Artists of New York

Jamie Pearl is a photographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) From Seattle To New York (04:10) Instagram Dreams Of The NY Art Scene (07:30) Knowing She Was An Artist First (11:20) Finding Her Medium In The Darkroom (15:40) From Hobbyist To Neighborhood Photographer (20:30) Graduating Into COVID And Planning The Move (25:10) Learning Photography Through Film Basics (29:30)...

T.J. Wilkins is a singer and an actor currently playing Barack Obama in the musical "44." Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Greyhound to New York & Joining 44 (03:40) Eli’s Hotel Room Epiphany & Birth of the Musical (07:20) Jam Session, Studio Work & Becoming “Obama” (11:00) Three Cassettes that Started It All (14:40) Church Solos, Performing Arts School & a Teenage Record Deal (1...

mmegannolan is a novelist and a journalist based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Trying to move to New York in 2020 (03:18) Waterford roots and a theatrical family (06:27) Small-town restlessness and artistic ambition (09:42) Shy, anxious kid who loved to read (12:56) Early poetry, contests, and taking feelings seriously (16:10) Formative novels that changed her life (19:25) D...

Shani Nizan is a tattoo artist based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) New York, Not Berlin (03:10) Falling In Love With New York (06:05) Fourteen And Financially Independent (09:10) Second Child, Hungry For Autonomy (12:20) Kibbutz Childhood And Early Jazz (15:45) What A Kibbutz Really Is (19:05) Free Time, Friends, And Philosophy (22:10) Chasing A Tattoo Hero To Berlin (25:30)...

Max Fine is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Atlanta Roots and Moving to New York (03:05) Falling in Love with Standup as a Teenager (06:40) The Dirtbag Years: Comedy, Bars, and Blackouts (10:15) Chasing the Lifestyle Instead of the Craft (13:50) Health Scares, Mushrooms, and the Last Night Drinking (17:30) Life Levels Up Fast Without Booze (20:45) Did...

Quinn Larrabee is a satirist and Substacker, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Defaulting to New York (02:00) Early Love of Writing (04:00) Quiet Kid, Red Hair, and Fiction (06:15) Discovering Comedy as Expression (08:10) Substack and the Pandemic Pivot (10:05) The Play Party Awakening (12:00) Finding the First Voice (14:15) From Erotica to Satire (17:20) The Brooklyn Trop...

Jason Chatfield is a cartoonist - whose work has appeared in " Mad Magazine" and " The New Yorker" - and a standup comedian, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) From Perth to New York (02:15) Cartooning starts as a hobby (04:40) Detention and the first paid caricature (07:10) Discovering late-’90s cartoon career paths (10:05) Skipping college and the 10,000-hour grind (13:30...

Wayne Tucker is a trumpeter and an adjunct professor at SUNY Purchase, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) SUNY Purchase → Moving to NYC (02:46) Choosing Jazz Trumpet as the Path (05:29) Early Instruments & Ninth-Grade Pivot (08:11) Competitiveness Sparks Daily Practice (10:57) Family Influences & First Jazz Inspirations (13:40) Trumpet Physicality, Breath, and Power...

Brittany Cardwell is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Intro – Moving from New Zealand to New York for comedy (03:12) Early comedy beginnings in Dunedin (05:20) How false memory research became her academic path (08:40) The rise of “recovered memories” and 1980s therapy culture (12:25) Experiments creating false childhood memories (16:05) How imaginatio...

Elise Rise is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) NYC Longing & Origins (02:10) Studio at Four (04:20) Unicorn Hustle to Portraits (06:25) Parents’ Support & Art History Mom (08:40) High School Mentor; Liberal Arts vs Art School (10:55) Choosing Princeton (13:15) Instinct, Impulse, and Nurture (15:35) Painting as a Way of Thinking (18:05) Surviving NYC...

Tucker Iverson is a comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Brutal commute, ad job, and deciding to move (02:05) College life as a Division I fencing captain (04:12) First open mics during the two-hour commute (06:45) Moving to NYC; UCB + Magnet double-dipping (09:18) Why improv fit: team sport and lower pressure (12:04) Classes, indie teams, coaches, and community (14:...

Lark LePage is a musician based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Born-and-raised LES; New York as first love (02:05) Parents’ Montreal–Dublin backstory and 9/11 link to her birth (04:18) Mom’s “now or never” baby decision after the attacks (06:22) Fleeing the city; upstate refuge and choosing life in NYC (08:36) Cab radio moment—realizing it wasn’t an accident (11:02) Why New Y...

