David Linneweh: Recent Episodes

David Linneweh

A catalog of artist interviews with a focus on providing a platform for visual artists to share their work and provide an in-depth look into their studio practice.

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This weekPaul Loughey, Eric Palmerlee, andSteven Rudin join the podcast to discuss: Transformation, a survey of collage and the development of personal language. Artists featured: Andrew Almeter, Allan Bealy, Andrea Burgay, Andrés Gamiochipi, Lars Henkel, Danila Ilabaca, Eva Lake, Paul Loughney, Eric Palmerlee, Somsara Reilly, Steven Rudin, Steve Tierney, and Paloma Trecka.

You can purchase copies of Transformation by visiting Amazon. For additional information about Transformation, please send inquiries to Aqulamb.

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This week Jodi Hays joins the podcast to talk about her collage paintings that explore a wide range of materials and techniques.

Jodi has a solo exhibition “To Harden and Heal” opening at Johnson Lowe Gallery, May 9 - June 28th. Upcoming group exhibitions at Tennessee Gallery (Atlanta, GA) opening May 9 and the 2024 Studio Break Invitational at Studio Break Gallery, opening July 12th 6-8 PM, the exhibition runs through August 2nd.

Jodi’s work was selected for our 2024 Studio Break Professional Competition by Marc Mitchell, Curator & Director of Exhibitions at the University of Arkansas.

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This week Samantha Haring joins the podcast to talk about her paintings and drawings, in the artists words “I make quiet paintings in a noisy world”.

Samatha’s solo exhibition “Safe Havens” opens at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago on Saturday May 17th, from 5-8PM. The exhibition runs though June 7th.

Samantha’s work was selected for our 2023 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jeff Stevenson, Artist & Gallery Director at Governors State University.

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This week Curtis Anthony Bozif & Shona Macdonald talk about their upcoming two person exhibition at Studio Break Gallery, The Vapours So Whiten And Thicken The Air. The exhibition of new work explores atmospheric phenomena linked to climate change.

The show opens at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, IL, Saturday, April 19th, from 5-8pm. The show will run through May 11th. Appointments can be arranged through dm on Instagram.

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This week Matt Klos joins us to talk about his paintings based in observation that explore works from still life, landscape, and architecture.

Matt has an upcoming solo exhibition this summer at the Jemulpo Club Museum in Incheon Korea.

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This week Ryan Paluczak joins the podcast to talk about his journey as a studio artist exploring a range of mixed media that includes print, sound, sculpture, and most recently photography.

In the episode, we discuss Ryan’s solo exhibition entitled “People Pleaser” that opens Friday March 7th 4-7PM at ARX Gallery at Southeastern Missouri State University; the exhibition runs Feb 21st - March 21st.

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This week Jan Brandt joins us once again to talk about her vibrant and colorful mixed media and site specific installation works that combine painting, fabric, and mixed media.

Jan has an exhibition entitled “Between Stillness and Growth ” that opens Friday March 7th 6-8PM at The Camp Gallery in North Miami FL; the exhibition runs March 7th- April 4th.

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This week Ben Duke returns to the podcast to talk about his recent paintings and mural works that combine figurative and narrative elements.

Ben has an exhibition entitled “Chance Factor” that opens Friday March 7th 6-8PM at Hillyer in Washington D.C.; the exhibition runs March 8th- March 30th.

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This week Madison Varns joins the podcast to talk about her studio work, which explores the mundane through mixed media painting and ceramic forms.

Madison’s work was selected by Studio Break host David Linneweh as part of the 2022 Studio Break Student Competition.

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This week Erika B. Hess, Marc Mitchell, & Neil Callander join the podcast to discuss painting and some upcoming exhibitions.

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This week Brett Beery of Typical Stereo Records joins the podcast to talk about his musical journey from solo recordings to collaboration with the bands Art Denver, Davy Slotch Crockett, Decals, and Golden Shadow.

Brett’s new EP “Driller” is now available at Typical Stereo Records. along with other original recordings out of central Illinois.

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This week Barbara Campbell Thomas joins the podcast to talk about mixed media abstract paintings that utilize a variety of stitched fabric and acrylic paint.

Barbara’s solo exhibition Heart of Space opens Saturday Nov 9th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago from 5-8PM and runs through November 30th.

Barbara’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jason Franz, Artist & Director of Manifest in Cincinnati.

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This week Ava Starnes joins the podcast to discuss her self portrait works that are created from video still images in compositions that stretch and contort the figure.

Ava’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.

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This week Neil Callander joins the podcast to talk about his paintings that evolve slowly to explore still life, portraits, landscapes, and abstractions.

Neil’s solo exhibition Happy to Wait opens Saturday October 5th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago from 5-8PM and runs through November 2nd.

Neil’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jason Franz, Artist & Director of Manifest in Cincinnati.

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This week Elliot Bowers sat down with Dave & Johnny Disco to discuss Elliot’s new exhibition “Displacement” at Purple Window Gallery, at Mana Contemporary in Chicago.

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August 9, 2024

This week Arden Bendler Browning joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice that explore painting, projection, and VR. We also discuss her solo exhibition “Black Forrest”at Tinney Contemporary in Nashville, Aug 17- Sept 21 with an opening reception on September 7th.

Arden’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jason Franz, Artist & Director of Manifest in Cincinnati.

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This week Lily Madden joins the podcast to talk their work and solo exhibition “Coffins for Cicadas” opening at Haw Contemporary August 9th from 5-8PM in Kansas City.

Lily’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.

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This week Maryalice Carroll joins the podcast to talk about her colorful ceramic sculpture and installation based works.

Maryalice is featured in the two person exhibition “Color Stacks” with Nichole Gronvold Roller at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, May 18th-June 11th with an opening reception on Saturday May 18th from 5-8PM.

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This week Maryalice Carroll joins the podcast to talk about her colorful ceramic sculpture and installation based works.

Maryalice is featured in the two person exhibition “Color Stacks” with Nichole Gronvold Roller at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, May 18th-June 11th with an opening reception on Saturday May 18th from 5-8PM.

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This week Nichole Gronvold Roller joins us to talk about her colorful mixed media works that are influenced by the arts and craft movement, design, wallpaper, and observations of every day.

Nichole is featured in the two person exhibition “Color Stacks” with Maryalice Carroll at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, May 18th-June 11th with an opening reception on Saturday May 18th from 5-8PM.

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April 19, 2024

This week Sally C. Garner joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice, beginning with photography which led way to an interest in sculpture, installation, fiber and most importantly weaving.

