Kimmy Not Kim Podcast

Welcome to the final episode of Season One and 2023! My how time flies when you're having fun and growing. Today I get meta as all get out, thinking about how, why and for whom does an artist take on a podcast project? Jump off auto-mode with me and start thinking your creative thoughts. Welcome to the studio! Check out the full David Foster Wallace commencement speech This is Water Find out m...

Today we're continuing with the mini-series The Story of Us with my husband Nate Noonen. Join us as we look back over the last 20 years of our artist/non-artist relationship and consider the ways those stories have shaped how we see, value, and invest in ourselves today. We talk about several resources during the convo which are listed below. Welcome to the studio! ⁠Emotionally Healthy Spiritu...

In the studio today I'm joined by artist, small business owner, film industry professional and volunteer co-curator for the Terrain Bienniel: Stephanie Graham. If you're not familiar with Terrain, we've got you covered (and trust me, you want to get familiar with this amazing not-for-profit arts organization). Come along for laughs, encouragment and inspiration toward community. Welcom...

Today I bring a solo convo about my relationship to Whiteness in American society as an embodied White woman. There is confession, vulnerability, wisdom I'm absorbing from others who know more than I do, a connection to my art practice, and hopefully a little bit of (en)courage(ment). Walk with me as I continue to untangle knots and look for the light. Resources I reference in the eiposode: Un...

Rebecca Wu joins us today in the studio to talk about her work as an artist, educator, children's book author and founder of Rooster and Hen Resources, a non-profit providing children and adults with grief education. You can learn more about her organization at roosterandhenresources.com (Instagram @roosterandhenresources) and more about her book at movinginforever.com (Instagram @movinginfore...

Welcome to the studio! Today I jump back into our solo conversation rhythm by answering a friend's art question and digging into the complex idea of celebration. In the episode I read a few quotes from the extraordinary book These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to my Daughter on Humanities Search for Home by Bayo Akomolafe which I highly recommend for the curious. The image you see with toda...

Welcome to the studio! This week we're joined by Amanda Raquel, a longtime friend and singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and mother. We dig into the (dreaded, trecherous, life-giving?) topic of business for the artist. Rest assured however, there is nothing dull about this conversation, Amanda takes us on an empowering and soul-searching journey into the complicated world of money making. Enjoy!...

Come into the studio today with me (visual artist Kimmy Noonen) and my husband Nate Noonen as we dig into the stories of our individual and partnered mental health journeys and what it means to keep going. **Trigger warning: the topic of suicide is discussed in this episode, please take care as you listen. Resources mentioned in this episode: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero (hig...

Visual artist Catherine Reinhart comes to the studio today to have a conversation about being makers, mothers, and unpack the conceptual richness of critically and materially engaged caregiving. If you're not driving while listening, plan to have a pen and paper by your side to write down the gems that sneak their way into this conversation! You can find out more about Catherine's work at:...

I'm your host, visual artist Kimmy Noonen, and today I'm joined by two amazing artists for a conversation about our practices, motherhood and the experience of aging as women in the artworld. Deirdre Colgan-Jones works in sculpture, installation and creative coaching and Kathryn Rodrigues is a photographer, printmaker and collage artist, both residing in the Chicagoland area. We met throug...

Today I have a conversation with my oldest child, ten year old Charlotte. We go together into the vast world of Minecraft and make unexpected connections between the game, real life, and my Atlas painting series. It's also a pretty fun to hear our rhythm of communication, the comfort and excitement that comes between two people that know each other so well and yet are still learning so many th...

Feeling the limits of life, this episode carves out just enough time to stop and remember the table of life. We read the poem Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo in her memoir Poet Warrior and take a deep breath of thought in the sunshine. To see the artwork of host Kimmy Noonen, please go to www.kimmynotkim.com or IG @ kimmynotkim Intro music created by my amazing kid: Charlotte Noonen

Philosophizing my way through the idea of motherhood and art making with the help of work from women I admire (myself included). An honest, raw expression of the wonder and agony of being more than I knew I was and how it shows up in my life. Special shout out to: ⁠Positive Space Studios⁠ in Chicago for hosting the group show This Is Your Allowance , a show of nine artist mothers who examine their...

Join me, visual artist Kimmy Noonen, in my studio as I talk about my unfolding journey of self-sight and how much I love the Enneagram as a tool to accelerate that process. I also go into some vulnerable places, talking about being an artist of faith, how vital it's been to my growth to have a community of other artist believers, and the tensions of remaining in the church despite all the reas...

Today we will hear from Jane, my tremendous six year old daughter, and what she loves about art and how she sees her mother's work in the studio. I hope you find joy in this time capsule moment in my life as an artist mother! To learn more about me, Kimmy Noonen, visit ⁠kimmynotkim.com ⁠ or on Instagram @kimmynotkim Intro Music created by Charlie Noonen

Get some ground floor facts about from your host, artist Kimmy Noonen, along with a review of the newly released book God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland and a conceptual deep dive into current work in the artist's studio. Come on into the studio and get comfy! Learn more at ⁠kimmynotkim.com⁠ or follow me on ⁠IG @kimmynotkim⁠ Intro Music by Charlie Noonen

Sometimes to get the ball rolling, you just have to kick it down the hill. I don't have all the answers but I do have all the tech, so let's try this and see how it lands. Welcome!