Southcoast Artists Index

Welcome theater director, Rylan Brenner to In-Focus Podcast Number 95. Rylan is the founder of the Theatre Program at Bristol Community College. He was a professor of Theatre, English, and the Director of Theatre directing four productions a year. Rylan Brenner is also a Poet, Writer, explorer of visual art and multimedia. He received his MFA in Creative Writing - Poetry from Brown University in 1...

This is a very different and exciting podcast episode on so many levels! Welcome returning guest, Patrice Tiedeman, the artistic director of the Seaglass Theater Company who was our guest on Podcast Episode: 78 and, composer Jodi Goble to In-Focus Podcast Number 95. This podcast focuses on the Seaglass Theater Company's world premiere of Whaling Women at the First Unitarian Church in New Bedford,...

Welcome painter, Marcia K. Hales to In-Focus Podcast Number 94. Marcia works in acrylic, and for the most part on canvas. As she relates, 'I need acrylics due to the nature of my work, which involves layering, so I need it to dry fast." Marcia K. Hales lives in the Detroit area now. She has been working to secure gallery representation there soon. Her work is currently available at the Twisted Fis...

Welcome painter, tattoo artist, editorial cartoonist, and all-around consummate artist Jim Charette to In-Focus Podcast Number 93. Did I mention Artist Provocateur? Jim was also our guest sixty podcasts ago on Episode 33 . Jim 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 graphic...

Welcome writer, local historian, and author Margaret 'Peggi' Medeiros to In-Focus Podcast Number 92. Peggi is one of the Southcoast's go-to experts when it comes to local history. She is a writer/blogger for Southcoast Today and, the author of two books, New Bedford Mansions and Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford. She is now working on her third book the Captain and His Daughters. It is about the Jones...

Music provided by www.bensound.com   Welcome photographer Michael Morris to In-Focus Podcast Number 91. Michael is the owner of Michael T. Morris Photography and has been a professional photographer for the past seven years. He held his real estate license for a while but is no longer selling or listing homes. Michael's love of real estate and architecture, however, gives him the insight and exper...

Welcome painter Mark Barry to In-Focus Podcast Number 90. Mark paints ordinary things, things that he's discovered aren't so ordinary at all. As he relates, "In a world that often seems to be twisting, turning and chaotic, to capture just a second in time or a fleeting glimpse of motion in a painting allows for a semblance of stability. Figures in a landscape, working in a garden, sailing a boat o...

Welcome painter Heather Stivison to In-Focus Podcast Number 89. Heather Stivison is an award-winning contemporary artist. Her work has been exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries both nationally and internationally. She is the president of South Coast Artists , Inc., and serves on the board of directors of the Art League of Rhode Island. Heather Stivison is a former museum director, for...

Welcome painter Christine Maiato FitzGerald to In-Focus Podcast Number 88. Christine works primarily in the mediums of photography and painting. She is a native of New Bedford. Maiato-FitzGerald's conceptual works are loaded with elements of tension, symmetry, space, contrast and attention to texture and detail. All the while, they are peppered with themes that transition from the mysterious to tr...

Welcome painter Paul Pedulla to In-Focus Podcast Number 87. His contemporary paintings are representational yet minimal. There's a simplicity that draws you in and a depth that finds you frequently discovering something new. Paul is represented by eight galleries nationwide. His paintings have been singled out by art professionals, educators, and interior designers from Seattle to New England. Pau...

Welcome, Mark Alex Gleicher, a South Coast, Massachusetts painter, to In-Focus Podcast Number 86. Born and raised on the South Coast, Gleicher grew up in his family's art gallery and frame shop in Dartmouth where he learned about art, art history, and became immersed in the local art scene. After traveling around America for a few years, Gleicher enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Dartmou...

Welcome, Michael Lapides, a digital artist/photographer to In-Focus Podcast Number 85. Michael does documentary, photo-journalism, architectural, and fine art photography. He is also the co-curator of the  New Bedford Whaling Museum 's  Common Ground Project , which offers members of the community an opportunity to lend their voice to the collective story of Greater New Bedford using writing, audi...

Welcome, Carolyn Dlouhy Walega, AKA Carolyn Strules Walega, a former New Bedford, Massachusetts artist now living and working in Florida. A painter and muralist, Carolyn studied at The School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for her B.F.A. in Painting and Art Education and, another B.F.A. in Painting and Art Education from the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She received her...

