Drawing South

When @mikewindyart was @randylpurcell 's back in November 2024 they couldn't help themselves so they recorded another conversation before mikewindy hit the road and headed back to Nashville. We hope you give this third conversation a listen! #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #randylpurcell #randypurcellart #mikewindypodcast #artpodcast #encausticart #inkonbeeswax Tile Art: Gretsch Guitar...

@starpoundball and @mikewindyart spent a lovely few hours @electricshedtn recently to talk about Aaron's new exhibit there. As we watched the sun move across the wall with the door open and an occasional breeze we moved from topic to topic with ease and occasionally back to ideas or "relevance" and what that means in any particular ecosystem and ways we've tricked ourselves into...

@mikewindyart and @valentimes had a great conversation about getting older on instagram, making your career fit your life, making creative work outside of epicenters, parenting while making, and can her work hand on walls and in your closet? We hope you'll give it a listen

In this conversation @mikewindyart and @amandamichelettoblouin move effortlessly from talking about #perimenopause to craft vs. art to getting a little too close to #rauschenberg 's "Bed" to getting older as an artist and a whole range of other topics. Amanda set up an exhibit of 25 pieces that cover a 5 year period of her practice for mikewindy and it created a really cool "in...

In this conversation, @mikewindy catches up with another lifetime member of The Sculpture One Coffee Club  @morgangesellart  They talk about class way back when at Flager, grad school, parenting, and Morgan's work finding an audience inside of another audience, the  @officeladiespod hosted by @angelakinsey and @msjennafischer among other places. We hope you give it a listen

This conversation with @mikewindyart and @courtneyadairjohnson was as wide-ranging as her practice. A creative reuse artist, archivist, curator, and builder of community, it's hard to untangle any one of those practices from the other ones. We talk about her call to the land, active grieving, ways in which her practice has evolved, and why neither she nor Marlos want to become your cult leader. Pl...

Enjoy this short (by Drawing South standards) but awesomeconversation with @mikewindyart and @heatherbenjamin_ We talked about going REALLY BIG with her work, imposter syndrome, and the balancing act of talking about your work in academic terms while staying human! It was awesome to hear how the @marbie.princess board came to be, her current show @olympiartz and her fiancé! Please dive into and su...

Here’s another Sculpture One Coffee Club episode! mikewindy and Amelia Eldridge who is now a librarian in Baltimore spent 2 and a half hours catching up and diving into Amelia’s incredibly rich and thoughtful practice. We talked about celebrity and how she has never really been intrigued by it until she did a deep dive into the career of Shelley Duval and is now living in AYC(it’s worth the listen...

mikewindy and Lauren Gregory had a great conversation in Lauren’s awesome house that feels like walking into one of her quilts. So much information but so much coziness. We talked about the quilting classes she co-teaches at Ox-bow school of Art, getting a cold call to teach animation at Parsons School of Design after the video she made for Toro y Moi went viral( 10 million views and counting), he...

Jim Sherraden (like Aladdin) invited mikewindy and Joey Mitchell over to his studio to get some video and sit down for a long conversation in front of a cozy fire. We talked about his 30 plus years at Hatch show print, collaborating with Jon Langford on their LA exhibit opening February 9th, and lots of other things. Jim is the only guest who has joined me on the harmonica intro, so far. This was...

Arcade Arts Resident Courtney Gatewood and @mikewindyart had a long meandering conversation a few weeks back in his space, number 63 in the historic Arcade. They talked about Courtney rethinking her approach in the studio as a drawer first and foremost, religion, taking advantage of opportunities, and making friends as an adult. We hope you give it a listen. Please dive into Courtney’s practice on...

@mikewindyart and @wildenemyart Ashley Mintz sat down in her studio recently and had an incredible conversation. Ashley’s practice is vibrant, inventive, and deeply thoughtful from painting to drawing to bookmaking. In this two-hour and twenty-four-minute conversation we cover a lot of ground. We hope you’ll give it a listen! Tile Art: Bukowski from her Instagram #mikewindypodcast #drawingsouthpod...

Recently @mikewindyart made it out to East Tennessee to visit @randylpurcell in his new home studio that looks over a valley to the foothills of the great Smokey Mountains. No matter where he is Randy is always industrious and making, writing, and thinking constantly. Randy has developed a unique encaustic technique to create what he calls paintings. In less than 24 hours we recorded 2 episodes. P...

