Art on the Air

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Lee Heidel, Owner and Managing Partner of Neighborhood Comics.    Neighborhood Comics is downtown Savannah's comic book specialty store. Open 7 days a week from 11AM-7PM, Neighborhood Comics is located just steps from Forsyth Park, at 1205 Bull Street. They offer a full line of new comic books and graphic novels, as well as extensive back issues and...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Joshua Yates, founder & board chair of the Savannah Center for Photography.    The Savannah Center for Photography is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching Savannah's cultural landscape by advancing the art of photography. Through a community darkroom, workshop space, and rotating gallery exhibitions, SCP provides accessible reso...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with local artist Isak Dove.    Isak Dove is a self-taught artist b. 1983 Saline, MI, currently based out of Savannah, GA. Most recently her work has been exhibited locally at Gallery 2424 and ARTS Southeast, and internationally at the Zurich Hochshule der Kunst (2025) and Material Gallery (2024) in Zurich, Switzerland.    An avid traveler, Dove often co...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with visiting artist Flora Ranis.  Flora Ranis is a multidisciplinary artist and storyteller from the Florida Everglades whose work explores the molten, hand-made qualities of our built environment. In a celebration of non-dualist ontologies, she explores the intimacy between traditionally natural forms and urban markers of state power. Through metalwork...

Kendra Clark for Georgia House District 165!  Kendra has a professional background in social work, is a past co-chair of the Savannah DSA, the founder of Hostess City Mutual Aid, & a connoisseur of red lipstick. Join the fight to create a Georgia that works for the many, not the few.    Kendra Clark is fighting for: Lower Rent Costs Fully Funded Schools No Cost Childcare Raising the Minimum Wa...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for a chat with Midtown Arthouse's Joanne Morton & Marquette Shaw!    Joanne Morton is a positive energy artist & co-founder of Midtown Arthouse. Marquette Shaw is a photographer, singer, dancer, actor, & social media/marketing extraordinaire.    Midtown Arthouse Upcoming Calendar of Events: Monday, April 13: The Savannah MIX, Art Exhibit & Business Netwo...

Join Kate for an interview with Isaac McCaslin, a Savannah-based fine artist whose narrative-driven work explores the interplay of history, identity, and the human experience. With a B.F.A. in Painting from the Savannah College of Art & Design (Magna Cum Laude), McCaslin has received accolades at regional, national, and international levels.     McCaslin’s practice is rooted in Renaissance and...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Peter Roberts, Artist and Gallery Director at Location Gallery.   Location Gallery is celebrating their 10th Anniversary in March 2026 with the exhibition "Decades"! "Decades" includes 36 participating artists, who have all contributed one 10"x10" work. This special opening reception is a ticketed event at The Kennedy Pharmacy, part of the Davenport...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with husband & wife duo Lino Azevedo and Jamie Azevedo.   Lino Azevedo is an artist, illustrator, and professor. Jamie Azevedo is a fine art photographer. They have been happily married for 20 years, & have 20 years' worth of art experience. They've been published in multiple magazines and journals, invited by universities and art galleries to se...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Christopher Moss.    Christopher Moss (b. 1977, Wilkes-Barre, PA) received a BFA in 2000 from Marywood University, Scranton, PA and an MFA in 2006 from CUNY Brooklyn College. Since late 2016, he has lived and worked in Savannah.    Hot off the heels of a solo show "Yoink" at the Thompson Savannah, a dual show in Athens, GA, a trifecta exhibition at...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Tamara Garvey, past host of the show, & beloved local artist & illustrator.   Tamara Garvey has a BFA in Illustration from SCAD; you can find her quirky pen & ink artwork at Gallery 209 (among others) & or catch her working in her studio in City Market. Garvey's solo show "The Winter of our Discontent" at Gallery 2424 opens next Frid...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with The Maxines, an all-female grunge band in Savannah, Georgia. They're gritty, high-energy alternative rock with raspy vocals, moody rifts, & wild, unfiltered performances that demand attention.   AJ Grey is vocals, twins Coco & Maddie Oke are drums & guitar, & Emma Faith Smith is on bass.   You'll be familiar with their 2023 album "Sk...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Nono Flores, a local illustrator.    You can find Nono at Chateau Nono, an open studio shop inside "One for the Road" in the Starland District, at 101 W 41st St.    Pick up some artwork, check out gifts and retail, or walk in get your live portrait done (during Fri-Sun hours). They're open Tuesday-Saturday 12PM-7PM & Sundays 12PM-6PM.    Check o...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Kristen Baird, the founder and designer behind Kristen Baird Jewelry.   Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Baird initially came to Savannah to attend SCAD for architecture and Interior Design. Instead she fell in love with jewelry design, and the city, and has been here ever since. Kristen Baird Jewelry is an award-winning fine jewelry brand founde...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Phil Musen, a local artist and Owner/Executive Director of Cute Tomatoes Gallery. Phil Musen b.1985 Boston, MA relocated to Savannah, GA to complete a BFA in Painting from SCAD. He likes cats. You can catch him painting in Forsyth Park or working in Cute Tomatoes Gallery. Cute Tomatoes is located at 218 E 41st Street, open 1PM-5PM on Wednesdays &amp...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Chuck Carbia, a local fine artist, performance artist (entertainment artist), college professor, and musician.   Stanton first encountered Carbia more than a decade ago through Glitter Chariot, an indescribable collective (band, performance art, entertainment art, confusion spectacle) that explores complex relationships and emotions.  Click this lin...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Heather L. Young, a local artist based out of Richmond Hill that sells under the name Fly Young Studio online. She does contemporary oil paintings as well as traditional pen & ink drawings, drawing inspiration from her coastal southern heritage and love for moss-draped live oak trees. She's a board member with Arts on the Coast, & a contribu...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Jeanette McCune, the Executive Director of Cleo the Project Space, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit arts organization, located at 915 B Montgomery St., Savannah, Georgia. The space is open on Saturdays from 12-5PM, or by appointment.    Their next exhibition 'Survey to a Sweet Reminder' featuring Camille Wong and Alex Adkinson opens Saturday, October 18th f...

