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In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Mick Burson. Mick discusses bath houses, living on the road, murals, graffiti, exhibitions, growing up knowing he was going to become an Artist, mentors, painting trains, painting for people in the backseat, his parents, Waco, and how it plays into his work, pursuing degrees in Art, sketchy painting scenarios, being arrested, what compels him to create,...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Mixed Media and Performance Artist, Jasmine Dillavou. Jasmine discusses her Instagram handle, her childhood, getting her B.A. in Visual & Performing Arts from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, her path as an Artist, her compulsion to create, making with intention and gratitude, being accountable to herself and treating her art practice...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Colorado Springs Artists, Skylar Call, Melissa Porter, and Marisa S. White. Skylar, Melissa, and Marisa, discuss their art background, their love of Colorado Springs and its art community, how they all met and became friends, the seeds of the True North Art Gallery, the structure of the co-op, membership, their focus as a gallery and how they’re trying t...

In this episode, Wes and Todd catch up with Artist and Curator, Melody Epperson. Melody discusses her recent solo show “Lifetime of Snapshots," Women’s Caucus for Art, receiving a PS You Are Here grant from Denver Arts & Venues, her public art installation “Tree Tales," engaging youth and community, challenges of facilitating the “Tree Tales” project, the various skill sets gained by...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Artist, Chris Maynard. Chris discusses growing up in Washington state, growing up around art, the catalyst to become a full-time Artist and deciding to focus on feathers, feather structure, Argus Pheasants, snake skins, themes of his work, how he sources his feathers, the legality of acquiring feathers, challenges of carving feathers, tools for carving,...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Emilie Odeile & Ken Chapin. Emilie & Ken discuss their background in the Arts, how they met and became Artners, how Ken designed and sold the world’s largest collection of knitting needles, Emilie looking for larger than commercially made knitting needles, how they work together and what each brings to the table, “Goodnight Moon” the book, the ca...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Oil Painter & Muralist, Kathryn Petroff. Kathryn discusses her original art path, photography & the darkroom, how photography has informed her painting, living in Bailey Colorado, growing up in an artistic family in Dallas, drawing with her Dad, her transition from photography to painting, getting her BFA at the University of North Texas, finding...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Sculptor, Jeff Dean. Jeff discusses growing up in Fairbanks, his earliest art memory, being introduced to pottery, his art education, South Bear School and Pond Farm, the Naguib School of Sculpture, growing up building things, yurts, teaching art, moving to Tennessee, living in North Carolina, demonstrating and selling work at Dollywood, moving back to A...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with the Art Gallery  Manager, Curator, and Vice President of the Gilpin County Arts  Association, Michele Roussel, and the President of the Gilpin County Arts  Association, Eric Miller. Michele and Eric discuss the history of  Central City, the history of Washington Hall that houses the GCAA Art  Gallery, the Central City Opera, Gaming and Casinos, living in...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Multimedia Artist, Georgia Padilla. Georgia discusses growing up in Colorado and Manitou Springs, CPTSD, living with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, art as a coping mechanism, anxiety, Dialectical behavior therapy, breathing beads, mental illness, her voice as an Artist and how she uses it, how art saved her life and how it heals, becoming a professional...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer, Edward Mapplethorpe. Edward discusses his early life growing up in Queens, his father introducing him to photography, his brother Robert and Patti Smith, his introduction to the darkroom and how it solidified his path in photography, his education at SUNY Stony Brook, the importance of being a dreamer, his interest in art in his youth, bein...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Samantha Johnston, Executive Director & Curator of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. Samantha discusses the structure of CPAC, funding, being an educator and becoming the Executive Director of CPAC, her engagement with photography in her youth, her BFA and MFA experiences, CPAC’s Veterans Workshop Series, curation and exhibitions, the mission of...