Ashley Everhart is a comedian, musician, and actor, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Moving to NYC, COVID eviction, 2020 return (02:31) Fordham at Lincoln Center; sister’s pull toward theater (04:58) Teenage UCB obsession—Askat DVD, note-taking pilgrimages (07:12) Discovering training grounds—“adults doing comedy” clicks (09:55) Why institutions fit: structure, study, com...

Gylije Veljic is a stand-up comedian and an entrepreneur, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Reluctant move to NYC; advertising + comedy crossroads (02:05) Staten Island summers, 7 years here, finding real confidence (04:10) Performer roots: theater, speech & why stand-up challenges (06:12) “Monetizing me”: startup mindset, many lanes not one (08:05) Leaving L’Oréal, ta...

Graham Techler is a comedian and playwright, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Boston roots and first summer in New York (02:45) Choosing between New York and Chicago (04:30) Early love of performing and local theater influences (08:10) Childhood exposure to professional performers (10:40) Realizing performing was in his blood (13:00) High school theater and a sense of pur...

Piyali Syam is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Fordham Bound: Secret Acting Plan (02:05) Small-Town Upstate to City Dreams (04:12) Art Kid: Drawing, Flute, Choirs, Theater (06:18) First Love Was Drawing (and Big Feelings) (08:27) Majors & Minors: Philosophy Over Performance (10:11) High-School Theater Highs (and Cringe) (12:36) “Be Useful”: Sampli...

Pearl de la Motte is a violist at Juilliard in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Arrival Story & Juilliard Backstory (01:40) Mom’s Method: Start at Two (03:05) Family of 11; Music at Home (04:30) Forced Practice → Hiding in Weeds (06:05) Switch to Viola for Family Quartet (07:20) Viola’s Role & Sound (09:00) First Competition Win at 13 (10:35) Juilliard as Goal; Mentors and...

Alysa Browne is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Childhood Dream of NYC (01:48) Early Acting Ambitions & Stage Fright (03:12) Typecast in Dramatic Roles (05:26) Struggles Without a Support System (07:42) Breaking Point & Rethinking Acting (10:15) Discovering Design as a Creative Path (12:58) Corporate Life at NBC & MSNBC (15:37) Open Mics a...

Clayton Fletcher is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Broadway dreams to basement comedy (02:04) Agent’s warning and saving up (04:14) Godspell Judas pushes stand-up (06:09) Class, Comedy Bible, Caroline’s debut (08:37) Paying to play & craving creative control (11:03) Open mics, peers, and redefining success (13:21) “Amateur” ethos—doing it for lov...

Max Davidson is a magician and mentalist, based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Choosing New York over Denver to pursue magic (01:32) Grandma, The Wizard’s Chest, and the $6 trick that started it all (03:58) First effect: sponge balls—and the early “this is possible” spark (05:42) From hobby to “maybe a career” (pre-college to junior year) (08:06) Lessons with Charlie, magic c...

Tim Martin is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Couch banter & “great couch” cold open (01:05) UCB tour sparks NYC move (2004–06) (03:25) College journalism → DC public-TV; Sikh community segment (08:55) “That’s me” moment; post-9/11 heaviness (11:35) Leaving DC & wiping jokes from work PC (13:30) First NYC gigs: PA on The Ten + odd jobs (18:55)...

Michelle Chan Bennett is an actor and comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) NYC-or-bust origin story (02:11) Nonprofit/education plans; missing creativity (04:36) Improv → indie team → sketch (06:58) Layoff pushes full-time creative (09:40) Forensics scholarship path (12:07) What “forensics” is; event types (14:52) Finding a “smart + stupid” voice (18:05) Vulnerabilit...

Yuko Kudo is an artist and brain aneurysm survivor based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) From Japan to New York (03:10) Childhood in Aomori (05:22) First Impressions of America (08:40) Broadway Dreams and Disney Inspirations (12:15) Navigating Visas, Agents, and Auditions (16:45) Finding Community with Asian Artists (19:52) Early Passions: Piano, Singing, Acting (23:35) A Sudd...

Cael Sullivan is a playwright based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Growing up in a tiny village (02:10) First days at FIT and a major change (04:25) New York as a dream versus reality (07:15) Theater, queerness, and the city’s appeal (10:40) Freedom and abundance in New York life (13:05) Childhood sports, theater beginnings, and first play (17:30) Interior design heartbreak a...

Nancy O'Connor is a stand-up comedian based in New York City. Instagram and all episodes (00:00) Moving from DC to New York (01:12) Early comedy interests in DC (02:34) First improv class at The PIT (04:08) Deciding to try stand-up before 30 (06:05) Taking a stand-up class and graduation show (07:46) First open mic disaster vs. graduation night success (09:28) Realizing stand-up might be “the thin...