Art Block: a DSTL Arts podcast

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 3; Episode 4 features Chicome Itzcuintli Amatlapalli (@MiCorazónMexica) in conversation with DSTL Arts founder and executive director, Luis Antonio Pichardo, and Master Teaching Artist, Abraham Jaramillo. In this episode, Chicome Itcuintli shares their sto...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 3; Episode 3 features Carolyn Cardoza ( @UKantTouchThis ) in conversation with DSTL Arts founder and executive director, Luis Antonio Pichardo, and Master Teaching Artist, Abraham Jaramillo. In this episode, Carolyn shares a variety of sources of inspirati...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 3; Episode 2 features Richard Tucci (@GreaterGrander) and Nikolai Garcia (@)HelloKommie in conversation with DSTL Arts founder and executive director, Luis Antonio Pichardo, and Master Teaching Artist, Abraham Jaramillo. In this episode, Richard and Nikola...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 3; Episode 1 features Jeongmin "Jamie" Choi (@WhisperLanding) in conversation with DSTL Arts founder and executive director, Luis Antonio Pichardo and Master Teaching Artist, Abraham Jaramillo. In this episode, Jamie shares her thoughts on Horror as a genr...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 2; Episode 6 features Luis Blackaller ( @Cartoon_Distortion ) in conversation with DSTL Arts founder and executive director, Luis Antonio Pichardo. In this episode, Luis Blackaller returns to discuss his cover art for the upcoming issue of Art Block Zine;...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 2; Episode 5 features Red and Jason of the "Ghost Spaghetti Podcast" (@GhostSpaghettiPodcast). "Ghost Spaghetti" is a paranormal podcast hosted by Jason and Red. Jason is an aficionado of literature and art. Red is a DSTL Arts alum with...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 2; Episode 4 features Rebekkah Edlund (@RebekkahEdlund; @TheBareFootLifeCoach; @TheHappinessQuestBook). Rebekkah Edlund is an author, life coach, and mentor. Growing up in a very nontraditional way–moving more than 40 times across the country and being sch...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast , a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 2; Episode 3 features our hosts, Abraham and Luis, in conversation with one of our Poet/Artist Development Program OGs: Brian Andrade (@AstroPapi). As the first poet in our Poet/Artist Development Program (formerly Arts Mentorship Program ), Brian is now...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 2; Episode 2 features our hosts, Abraham and Luis, in conversation with Óscar Valles and Ronald Ramírez, founding members of Exodo ( @ExodoRockOficial ), a Spanish-Language Rock Alternativo rock band from Los Angeles. Our conversation explores the unifying...

DSTL Arts presents the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 2; Episode 1 features our hosts, Abraham and Luis, in conversation with writer, poet, and book artist, Alan Sobrino ( @Errant. Press ). Our conversation explores the possibilities of what a book can be, and how interactivity is at the core of all forms of...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 8 features our hosts, Abraham and Luis, in conversation with comic book artist and past DSTL Arts Teaching Artist, Javier Hernandez, best known as the creator of the comic book "El Muerto" and the co-founder of the Latino Comics Expo. Follow...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 7 is a special "Lost Episode" from the previous iteration of our podcast, "The DSTL Arts-cast." This episode features our past DSTL Arts-cast hosts, Abraham and Jeremy, in conversation with Angel H. Cruz, the Featured Artist from Ar...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 6 features our hosts, Abraham and Luis, in conversation with Susie Chavez, a longtime DSTL Arts participant in our various programs, and the author of the forthcoming children's book, Little Shoes to be published through the DSTL Arts–Poet/Artist D...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 5 features our hosts, Abraham and Luis, in conversation with Gloria Vasquez-Warner, a Salvadoran-born fine artist residing in Los Angeles. Gloria is a self-taught painter who finds herself inspired by expressionist painters, nature, and the city she ca...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 4 is our first Audience Q&A Special where we answer questions submitted by listeners and viewers like you! Hosts, Abraham and Luis, enjoy the conversation about what inspires them to create and their childhood. Be sure to follow DSTL Arts on...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 3 features LA-based artist, Darrell Fusaro (@FOOZARO) in conversation with our co-hosts, Luis and Abraham. Darrell Fusaro, also known as Foozaro, has had a long history in the arts and entertainment industry; one of stumbling optimistically from...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 2 features Mexico City-born artist, Luis Blackaller (@Cartoon_Distortion) in conversation with our co-hosts, Luis and Abraham. Luis Blackaller, a.k.a. Cartoon Distortion, is an artist, filmmaker, and small press independent publisher from Mexico...

Introducing the Art Block podcast, a monthly DSTL Arts-produced podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. Art Block: Season 1; Episode 1–A Reintroduction features the hosts of our show, Abraham Jaramillo (DSTL Arts Master Teaching Artist), and Luis Antonio Pichardo (DSTL Arts Founder, Executive Director), enjoying a conversation about art and more as our podc...

Introducing The DSTL Arts-cast , a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. The DSTL Arts-cast: Season 1; Episode 3.5 introduces a new format we're experimenting with. This Artist Spotlight episode features one of our Poet/Artist Development Program participants, Michelle Smith, as she performs a couple of poems written especially for this inaugural...

Introducing The DSTL Arts-cast , a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. The DSTL Arts-cast: Season 1; Episode 3–Naomi Valdivia features the hosts of our show, Abraham Jaramillo (DSTL Arts Master Teaching Artist), and Jeremy Arias (DSTL Arts Zine Editor-in-Chief), enjoying a conversation about art and more with Naomi Valdivia, 2022 Guest Editor fo...

Introducing the DSTL Arts-cast , a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. The DSTL Arts-cast: Season 1; Episode 2–FUNAKI features the hosts of our show, Abraham Jaramillo (DSTL Arts Master Teaching Artist), and Jeremy Arias ( Art Block Zine Editor-in-Chief), enjoying a conversation about art, photography and more with FUNAKI, photographer for Wild...

Introducing the DSTL Arts-cast , a monthly podcast featuring interviews of emerging artists from the Los Angeles community. The DSTL Arts-cast: Season 1; Episode 1–Pilot features an introduction to DSTL Arts and the hosts of our show, Abraham Jaramillo (DSTL Arts Master Teaching Artist), Jeremy Arias ( Art Block Zine Editor-in-Chief), and Luis Antonio Pichardo (DSTL Arts Founder, Executive Directo...