go to www.artistsofhouston.com for show notes and more details of podcast.
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