Welcome, Kate Frazer Rego, AKA Kate MA Frazer, a New Bedford, Massachusetts artist, and Visual Arts instructor at Alma del Mar Charter School. She attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where she earned a BFA in Sculpture from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Kate went on to earn her MFA from Boston University's College of Fine Art. Living on the South Coast of Massachusetts...

Welcome, Michael Walden, a Westport, Massachusetts painter to In-Focus Podcast Number 82. South Coast artist Michael Walden was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He received his B.A. from  Framingham State University . A year abroad lead to an M.F.A. from  Boston University  in 1996, specializing in art education. In 2014 he was awarded a second M.F.A. from  Mass Art  (Massachusetts College of A...

Welcome Autumn Liv Cyr, a New Bedford, Massachusetts painter and musician/busker to In-Focus Podcast Number 81. Autumn is, in her own words, "just stepping through the doors of being a full time artist…" She has been working professionally for about 7 years, working with various mediums and experimenting with different things. Autumn is, "delving into my own style of surrealism but also enjoy work...

Welcome Sarah Hale Folger, painter, musician, and Creative Director at the  Kilburn Mill  in New Bedford, to In-Focus Podcast Number 80. Sarah is a product of Cinncinati, Ohio, and has been a Rhode Islander since 1985. She served as the Executive Director for the  Wickford Art Association  for five years, which gave her an opportunity to expand her skills on the business side of the art world. Sar...

Richard Walega was also a Presidential appointee as HUD's New England Regional Administrator. He is a member of the  Bartleby Poetry Society  and a poet for the  New Bedford Whaling Museum's   Whaling Panorama  presentation at the Kilburn Mill. No, Richard is not an artist but he is a beginner watercolorist and has a solid grasp on the future of the South Coast creative community. Music courtesy o...

Welcome opera performer, soprano soloist Patrice Tiedemann is the Artistic Director and founder of the Seaglass Theater to In-Focus Podcast Number 78. She graduated from Rhode Island College with a Bachelor's in Music Education and received her Master's Degree in Vocal Performance from Indiana University .  As a young artist, she received further training with Central City Opera and Indianapolis O...

Welcome American Street Artist Mark Carvalho, aka/Boston Maki to In-Focus Podcast Number 77. Boston Maki, or just Maki, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He is one of the South Coast's foremost contemporary urban artists. Maki became known for his one stencil process covering everything from canvas to unsanctioned walls around the South Coast of Massachusetts . The technique, which he adopte...

Jeff Wotton is the co-founder of The Southcoast Artists Index and the co-founder of Spectrum Marketing Group. Coming from a background in traditional art, Jeff applies his creativity to his professional pursuits by helping businesses to develop their brand and story through visual communications.  Music courtesy of www.bensound.com

Welcome artist, art therapist, play therapist, and former dancer, Jane Ferris Richardson to In-Focus Podcast Number 75. Jane studied painting in New York and in France, and with the Japanese painter Kaji Aso in Boston. Her early art experience was as a dancer. She is now an artist, art therapist, and play therapist. Her work with expressive "languages" for children with autism has led her to colla...

Welcome photographer Frank C. Grace to In-Focus Podcast Number 74. Frank has been photographing weird and wonderful New England for the last 15 years. He has also ventured beyond New England to Russia and, Chernobyl of all places. He combines his camera and eye with Photoshop manipulation to bring out the surreal aspects of his subjects. Frank says, he likes to try and make his images feel, "as wh...

Music courtesy of www.bensound.com   Welcome painter/muralist/art instructor, and production artist on  Loving Vincent , Katherine "Kat" Knutsen to In-Focus Podcast Number 73. Since childhood, Kat has always loved working with her hands. Kat Knutsen survived asthma and brain cancer growing up, which initially led to her nursing studies. She quickly learned it wasn't for her during the clinical por...

Music courtesty of www.bensound.com Welcome art historian, gallerist, and appraiser Michael Rose to In-Focus Podcast Number 72. Michael is based in Southern New England. He has served as the Gallery Manager at the historic  Providence Art Club  since 2014. Michael oversees a rigorous exhibition schedule spread across three unique galleries there. Additionally, he provides independent advisory and...