Art Is... a podcast for artists

Episode 02: Michael Clements, Artist and Founder of Art Jamz shares his creative journey with Isotta. In Part 1 of their conversation, Michael delves into the experience of leaving his day job in the USA to relocate to Hong Kong in the early 2000’s to pursue an adventurous creative life. Michael shares how he pragmatically monetized his creative skills to grow into a sustainable income generating...

Episode 01: Alex Farkas, Founder and Director of UGallery joins Isotta in conversation to discuss how he built a sustainable art business. UGallery has pioneered selling art online since it was established in San Francisco in 2006. In Part 1 of their conversation, Alex and Isotta discuss the importance of finding your business niche. Alex also shares why UGallery is so focused on storytelling and...

Isotta the host of  Art Is... a podcast for artists  introduces Season 4, dropping  July 13th 2022. Music by Blue Dot Sessions Cover art by Eleonora Tucci Donate to the podcast

Episode 19: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Arvin Khamesh, a globally recognized NFT Marketing Expert. Arvin dives back into his discussion on creative business, starting off with the specifics of community building’s role in online art projects. The conversation then centers around how to successfully launch NFTs and delves into the crucial role of marketing in that process. Arvin shares man...

Episode 18: Arvin Khamesh, a globally recognized NFT Marketing Expert, joins Isotta to discuss all things creative business. Part 1 of their conversation covers Arvin’s professional story diving into his journey as a marketer and touching upon the importance of mentorship in his career development. Isotta asks Arvin about his first NFT project with an Italian painter and the conversation culminate...

Episode 17: Part 2 of Kassen Qian’s conversation with Isotta demystifying the DAO. They discuss various existing DAO’s exploring how they function and also delve into possible use cases in the creative industries. Kassen proposes how DAO’s could be adopted from the film/television space to the museum world, explaining how the innovative organization model could redistribute access, power and finan...

Episode 16: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Jonathan Girroir, Senior Manager of Developer Relations at Tech Soft 3D. Jonathan dives back into a discussion contextualizing the tech that's shaping our contemporary world. He gives useful advice on how to separate hype and mass marketing from the reality of where technology stands today by explaining the technology adoption curve. The discuss...

Episode 15: Part two of Isotta’s conversation with Jonathan Smith, artist, designer and co-founder of Choice Art , the new social app for artists. Jon dives back into a discussion on the goals he and his co-founders have for Choice Art. He explains how the app was developed with both artists and art enthusiasts in mind. Choice Art bridges the gap between art and tech for creatives and seeks to rem...

Episode 14: Kassen Qian joins Isotta to break down some key crypto jargon - from tokens, to mining, to DAO’s. The dialogue is a perfect addition to past episodes on NFT’s, the metaverse and more crypto phenomena. Kassen deconstructs what a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) is and why this alternative organizational model is gaining traction online around the world. The discussion centers...

Episode 13: Jonathan Girroir, Senior Manager of Developer Relations at Tech Soft 3D, joins Isotta to contextualize the emergence of innovation from mature tech like 3D printing to newer tech like digital twins and open metaverses. With his 25 years of experience in the software development industry, Jonathan provides insights into how and why these innovations are being developed and what role the...

Episode 12: Part 3/3 of Dr. Sophie Frost and Isotta’s discussion on digital leadership in the arts, culture and museum sector. Sophie shares her experience with ‘Digital Courage, Digital Literacy’, a course she designed and has been teaching at Goldsmiths University of London. This leads into a conversation on the pressing topic of online community and its increasingly pivotal role in shaping the...

Episode 11: Jonathan Smith, artist, designer and co-founder of Choice Art , the new social app for artists, joins Isotta in conversation. They dive into Jon’s professional journey addressing the role of legacy social media Flickr, creative run galleries in San Francisco and upstart artist communities in shaping his creative development. The episode centers around Jon’s most recent project Choice A...

