Southcoast Artists Index

Welcome editor, feature writer, newswriter, and sportsbook author Ralph Hickok to In-Focus Podcast Number 46. There have been thirty episodes since Ralph's first visit on In-Focus Podcast Number 16. In 1973, he became the copy chief at Southeastern Advertising Agency (SEA) in downtown New Bedford. Travel/tourism was a major focus of SEA.  Ralph wrote many of ads, brochures, and other materials for...

Stephen Remick was born and raised in Vermont. He received his Associates's degree in Architecture from Vermont Technical College. Steve moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1982. He received his BFA in Painting from the Swain School of Design in 1986 where he met his future wife, Anne Carrozza. Steve Remick worked for a year in Boston at Jordan Marsh's in-house design firm but couldn't endure t...

William Perry! Bill is originally from Dartmouth, Massachusetts. His photography journey began as a student at Dartmouth High School. An international trade lawyer, he returned to focus on his photography about 12 years ago Bill sells his photography on a number of websites, such as Fine Art America, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Adobe Stock Images, and Istock/Getty. His stock photos are sold under a...

Lasse Antonsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an artist, art historian, and curator. For 25 years he was Director of the University Art Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he also taught art history. Toward the end of his teaching career, he specialized in Graduate seminars, focusing on creativity, which he was also teaching at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) a...

To say that Dave is a busy guy would be an understatement.  He has sat on many boards, advisory councils and committees for nonprofits in the local community including the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford Ballet, AHA!, Tri-County Symphonic Band, South Coast Chamber Music Society, South Coast Humane Society & Shelter, Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society, Alma del Mar Charter School, a...

Butch McCarthy has been a part of the musical fabric of the Southcoast since the seventies.  He's been involved in art and music all of his life but it wasn't until he was in his 50s that he picked up a brush and began to paint seriously. Butch works from his home studio in Downtown New Bedford. He's shown work at Gallery X and Frying Pan Galleries on the Cape.    He works with acrylic paints on c...

Alison Wells is a Trinidadian artist. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries and museums in the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe. Alison's work is also part of private, public, and corporate collections. She received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and her BFA from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing A...

Karen is an award-winning storyteller, teaching artist, workshop leader, and author. Since 2002 she has taught the art of storytelling to over 600 students. Karen is a contributing author to numerous publications around the world and her book, Story by Story: Creating a School Storytelling Troupe, received a 2016 Storytelling World Honor Award and a 2015 Anne Izard Storytelling Award. She produces...

Artist Robert "Bob" Brodesky joins the second installation of our first topical series: THE VAN GOGH BOAT. The concept stems from Rene Riccard, American poet, actor, art critic, painter, and Southcoast native pictured here. In 1981, he penned The Radiant Child about Painter Jean Michell Basquiat which is often referred to as the seminal Artforum article.  Bob is a painter and was previously featur...

Dancer and Art Educator, Laurie Wolfe. Laurie is also the widow Jack Wolfe (1924-2007) and his most avid promoter. Jack studied art at RISD and the MFA School in Boston. His diverse body of work includes large-scale explorations of geometry and color theory, as well as portraiture from life and political works focusing on social justice and anti-war themes. The Artist Index's host, Ron Fortier, sp...

Painter and Professor of Art, Tim McDonald. Tim is on the Framingham State University art faculty. He received his MFA from East Tennessee State University and his BFA from the University of Rhode Island. He has an extensive exhibition record. Tim has also been the Director for the Mazmanian Art Gallery at Framingham State University, as well as, the Interim Director for the Slocumb Galleries at E...

Welcome, Painter Matthew Beall an American ex-pat living in Germany to the show! Matt was born in California. He's a self-described coffee addict, golf nut, and oh yeah, painter. Matthew Beall paints abstractly.   He paints simply to paint. It is his opinion that it is totally up to the viewers to see what they see; to interpret a meaning for themselves regardless of whatever he names a painting....

We welcome musician Quinn Sullivan to the show! He began taking guitar lessons at age three and first gained national media attention at age six when he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I'm sure the term or label, prodigy, has been used and overused to describe this young man and by all accounts, Quinn Sullivan has had an extraordinary journey so far. Quinn, just 22 at this writing, has toure...

Jim Charette, Painter/Editorial Cartoonist/Graphic Artist/Tattooist/Artist Provocateur to the show! Charette lives with his family in Fall River, Massachusetts, and works out of his home studio.   He attended the venerable Swain School in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He's done graphics for several local screen printers as a graphic designer.   Jim was also an editorial cartoonist for the Fall River...

Welcome artist David Baggarly to the first installation of a new topical series: THE VAN GOGH BOAT. The concept stems from Rene Riccard , American poet, actor, art critic, painter, and Southcoast native. In 1981, he penned The Radiant Child about Painter Jean Michell Basquiat which is often referred to as the seminal Artforum article. The following is an excerpt from the article.   Everybody wants...

Currently in his third season as Music Director of the New Bedford Symphony, he leads the orchestra with star soloists such as Yefim Bronfman, Joyce Yang, and Vadim Gluzman, and in a wide range of repertoire emphasizing women composers. As the Resident Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony, Dinur conducts more than 50 concerts per season. Highlights of recent and upcoming guest conducting engagement...

Host Ron Fortier speaks with David Dauer.    Music Courtest of www.bensound.com

Dan is a Painter. He is also the co-owner of Heavenly Spirits, a leading importer of artisanal French spirits, such as Armagnac, Calvados, Cognac, whisky, gin, aperitifs and liqueurs. Mr. Cooney is a self-described project oriented visual communicator who enjoys all stages of the creative design process and working with a variety of materials. Although he wears a couple of hats, he considers himse...

Denn Santoro lives and works on the South Coast of MA. His work is in private collections in the US and Europe and the permanent collection at Southcoast Hospital in New Bedford. He has exhibited in New England and Europe. Music by www.bensound.com

Roger Andrews is a world renowned freelance illustrator who built his career in producing conceptual illustrations for intellectual property development, character creation, advertising and packaging. Roger graduated top of his class from the Butera School of Art in 1992. He was expertly trained in traditional graphic art and illustration techniques. Since then he has acquired the necassary skills...

Roy St. Christopher Rossow was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica in the mid-seventies. His family emigrated to the United States to seek better medical care for Roy after he contracted Polio at an early age.    Mr. Rossow lived in Connecticut and showed an interest in art at an early age. He then then attended Salve Regina University where he graduated from with two degrees. He entered the workforce wh...

On this episode Jill Law sits down to discusss the future of the Southcoast Open Studio Tour.    Music courtest of www.bensound.com 

A highly creative, writer, youth program coordinator, graphic design art director, paint and illustration professional. Fitz has over twenty years of experience in the entertainment design industry. He is the creator and author of Deadford, a new graphic novel.    Fitzcarmel LaMarre offers an enthusiastic and positive approach towards responsibility and challenges with an effective combination of...

Michael Pietragalla, artist and craftsman,  owns and operates Floating Stone Woodworks, a custom furniture shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Floating Stone specializes in hand-crafted tables, bookcases, consoles, case pieces, and benches.   Michael Pietragalla Floating Stone Woodworks 88 Hatch Street Loft 406 New Bedford, MA 02745   508-997-1079   www.floatingstonewoodworks.com   floatingstone@c...

Host Ron Fortier is joined by local artist Judith Klein.    Music courtesy of www.bensound.com