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 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.
Read MoreMay 10, 2024
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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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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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 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreAmy 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).
Read MoreBill 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.
Read MoreRy 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.”
Read MorePaul Loughney returns to the podcast to discuss his meticulous and beautiful collage work made from printed analog materials.
Read MoreBeth Humphrey joins the podcast to share her colorful and layered collage works that utilize spray painted paper, acrylic, watercolor crayons and other materials.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreZiba 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).
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreNick 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreLisa 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.
Read MoreThis 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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