Southcoast Artists Index

Welcome, Kathi Chase, to In-Focus Podcast Number 121. Kathi is a Fairhaven-based, self-taught artist working primarily in acrylic paints. She has an associate's degree in Clinical Laboratory Science. Kathi Chase has worked in the medical field for over 20 years. At a young age, Kathi started drawing cartoon characters by copying movie covers. Over the years it evolved as she picked up new skills i...

Welcome musician and physician,  Michael Rocha  to In-Focus Podcast Number 120. Michael grew up in New Bedford and graduated from  New Bedford High School  in 1993. He performed in the school's jazz band all four years. Dr. Rocha, a practicing cardiologist, started playing trombone in the 4th grade at the Jireh Swift elementary school. He played in several local bands, which at that time, were led...

Welcome, William Kenedy, to In-Focus Podcast Number 119. William is a contemporary artist and graphic designer. With his many years in the design industry, he has developed an impressive portfolio. William has been designing, both fashion and multi-media art forms, for over 10 years. He has been a part of design and development projects with other talented artists and brands. William Kennedy was b...

Welcome musician, bandleader, and photographer,  Tom Short  to In-Focus Podcast Number 118. Tom grew up in Flint Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan, Flint with a degree in classical performance. While in Flint, he was also a bandleader. Tom moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts around 30 years ago. Since on the South Coast, Tom has been a music teacher and performer. Tom is the l...

Welcome singer, songwriter, and music business writer Sean Robert McCarthy, to In-Focus Podcast Number 117. Sean has spent the last 35 years in journalism. His self-professed forte is writing about music and the people who perform it. Sean has interviewed and written about a wide spectrum of artists from rock stars to local musicians for local and international publications. He is currently the pu...

Welcome,  The Jethros,  to In-Focus Podcast Number 116. They are the amalgam of: Homer Jethro  – AKA, Tom Allen, of New Bedford – guitar, vocals Rufus Jethro  – AKA ,  Rick Smith of New Bedford – horns, ukulele, vocals Boney Jethro  – AKA, Jonathan Danforth of New Bedford – fiddle, percussion, vocals Gaston Jethro  – AKA, Matthew Ryckebusch of New Bedford – bass, vocals Skillet Jethro  – AKA, Greg...

Welcome, Lean (lee-ann) Camara, to In-Focus Podcast Number 115. Lean is the Director of Strategic Projects at The New Bedford Light, a free digital news outlet providing public service journalism. Although Lean is not an artist, she may now add 'art industry professional' to her resume. She was tasked with organizing the New Bedford Fine Arts Club - an art marketplace for local artists to share an...

Welcome, Todd Salpietro, to In-Focus Podcast Number 114. Todd is a musician and the Director at the  Fall River Arts Academy . The Academy is the largest independently owned music school in the area. They have won more awards than any other music school on the Southcoast. The school offers private, in-person, and online music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, violin, drums, woodwinds & brasswinds &...

Welcome, Scott Bishop, to In-Focus Podcast Number 113. Scott is a New Bedford-based singer, songwriter, and sound sculptor. He's been creating music under the name  Scapeghost  since 2016. He says he's been, "dipping pops songs in a variety of interesting sounds, from crunchy to dreamy and everything in between." Scott's most recent and ongoing project, supported by the  New Bedford Whaling Nation...

Welcome, Peter Andrade, to In-Focus Podcast Number 112. Peter is about as art-adjacent as anyone can be!  Though he says he has no artistic talent, he does appreciate art and the artists that surround him! He interacts with painters, writers, musicians, and, well, lots of artists as the property manager for the Kilburn Mill on Clarks Point in the south end of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts...

Welcome, Margo Connolly-Mason, to In-Focus Podcast Number 111. Margo is an oil painter and collage artist specializing in coastal and natural science-based artwork. Margo says, "My artwork reflects what I see around me as I roam beaches, work on docks, get stuck in salt marshes, and observe the natural and built world from a perspective of curiosity, respect, and a desire to share it." Her work hi...

Welcome, Nick LeBlanc, to In-Focus Podcast Number 110. Nick is a writer, musician, artist, and public school educator from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He is also the president of the Performing Arts Collective and editor at Domesticated Primate , an independent publishing outfit and online used book/record shop. Nick has played in bands and acted as a producer for other recording artists. But wait...

