Perceived Value

In the 63rd episode of Perceived Value host Sarah Rachel Brown is in Savannah, GA to interview the woman behind her favorite accessory brand Drainbowland . Paige Harwell Samek creates nostalgic, playful and colorful jewelry and with her acutely defined brand, she is thriving as a small business owner. The two friends sat down and reminisced about their time spent in Iowa and meeting as young punks...

In the 62nd episode of Perceived Value host Sarah Rachel Brown sits down with American Craft Council board trustee Tom Loeser. Sarah and Tom’s paths crossed at an event and their conversation quickly turned to discussing Tom’s experience serving on a nonprofit board. Having recently took interest in working on a board, Sarah did not hesitate to ask for an interview. A few months later the two arti...

Season 05 of Perceived Value is all about transitions and begins with host Sarah Rachel Brown in conversation with artist and photographer Helen Maurene Cooper. Sarah and Cooper connected at a time when both women were (and still are) navigating transitions in their professional lives and working towards financial autonomy. The two Philadelphia-based artists sat down in Cooper’s 19th century inspi...

In this special release, host Sarah Rachel Brown shares an episode from the American Craft Podcast series Object As… Throughout 2021 and 2022 Sarah worked closely with American Craft Magazine as host and producer of the series in conjunction to helping them launch the podcast. The 6 episode series has been released and we are honored to share one of the insightful interview with Nigerian-American...

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Over the past year Sarah Rachel Brown has been collaborating with American Craft Magazine to bring the Object As... Project from the pages of the magazine to your podcast feeds. The first episode launches APRIL 15th through the American Craft Podcast feed. Enjoy this sneak peak into what the project entails and subscribe now to American Craft Podcast. Object As... Objects speak to our current cult...

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PISTACHIOS NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT! In 2021, Jessica, the gallery’s owner, made the decision to run as a fully virtual gallery, closing the downtown Chicago location until a new space will be found. to help her get back on track and to reopen a new Chicago location, she’s currently in the process of trying to get a grant through the COVID Rescue Fund. You can show the gallery support by making a minimu...

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About Our Guest Christina Grace is the Founder and Designer of TIN HAUS, a contemporary fine jewelry brand  based in Los Angeles. With a core mission for sustainability, Christina blends her educational and  fine arts background to inform the technical side of her handcrafted designs. In 2016, TIN HAUS  began displaying select custom pieces at art exhibitions throughout Southern Cal...

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Corey Pemberton (American b. Reston, VA 1990) received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012. He has completed residencies at The Pittsburgh Glass Center (PA), Bruket (Bodø, NO), as well as a Core Fellowship at the Penland School of Crafts (NC). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California where he splits his time between a production glass blowing job, his painting practice, an...

As the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Dr. Emily Stoehrer is an international presence in the jewelry field. At the MFA Emily oversees a collection that spans 6,000 years and includes more than 22,000 objects—highlights include ancient jewelry and the Daphne Farago Collection of contemporary jewelry. She has curated exhibitions and written o...

THANK YOU to our interviewers and participants! (in order or appearance) Hannah Gregory Genevieve Kjesbu Teagan Bevins Angie Young-Petrillo Aluka Eddy Preston Thibo Lisa Heikka-Huber Justice Reckis Kalen Pehle Katalina Prince Winchi De Jesus Wendy Truelove Julia jencks Justus Heffernan And shout our to the students present for the interviews but chose not go on the air: Derek Abarca Nat Kubo Juan...

Jaydan was born into a family of fourth generation tombstone makers in California. Most of his childhood was largely spent at the family business, which doubled as a rental storage space; where he would rummage through other peoples objects, and listen to families making arrangements for their loved ones. It is these experiences that made him value the heirlooms and objects we choose to use as mar...

The 2020 ACC Baltimore SNAG Award of Excellence in Jewelry and Metals recipient is Earl Jones. Look him up! esdzine.wordpress.com Don't forget to Rate AND Review us on iTunes! SUPPORT PERCEIVED VALUE! www.patreon.com/perceivedvalue www.perceivedvaluepodcast.com/how-to-support-donate/ FOLLOW US! Instagram + Facebook: @perceivedvalue Find your Host: sarahrachelbrown.com Instagram: @sarahrachelbrown...

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Adriane Dalton is an artist, writer, and educator based in Richmond, Virginia. She is the Editor of Metalsmith and Metalsmith Tech magazines, and the annual Jewelry and Metals Survey (JaMS) published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) . She received her MA in History of Decorative Arts and Design (now the History of Design and Curatorial Studies) from Parsons The New School for Des...

Kathleen Kennedy and Susie Ganch were invited to curate Quirk Gallery’s annual Sparkle Plenty, an annual holiday show dedicated to contemporary jewelry. The exhibition features work from Radical Jewelry Makeover’s Artist Project, a collective of contemporary metalsmiths and jewelry artists who have participated in past installments and exhibitions of Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM). This year's fea...

Ralph Darden is a musician, DJ and composer based in Chicago. The self taught, multi instrumentalist, grew up in Philadelphia, where he graduated from the High School for Creative and Performing Arts. He spent his formative years playing in several punk bands (Random Children, Franklin , AM/FM), completing a series of self-booked nation wide tours and releasing several albums on various independen...

JB Jones, Co-founder, NYC Jewelry Week JB Jones began her career as a Design Director and Fashion Editor in Los Angeles, CA. In 2008, JB switched gears and launched The Site Unscene, a street art gallery and artists’ platform. She curated the first West Coast exhibition of the NYC based graffiti crew TC-5, which included the work of Doze Green and Lady Pink, and was a leader in helping to establis...

Susie Ganch is an artist and educator living in Richmond, VA where she is Interim Chair for the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. She received her MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Part of her practice is Directing Radical Jewelry Makeover, an international jewelry mining and recycling project that continues to travel across the country and abroad. R...

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Adia Sykes is a Chicago-based curator, arts administrator, and graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) with a Masters of Arts from the Department of Arts Administration and Policy. She has a BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago (2016) with a focus on material culture and museums. Her current research interests include examining the history and potential of curato...