Beyond the Wall - Más Allá del Muro

Back in May I had the honor of interviewing the glamorous and very accomplished Robyne Robinson.  Robyne is a creative powerhouse for positive social change, a champion of the arts and of her community.  She lived in my hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota for over 20 years, where she was an Emmy-winning news broadcaster before becoming a creative entrepreneur.   Robyne has done so many incredible t...

Hi, everyone! After a few years, I'm finally back! Third time's a charm💪 Subscribe to join me on this year's journey of interviewing 50 artists working in public art! Hola a todos! Después de tres años, por fin estoy de vuelta! La tercera vez es la vencida!💪 Haz clic en el botón de suscripción para acompañarme en esta experiencia de entrevistar a 50 artistas involucradas en el arte público! Para...

Hoy en el podcast tenemos a Horacio Silva Duarte. Horacio es un graffitero chileno de los 90 que se volvió productor de murales en los años 2000. Es fundador de la famosa y estimada ONG, Valparaíso en Colores, que aporta a la sociedad llevando proyectos de arte urbano a los barrios de Chile y a su vez dándole trabajo a los artistas. En esta entrevista con Horacio, él comparte información privilegi...

Today we have the incredible artist, Gary Drostle, back on the podcast. Back in February, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gary. The episode with the first half of our conversation dropped on Monday. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, definitely go back and do that now, because it was so much fun and it really informs the rest of the conversation that you’ll get to listen to today....

Today on the podcast we have the incredible artist, Gary Drostle. Back in February, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gary. Based in Southeast London, UK, Gary Drostle has over 30 years of experience in public art, working primarily with painting and mosaic techniques. His mosaic work in particular has won several prestigious awards and gained international recognition – he has completed major co...

On this week’s episode I decided to do something a little different. The interview last week with Gustavo Lira took me a little bit down memory lane, back to when I was just getting into muralism. So, I thought it would be a great opportunity to start sharing my undergraduate thesis that I wrote back then - in 2011 and 2012! It was called: Latino/Latin American Muralism and Social Change: The Soci...

Hoy es un gran día porque en el podcast tenemos como invitado a Gustavo Lira García, artista muralista mexicano que lleva más de 26 años viviendo y creando arte en los Estados Unidos, en mi estado de Minnesota. Tiene mucha experiencia y talento en una variedad de técnicas, desde la pintura hasta el mosaico. Le tengo mucho respeto y admiración. Yo conocí a Gustavo en 2011, cuando estaba preparando...

Today on the podcast we have Justyna Budzyn, an artist from Poland who has been working in ceramics and mosaic art since 2001. She has completed many private and public commissions, she has participated in international mural-art events in both Chile and Colombia, and she has also exhibited her work at several group exhibitions in Poland, England and Ireland. I met Justyna at the First Internation...

Welcome, back, Adriana Mufarrege! Adriana is a very talented painter and mosaic artist based in Córdoba, Argentina! She is known for her excellence in mosaic portraiture, and she has traveled all over the world teaching mosaic portrait workshops. She has also done several mosaic murals. I met Adriana at the First International Urban Mosaic Intervention in Puente Alto, Santiago Chile in 2014 organi...

Please welcome Adriana Mufarrege! Adriana is a very talented painter and mosaic artist based in Córdoba, Argentina! She is known for her excellence in mosaic portraiture, and she has traveled all over the world teaching mosaic portrait workshops. She has also done several mosaic murals. I met Adriana at the First International Urban Mosaic Intervention in Puente Alto, Santiago Chile in 2014 organi...

En este episodio escuchamos la segunda mitad de la entrevista que tuve con Simón de Madera el pasado diciembre. Simón de Madera, conocido en Instagram como Saint Robot, y antiguamente conocido como la Robot de Madera, es artista, pintor y muralista chileno. Si no escuchaste la primera parte de la entrevista, 1ª, recomiendo que la escuches primero. Es MUY buena. En este episodio, 1B, retomamos la c...

Una nueva versión de la primera entrevista, con música en la introducción y al final! No borré la primera versión, porque la publiqué en la fecha 22022022, y me pareció bonito dejarla en esta fecha. Simón de Madera, conocido como Saint Robot, y antiguamente conocido como la Robot de Madera, es artista, pintor y muralista cuya carrera comenzó en la Quinta Región de Chile. A lo largo de su carrera d...

Hola y bienvenidos al podcast, más allá del Muro, Beyond the Wall, un podcast sobre muralismo donde conversamos con los artistas detrás de las obras para escuchar sus historias. ¡Agradezco mucho su paciencia! No puedo creer que grabé los primeros episodios de este podcast en 2020. Pasó la pandemia, y decidí hacer otras cosas. Pero el podcast siempre me llamaba. Y ahora la estoy haciendo de verdad!...

Hello! Hola! My name is Shannon McEvoy, and I’m super excited to announce the launching of Beyond the Wall, a bilingual podcast where we dive into muralism and public art, getting to know it on a deeper level as we learn about the people, process, and philosophy behind the work. *Please forgive all the plosives in these first episodes! It's a lot harder that I thought it would be to edit them out...