Deep Conversations Podcast

Jeff sits down with Jenny and Adam Brand as they share deeply about their experiences in facilitating this Festival since 2019, about how they have evolved, and about how this artform has impacted both performers and audience members. This year's Theatre Crude Fringe Festival opens on Friday, October 1st and runs through October 10th with both in-person performances at Factory Obscura as well...

Rhiana Deck is of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She works primarily with acrylic paint, aerosols, and occasional beadwork for family and friends. Her work has been displayed and exhibited in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Georgia.  Since the age of four, she has used her art as her creative outlet. It is a part of who she is. Deck paints in her own unique style, purposely evoking emotions, arousing cur...

Jeff sits down with David Boynton as he shares deeply about his life journey and how his experiences and evolution informs his artistic perspective and his process. To learn more about David and his work, visit https://www.dabakhstudios.com Artist Statement Custom wood and resin artwork and fine art paintings created right here in the USA by a retired Air Force 21-year veteran. My work is inspired...

Jeff sits down with Brittany White as she shares deeply about her artistic perspective, about how she got started taking photographs and film, and about her work that will be in the upcoming Oh, Tulsa exhibit at Living Arts of Tulsa. To learn more about Brittany and her work, visit Website:  www.brittanykelleywhite.com Instagram handle:  @brittanykelleywhite Brittany is a photographer currently ba...

Watch on youtube- https://youtu.be/2CeFHULhGow Jeff sits down with Maggie Boyett And Marwin Begaye as they reflect very deeply about their experiences in co-creating over the past 5 years and about what this project means to them a few weeks after the opening of their collaboration for OVAC Art 365 at Living Arts of Tulsa, Body Acknowledgement: The Body as Land Through their collaboration Body Ack...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/yobsdN3UNf8 Jeff sits down with CJ Ward to hear him share some very compelling reflections about the power of conversations in bringing about healing between people and between communities. He also speaks about his experiences in contributing work to the The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Project at Living Arts and what it has been like for him to move to Tulsa an...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/h3DUsU27AxM Jeff sits down with Christina Henley, co-curator of the The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Exhibit at Living Arts to hear about what this experience has meant to her at a deeper level, about her perspective on the impact of this exhibit on people who have interacted with it, and her thoughts on how this has been a "mind altering" experience f...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/nLuCmF2oA5w Jeff sits down with artist Kelsey Irvin to hear about her artistic perspective, her career, how she got started, and about how she and her work have evolved over the years. To learn more about Kelsey and her work, visit www.kelseyirvin.com www.instagram.com/kelsey.irvin https://vimeo.com/258729079 https://vimeo.com/187060686 Driven to bring new life to...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/Vn8o8B75fpg Jeff sits down with artist Adam Carnes as he shares very deeply about what informs his work, about how moving to Tulsa and working here has changed his Consciousness, and about his work that is in the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Project exhibit at Living Arts of Tulsa. Adam Carnes (b. 1981), is a Tulsa transplant via Brooklyn. He received his MFA fr...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/4Z5gcfO9NHw Jeff sits down with Patrick McNicholas to hear him share about all of his artistic work over the years, about how he got started, and more specific information about Time-Travel Tulsa. Patrick McNicholas is the artist behind Time-Travel Tulsa. His time-bending artwork has been featured in various museums and exhibitions since the creation in 2018. Near...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/cGhIkcYpAZ4 Jeff sits down with Dr. Delia Gillis to hear about her work in education and about her creative endeavors. She shares very compellingly about why it is so important to her to teach and share history and Africana Studies to her students and about her passion for making it relevant and about what is going on today. Dr. Gillis also reflects about why it i...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/GRb65RBg5jY Jeff sits down with artist Marium Rana to hear about her artistic perspective, about her process, and what it all means to her at a deeper level. She also speaks about her work that is on exhibit currently for the OVAC Momentum show at Living Arts of Tulsa. Marium Rana is an American-born Pakistani visual artist, who works primarily in ink and aqueous...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/do7n48EFD_M Jeff sits down for a brief visit with artists Letitia Huckaby and Skip Hill about their upcoming exhibit at 108 Contemporary, "My Soul Looks and Wonder How I Got Over" which opens April 3rd and runs through June 20th. “My Soul Looks Back and Wonder How I Got Over” is a thoughtful visual dialogue that uses art to examine how the pervasiveness...

WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/2V0dCd7cuxI Jeff sits down with artist and educator Amber DuBoise-Shepherd to hear about what her work means to her at a deeper level, about her artistic perspective, and about how her work is informed and inspired by having grown up in a home immersed with different Native cultures, traditions, and languages. She also speaks about her work that will be displayed...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/udv_tAxPbdw Jeff sits down with artist Kristin Gentry to hear her share about her role in co-curating the upcoming OVAC Momentum exhibit opening April 2nd at Living Arts of Tulsa and about her work and what it all means to hear at a deeper level. To learn more about Kristin and he...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/U_ejbtzXAOA Laura Hensley and Jeff sit down with artist Jasmine Jones to hear about what he art practice means to her at a deeper level, about her experiences with Factory Obscura and the OKC art community, and about how she finds moment-to-moment presence as she experiences her o...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/EZXBbd3H_0k Jeff sits down with artist Sean Tyler to hear about her work and her focus on the human figure, the female experience, and expanding the boundaries of fine art with fiber arts. She also shares deeply about her recent work that is centered around exploring the female ex...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/_2tD0BCSpLE Jeff sits down with artist Katrinka Booth to hear her reflect about the very deep and connected relationship between her life experiences and between each work of art that she creates.  She also shares very deeply about her process, about where her inspiration comes fr...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/bJGSOoofXik Jeff sits down with veteran comedian Derek Richards to hear about what it's like to be a comedian from his experience and perspective "on the other side of the mic." A regular on the Las Vegas Strip, Derek’s act is fast, fresh, and at times, fanatical. H...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/GG7ZYKoVKfw Laura Hensley and Jeff Krisman sit down with Mac Coplin as she shares very deeply and compellingly about her life journey, some very formative lessons learned, and about her evolution. She also shares about her work as a freelance photographer and about her practice of...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/36roKO1iu4s Jeff sits down with artist Frida Cornelio to hear about hear artistic perspective and about how she creates art that confronts the public on social issues while promoting awareness and change.  She is a Mexican figurative painter whose interest in the human figure is i...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/mBV73FRCVGI Jeff sits down for a Conscious conversation with artist Ra Vashtar about the deep relationship between his life journey and his artistic perspective.   He shares very candidly and compellingly about his process and evolution and how that has informed his craft and how...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/yfWKcz4Nfyw Jeff sits down with Brandi Ross and Tyler Huffman to hear about their experiences in participating in the recent exhibit at Living Arts, Project Hope, Unity, and Compassion. EXHIBITION STATEMENT Throughout history, downtowns and town squares have served as the foundati...

TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THIS INTERVIEW, GO TO INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS PODCAST CHANNEL OR VIEW DIRECTLY AT https://youtu.be/k4Nc3ZagJG0 Jeff sits down with artist Krystie Bunch to hear her share deeply about her work and about how she got started creating art.  She also speaks in a very heartfelt, moving, and a compelling way about the importance of community and culture and about what her experiences...