Southcoast Artists Index

The Artists Index is an AHA! partner and this is the March AHA!  episode in our continuing series of livestream podcasts from Play Arcade  co-hosted by our livestream partner and friend Adam Katz. This month's theme was a repeat of February's: I AM NB - Storytyelling Series . Thursday, March 13th (from 6 to 7:30 pm.) invited guests joining podcast host Ron Fortier were, once again, Max Wikermayer...

Welcome   to this special episode! Its our 200th podcast episode since Podcast Episode 1 was dropped on April of 2019. The first podcast was an overview of what we hoped to accomplish. It was followed by Podcast Episode 2 featuring artist and craftsman, Michael Pietragalla , who owns and operates Floating Stone Woodworks, a custom furniture shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Michael was our very...

Welcome  Diane Conlon , AKA Diane Arlene Conlon, a  Swain School of Design  alum from  Newport, Rhode Island.  Graduating from Swain in 1980, she attended  S.M.U.  –  Southeastern Massachusetts University , today the  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  in pursuit of a  Master of Arts in Education.  After a year there, she left the program. In 1989 she was among 20 other  Swain alumni  founding...

The Artists Index is an AHA! partner and this is the February  AHA!  episode in our continuing series of livestream podcasts from Play Arcade  co-hosted by our livestream partner and friend Adam Katz.  This month's theme was:  I AM NB - Storytyelling Series . Thursday, February 13th (from 6 to 7:30 pm.) invited guests joineing podcast host  Ron Fortier were Max Wikermayer , The Artists Index's Man...

Welcome Milt Brightman to this special episode. Milt , who was our guest on Podcast Episode 17 , speaks about his late friend,  Swain School of Design classmate, and fellow artist, the late Eric Hart .  Eric was the very first person Milt met when he attended the Swain School of Design . They attended their first class in the sculpture building behind the Rodman House - the William Rotch Rodman Ma...

Welcome, Kevin Grant , a Fairhaven performer and the son of an art teacher and a biology teacher who studied piano as a child.  As a teenager, Kevin also had some vocal training through various local theater productions. While at Boston University , he studied English and Eastern Philosophy. Kevin Grant works professionally as a supply chain specialist. He enjoys cooking, reading, skateboarding, s...

In Episode Four , our Gallery X Documentation Project podcast host Sean FitzGerald speaks with Christine Maiato FitzGerald , his wife, and the Gallery X Documentation Project's master scanner! Christine , who is also an artist, was our guest on Podcast Episode 88 . She has scanned the varied contents of the Gallery X archives, folders, and file boxes dating from 1990 to 2008 (18 years), including...

A three-part mini podcast series hosted by Ron Fortier about the New Bedford Film Festival and its celebration of authentic cinematic stories, the cultivations of bold storytellers, and the new champions of the city's growing creative economy. The growing festival is hosted in the vibrant city of New Bedford on the South Coast region of Massachusetts. The festival is committed to a shared vision o...

A three-part mini podcast series hosted by Ron Fortier about the New Bedford Film Festival and its celebration of authentic cinematic stories, the cultivations of bold storytellers, and the new champions of the city's growing creative economy. The growing festival is hosted in the vibrant city of New Bedford on the South Coast region of Massachusetts. The festival is committed to a shared vision o...

A three-part mini podcast series hosted by Ron Fortier about the New Bedford Film Festival and its celebration of authentic cinematic stories, the cultivations of bold storytellers, and the new champions of the city's growing creative economy. The growing festival is hosted in the vibrant city of New Bedford on the South Coast region of Massachusetts. The festival is committed to a shared vision o...

In Episode Two , Gallery X Documentation Project podcast host Sean FitzGerald speaks with Susan and Charles Hauck . Charles, or Chuck , as he is better known, was one of our earliest podcast guests. Susan/Sue/Suzy Hauck is married to Chuck. Chuck, who is originally from Toledo, Ohio studied sculpture and received his BFA from the Swain School of Design . Sue is a self-taught artist. She has often...

The Artists Index is an AHA! partner and this is the sixth in our series of livestream podcasts. The November AHA! was our second impromptu evening and open mic invitation to the South Coast's poets to help celebrate with us on Thursday, November 14th, from 6 to 7:30 pm . Once again, our livestream podcast was co-hosted by our livestream partner and friend Adam Katz , the owner of Play Arcade. Our...