Sally is featured in the Two-Person Exhibition “Process/Symbiosis” with Jason Rafferty at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, April 20th-May 11th with an opening reception on Saturday April 20th from 5-8PM.

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April 12, 2024

This week Jason Rafferty joins the podcas to talk about his studio practice that explores ideas of the environment and sustainability through colorful abstracted paintings.

Jason will be featured in the Two-Person Exhibition “Process/Symbiosis” with Sally C. Garner at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, April 20th-May 11th with an opening reception on Saturday April 20th from 5-8PM.

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February 6, 2024

Bill Conger & Ron Jackson join the podcast for an Artist Talk for their two person exhibition “Recent Works” at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago through April 14th.

There will be a closing reception for the exhibition on April 14th from 12-2PM.

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This week Andy Demczuk joins the podcast to talk about his recent imaginative landscape paintings that are informed through the process of mixing and editing his original music. He’s completing his MFA from the University of Cincinnati-DAAP and has a MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati (OH). The show opens February 23rd 5-8PM and the runs through March 16th.

Andy’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.

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February 2, 2024

Bill Conger joins the podcast once again to talk about his studio practice and an exciting new shift in his work as he returns to painting after a near 15 year hiatus.

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This week Amy Reidel returns to the podcast to talk about her recent mixed media and installation based works that combine abstract and figurative elements to explore the relationship between being a caregiver during a period of global turmoil.

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This week Jeff Stevenson joins us to talk about his work that explores ideas of masculinity and the self through a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, and installation.

Jeff also talks about his the exhibition “Cross-Section: the many faces of Jeff Stevenson” that opens at Studio Break Gallery with receptions on Sunday Dec 3rd from 2-5 PM and Sat Dec 9th from 4-8 PM.

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This week Dan Oliver joins the podcast to talk about his paintings that are influenced by Surrealism, Pop-Art, and growing up in middle America.

Dan also talks about his recent exhibition “Shelter” at JPS Gallery in Paris (France)as well as an upcoming solo exhibition at Lorin Gallery in Los Angeles, April of 2024.

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This week Marc Mitchell talks all about his studio practice and abstract paintings that combine colorful patterns & dazzle camouflage with elements of the landscape. Marc has a solo exhibition “Pale Hay” that opens on Saturday October 14th from 6-9 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago.

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This week Curtis Anthony Bozif joins the podcast to talk about his large scale abstract paintings, created through repetitious process and informed by environments of the Great Lakes.

Curtis currently has a solo exhibition In the Mist of a Great Fall on view at Oliva Gallery (Chicago) that runs through October 7th.

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This week Noah Kashiani joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice that explores mixed media painting and sculptural forms. In the episode Noah breaks down his recent works that use found objects and various processes/materials to create mixed media works that examine consumer culture and late state capitalism.

Noah has a solo exhibition “Built Similarly” that opens on Saturday September 9th from 5-8 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago.

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This week Erin Raedeke joins the podcast to talk about her colorful paintings based off of observation that explore a variety of subjects that include still life, interior, landscape, and portraiture.

Erin has a solo exhibition “46 Years” that opens on Saturday July 22nd from 5-8 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago. The show will feature 46 4” x 6” paintings, each one based off one of her 46 years of life. Works are available and can be reviewed on the gallery page.

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This week Kit Palencar joins the podcast to talk about his studio work, which largely explores figurative elements and the landscape through a variety of 2-D materials.

Kit has work featured in the exhibition “Paintings from the field” at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago with fellow artists Ben Cohan, David Linneweh, Adam Mysock, Kit Palencar, John Reddington, Gary Schirmer, and Jake Wells.

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This week Mia Risberg returns to the podcast to talk about her studio practice and recent series of drawings that began during the pandemic quarantine.

The solo exhibition“Quiet Contemplation” runs from May 12th- June 16th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago with an opening reception on May 12th from 5-8PM.

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This week Lillian Young joins the podcast to talk about her work, which utilizes lost or forgotten moments of Black history through painting and mixed media installation works.

Lillian currently has work in the exhibition She/Her, at Ro2 Art Gallery in Dallas (TX) through April 29th as well as an upcoming solo exhibition at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in June of 23’.

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April 7, 2023

This week Kellie Lehr joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice, which explores painting, installation, site specific works, and collaborative performance.

Kellie has an exhibition opening at Boswell Mourot Fine Art that opens June 10th - July 1st with an artist talk taking place June 30th.

Kellie has an exhibition opening at Boswell Mourot Fine Art that opens June 10th - July 1st with an artist talk taking place June 30th.

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This week Nola Parker joins the podcast to discuss her landscape paintings and a solo exhibition entitled “Holding Space” at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX. The exhibition runs April 1-30 and an opening reception will take place on April 1st from 6-8 P.M.

Nola was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2021 Pro Competition Winners by Erika B. Hess of I Like Your Work Podcast.

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This week Tristan Lindo joins the podcast to talk about his recent paintings and a stop motion animation entitled: Sascia: A Genesis that took two years to complete. Tristan currently has a solo exhibition that runs through March 10th titled “What Now?” at the Mercer Gallery at Garden City Community College.

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This week Jake Wells joins the podcast to talk about his background as well as his work, which is heavily influenced by his experiences in nature. His studio practice includes landscape paintings as well as mixed media sculptures created through explore traditional painting as well as peeled paint, and reclaimed objects found in nature.

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Amy Sacksteder joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice that includes, painting, mixed media, and installation based works. Her work is currently being exhibited in “There Just Isn’t” at Tiger Strikes Gallery in Greensville (SC) & “18: A collection of abstract works at Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield (MI).

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This week Ann Blaas & Eric Ockrassa return to the podcast to discuss their studio practice, which largely focuses on abstract paintings. Ann & Eric have an upcoming two-person exhibition entitled: “Shapes and Colors” that opens at Studio Break Gallery on December 10th from 4-8PM.

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This week Erin Castellan joins the podcast to talk about her mixed media paintings that use a variety of fabric, stitching, and embroidery. Erin currently has an exhibition entitled: Weaving Small Nets to Capture Life, on view through December 23 at Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville (NC).

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Bill Conger joins the podcast to talk about his sculptural works that incorporate a wide range of found materials that are repurposed and configured to give them new life.
In the episode we talk in depth about his new solo exhibition entitled “Gold” that opens at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago on Saturday October 15th, from 5-8 PM.

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Michael Wille joins the podcast to talk about his solo exhibition “Waiting Rainbows” at the new Studio Break Gallery opening September 10th from 5-8PM. The exhibition features 40 of Wille’s colorful abstract paintings created through editing layer after layer of paint with a variety of materials and techniques.