Welcome, Barbara Edlund Healy, to In-Focus Podcast Number 109. Barbara's paintings reflect the quiet beauty of the New England coast. Her oil and acrylic paintings are inspired by the diverse colors of light, atmosphere, and nature. Barbara uses color to enliven peaceful landscapes, seascapes, and gardens. Brushstrokes over glimpses of color intentionally reveal some of her painting process. After...

Welcome, James Murdock to In-Focus Podcast Number 108. Jim is a Swain Graduate and primarily a sculptor. He is a Cape Codder living in self-imposed exile in Mid-Coast Maine. As he says, "I came here to learn wooden boat building after receiving a BFA from the  Swain School of Design  in sculpture." His talent and love of making "all sorts of things" is evident. According to Jim, "when I produce Ar...

Welcome, Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon – Jen to In-Focus Podcast Number 107. Jen is a portrait artist and entrepreneur living in East Providence, Rhode Island.  She is the owner of the award-winning  HeaARTspot Art Center and Gallery  and the Chair of the  East Providence Art Council . In her own words, "I opened  HeaARTspot Art Center and Gallery  in 2017 after serving as a public educator for nearly...

Welcome, Carl Simmons to In-Focus Podcast Number 106. Carl is a New Bedford, Massachusetts musician, visual artist, performance artist, and the South Coast's default local historian! Southcoast Today's Art Beat columnist said that Carl is, "... a local historian much concerned with preserving the past but in his artwork, he is clearly not beholden to it. His imagery, be they drawings, watercolors,...

Welcome, Tobey Eugenio to In-Focus Podcast Number 105. Tobey (She/Her) is the Creativity Director at  Our Sisters School  in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Since 2015, Tobey has been leading the school's visual arts, STEAM Lab, and Dendrites programs. She also works as the Outdoor Classroom coordinator and student council co-advisor. Tobey has over 25 years of experience as an artist/educator. Outsid...

Welcome,  David Mello , a painter, illustrator, sculptor, mask maker, and so much more to In-Focus Podcast Number 104. David is a 1983 graduate of Southeastern Massachusetts University (the  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ) where he received a BFA in Illustration and Design. He has worked for the  Fall River Public Library  since 1979 and from 1985 to the present, he has served as the libra...

Welcome,  Dr. Rebecca Uchill , an art historian and curator at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her work focuses on the institutional conditions for art production, display, and dissemination to In-Focus Podcast Number 103. In this special episode, we discuss Dr. Uchill's curated exhibition,  Nancy Holt: Massachusetts.  It is on view (at this...

Welcome abstract painter/art instructor Catherine Carter to In-Focus Podcast Number 102. Her paintings and collages are inspired by calligraphic marks, textile weaves, and lines found in Nature such as roots and vines.  Catherine's artwork has been exhibited at galleries and museums internationally. She earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from the  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth...

Welcome photographer Michael Morris to In-Focus Podcast Number 101. In this special episode, Michael shares the legacy of his great-grandfather Manuel C. "Mal" Oliveira. Mike is the owner of  Michael T. Morris Photography  and has been a professional photographer for the past seven years. He was our guest on  Podcast Episode 91 . He's pictured here with his great-grandfather. Mal Oliveira (1908 –...

Welcome American Street Artist, Mark Carvalho aka Boston Maki who will share the life of his great-great-uncle, painter, and set designer, Nicholas Yellenti to In-Focus Podcast Number 100. Mark was our guest on Podcast Episode 77 . Nicholas Yellenti was a New Bedford-based artist and graduated from the Swain School of Design (1918?) He went on to become a respected and notable painter and set desi...

Welcome painter, John Jameson to In-Focus Podcast Number 99. John is a contemporary artist who focuses on seascape and portraiture as his primary subjects. His paintings are characterized by their strong emphasis on color, boldly organized compositions, and rich networks of textured brushwork. John Jameson's paintings have been shown in Boston, New York, Newport (Rhode Island), and Kamakura (Japan...

Welcome painter and author, Chuck (Charles R.) Boucher to In-Focus Podcast Number 98. Chuck has been developing his signature style, one that fuses the formality of the classical narrative with the expressive structures of the Abstract Expressionist movement of the early 1900s since 1986. As he explains, "When I was about fourteen years old, I visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for the firs...

Welcome, Patti Rego to In-Focus Podcast Number 97. Patti Rego (She/Her) is the unofficial Chief City Cheerleader for Fall River, Massachusetts, and District Director of Viva Fall River. Viva Fall River  according to Patti, "is a movement and community-based commerce, culture, and creative economy initiative that works to showcase and celebrate the authentic and unique qualities that make Fall Rive...