In  Episode Five , Dave Reis speaks with internationally renowned, award-winning jazz musician Greg Abate , a saxophonist, flutist, and composer. He's traveled the globe on his musical tours. After finishing his education at  Berklee College Of Music in the mid-70s, Greg Abate  went on to play lead alto saxophone for the  Ray Charles  Orchestra for 2 years. Abate formed his group Channel One in 19...

In Episode Two , Gallery X Documentation Project podcast host Sean FitzGerald speaks with Zachary White , the executive director of Gallery X . Zachary majored in photography and minored in printmaking while attending the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Sean and Zachary discuss the first phase of The Gallery X Documentation Project, with an agenda to scan Gallery X's entire collection of do...

Welcome Peggy Call- Conley , a local artist who earned her BFA in Art Education from Southeastern Massachusetts University , today the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , in 1972. Her early exposure to the arts in Boston and her solace in nature in rural Middleborough (AKA Middleboro) Massachusetts , deeply influenced her artistic journey. Peggy has spent 35 years teaching art in private and p...

In Episode One , Gallery X Documentation Project podcast host, Sean FitzGerald, speaks with The Artists Index co-founder, Ron Fortier , about the new Gallery X Documentation Project . It is the first phase of a larger agenda to scan Gallery X ' s entire collection of documents including news clippings, posters, flyers, photographs, and more. The scanned documents will be archived and later mined f...

The Artists Index is an AHA! partner and this is the fifth in our series of livestream podcasts. The October AHA! was an impromptu evening and open mic invitation to the South Coast's musicians. They came out and we all celebrated on Thursday, October 10th, from 6 to 7:30 pm . Once again, our livestream podcast was co-hosted by our livestream partner and friend Adam Katz , the owner of Play Arcade...

Welcome Elyse Laurelle Demarest, an emerging artist whose fledgling practice is based out of the Co-Creative Center in downtown New Bedford, Massachusetts . Elyse lives in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts with her young son, Luke. Elyse Demarest her art business as Elyse Laurelle Artworks out of the Co-Creative Center. She paints, sells art, and teaches watercolor and acrylic classes throughout the Sou...

Welcome Eden Soares (Eden Nelson Brandao Soares) who is a multi-talented multimedia artist. He has worked hard to sharpen his skills and ability to quickly and accurately, as he relates, "create proofs from their visions in a professional timely manner." Eden has demonstrated his gratitude from continuous referrals and recommendations from his satisfied customers and clients. His creativity on man...

The Artists Index is an AHA! partner and this is the fourth in our series of livestream podcasts. The September AHA! celebrated AHA! @ 25 on Thursday, September 12th from 6 to 7:30 pm . and was co-hosted by our livestream partner and friend Adam Katz , the owner of Play Arcade. Our September AHA! galaxy of guests included Dave Reis , our Jazz Podcast Series podcast host, Ymelda Rivera Laxton , the...

Welcome to our first cookbook author and culinary artist Milena Rodrigues, who was also, unbeknownst to me, my neighbor in Buarcos, Figueira da Foz, Portugal . Yes, a small world indeed! Milena is a first-generation American and daughter of Portuguese immigrants from Figueira da Foz . Her parents and sisters immigrated to Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1966. In the early 1970s, Milena Rodrigues and...

Welcome Drew (Andrew) Furtado, a South Coast Massachusetts Emmy Award-winning visual storyteller. Since 2005, Drew has produced photo, film, and web content for South Coast schools and nonprofit organizations. He currently leads the New Bedford Whaling Museum's communication and marketing efforts. Drew Furtado has transformed how the Museum reaches its potential audiences through digital platforms...

In Episode Four , Dave Reis speaks with his friend and jazz-inspired poet Everett Hoagland , "...an inventive and highly politicized poet... driven as much by the rhythms of jazz, as it is by the cultural, psychological, and historical weight of racial division." (1) Hoagland is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth . Everett Hoagland was also the first poet...

The Artists Index  is an  AHA!  partner and this is the third in our series of livestream podcasts. The August  AHA!  celebrated  Summer in the Seaport  on  Thursday, August 8th from 6 to 7:30 pm . and was co-hosted by our livestream partner and friend  Adam Katz , the owner of  Play Arcade. Our  August AHA!  galaxy of guests included  Dena Haden , one of our first podcast guests and the Program D...

Welcome Roger Andrews , a South Coast Massachusetts artist and New Bedford native. Roger is a world-class freelance concept artist with over 20 years of experience in freelance advertising art and toy and game product design. His clients have included Hasbro, Google, Mattel, Subway, Puma, Rovio, Wayfair, Sony, Toyota, and Disney. Roger Andrews also developed an online video media presence with his...