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This week Tucker Love joins the podcast to talk about his recent paintings that are based on observations of his daily surroundings. In the interview he talks about the process of layering, scraping, and reworking his paintings to capture light and color as they shift throughout the day.

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This week Todd Jones joins the podcast to talk about his recent work that explores ideas of consumer and material waste through discarded paint. His studio practice utilizes a variety of materials and processes to crate painting, sculpture, and installation based work.

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This week Doug Reina joins the podcast to talk about his artist journey, which began transitioned from cartoons towards plein air painting, figures, and his most recent series of studio work.

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This week Jonathan Virginia Green joins the podcast to discuss his recent paintings that combine a variety of materials to “explore mechanisms of desire, pleasure, and transformation that are oriented within his experience as a queer transgender male”.

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This week Hannah Lindo joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice and recent abstract paintings that explore ideas of growth & decay in flesh-like landscapes reminiscent of the human body.

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This week Eva Gabriella Flynn joins the podcast to talk about her work that explores the idea of dual identity and boundaries through her painting and installation works. She’s currently in a group exhibition entitled: Warmth at Stay Home Gallery in Paris (TN) through 3/6.  

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Rupert Hartley joins the podcast to discuss his background in design and his studio practice that has explored mixed media, collage and painting as well as some previous work in installation and sculpture.

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This week Shahrbanoo Hamzeh joins the podcast to talk about her abstract paintings that explore traumas created by dilemmas related to boarders and boundaries.

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This week Shana Levenson joins us to talk all about her beautiful portrait paintings that are influenced by the daily observations & fashion as well as her highly detailed seres of inflatable mylar balloons.

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This week GiGi deGrood joins the podcast to talk about her colorful abstract paintings that will be in a group show called: Hue and Me, at The 410 Project in Mankato (MN) from December 10th-19th.

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Lea Anderson joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice, that uses a wide range of materials and processes to create variety of 2D, 3D, and installation based works.

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Michael Wille returns to the podcast after nearly 10 years to talk about his recent paintings that are process driven, densely layered, and packed with color.

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This week Will Hutnick joins the podcast to discuss his large mixed media abstractions created with a range of materials.

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Michele BonDurant joins the podcast to discuss her colorful Plein air landscape paintings and collage works.

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Erika B. Hess returns to the podcast to discuss her recent paintings that explore the figure and we talk a bit about her podcast I Like Your Work.

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Kelda Martensen joins the podcast to discuss her work as a printmaker utilizing woodblock and other techniques to create prints, collage, and artist books.

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Danny Joe Rose III sits down to discuss his paintings that are loosely based off imagined landscapes that are packed with beautiful color combination.He also talks all about his background in design and how that influenced his compositions through a variety of materials.

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Joshua Jay Johnson joins the podcast to discuss his print and drawing based works that take anywhere from three to nine months work to complete.

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Ann Blaas joins the podcast and talks about her early creative life in advertising and how she inevitably returned to painting, exhibiting, and teaching.

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This week Ben Cohan, Brett Beery, & Studio Break Host David Linneweh join the podcast to talk about their band Golden Shadow.  

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Kendra Bulgrin joins the podcast to discuss her paintings, which include portrait and figurative works, miniatures, and animals as a means of exploring themes of identity, home, and nature.

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David Kassan joins the podcast this week to discuss his studio practice, he’s currently working on a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors.

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This week Mia Risberg joins the podcast to discuss her colorful mixed media paintings that explore our relationship to nature, place, and memory.

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Iain Anderson joins the podcast to talk about his photo works that range from landscapes to a series of portrait works for his BFA Thesis exhibition that explore a moment in time between the viewer and the subject.

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Maia Stern joins the podcast to discuss her work, which is influenced by fairy tales and folklore through a variety of glass and mixed media based sculptures and installations.

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This week Megan Hinds, Nichole Roller, & David Linneweh sit down for a group discussion about their work for the three person exhibition entitled “Pathways” that runs April 23rd-June 4th at McLean County Art Center in Bloomington (IL).

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Carin Mincemoyer joins the podcast to discuss her multimedia sculpture, installation, and public works that explore the relationship between humans and the natural environment.

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Anastasia Sitnikova joins the podcast to talk about her conceptually driven mixed media and installation works that explore the relationship between technology, psychology, and human nature.

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Wansi Ieong joins the podcast to discuss her paintings which are created through a combination of observation and memory.

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Robert Fifield joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice and evolution as a painter and teacher.

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Paolo Arao joins the podcast to discuss his colorful abstract paintings that are mixed media and include a variety of  fabric and textile materials.

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This week Gabe Langholtz joins us to talk about his work and how his passion for playing music transitioned to creating narrative based paintings, which he describes as Naive Modern.

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Sean Caufield joins the podcast this week to discuss his abstracted environmental landscapes that explore the boundaries of the biological and mechanical.

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This week Ashleigh Morton joins the podcast to talk about her colorful paintings that explore themes of isolation and anxiety through a variety of mixed media drawings & paintings based on experiences working at a grocery store.

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Isadora Stowe joins the podcast to discuss her multimedia and installation work which explores memory and environment transformed into colorful and complex psychological landscapes.

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This week Rebecca Casement joins the podcast to discuss her beautiful mixed media work that distill personal and emotional experiences into abstracted sculptures and installations.

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Doug Russell joins us to talk about his amazingly detailed drawings, which explore themes of history, decay, and renewal through a variety of works based off ruins, travel, imagination, intuition, and observation.

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Jennifer Small joins the podcast to discuss her colorful abstractions that are based on fragments of banal photos taken from every day experiences.

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This week Kate Kaminski, Ben Cohan, John Reddington, & David Linneweh  reflect on their lives since graduating from Southern Illinois University nearly 15 years ago.

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This week Brian Frink returns to the podcast to share a bit about his current paintings and drawings, which are influenced by the landscape, water, and the moon amongst other things.

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Sam Mack joins the podcast to discuss their work and  writes: “the installations of my work form a grammar of materials that utilizes institutional signs of caution and control punctuated by trans and queer-signaling. interwoven references point toward a slippage of both material and language that exists between physical, academized, and a theoretical corporeal existence.”

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Spencer Molnar joins the podcast to discuss his paintings that utilize acrylic and spray paint through a balancing act of digital and analog processes as well as philosophy and critical theory.

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Bethanie Irons joins the podcast to discuss her recent series of Vanitas Still Life Paintings/Illustrations that use symbols to explore ideas of life, death, and the passage of time during the global pandemic of 2020.

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Ry Mccullough joins the podcast to share a range of work that include collage, sculpture, and installation through a variety of materials and processes that include creative writing, language, and intuition to explore what he describes as the “know and unknown.”

