Studio Break

Sage Dawson joins the podcast from St. Lous (MO) to talk about her multimedia works, and her new exhibition called: On Streets Like Ours, In Rooms, Up Collapsing Stairs.

This week Peter Shear returns to the podcast to discuss his Solo Exhibition entitled “Sausage” at the Peoria Art Guild .  The show features nearly 100 small paintings which explore shape, color, and surface coupled with diverse exploration.

Jason Ruhl joins the podcast to talk about some of his latest projects, including  his collage work that utilizes a variety of 2-D approaches. 

This week Morgan Price joins the podcast to talk about his recent work, which explore ideas of identity through a variety of printmaking techniques.

Liz Tran joins the podcast from Seattle (WA) to discuss her studio practice which explores a variety of mixed media including painting, ceramics, video, and installation.

John Reddington returns to the podcast to discuss his recent painting and drawing works, which piece together a variety of personal narratives, stories, observations, life experience… even the “Predator Machine.”

This week Schuyler Maehl joins the podcast to discuss his early work and his time living in Iceland. He’s a regular collaborator with performance groups MoMS and Gelitin while maintaining his studio practice that explores painting, drawing, sculpture, music, video, and installation.

Martin Brief joins the podcast to discuss his  drawing’s based off definitions, newspapers, art forum and a variety of sources to explore his interest in how we create meaning and communicate through language.

This week Cory Peeke joins the podcast to discuss his massive series of collage works, which reuse a variety of found and printed materials to explore themes of ideas of sexuality, identity and history.

This week Leslie Mutchler joins the podcast to talk about a wide variety of work including her flat work, sculpture, and installations which allow for viewer participation.

Shelby Shadwell joins us the podcast to talk about his recent exhibition at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio and some new approaches in the studio.

This week Kendra Paitz returns to the podcast to discuss the exhibition she’s curated for Illinois State University entitled: The House of the Seven Gables , based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel from 1851.

This week Michelle Forsyth joins the podcast to discuss her cathartic and  intricate studio practice which includes a variety of 2-D and installation works.

This week Mitch Mitchell joins the podcast to talk about his print based works that explore ideas of landscape through print and installation.

Dawn Roe joins the podcast to talk about her photo and video based works that explore diverse approaches that include interior/exterior landscapes, portraiture, and documentaries.

This week Brian Frink joins the podcast from Mankato (MN) to talk about his diverse painting practice and RACA or Rural America Contemporary Art.

This week Cora Joyce Lim joins the podcast to talk about her work, which incorporates a variety of media including painting, sculpture, and installation; Cora was selected as one of our 2012 Studio Break Competition Winners.

This week Lazaro Juan joins the podcast to talk about his recent mixed media work which examines ideas of identity as it relates to colonialism.

This week Jessica Mongeon joins the podcast to discuss her work which combines representational and abstract approaches to her multi-media works.

This week Marine Tempels joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice and the balance of representation and abstraction in her paintings.

This week Bill Conger & Colin Nesbi t return to the podcast to talk about their collaborative exhibition at Helmuth Projects entitled The Strawberry Thief.

This week Megan Mitchell  joins the podcast to talk about her ceramic work and the evolution of her studio practice, process, and materials.

John Phillip Abbott joins the podcast from Albuquerque (NM) to talk about his colorful text based paintings that rely on process.

This week Lauren Stern joins the podcast to talk about her painting and drawing practice and her interest in the figure.

This week Carol Salisbury joins the podcast to discuss her current small metal works as well as her drawings.