Episode 10: Part 2/3 of Isotta’s conversation with Sophie Frost, researcher, writer and academic. Sophie reflects on creating her podcast ‘People. Change. Museums’ and how over the past 18 months the cultural sector’s understanding of technology has evolved for the better. The discussion centers around demystifying the idea of tech tools as fix all solutions, and recognizes the importance of diffu...

Episode 9: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Fabio Berger, software engineer and crypto enthusiast. Fabio shares his thoughts on the burgeoning need for curation in the NFT space, comments on the rise of online crypto communities and defines what a DAO is. The episode includes a wide reaching conversation on the awesome potential of web 3 and open metaverses for unlimited creativity, and conclu...

Episode 8: Sophie Frost, researcher, writer and academic explains how the role of technology in the art and cultural sector is critically evolving. Part one of a three part series, Sophie dives into her work with ‘One by One’, an initiative working towards building digitally confident museums.  Isotta introduces ‘People. Change. Museums.’, Sophie’s podcast exploring the complex relationship betwee...

Episode 7: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Monty Preston, Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. Monty joins us to share news about Saatchi Art’s exciting new initiative: ‘The Other Avatars’. This project is empowering diverse emerging artists from across the globe to create NFT’s inspired by Van Gogh's self portraits. The conversation touches upon Monty’s interest in the...

Episode 6: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Lauryn Hill, LA based Creative Careers Coach. For this New Year’s episode, Lauryn shares the details of her coaching program and explains the power of visualization as a technique for artists to heal, define success and set actionable goals. The episode ends with a reflection on how Covid has shifted social dynamics and on how we are now at a crossro...

Episode 5: Fabio Berger, software engineer and crypto enthusiast, dives into his upcoming new project ‘Movement Generation’, the first ever generative music/choreography video NFT. Fabio shares with Isotta what NFT’s can unlock for performance artists and how they can help emerging artists build art equity. Part 1 closes with a discussion on the value of the squad team structure and with Fabio sha...

Episode 4: Part 2 of Isotta’s conversation with Shae Myles and Georgia Tooke from the Jiggle & Juice collective is a reflection on the various paths to success one can take as an emerging artist. Georgia and Shae comment on their disappointment with the lack of institutional change in the art world. They counter with an empowering message on the DIY approach many emerging artists are taking du...

Episode 3: Monty Preston , Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art, joins us to explain what NFT’s are and how we as emerging artists can benefit from blockchain technology.  Isotta asks Monty to clear up the common misconceptions around NFT’s and clarify how they can generate income for artists. Part 1 of their conversation covers the popular topic of curation in the NFT space and d...

Episode 2: Shae Myles and Georgia Tooke from Jiggle & Juice share their art collective’s unique story and powerful mission. Delving into their ongoing projects, such as their support documents (how to price your work, how to write an invoice etc.) they explain how the collective aims to assist emerging artists bridge the gap from art school to professional practice. Part one of their conversat...

Episode 1: Lauryn Hill, creative careers coach, delves into the 3 main areas artists struggle with: clarity, prioritization and limiting beliefs. In this first half of their conversation, Lauryn and Isotta discuss how these attitudes manifest online and what we can do as creatives to unlearn adverse digital habits and embrace tech tools which help us build confidence and community.  Donate Follow...

Isotta the host of Art Is... introduces Season 3, episode 1 launching December 1st 2021. Music by Blue Dot Sessions Cover art by Eleonora Tucci Donate to the podcast!

Episode 14: Art world visionary Sixtine Crutchfield reflects on her 35+ year career as a fine art advisor, manager, consultant and now program designer of the latest MBA at Geneva Business School in Fine Art International Management. To conclude Season 2 of 'Art Is…’ Isotta and Sixtine brainstorm the future of art academia and celebrate the increasing role of tech in the art world. Learn more...

Episode 13: Joshua Bernard co-founder of LUMA festival shares info and insights on projection mapping, balancing the physical-digital divide in the arts and mobilizing communities around shared goals. Visit LUMA the premiere projection mapping festival: September 10th & 11th 2021 in Binghamton NY, USA. Learn more about LUMA and book your free ticket:  https://lumafestival.com/   Donate: https:...