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This week Jill Christian joins the podcast to discuss her abstract paintings which utilize mark making and a mix of intuitive process, some of which include the use of a grid and radial balance compositions that begin from flicking paint on the canvas.

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Adam Fulwiler joins the podcast to talk about his paintings which are created through a variety of processes that included distilled autobiographical memories, language, and even games of chance.  His mixed media works incorporate an array of materials that include acrylic paint, spray paint, and paint skins on surfaces ranging from paper to woven canvas’s.

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Derek Meier joins the podcast and we delve deep into his studio practice that explores a wide range of materials including acrylic paint, fabric, and polaroid photos.

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Meredith Matthews joins the podcast to discuss her work which has investigated a range of figurative, animal, and landscape elements in rich and vivid detail.

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This week Christina Renfer Vogel visits the podcast to discuss her paintings which are largely made from observations while also incorporating elements of abstraction and pattern.

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Loring Taoka joins the podcast to talk about his recent abstract works, which utilize a wide variety of processes that include hand painting, airbrush, stencils, and vinyl cutters on panel and plexiglass.

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This week Kate Kaminski visits the podcast to discuss some of her sculptural work that explores narrative and mythology as well as her more recent works, which largely focus on ceramic production and sculpture.

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This week Donovan Widmer joins the podcast once again to share his recent series of works that investigate and catalog a variety of skin conditions as a way to discuss the cultural stigmas that surround them.

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Paul Loughney returns to the podcast to discuss his meticulous and beautiful collage work made from printed analog materials.

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This week Berenice Chavez shares her work which explores themes of family, love, separation, and belonging through a series of photographs of her family.

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Beth Humphrey joins the podcast to share her colorful and layered collage works that utilize spray painted paper, acrylic, watercolor crayons and other materials.

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This week Leah Schretenthaler discusses her background and process of creating laser etched silver gelatin prints in her recent series entitled: The Invasive Series of the Built Environment. Her work explores the impact of manmade elements and alterations that diminish the sacred landscape of Hawaii where she’s from.

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Ziba Rajabi joins the podcast to discuss her colorful paintings, drawings, and mixed media installations created through layers of acrylic ink, paint, fabric, and other materials.   Her work is based off of intimate experiences and slowly fading memories of her homeland of Tehran (Iran) and where she currently resides in Fayetteville (Arkansas).

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This week Emily Somoskey joins the podcast to talk about her mixed media works combining paint and collage media to examine how we experience actual space and psychological space simultaneously.

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Scott Aigner joins the podcast to discuss his current work which explores nostalgia and pop culture through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches from tedious process based works, performance, and installation.

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This week Alice Stone Collins joins the podcast to talk about her work, which examines the ordinary and universal through her mixed media works that incorporate paint, paper, and collage.

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Nick Satinover returns to the podcast to share his latest series of print and mixed media works which will be accompanied by a series of original recordings using a Tascam 4-Track recorder.

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This week Mitchell Johnson joins the podcast to discuss his paintings that explore color and shape through non-representational abstraction as well as representational works influenced by travels to Cape Cod, Asia, and Europe.

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Eric Ockrassa opened his studio to discuss his colorful hard edge abstractions created through digital editing and planning, a vinyl cutter, and plenty of painters tape.

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This week Matthew T. McLaughlin joins the podcast from the Washington D.C. area to talk about his multimedia works which incorporate printmaking, drawing, and installation based works, which explore the environment, landscape, and boundaries.

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Lisa Bergant Koi & Greg Edmondson join the podcast to discuss their studio practice and the direct or indirect influence of landscape in their work.  Lisa lives in Pittsburgh (PA) and her paintings explores how we interpret what we perceive through her colorful abstractions. 

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Kari Woolsey joins us to discuss her ceramic works that explore domesticity and objects of the everyday in her vessel work, compositions, and installations.  Kari’s is one of Studio Break’s 2018 Student Competition winners, which was juried by Brian Frink of RACA Gallery.

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Dyani White Hawk joins the podcast to discuss her paintings and mixed media works which explore her Native American heritage through use of Sicangu Lakota art forms and combining them with her love of modernist abstract painting.

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This week Liz Tran returns to the podcast to share some new developments in her works which have largely focused on her mixed media paintings, installations, and collaborations.

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Lisa Lofgren joins the podcast this week to discuss her work which explores a multitude of printmaking techniques to create layered prints as well as installations that based on her experiences of landscape.

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This week Benjamin Scott Anderson discusses his plein air works that combine repeated experiences of painting from the same landscape in various conditions which are distilled into the same painting.

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Jenn Gulgren joins Studio Break this week to talk about her observational paintings from her surroundings as well as her Ennui works which explore uncertainty through figures occupying abstracted spaces and domesticity.

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This week Gabriel Rojas joins Studio Break to discuss his improvisational mixed media works comprised of organic and geometric shapes, textures, patterns, as well as pre-Columbian motifs.

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David Reed Gracie joins Studio Break to discuss the process behind his paintings, which have explored still life, portraits, landscapes, and other subjects.

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This week Erika B. Hess joins the podcast to discuss her paintings that explore the figure, landscape, and still life, which create narratives in her work from daily observations.

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David Stanger joins Studio Break to discuss his studio practice which has largely focused on representational painting and drawing, most noticeably his series of portrait paintings.

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This week Jam Lovell joins the podcast to discuss her sculpture and installation based works which explore a variety of processes, performance, and materials that include cast bronze, wood, human hair.

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Tim Kowalczyk joins Studio Break once again to discuss his tromp l’oeil ceramic works which explore garbage and debris along with his tableware forms.

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Shona Macdonald makes her long awaited return to the podcast to discuss her recent paintings and drawings that explore fragments from the New England Landscape.

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This week Phillip J. Mellen returns to the podcast to discuss recent developments in his colorful abstract paintings and mixed media collage works.

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This week Josie Del Castillo joins Studio Break to discuss her colorful paintings which focus on appreciation of Mexican American culture through a series of portraits and self-portraits.

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This week Bill Conger makes his return to the podcast to to discuss his sculpture, installation, and collage based works.

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Tannon Reckling joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice which is informed through experiencing art via the internet.  His work questions traditional modes of art/academia and is influenced by growing up as a queer youth in rural Nebraska.

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Dominic Lippillo joins the podcast to discuss his photo based works which explore landscape, domesticity, and identity.

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This week Jessica Bingham joins the podcast to discuss her work which explores themes of loss and childhood through her mixed media installations, sculptures, and paintings.

