In this bonus episode between seasons 1 and 2 of the podcast, I talk to <a href= "https://lmwh.carbonmade.com/">Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez</a>, a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions. Originally from Michigan, Lennon is a Latinx artist who speaks better Japanese than Spanish, is named after a Beatle, and comes from a family line that signed the Declaration of Independence. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Art at Michigan State University. After leaving the Midwest, Lennon attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (2015) and Master of Fine Arts (2017) programs. In early 2020, Lennon will present a workshop at the Michigan Indian Educational Council Conference, where her work “Mother 2017” will be featured. In "<a href= "http://www.gallery263.com/all-work-and-no-play/">All Work and No Play</a>", a solo exhibition at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Lennon explores how having a full-time job impacts artists’ time for creativity and practice. Office supplies inspired by her day job are used as materials for the work. This exhibition, which also features patterns and symbols of the artist's multicultural American heritage, serves as a self-portrait broadly defined. In this episode, we talk about her work in this show, as well as her experiences leading up to it, both in the studio and beyond. Additional Links: You can learn more about Lennon’s work on her <a href= "https://lmwh.carbonmade.com/">website</a> and follow her on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lennmich03/">Instagram</a>.  As always, podcast music is provided by <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats">Mr. Neat Beats</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In this bonus episode between seasons 1 and 2 of the podcast, I talk to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://lmwh.carbonmade.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions. Originally from Michigan, Lennon is a Latinx artist who speaks better Japanese than Spanish, is named after a Beatle, and comes from a family line that signed the Declaration of Independence. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Art at Michigan State University. After leaving the Midwest, Lennon attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (2015) and Master of Fine Arts (2017) programs. In early 2020, Lennon will present a workshop at the Michigan Indian Educational Council Conference, where her work “Mother 2017” will be featured.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.gallery263.com/all-work-and-no-play/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;All Work and No Play&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;", a solo exhibition at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Lennon explores how having a full-time job impacts artists’ time for creativity and practice. Office supplies inspired by her day job are used as materials for the work. This exhibition, which also features patterns and symbols of the artist's multicultural American heritage, serves as a self-portrait broadly defined. In this episode, we talk about her work in this show, as well as her experiences leading up to it, both in the studio and beyond.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Additional Links:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;You can learn more about Lennon’s work on her&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://lmwh.carbonmade.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and follow her on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lennmich03/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;As always, podcast music is provided by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Mr. Neat Beats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this bonus episode between seasons 1 and 2 of the podcast, I talk to , a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions. Originally from Michigan, Lennon is a Latinx artist who speaks better Japanese than Spanish, is named...

Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez - a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions.

In this bonus episode, I check in with <a href= "http://www.lauratorresart.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Laura Torres</a>, the second artist I interviewed for season 1 of the podcast. About a month after our initial interview in December 2018, Laura quit her full-time day job in higher education fundraising to focus more time on her circus arts training and everything else that supports her creative practice. This bonus episode was recorded in March 2019, a couple of months after Laura left her job. Since then, Laura reports that she is meeting a lot of her tightwire goals, though like all art objectives, everything takes much longer than initially anticipated. She has her own rig, she co-created and performed her first duo act, and participated in a wirewalking workshop at <a href= "https://www.necenterforcircusarts.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">NECCA</a> (New England Center for Circus Arts) in VT. She's also halfway through Karl Marx's Capital Vol. 1, which she reports is a challenging but worthwhile read. You can follow Laura's progress on her <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/pleatedseams/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Instagram</a>. To listen to our original interview, look for episode 2. Music, as always, is provided by <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Mr. Neat Beats</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this bonus episode, I check in with &lt;a href= "http://www.lauratorresart.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Laura Torres&lt;/a&gt;, the second artist I interviewed for season 1 of the podcast. About a month after our initial interview in December 2018, Laura quit her full-time day job in higher education fundraising to focus more time on her circus arts training and everything else that supports her creative practice. This bonus episode was recorded in March 2019, a couple of months after Laura left her job.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since then, Laura reports that she is meeting a lot of her tightwire goals, though like all art objectives, everything takes much longer than initially anticipated. She has her own rig, she co-created and performed her first duo act, and participated in a wirewalking workshop at &lt;a href= "https://www.necenterforcircusarts.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;NECCA&lt;/a&gt; (New England Center for Circus Arts) in VT.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;She's also halfway through Karl Marx's Capital Vol. 1, which she reports is a challenging but worthwhile read. You can follow Laura's progress on her &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/pleatedseams/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;. To listen to our original interview, look for episode 2.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Music, as always, is provided by &lt;a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Mr. Neat Beats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this bonus episode, I check in with , the second artist I interviewed for season 1 of the podcast. About a month after our initial interview in December 2018, Laura quit her full-time day job in higher education fundraising to focus more time on...

