Hyde or Practice

Listen in real time as Alexis has her mind blown when Sara Alawadhi, aka @goldendinars on TikTok >75k followers, tells her she is only 17! Erika and Alexis both found her the usual way on TT - via the FYP page - and love her combination art, memes, art history, book reviews, and tutorials! Her wide-range approach has garnered her over 5.4 Billion (WITH A B!) views! We go over how she got starte...

Always a good time to talk about artists and activism, hence the re-release with the incredible Bronwyn Mauldin!  THIS WEEK! ALL CAPS! We talk with Bronwyn Mauldin, Director of Research and Evaluation for Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture , who is also an artist and activist and writer and zine maker and all around woman of our hearts and dreams! We get into the impact of covi...

Erika and Alexis hosted a Tik Tok live and recorded it! Answered questions from the audience nd covered everything from unionizing and Gallery Emailing to "what if I'm an introvert?" and advocating for yourself as an artist through goal identification!  EPISODES REFERENCED Dana Unions Clara NFTs Law, disrupted NFTs Nicole Pilot Art List LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Alexis Hyde - @ hyde...

One of our longer episodes, and every minute is FILLED TO THE BRIM!  Erika and Alexis talk to Hrag Vartanian, the founder and editor in chief of Hyperallergic. A continuation of our series on motivation, Hrag discusses journalism, the art world we need to be focusing on, why Hyperallergic exists, and who’s subsidizing who! We go through who got PPPs and Alexis’s Tumblr glory days. This is an...

Alexis and Erika speak with Camille Bien. Trained as an installation artist, Camille used her arts education and became an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. We talk about the traumas of art school, the endless "why's" in crits, and how we found coping mechanisms. Which incidentally is being part of a community and sharing our feelings. This is an INCREDIBLE episode for the times but al...

BUCKLE UP GUYS THIS IS A GOOD ONE! We talk to Amani Olu , of Olu Company ,   IMG SRVR and Detroit Art Week and his advice on failure and hustling and money should not be ignored, I mean, look how many hats he wears! It's really incredible to talk to Olu about interacting with other humans in life and how that translates to our lives and where we can go with those experiences. We talk about wh...

To honor Stefan's new space just opened in downtown LA - here is a refresher on who this man about town is!  Erika and Alexis talk to Los Angeles dealer/collector/man of many hats Stefan Simchowitz.   Tune in and find out! A continuation of our series around motives and motivations! Why does Stefan do what he does and where does he think things are going? We talk about supporting artist,...

ENTER YOUR BURNING FAQs HERE Next season is all about answering your questions! Enter in the form above and we will find the guests to answer them the best!  LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Alexis Hyde - @ hydeordie , alexishyde.com   Dr. Erika Wong; - @ topractiseapractice, www.topractisepractice.com  Feedback:  https://topractisepractice.com/research-sign-up/ Email us: hy...

We actually recorded this episode with the incomparable Reena Devi back in Christmas 2020 but, the audio was misplaced! Reena is busy! We couldn't get her back! We mourned! THEN Alexis did some digital spring cleaning and found it - so here we go! In this INCREDIBLY nourishing episode, Reena talks about the importance of research, comprehensive context and why she is like the Hulk...but not in the...

No joke, Natasha changed the way Alexis approaches networking. A full shift in the way she looks and approaches it, she also has a THRIVING artist community on insta called @ workshowgrow  where resources and advice from artists and professionals ABOUND! Tune in!  NETWORKING! Erika and Alexis talk to Natasha Caruana , an incredible artist and educator out of London! Caruana has been util...

Have you ever looked at those round ups of grants or residency or other artist opportunities and think "this isn't a lot of opportunities" or "these are all kind of whack"? So did Nathalie Quagliotto and she decided to do something about it! She started an email list ( you can sign up here! ) and puts together and sends out REGULARLY hundreds of opportunities, culled, curated, sifted, and color co...

The incomparable Sue Bell Yank has just started as the Executive Director of Clockshop , an arts and culture organization that seeks to generate social change through the transformation of public space. And while there is never a bad time to revisit this great convo, we couldn't think of a better one than now!  Erika and Alexis speak with Sue Bell Yank, D eputy Director of 18th Street Arts ,...