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Lisa Bergant Koi joins the podcast from Pittsburgh (PA) to discuss her studio practice which focuses on paintings, which are informed by her drawings from the road.

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Shelby Shadwell joins the podcast once again to discuss his recent series of hyper realistic drawings which combine his subjects with meme related text.

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This week Dana Sikkila Murphy joins the podcast from Mankato (MN) where she works as an artist and arts administrator for the 410 Project.

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Claire Stankus joins the podcast to discuss her paintings which often begin from observation/photography and explore the boundaries between representation and formal abstraction.

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This week Francis Sills joins us from Charleston (SC) to discuss his studio practice which has focused on observation painting and drawing through a variety of subjects including landscape, portraiture, interior, and flora.

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Kirsten Heteji joins the podcast to discuss her sculpture and installation works which utilize ceramics to explore the “ever present unseen” of everyday objects.

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Brooke P. Alexander joins the podcast to discuss her figurative paintings which explore narrative and are influenced by the structure found in literary works.

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Diana Baumbach returns to the podcast to discuss her current work, which focusing on repetition and the hand-made.

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Matthew Merritt joins the podcast to discuss his recent series of digital drawings and how the process evolved from earlier experiences creating short films and videos.

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This week Tom Colcord joins the podcast to talk about his work which has explored paintings based on observation, installation, and collage.

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Paul Silas Trapp joins us from Portland (OR) to discuss his paintings that include small scale and large shaped works that explore the ‘place’ by blending representation and abstraction.

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This week Esteban Del Valle joins the podcast from his studio to elaborate on the journey his studio practice has taken since his previous appearance on Studio Break Episode #24. 

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David Nelson joins us from Dublin (NH) to discuss his system based abstract paintings as well as his recent series of portrait based works created through CMYK color separations.

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This week Christopher Burk joins us from Columbus (OH) to discuss his paintings and drawings which are based off of observations of the urban landscape.

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John Dorsey joins the podcast from the Osage Arts Community Art Center in Belle (MO) to discuss his diverse experience as a writer.

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Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice which focuses on paintings of still life and portraits under direct observation.

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R. Eric McMaster joins us from Austin (TX) and we discuss his interdisciplinary approach to art through sculpture, installation, performance, and video.

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This week Taro Takizawa joins the podcast to discuss his recent drawings, prints and vinyl wall installations.

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This week Greg Edmondson sits down to discuss his solo exhibition developed over the past two years as an artist in residence at the Osage Arts Community.

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This week Vanessa Irzyk joins us this week from Boston (MA) to discusses her paintings that explore color interaction through various layers of paint, washes, geometric shapes, and intricate design.

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This week Daniel Mrva joins the podcast to discus his paintings that are rooted in geometry,  systems of abstraction, color, and form.

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This week Leah Sandler discusses her studio practice, which explores institutional critique and archiving the body through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches.

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This week Joseph Podlesnik joins the podcast from Phoenix (AZ) to discuss his recent series of photo based work after spending years drawing and painting.

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Barbara Marks joins us from Connecticut to discuss her evolution as a painter following a successful career as a graphic designer in the book publishing industry.

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Jason Urban joins us from Austin to provide an overview of his studio practice which explores a wide range of printmaking, sculpture, and installation art.

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This week Eli Craven joins Studio Break to talk about his work that explores nostalgia through appropriated images and objects, which  are then recontextualized into  sculptural and installation based works.

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Amy Reidel joins Studio Break as our first guest of the year, she a St. Louis based multimedia artist creating painting and drawing works as well as mixed media installation, collage, and video works.

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Benjamin Gardner returns to the podcast to discuss the evolution of his recent series of painting and sculpture works, which are informed by the 1962 film La Jetee by Chris Marker.

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This week Philip P. Jackson joins the podcast to discuss perceptual painting and his latest series of paintings entitled Preludes, which will be exhibited at the Southside Gallery in Oxford Mississippi.

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Steve Adair returns to the podcast to discuss his studio works which include a series of figurative paintings that combine portraiture with abstraction.

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This week Dana Sikkila Murphy returns to the podcast to discuss the latest from The 410 Project, a contemporary art gallery and experimental space located in Mankato, MN.

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This week Keren Kroul joins us from Minnesota to discuss her large-scale watercolor paintings that explore abstraction, mapping, and neural pathways through memory and reflection.

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This week Josh Johnson joins us from Lincoln, Nebraska to discuss his sculpture and installation works which explore a wide range of materials.

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This week Ashley Hairston Doughty joins the podcast to discuss her experience as an artist and graphic designer, and teacher. 

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This week Amanda Kralovic joins us and delves into her studio practice which explores the medium of print and other mixed media.

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This week Jonathon Engelien joins the podcast to discuss his work, which explores  ideas of a post-apocalyptic landscape within his multimedia works and web project entitled Norde Tribe.

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Mark McClane & John Dorsey join us to discuss Osage Arts Community, an artist residency located in rural Belle, Missouri.  Serving as Executive Director, Mark provides a history of the residency, it’s mission to support artists of all types, and what’s in store for the future of OAC.

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Jordan Buschur invites us into her studio this week to discuss the evolution of her painting, her current works, and her experiences traveling and working as an artist.

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This week Grant Benoit joins the podcast to discuss his multimedia work, which incorporates printmaking, ceramics, and found materials.

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Shelby Shadwell is our first guest of 2016, he joins Dave to talk about his most recent series of objective works entitled COMEDIE as well as a new series of non-objective line drawings.

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Ben Cohan is our guest this week and as always there’s a lot discuss about his painting practice, which has explored both representation and abstraction.

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Ben Duke made the trek in from Michigan for a special live recording of the podcast this week. During the discussion Ben sheds light on a very intensive studio practice that keeps his exploration open, allowing each painting to be a unique experience.

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This week Heidi Cody joins us to share insight into her studio work that explores products, branding, and ideas of American Consumerism.

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Max Manning joins us this week to delve into his painting practice which explores just about every avenue of abstraction.

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This week Nick Naber joins us to discuss his studio practice which explores ideas of architecture, space, and home through an intensive drawing practice.

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This week Amze Emmons, Jason Urban, and R.L. Tillman of Printeresting join Studio Break to discuss the organizations 7 years history exploring Contemporary Print.

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Megan Kathol Bersett joins the podcast this week to take about her paintings that are layered with colorful geometric shapes and mark making.

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This week Jason Franz, director of Manifest, joins the podcast to discuss the history and formation of the Cincinnati nonprofit since it’s inception in 2004.

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Mel Cook & Erin Hayden join us to reveal what’s been occupying their time in the studio and to share some insight into their recent paintings for a two person exhibition at Jan Brandt Gallery.