In 2007 I started teaching at Flagler College as an adjunct and taught Sculpture III to exactly three students. In my second semester, I started teaching Sculpture 1 in the evenings and brought this old avocado green percolator coffee maker to class. Every Monday and Wednesday through 2010 before we did anything in class, we started by making a BIG pot of coffee. I had next to no money, so it was...

Our 50th Episode!!! Of course, it's with the great @donnawoodleyart ! It also happens to be our FIRST video episode over on youtube! Link in Bio. Huge shout out to @educators_cooperative for collaborating with us to make this a special episode of their Culture Corner series also hosted by @mikewindyart that is in it's 5th school year! Donna has been a guest in that lecture series twice sharing her...

What a lovely wide-ranging conversation @mikewindyart and @davidonri shared a few weeks back over tea in Inglewood. If you don’t know David’s work yet please dive in on his Instagram or make the trip to Memphis to see his upcoming Sheetcake Gallery Exhibit. If you’re not a skater be patient with us during the first few minutes of this episode!!! Tile Art “After Wendell Berry” from @davidonri www.d...

In this conversation @mikewindyart and @marryammomaart discuss where her work is now, upcoming exhibits, and how she’s always thinking with a fashion brain, architect brain, and collage brain. Her work is full of such painstaking detail that speaks to both resilience and fragility that is in all of us. Please dive into her practice on Instagram, her website, or the many public exhibits she is part...

What a great conversation with @davidjonwalker and @mikewindyart about starting fresh late in the game, parenting across wide age groups, Shining Light on Truth exhibit he designed for @newhavenmuseum, how awesome @plush96orange skateshop and @suminaynay are, his running streak, how he met @briannabass and just went to all the Yale painting critiques, and whatever else came to our minds. PLEASE fo...

Jodi and @mikewindyart have been trying for awhile to get another conversation recorded including an attempt when the wifi at mikewindy's just wouldn't cooperate. A few weeks back we finally got an hour for a "short" episode where we still covered a lot of ground. Having to rethink the story(at least that mikewindy) we tell ourselves, being teachable vs. unteachable, and so much more. If you've be...

Whew!!! This was a GREAT conversation with @mikewindyart and @briannabass We talked about how music, the physics of how we see, and spirituality are all a part of her process of making work. Brian Eno and Duchamp’s urinal make an appearance and we waded into how religion at an early age was complicated and ways in which we are still consciously and unconsciously letting it into our art practices....

This was such a fun conversation with @mikewindyart and @vandarien! We talked about crafternoons, sobriety, her wedding in 20 days, writing her new record, making her own merch(sometimes), and a whole lot of other things. PLEASE dive into her music on your favorite streaming platform and follow her on IG and check tour dates on her website https://www.vandarien.com/links #vandarienmusic #vandarien...

@mikewindyart and @worksofmike_art had a great conversation recently. We dove into how airbrushing was a foundational skill to his practice and why he thinks his work as a tattoo artist is an adjacent rather than integrated part of his visual art practice. Mike also reminded me that everyone is ok with being hot but not everyone is ready to be cold! This conversation was deep but also full of laug...

In this conversation with Lesa Dowdy & @mikewindyart they talk about leveling up in their art career, the privilege of being accepted as nerds, gaming, documentary films, photography, and so much more. If you're not connected to Lesa's practice you are missing a rich part of Nashville's creative community! We would like to invite you to give it a listen. Dive into her practice at h...

This conversation with mikewindy and Lindsy Davis takes a deep-dive into her investigation of Gestaltism, how sustainable farming ideas impact her artistic practice, being in Nashville for a decade now, and showing at Red Arrow Gallery. We would love for you to take a listen and take a deeper look at her work on IG @lindsydavis_ or her website ⁠https://lindsy-davis.squarespace.com/⁠ #drawingsouthp...

mikewindy just had a great conversation with none other than @behoward615, where we dive deep into the mindset of  not  sleeping on yourself and embracing the endless possibilities life has to offer.  Whether you're young or seasoned, it’s never too late to rise like a phoenix from the ashes—just like D. Rose (Da'Rozes, track 9) BeHoward's latest album  "Shameless"  is out no...