Studio Break

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.