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This week Corrie Slawson opens the door to her studio and we preview her solo exhibition “Take I-80 West until the light changes.” currently on view at the Peoria Art Guild.

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Bethany Carlson joins us to discuss her studio practice which utilizes a variety of process’s while focusing on representation drawing and painting.

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Kristoffer Holmgren & Nick Satinover join us to talk about their solo exhibitions which open up at Jan Brandt Gallery.

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Mike Rea joins us to discuss his current exhibition entitled Ghosting, which was on view at Demo Project, Springfield (IL).

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Jessica Simorte joins us to discuss her paintings which are initially informed through her intensive sketchbook and drawing practice.

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This week Sara Pedigo shares insight into her representational paintings which explore a variety of subjects and approaches based off of photographic references, but especially working from direct observation.

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This week Jeremiah Johnson joins us from Williamsport, Pennsylvania where he maintains a very intensive and multidisciplinary studio practice that explores life experience, culture, and folklore.

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Cody Hoyt joins us this week from his Brooklyn studio, we discuss his background as a printmaker and how his work has evolved into his most recent series of stoneware sculptures for the exhibition Slow Cooker.

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This week Dmitry Samarov who joined us from his living room to chat about his paintings and drawings of Still Life, Cityscapes, Interiors, Portraiture and a variety of subjects from the every day.

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This week Rebecca Vickers joins the podcast to discuss her recent multimedia artworks that explore print, photography, video, and music.

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Alex Lukas joins the podcast to share insight into his studio practice and how travel and new experiences have informed his mixed media works which incorporate painting, drawing, printmaking, bookmaking, sculpture and installation!

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Hans Habeger & David Linneweh chat about their two-person exhibition entitled Reconstructed Landsacpes at the Robert F. Decaprio Art Gallery at Morraine Valley Community College.

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Timothy Callaghan joins the podcast once again to discuss his upcoming exhibition of collaborative works with fashion designer Krista Tomorowitz.

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Joshua Cox joins us from the Peoria Art Guild to talk a bit about the history of the guild and share some insight into the new education program which offers guided tours, studio courses, and professional workshops for practicing artists.

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This week Michele Kishita provides some background on her studio practice and previews some of the work in a new exhibition opening at the Windsor Art Center.

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This week Anne Carney Raines joins us to discuss her recent paintings which explore art historical and personal narrative within a anonymous interior spaces.

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This week Kendra Paitz, Director and Chief Curator of Illinois State University Galleries joins us to talk about the new exhibition venue and the current survey exhibition of paintings by Walter Robinson from 1979-2014 entitled “Paintings and Other Indulgences.”

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Suzanne Laura Kammin & Joe Morzuch join us to discussion their painting practice, how long it takes to resolve a painting, and the relationship between abstraction and representation amongst other topics.

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This week Brian Frink is back with is to discuss his most recent series of paintings that will be exhibited at the Carnegie Art Center in Mankato (MN) on Saturday December 6th.

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This week Dana Sikkila Murphy joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice, printmaking, mixed media work, and installation.

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This week Dena Thomas-Aouassou joins the podcast to discuss her sculpture & installation based works are informed from her experience living in Morocco and discuss the geopolitical strategies that alter and shape the region.

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This week Chelsey Vandervliet joins the podcast to provide a look into her series of photographs exploring ideas of identity, performance, and indie rock.

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This week Lin Vandervilet joins us to discuss her interests in identity and to specifically discuss the idea of twinhood through a series of performative photographs with her twin sister Chelsey.

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This week Allison Lacher & Jeff Robinson ofDemo Projectin Springfield Illinois join Dave to discuss past, current, and future exhibitions while shedding light on the mission of the alternative space.

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This week Anders Johnson joins the podcast to discuss his recent paintings the explore both representation with a dose of abstraction.

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Erin Hayden & Jeff Robinson join us this week to share insight into their use of material as both use found materials in their works that explore collage, assemblage, and transformation.

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This week Phillip J. Mellen joins us from his studio in Massachusetts to discuss his recent paintings and studio exploration.  During the interview we also discuss social media, the importance of community and his podcast series called Ahtcast.

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Judi Tavill joins the podcast from New Jersey to discuss her background in fashion design and how those experiences influenced her exploration of ceramics which ultimately led her to explore new creative territory as a ceramic artist.

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Paul Loughney joins the podcast to discuss previous work as well as his early exploration of Art as a teenager and how his background in printmaking still informs his most recent series of collage works.

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This week Christopher Moss joins the podcast to discuss his recent series of paintings that explore a variety of mixed materials.

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Richard Kooyman joins the podcast to discuss some of his recent landscape paintings from “Art Camp” which will be exhibited at the Old Art Building in Leland Michigan.  

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This week Timothy Callaghan joins the podcast from Cleveland Ohio, where he creates paintings from the every day while exploring landscape, interior, portraits, and still life.

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Naomi Schliesman joins the podcast from Fergus Falls Minnesota to discuss how studio practice and  fascination with a scientific exploration of illness finds a place of influence in her sculptural and installation based works.

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This week David Politzer delves into his photo, video, & multimedia artworks  which explore ideas of experience.  

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This week Dianne Scott joins us from New Zealand to talk about her work and her transition from Sculptor to Painter and her most recent body of work just exhibited at 30 Upstairs Gallery in Wellington.

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This week Joe Morzuch is a painter immersed in the process of painting and working from life,  he joins us to talk about how his studio practice has evolved.

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This week Terence Hannum shares a unique coming to Art story and shares his thoughts on painting, installation, music, and  ultimately how his love for magnetic tape and analog recording influences his creative life in a variety of ways.

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This week Mary Laube joins the podcast to discussher studio practice which includes collaborations with other visual artists and musicians to continually invigorate her practice.

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This week Richard Holland joins the podcast, he’s a founding member of Bad at Sports, a podcast which started in Chicago and has since grown to global proportions with over 30 contributors and expanding the discussion around Contemporary Art through interviews, panel discussions, exhibition reviews and more.

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This week John Reddington & David Linneweh chat about their recent paintings for the exhibition entitled: So, IL.

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Nathan Meltz joins us to discuss the Screenprint Biennial which will feature 30 Contemporary Printmakers exploring the medium of screen printing in a wide range that includes traditional approaches, installation, animation and more.

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This week Mel Cook joins the podcast to talk about her recent series of mixed media paintings. Mel was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2013 MFA Competition Winners.

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This week Tim Kowalczyk, Joseph Jenner, and Lauren Turk join the podcast to talk about their exhibition entitled: “Of Clay, Metal, and Fiber” at Joliet Junior College.