This week we talk with Long Beach Museum's Paul Loya! He's a curator, with an incredible multifaceted history across LA and the US and it is so wonderful to pick his brain about all things art, museums, programming, curating for your community and more! We also really get into the power of just ONE exhibition that can change your life and how important it is to get kids into museums, how to consum...

Alexis and Erika speak with Art World Recruiter Sarah Murkett, founder of Murk & Co , this week.  Sarah is super generous with her knowledge! Going over what she does, what she looks for, what her clients look for and how to get your best foot through the door!  We cover everything from references to resumes and professionalism to learning curves! What do you need to have prepar...

We have an INCREDIBLE episode for you! Melissa Lee, Director of Education and Public Programs at Vancouver Art Gallery , is here to talk to us about all things programming during a pandemic, the difference between Hong Kong and Vancouver, cooking in the museum and what is a Social Practice Curator! What is that? We didn't know and we get into it, it's incredible!  MELISSA REFERENCES: Carol Yi...

ENCORE EPISODE!  We get so many questions re: legal art stuff so we thought it was a good idea to release this ep with, no joke, one of the world's preeminent art ligitagors! Don't believe us? Google him.   Erika and Alexis speak with L uke Nikas , a partner at Quinn Emanuel's NY office and Co-Chair of the firm's Art Litigation and Disputes Practice.  He takes us through the evoluti...

Heads up, a few little audio glitches but that is the price to pay for podding on the internet! Thanks for your patience and understanding!  Suzana Poghosyan looked at the art world and thought, "some of this is broken", and instead of moving on decided to do something about it! She co-founded The Honey Pump , a visual arts agency that would connect artists with projects and they are making t...

Strap in guys, we have an incredible interview with multimedia artist and disability activist Sharona Franklin ! We'll get it out of the way and say yes, we do talk about how she (one artist, disabled body, in Canada) is taking on Gucci! We also talk about community, support, teachers, education in general, access and a whole mess of incredible topics. When you get to the end you'll see how we had...

This week Alexis and Erika speak with Verona Zeng the Global VIP Manager from Art Basel! Fresh off Art Basel Miami , she generously shares with us the importance of pivoting and being nimble in the face of adjustments, the constant nature of the art fair business and how instagram impacts her mental health! A truly global participant in the art world, her perspective is invaluable and her introspe...

This week Alexis and Erika speak with Arts Professional Jane McCarthy and it is a PLEASURE! Jane has a Masters, has worked with museums, galleries, artists, now at UCLA, like...could you ask for a more well-rounded and seasoned interviewee to round out Season 3? It would be a TOUGH JOB! She is eloquent and her advice is SOUND and she is in Hawaii right now riding out the quarantimes so she obvious...

Daniel Chen, co-owner of Chambers Fine Art , spoke to Alexis and Erika about all things gallery/art/music in times of cov!d! Trained as a musician and owning a gallery gives Chen incredible insight into both sides of the art world: as a creator and the infrastructure for sales. The gallery had some interesting and productive changes and Daniel was able to have the time and space to make some great...

This week we look back on our interview with curator AJ Girard! If you missed his debut exhibition Shattered Glass In LA or in Miami , don't worry! The New York Times covered it here !  Alexis and Erika spoke with curator AJ Girard this week about finding a place in the art world and what that means to him and how that journey is continuing. Why is it important to him to always be a student?...

This one is a little different for us, but the applicable thoughts Cissie Fu drops on us are the the types of gems we will be revisiting for years. Erika told Alexis Cissie is one of the smartest person she has ever met, and was she ever right! She goes over the learnings of covid and the processing And internalization and you know what...you have to listen b/c it’s honestly a disservice to t...

It's time to start thinking about getting an accountant for your 2021 taxes so it's a GOOD TIME to have a refresher on what that can look like for you as an artist/creative!  We are hitting y'all up with some more EXCITING ACCOUNTING INFO! Why? Because you can never have enough, and that isn't an exaggeration. This week we talk to Nick Maynard, who founded We Are Practice, a full service acco...

After a minor hiatus of Thanksgiving and NY Times hecticness - WE ARE BACK! Boy are we ever! We talk to Elise Barclay this week who not only curates a corporate collection (too cool) but also is a few hoops away from being a certified functional health coach and we get INTO IT! Alexis cries. In a good way, but like, we take it there! Our bodies and practices are all intertwined and it behooves us...