Laura Torres - a bonus ep after she quit her day job!

In this bonus episode, I check in with <a href="https://www.elizabethamento.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth Amento</a>, the first artist I interviewed for season one of the podcast, who has since left her day job in San Francisco and moved to New York City. This bonus episode was recorded in late June 2019, a week before she started her new job, and about three months after she made the move. Elizabeth was born in Boston, MA, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She returned to the East Coast to attend Boston College for Studio Art and Psychology, Brandeis University for a Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University for her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Elizabeth’s work has been exhibited in Mighty Tieton Gallery, Washington, Baton Rouge Gallery, Louisiana, Arena 1 Gallery, California, Modified Arts, Arizona, Melvin Gallery, Florida, Boston Young Contemporaries, Massachusetts, among others. Her work is featured in Index Book’s Cut out for Collage. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Links: In the interview, Elizabeth mentions taking a woodshop course at <a href="https://makeville.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Makeville Studio</a> in Brooklyn. For more information about Elizabeth and her work, please visit her <a href= "https://www.elizabethamento.com/">website</a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth_amento/">Instagram</a>. As always, podcast music is provided by <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats">Mr. Neat Beats</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In this bonus episode, I check in with &lt;a href="https://www.elizabethamento.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Elizabeth Amento&lt;/a&gt;, the first artist I interviewed for season one of the podcast, who has since left her day job in San Francisco and moved to New York City. This bonus episode was recorded in late June 2019, a week before she started her new job, and about three months after she made the move.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Elizabeth was born in Boston, MA, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She returned to the East Coast to attend Boston College for Studio Art and Psychology, Brandeis University for a Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University for her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Elizabeth’s work has been exhibited in Mighty Tieton Gallery, Washington, Baton Rouge Gallery, Louisiana, Arena 1 Gallery, California, Modified Arts, Arizona, Melvin Gallery, Florida, Boston Young Contemporaries, Massachusetts, among others. Her work is featured in Index Book’s Cut out for Collage. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the interview, Elizabeth mentions taking a woodshop course at &lt;a href="https://makeville.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Makeville Studio&lt;/a&gt; in Brooklyn. For more information about Elizabeth and her work, please visit her &lt;a href= "https://www.elizabethamento.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth_amento/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As always, podcast music is provided by &lt;a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats"&gt;Mr. Neat Beats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this bonus episode, I check in with , the first artist I interviewed for season one of the podcast, who has since left her day job in San Francisco and moved to New York City. This bonus episode was recorded in late June 2019, a week before she...

Elizabeth Amento - follow-up episode after moving from SF to NYC.