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This week Barry Blinderman joins the podcast with a variety of stories regarding his experiences as a curator, writer, and musician.

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This week Bill Conger returns to the podcast for our 100th episode! In the episode Bill talks about his studio practice and his most recent series of painting and collage work the bells.

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Scott Lachlan Dickson joins the podcast to discuss his work which incorporates a variety of postcards which are cut and re-arranged into a series of collage works.

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This week Gina Hunt joins the podcast to talk about her most recent series of paintings that explore light and shadow through a minimalist aesthetic.

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This week Hether Mekkelson joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice and recent sculpture and installation work.

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Suzanne Laura Kammin joins the podcast to talk about her experience as a painter and how her process based works have developed in her most recent series of abstract paintings.

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Brian Frink joins the podcast to talk about recent studio work and to discuss RACA or Rural America Contemporary Art, an art organization he formed a few years ago.

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This week Donovan Widmer joins the podcast to discuss his small metal and sculptural works that incorporate found objects and explore ideas of protection, temporality, and ornamentation.

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Melissa Wilkinson is our first featured artist of the year!  Her exquisite watercolor paintings are based off digital collages from a wide variety of archived photos that question the “image” and explore the boundaries  between abstraction and representation.

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This week Steve Adair joins the podcast to talk about his recent paintings, his work was selected as one of Studio Break’s 2013 BFA Competition Winner’s by Jan Brandt of Jan Brandt Gallery.

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This week Mark Harold Ponder joins the podcast to discuss Box 13 Artspace, a multifunctional contemporary art space  in Houston that hosts a variety of exhibitions with a diverse art membership.

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Pam Winegard joins us the podcast to discuss her studio practice and mixed media works including a recent series started last May at Vermont Studio Center.

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Kay Healy joins the podcast this week to discuss her recent works exploring the idea of home through a wide variety of media including screen printing, books, fiber, installation, and new media.

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This week Travis Medford joins us to discuss his college work which combines formal exploration and abstraction through a wide variety of printed and sourced materials.

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Nathan Meltz joins the podcast to discuss his animation and collage works which explore how technology effects our day to day life and global world through politics, agriculture, etc…

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This week Grace Sheese joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice and her most recent series of ceramic works that are full of subtle detail.

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This week Jason Karolak joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice and how his drawing process informs his recent small and large scale paintings.

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This week Melissa Vandenberg joins the podcast to discuss her multi media based works which explore themes of landscape and identity.

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This week Dadara joins the podcast to discuss his multimedia works, performances and much more. Some of his previous projects include Exchanghibition Bank and Like 4 Real which has been featured at Burning Man.

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This week Jason Karolak, Thomas Vance, Michael Wille, and Arjan Zazueta join the podcast to discuss their experience as artist residents at Soaring Gardens in Pennsylvania.

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This week Liz Miller joins the podcast from Mankato (MN) to talk about her recent mixed media installations. In the discussion Liz shed’s light on her process as well as the wide variety of materials she uses to create her work.

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This week Kate Sweeney joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice that is informed by her background in science and career as a medical illustrator. Her recent work utilizes printmaking, painting, collage, and a variety of digital techniques  and often works on paper.

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This week Brian Frink makes his way back to the podcast to discusses his trip to France in search of the Black Madonnas and how it impacted his studio work.

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Jeff Robinson & Stephen Linksvayer join the podcast to discuss Jeff’s solo exhibition entitled “Stacks” at the former gallery in Bloomington (IL) called Heavy Brow.

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Sage Dawson joins the podcast from St. Lous (MO) to talk about her multimedia works, and her new exhibition called: On Streets Like Ours, In Rooms, Up Collapsing Stairs.

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This week Peter Shear returns to the podcast to discuss his Solo Exhibition entitled “Sausage” at the Peoria Art Guild.  The show features nearly 100 small paintings which explore shape, color, and surface coupled with diverse exploration.

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Jason Ruhl joins the podcast to talk about some of his latest projects, including  his collage work that utilizes a variety of 2-D approaches. 

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This week Morgan Price joins the podcast to talk about his recent work, which explore ideas of identity through a variety of printmaking techniques.

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Liz Tran joins the podcast from Seattle (WA) to discuss her studio practice which explores a variety of mixed media including painting, ceramics, video, and installation.

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John Reddington returns to the podcast to discuss his recent painting and drawing works, which piece together a variety of personal narratives, stories, observations, life experience… even the “Predator Machine.”

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This week Schuyler Maehl joins the podcast to discuss his early work and his time living in Iceland. He’s a regular collaborator with performance groups MoMS and Gelitin while maintaining his studio practice that explores painting, drawing, sculpture, music, video, and installation.

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Martin Brief joins the podcast to discuss his  drawing’s based off definitions, newspapers, art forum and a variety of sources to explore his interest in how we create meaning and communicate through language.

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This week Cory Peeke joins the podcast to discuss his massive series of collage works, which reuse a variety of found and printed materials to explore themes of ideas of sexuality, identity and history.

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This week Leslie Mutchler joins the podcast to talk about a wide variety of work including her flat work, sculpture, and installations which allow for viewer participation.

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Shelby Shadwell joins us the podcast to talk about his recent exhibition at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio and some new approaches in the studio.

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This week Kendra Paitz returns to the podcast to discuss the exhibition she’s curated for Illinois State University entitled: The House of the Seven Gables, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel from 1851.

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This week Michelle Forsyth joins the podcast to discuss her cathartic and  intricate studio practice which includes a variety of 2-D and installation works.

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This week Mitch Mitchell joins the podcast to talk about his print based works that explore ideas of landscape through print and installation.

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Dawn Roe joins the podcast to talk about her photo and video based works that explore diverse approaches that include interior/exterior landscapes, portraiture, and documentaries.

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This week Brian Frink joins the podcast from Mankato (MN) to talk about his diverse painting practice and RACA or Rural America Contemporary Art.

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This week Cora Joyce Lim joins the podcast to talk about her work, which incorporates a variety of media including painting, sculpture, and installation; Cora was selected as one of our 2012 Studio Break Competition Winners.

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This week Lazaro Juan joins the podcast to talk about his recent mixed media work which examines ideas of identity as it relates to colonialism.

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This week Jessica Mongeon joins the podcast to discuss her work which combines representational and abstract approaches to her multi-media works.

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This week Marine Tempels joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice and the balance of representation and abstraction in her paintings.

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This week Bill Conger & Colin Nesbit return to the podcast to talk about their collaborative exhibition at Helmuth Projects entitled The Strawberry Thief.

