In The Art Scene. Show about artists, their journeys, art business, successes, failures, inspiration

By 2020, Alessandra Moctezuma had dedicated 10 years working as a professor and gallery director at San Diego Mesa College. She primarily teaches Chicano art and Museum Studies and Gallery Exhibition Skills courses. She is a public art enthusiast and activist to create spaces for artists of color speaking on social justice issues and to shift focus to include San Diego community arts organizations...

I am a huge fan of Erik Abel's art! His style is absolutely unique and his whirlwind of career is a dream for any visual artist out there. I asked Erik to tell his story and was surprised to hear his thoughts on what it means to be a "successful artist" and why he is not sharing his new art project with the public.

Bea Gold, a 97-year-old working artist, writer, and a great friend of mine, invited me to be a part of the exciting project. She wrote and illustrated her second memoir and asked me to help her with designing, publishing, and promoting it. How could I say no? In this episode, Bea and I share our experience as amateurs in the book publishing world and talk about her inspiration and the process of c...

You guys, It's the first episode ever that features music artists. I'm so excited to have the mind-blowingly-creative, award-winning October Project on the show! We talk about the inspiration, about meaning of art for essentially healing the world, and about their collaborations with visual artists from around the world to create multi-sensory art experience for their audience. One such ar...

Jen Brown is another extraordinary artist from San Diego who seems to have an open channel with the Universe itself. A portrait photographer, Jen decided to venture into the new paradigm and became a host of the live drawing sessions -- and that's when the magic happened. Listen to my conversation with Jen on this episode and learn more about her mystical adventures. https://www.ofstardustande...

Surfing Madonna Oceans Project is a community who are inspired by Mark Patterson’s Surfing Madonna mosaic which started as an illegal public art project, and was almost torn down but was saved by a local community. Cathy Carey, a local San Diego artist and the President and Executive Director of the Surfing Madonna Project tells a full story of how this mosaic and an organization came to be in thi...

As an artist advisor and representative, Erin places a strong emphasis on helping artists not only with career support and business development but also in discovering their authentic artistic practice and enhancing the quality of their work. Her candid approach has empowered numerous artists to discover better ideas, refine their practices, and achieve remarkable success in their artistic journey...

Jane Bellante is an expert at helping people let go of negative thought patterns to create the art and personal brands they have always wanted with joy, confidence, and ease. She has been a mixed media artist for 30 years, is an International Best Selling Author, a 3 time published artist, and has a Masters Degree in Adult Education. She is a founder of the 5 Day Letting Go Workshop, the Creating...

Kyrstin and Bryce Nihill are a creative couple with an extensive background in advertisement and graphic design. After moving to California from New York, they both reconnected with their art practice and created a conjoint show called Form & Flow. The show is on display at Perspectives Space in Encinitas, CA in December 2023. Kyrstin Nihill: Website: https://www.nihillart.com/ Instagram: http...

Alex Catano from the Catanation Studios and I are talking about our local cultural scene in San Diego County and discussing my new project the https://sandiegoartdirectory.com/ https://sandiegoartdirectory.com/

Tim Fite is one of those gems you thank the universe for bringing you together (I thank Ezerd Land for connecting us!) Tim Fite - called a “cultural gadfly” by the New York Times and “ferally original” by the New Yorker - used to be an artsy rapper. Now he's just artsy. He doesn't drink. He doesn’t do drugs. He prefers solitude/contemplation to hobnobbing/affectation. This preference affor...

Colorado-based textile artist from Bree Angela shares the story about her journey to becoming a creator of magical world interractive museum installations for children. "My overall goal in all that I do is to help spark a sense of wonder and play in exploring imagination and the world around us" - Bree Angela. Bloom exhibit is opening at the Children's Museum of Denver October 11th,...

Jay Bell is a businessman, artist, printmaker, a founder of Campana Studios art non-profit, and a newly appointed Commissioner for Arts and Culture in San Diego County. This man is a whole orchestra of different roles and he is successful in every one of them. I love bringing guests like this on the show because we can learn so much from them! Jay's biggest goal is to create as many economic o...

This episode is different because my guest has very little to do with art besides opening his company's office for local artists as an alternative space for art shows and workshops. This unique choice is the result of changing work style after the pandemic. What else would you do with your underutilized facilities when 2/3 of the time you and your team work remotely? You might as well help out...

Photographer from Australia Tania Malkin spends most of what she makes at her day job to hire a plane and travel to inhabitable places only to take pictures from thousands of miles above the earth. And if you think that this is too much, I've got a surprise for you - this is only a tiny part of what goes into making this kind of photography! Listen to Tania explain her entire process in this e...

Corinne Whitaker, aka the Digital Giraffe, has been acclaimed for 45 years as a pioneering artist in digital imaging and digital sculpture. Her journey as a woman artist exploring completely new media for that time is fascinating! Join us for a full conversation and learn more about Corinne, the Digital Giraffe, and more! https://giraffe.com "Girls With the Golden Veins" book is availabl...

In this episode, I'm chatting with Morgan Hancock, a US Army veteran, mother of two, and founder of a unique art non-profit in Kentucky. Morgan decided to bond two things Kentuckians love - bourbon and art and created a truly fun and purposeful community-based organization that is shaping the arts and culture scene in the state. And the best thing is that Morgan is trying to make this model sc...

In this episode, I'm venturing away from traditional visual media. My guest Susan Hensel has found a way to use industrial embroidery machines with their complicated software to create some amazing works of art! We are geeking on the details of her process because I actually have some experience with such machines as well. She is telling the story of her entire journey from being a traditional...

Ann Golumbuck is one of those people who exude so much positive energy that you can't help but get inspired! In this episode, Ann is sharing a story about quitting her career in sports after being hit by a car and severely injured, and how that put her on a path of becoming a colorful, expressive, and highly sought-after artist.

You may remember Caroline Karp from the collab episode we did in season 2. This time, I invited her to talk specifically about her art practice which is fascinating! Caroline travels a lot and paints everywhere she goes - AND she makes a performance out of it! https://www.carolinekarpartist.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-art-inspiration-podcast/id1562409101 https://www.insta...

My today's guest Sylvia Becker-Hill is a successful executive coach by trade and an artist by heart. After years of coaching, she realized that creativity is a missing component in helping her clients with their transformation. She successfully incorporated intentional creativity into her coaching practice. What it looks like? Listen to my conversation with Sylvia to learn more. www.sylviabeck...

Fine art photographer Kristina Varaksina has traveled from Russia to California, to New York, and then to London to create an environment and opportunities for pursuing her creative career. Kristina's work is internationally recognized and awarded by professional art and photography organizations. In her portraiture, Kristina is telling vulnerable stories about the personal struggles of her su...

Multimedia artist and former therapist Ingrid Hoffmeister on how the Jungian concept of dreams and active imagination changed the way she creates and took her art to a new level. https://www.artbyingrid.net/ https://www.instagram.com/artby_ingrid/ https://www.facebook.com/ingrid.hoffmeister.1

Watercolor artist, photographer, and grassroots activist Jena Olson found her passion in non-profit operations and is working hard on making the world a better place one artist at a time. She started as a teaching artist at AjA Project and now is a Director of Operations at WIA (Women in Animation), an organization that helps women-identified folks find jobs in the Animation industry. Listen to th...

My guest, an educator, and youth advocate Dr. Michael Bitz is a founder of a Comic Book Project, a literacy and creativity initiative that has engaged young people in planning, writing, designing, and publishing original comic books since 2001! Comic Book Project is one of those rare gems that are not shining on social media but have spread their influence all over the country and abroad and inspi...