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Wet Plate Collodion Photographer, Kary Janousek. Kary discusses how she ended up in Fargo, the historic building that houses her studio, how she sealed the deal for her studio space, her love of history and old things, vintage millinery, her start in photography, how her millinery business informed her photography business, the catalyst to explore wet pl...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer, Shadows Gather. Shadow discusses documenting Denver nightlife, Fuji Instax cameras, her beginnings in photography, Instagram tips, instant film, capturing humanity & fun, her routine when she photographs, Los Angeles, Austin, the Denver drag and punk scenes, clubs, keeping her finger on the pulse of happenings, scanning photos, process,...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Steve Morrell. Steve talks about his current work, New York, moving to Colorado, advertising, copywriting, Chat GPT, NFTs, ADD, psychedelics, MDMA, LA, Miami, Art Basel, trampolines & models, nudes, voice, art in his youth, painting denim jackets in the '80s, street art, working large, commissions, color palette, pricing, prints, proces...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Digital and Mixed Media Artist, Billy Ludwig. Billy discusses the art scenes in Miami and New York, Art Basel, art fairs, digital work, photoshop, mixed media, process Lucasfilm, compositing images, Star Wars vs. World War II, research, the importance of authentic representation in his work, getting flagged on Instagram, being invited to Okinawa, Japan b...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Adrienne Stein. Adrienne discusses her new work, social media, works in progress, Agnes Pelton, Hilma af Klint, New Mexico, being deliberate, color in the Southwest, Alaska, mushroom foraging, bones, pheasants, Pennsylvania, Atelier training, family/work balance, time management, importance of passion, being true to your voice, art education, gr...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Photographer, Barbara Van Cleve. Barbara discusses cowboy coffee, Montana and the Crazy Mountains, her family history, the Lazy K Bar Ranch, horses, her youth, her education, being a college professor, her beginnings in photography, Baja California, black & white photography, color photography, adobe walls, abstraction, Montana skies, spotting prints...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Sculptor, Tricia Zimic. Tricia discusses her first connection with Art, painting vs. sculpture, being a narrative Artist, etching, owls, painting, telling stories with animals, Meissen, Johann Joachim Kändler, Sins & Virtues, porcelain, process, Kintsugi, Chacma baboons, Albrechtsburg Castle, Hunterdon Art Museum, shipping porcelain, conservation, en...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Mixed Media Sculptor, Amy Laugesen. Amy talks about Crestone and the San Luis Valley, the horse as muse, her artistic journey, dyslexia, the support of her parents, working with children, passion, Bob Ragland, being a Mixed Media Sculptor, ceramics, her experience attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, clay, repurposing and incorporating found...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Maeve Eichelberger. Maeve discusses the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, the catalyst to start working in plexiglass, her Master of Fine Arts, saddles, her compulsion to create, exploring and incorporating materials, being fearless, routine, etching, drawing, sourcing materials, process, photography, fluorescent plexiglass, art education, being an a...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Painter, Jill Soukup. Jill talks about her exposure to art in her youth, attending Colorado State University, her career as a Graphic Designer before becoming a full-time Artist, the crossover from graphic design to fine art, striking a balance between family and her art life, making money from her art in her teens, voice, foundation, being more free in...

We're taking the rest of 2022 off.  We'll be back with a new episode the first week in January.  In the interim we bring you a Tenet Rewind from the first year of the podcast, an interview with world renowned Artist and Sculptor, America's First African American Astronaut Candidate, Ed Dwight. Ed talks about his early days growing up in Kansas City, Kansas, how he joined the Air For...

This week, Wes and Todd catch up with Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Curator, Rose Fredrick. Rose talks about this year’s exhibition, what Artists are new to the show, some of the extraordinary work in the exhibit, the 30th anniversary, the Red-Carpet reception, receiving the Mary Belle Grant Award, how the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale helps support the National Western Scholarship T...

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Curatorial Director, Lindsey Bell of Bell Projects. Lindsey discusses the two-year anniversary of Bell Projects, the catalyst for starting a gallery during the pandemic, risk taking, the mission & vision of Bell Projects, the move from RINO to the City Park area, what art does for her, art exposure and experiences, the importance of being connected t...