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This week Megan Mitchell joins the podcast to talk about her ceramic work and the evolution of her studio practice, process, and materials.

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John Phillip Abbott joins the podcast from Albuquerque (NM) to talk about his colorful text based paintings that rely on process.

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This week Lauren Stern joins the podcast to talk about her painting and drawing practice and her interest in the figure.

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This week Carol Salisbury joins the podcast to discuss her current small metal works as well as her drawings.

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This week Tim Kowalczyk joins the podcast to talk about his ceramic work that includes production pieces as well as sculptural forms.

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This week Bill Conger & Benjamin Gardner join Dave on the podcast for a special episode where they talk about the class Stanley Kubrick film “The Shining.”

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Ann Toebbe joins the podcast to talk about her studio evolution from a sculptor turned mixed-media 2-D artist that utilizes painted paper collage to make her work.

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This week Audrey Hasen Taylor joins the podcast from New York to talk about her 3-D sculpture and installation works, which explore a variety of processes and materials.

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This week Matt Pulford joins the podcast to talk all about his mixed media works that incorporate painting and drawing as well as past works with print and installation approaches.

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Brian Kapernakas joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice that uses a variety of media to create paintings, sculptures, and installations.

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This week Bill Conger, Benjamin Gardner, Bob Jones, Adam Mysock, John Reddington, & Tim Roby join the podcast to share a bit about their work for the group show Tall Tales.

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Chad Erpelding joins the podcast for an in depth discussion about his studio pratice and we discuss some of his recent experience as an artist in residence in Armenia.

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This week Kendra Paitz joins the podcast to talk about a recent show she’s curated for Violet Poe Projects entitled Orison For The Forest.

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This week Jonathan Brilliant joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice and the process of creating his installation based works.

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This week Angelo Arnold joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of his studio practice and breaks down some of the thought behind his sculpture and installation works.

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This week Brian Selke & Benjamin Gardner joins the podcast to talk about Ben’s upcoming exhibition at the outdoor Best Friends Gallery that Brian has in Arlington Heights (IL).

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Judy Glantzman joins the podcast from NYC to take an in depth look into her studio practice discussing early work into the present.

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This week Jan Brandt joins the podcast to talk about her transition from interior design to fine arts. We also discuss the recently open-end Jan Brandt Gallery and highlight some of what’s going on in the new space.

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Justin Quinn joins the podcast to talk about his background and the evolution of his studio practice which largely focus’s on printmaking.

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This week Melissa Oresky joins the podcast from Chicago (IL) to talk about recent exhibitions and her current mixed media paintings.

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Don Kimes joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice and the time split between teaching in Italy, Washington DC, and Chatauqua.

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This week David Linneweh is the guest with Benjamin Gardner returning to ask Dave to reflect on his studio practice.

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This week Nick Satinover joins the podcast from Dayton (OH) to talk about his mixed media print work that explores landscape, text, and much more.

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Amze Emmons joins the podcast from Philadelphia (PA) to talk about about his work which explores landscape and consumer culture.

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This week Adam Farcus joins the podcast to talk about his mixed media studio practice and how he utilizes a variety of objects and found materials in his work in order to evoke the “ethereal.”

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This week Gregory Euclide talks in depth about his studio practice and his multimedia works that include flat works, relief works, and installation all revolving around his interest in the landscape.

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Leah Schreiber joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice and her work, which utilizes a variety of different media.

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This week Charlie Kanwischer joins the podcast to talk all about his work which explores suburban landscapes through tightly rendered drawings.

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This week Colin Tuis Nesbit joined the podcast to talk about his mixed media installation work as well as some of the ideas behind it including the concept of “Hoodoo”.

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This week Anna Hepler joins the podcast to talk about her 2-D work as well as her mixed media sculpture and installation work.

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This week Esteban Del Valle joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice which incorporates a range of mixed materials including painting and drawing as well as video, installation, and mural work.

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This week Erik Waterkotte joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice and his abstracted landscape works which incorporate a variety of print techniques.

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Hans Habeger joins the podcast to talk about his representational painting and drawing work created from daily observations of the urban and suburban landscapes.

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This week Peter Shear joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice which largerly focuses on abstract painting through a vareity of techniques and materials exploration.

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This week Chris Wildrick joins the podcast from Syracuse (NY) to talk about his studio practice which investigates a variety of approaches and materials from performance, installation, sculpture, artist books, and much more.

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This week Tim Roby joins the podcast from Chicago (IL) to break down his studio practice as well as his painting and sculpture based works that are abstractions from the every day.

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This week Kelly Lynn Jones joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice which combines a variety of mixed materials to create sculpture and installation works.

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Laura Primociz joins the podcast to talk her background in ceramics and her current sculptural and installation based works.

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This week Shelby Shadwell joins the podcast to talk about his realistic drawings from the ordinary that are often juxtaposed with interesting titles/text.

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Shona Macdonald joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice that explores the subject of landscape through drawing, painting, and installation based work.

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This week Kevin Curry joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of his studio practice and his love of materials and process’s used to make his sculpture and installation work.

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Ron Jackson joins the podcast to talk about his background and the evolution of his painting and drawing work.

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This week Gina Alvarez joins the podcast to talk about her mixed media work that explores sculpture, installation, and much more.

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This week Evertt Beidler joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice, which transitioned from traditional sculpture towards performative and video based work.

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This week Bob Jones joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice that explores an array of materials and approaches that include painting, sculpture, and installation.

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This week Michael Wille joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice and how he creates his work through layer after layer of acrylic paint.

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This week Amanda Smith joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice and how he creates his work through layer after layer of acrylic paint.

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This week Adam Mysock joins the podcast to talk a bit about his background and his meticulously detailed paintings that explore idea of history, narrative, and storytelling.

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This week Bill Conger joins the podcast and we talk a bit about his background, working as a curator, and his studio practice, which creates surreal moments with objects of the every day.

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Ilona Niemi joins the podcast from Salo (Findland) to talk about her studio practice that often utilizes the figure in her painting, sculpture, and installation based works.

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This week Benjamin Gardner joins the podcast to discuss his studio work, which explores colorful painting and sculpture works that often suggest a poetic narrative element.

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This week Arjan Zazueta joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of his studio practice from a sculpture artist turned painter.

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October 14, 2011

This week Diana Baumbach joins the podcast to talk about her background, her interest in design, and her works which use a variety of materials in various 2-D, 3-D, and Installation based works.

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John Reddington is the first guest of Studio Break, we sit down in his garage studio in Peninsula (OH) to talk about his background and studio practice making narrative based paintings that are informed from observation and daily influences.