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with soft sculpture artist, performance artist, and college professor Kelly Boehmer.    Kelly has exhibited and performed her work nationally and internationally in over 175 exhibitions including shows in Baltimore, Dallas, Miami, New York City, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, San Juan, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea and Sarajevo, Bosnia and He...

Join Kate for an interview with Lisa D. Watson, an artist, gardener, and activist.    Lisa D. Watson (b.1967) grew up in Northeast Ohio where she spent many days in the wooded forest behind her childhood home. The day the bulldozers flattened the forest to a suburb was the day she found her lifelong mission; tell the stories of the voiceless species of the natural world.  Watson received a Bachelo...

Join Kate for an interview with Jose Ray, a multi-faceted artist. You can find his work on gallery walls, in public murals, in the bookstore, and you can find him in the DJ booth downtown.    Born and raised in the Midwest, Jose grew up with a love for wide-open exploration and do-it-yourself spirit. That outlook took him in many different directions while always building the knowledge and skills...

Join all AOTA past hosts Tamara Garvey, Rob Hessler, & David Laughlin as they welcome new host Kate Stanton Melendez, and serve as a transition team. The artists and arts journalists share background info on the show's roots, give advice on becoming a podcaster, and dispense wisdom on the state of the arts in our beloved Savannah, Georgia (i.e., reminisce and gossip). We enjoyed catching up an...

Join Tamara for an interview with musician (upright and electric bass) Marc Chesanow, whose music plays at the beginning and the end of every episode of this show! 🎉  He played drums and trombone in HS band and then came to bass later: attending Eastman School of Music in NY for undergrad and then University of Memphis for his master's degree. He's been a working musician ever since, with occasio...

Join Tamara for an interview with artist/illustrator (my fellow artist at the co-op Gallery 209 on River Street!) Erica Catherine, who draws "Vintage Inspired Designs for the Old Soul."  Erica is a native Savannahian who graduated from Savannah Arts Academy and then SCAD, with a BFA in Illustration. After graduation she started her business, selling her paintings and products made from her art, in...

Join Tamara for an interview with musician (singer-songwriter, drums, guitar, bass) Markus Kuhlmann, whose IG description reads: "Pandemic-Born Dad-Bod Rock." He's a "recovering architect" originally from South Carolina who moved from Charleston to Savannah in the late 90s/early 00s. Over the past decades Markus has been in a number of beloved Savannah bands - The Train Wrecks, Clouds and Satellit...