The Artist Rendezvous

Kevin Fishner is the founder of Radius Butcher & Grocery — Austin's first regenerative grocery store and the closest thing to a farmer's market open every day. Radius is built on a simple but radical idea: what if your grocery store knew your farmers by name, tested your food for plastics and pesticides, sourced only what's in season from Central Texas land, and felt as warm and alive as a kit...

Richard is the founder of Riches Art Gallery — but what he’s built is far more than an art gallery. Located on the east side of Austin, Riches has become a living creative ecosystem: part gallery, part venue, part classroom, part third place. On any given week, you’ll find jazz nights, poetry slams, figure drawing, comedy, exhibitions, and a steady flow of people expressing themselves fully. This...

Jack Sanders has spent the last twenty years building far more than a baseball team. He founded the Texas Playboys — Austin’s beloved sandlot baseball club — and later created The Long Time, a one-of-a-kind venue and community space in Far East Austin that feels part baseball field, part art project, part gathering place, part social experiment. What began as a love of baseball has become a much b...

Quentin has been creating for most of their life — theater, dance, vocals, performance, music — but this conversation centers on a project that took nearly three years to complete: their new album Tom Girl , an homage to the intensity, joy, heartbreak, and becoming of your twenties. What started as a “little solo side project” became something much deeper: a vehicle for grief, endings, identity, q...

In this episode, the roles are reversed. Instead of interviewing a guest, Samantha Pfotenhauer — host of The Artist Rendezvous — sits in the guest seat as her friend Bradley interviews her about the winding, honest path that led her from a life centered on productivity and ambition – practicing corporate law in New York City – to a life centered on creativity. What begins as a conversation about c...

Dear Dry Drinkery was a shop that sold non-alcohol drink options, including wine, beer, and spirits. But in the years that it was in business, Dear Dry became a community living room for sober-curious Austinites. However, after two years in their brick-and-mortar location (and a few more years operating out of a food truck), Grace Vroom and her husband Joe made the decision to close their doors. I...

Grace Vroom was afraid sobriety would ruin her life. Instead, it made her a creative entrepreneur.  Grace is the co-founder of Dear Dry Drinkery, Austin’s only non-alcoholic bottle shop, which was located in East Austin. Dear Dry is more than a store. It’s a beautifully curated space where ritual meets intention — offering non-alcoholic wines, beers, spirits, and functional beverages that bring al...

What started as a biologist importing tea for friends became Austin's most unique gathering place. So-Han Fan, founder of West China Tea, shares how an ancient Chinese tea practice facilitates authentic connection in our disconnected world. What We Discuss: What is tea? - why most things we call "tea" isn’t actually tea Gong Fu Cha magic - the folk art of brewing that demands presenc...

Nick Campbell has built a career spotting the gaps in the art world and filling them—first in London, now in Austin. As an art advisor and founder of the Campbell Art Collective, Nick helps individuals and communities connect more deeply with art. In this episode, he shares about his journey starting and growing several businesses, what makes a piece worth collecting, why collecting art is a meani...

Kelly Frye has spent nearly two decades acting on television, with roles on Criminal Minds and Disney Channel’s Secrets of Sulphur Springs . In this episode, she pulls the curtain back on what acting really demands—the artistry, the collaboration, and the mindset that makes performances resonate. Kelly’s story is also one of courage and engagement: a woman who left the “safe” path to follow her pa...

What happens when you realize at 35 that you need to change your career? In this episode, I sit down with Nina, the owner of Take Heart, one of Austin's most cherished shops. Nina is the owner and curator of Take Heart, located in East Austin. After 15 years as a social worker, Nina made a courageous career transition at age 35, following her creative instincts to open a store that celebrates...

What happens when you trade a six-figure corporate job for a camera and a dream? In this episode, I sit down with Joshua Timmermans, the photographer behind some of music's most iconic moments.  Josh is a professional music and entertainment photographer, media content manager, and creative consultant through his business Noble Visions. Over the past decade, he has photographed some of music's big...

Learn about this special creative project and why I brought it into the world. Follow me on social media (Instagram, Tiktok, YouTube) at @theartistrendezvous. Visit my website www.theartistrendezvous.com Contact me, Samantha Pfotenhauer, at hello@theartistrendezvous.com