In the final episode of season one, I speak with <a href= "https://mikerothfeld.com/">Mike Rothfeld</a>, an artist living and working in Oakland and San Francisco. He received his MFA in Fine Art and MA in Visual and Critical Studies from <a href="https://www.cca.edu/">California College of the Arts</a> (CCA) and his BFA in Photography and Imaging from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). Rothfeld’s lo-fi, seemingly clumsy sculptures serve as set-pieces and props for the partial science-fiction and fantasy narratives he imagines while working in the studio. His sculptures display a dedication to play, campiness and the absurd along with an underlying sentiment of melancholy and doom. Concerned by an inability to imagine new and viable alternative futures, while still wanting to locate hope for a better tomorrow, Rothfeld makes work that references an era of visual media effects that required viewers to heavily suspend their disbelief to immerse themselves in an imagined reality. Rothfeld’s work has been displayed at <a href= "https://folktales.thecjm.org/mike-rothfeld">The Contemporary Jewish Museum</a>, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Southern Exposure, the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, Alter Space Gallery, and San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Jan Larsen’s Xpo, Brooklyn, NY; the Beacon Artist Union, Beacon, NY; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England; among other venues. His writing has appeared in Art Practical and show take-aways for Stairwell’s exhibitions. Additional Links: In the interview, Mike mentions working with artist, author, and curator <a href= "https://debwillisphoto.com/home.html">Deb Willis</a> while studying at NYU. She she later introduced him to the graduate programs at CCA. Between undergrad and grad school, Mike attended the <a href= "https://www.haystack-mtn.org/programs/open-studio-residency/"> Haystack Mountain School of Craft Residency</a>. Finally, Mike and I discuss his participation in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ ‘<a href= "https://stairwells.org/portfolio/stairwells-at-ybcas-bay-area-now-7/">Bay Area Now 7</a>’ exhibition, a project that was curated by <a href= "https://stairwells.org/">Stairwell’s</a>. You can learn more about Mike’s work on his <a href="https://mikerothfeld.com/">website</a> and follow him on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/feld/">Instagram</a>. As always, podcast music is provided by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats">Mr. Neat Beats</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the final episode of season one, I speak with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://mikerothfeld.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Mike Rothfeld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, an artist living and working in Oakland and San Francisco. He received his MFA in Fine Art and MA in Visual and Critical Studies from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.cca.edu/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;California College of the Arts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;(CCA) and his BFA in Photography and Imaging from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Rothfeld’s lo-fi, seemingly clumsy sculptures serve as set-pieces and props for the partial science-fiction and fantasy narratives he imagines while working in the studio. His sculptures display a dedication to play, campiness and the absurd along with an underlying sentiment of melancholy and doom. Concerned by an inability to imagine new and viable alternative futures, while still wanting to locate hope for a better tomorrow, Rothfeld makes work that references an era of visual media effects that required viewers to heavily suspend their disbelief to immerse themselves in an imagined reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Rothfeld’s work has been displayed at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://folktales.thecjm.org/mike-rothfeld"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Contemporary Jewish Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Southern Exposure, the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, Alter Space Gallery, and San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Jan Larsen’s Xpo, Brooklyn, NY; the Beacon Artist Union, Beacon, NY; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England; among other venues. His writing has appeared in Art Practical and show take-aways for Stairwell’s exhibitions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Additional Links:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the interview, Mike mentions working with artist, author, and curator&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://debwillisphoto.com/home.html"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Deb Willis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;while studying at NYU. She she later introduced him to the graduate programs at CCA. Between undergrad and grad school, Mike attended the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.haystack-mtn.org/programs/open-studio-residency/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Haystack Mountain School of Craft Residency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Finally, Mike and I discuss his participation in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ ‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://stairwells.org/portfolio/stairwells-at-ybcas-bay-area-now-7/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Bay Area Now 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;’ exhibition, a project that was curated by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://stairwells.org/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Stairwell’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;You can learn more about Mike’s work on his&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://mikerothfeld.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and follow him on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/feld/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. As always, podcast music is provided by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Mr. Neat Beats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In the final episode of season one, I speak with , an artist living and working in Oakland and San Francisco. He received his MFA in Fine Art and MA in Visual and Critical Studies from  (CCA) and his BFA in Photography and Imaging from the Tisch...

Mike Rothfeld - a Sculptor and Arts Administrator living and working in Oakland & San Francisco

In episode 9, I speak with <a href="https://nicolekita.com/home.html">Nicole Kita</a>,  a visual artist living and working in Northern California, who works as an educator and advocate for artists with developmental disabilities. As an educator, Kita has taught artists of diverse ages, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as individual behavioral and learning needs. She currently works as a full-time teacher at <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/canvas.and.clay.studio/">The Studio</a>, a non-profit arts organization in Eureka, California, that provides an inclusive studio environment for artists of all abilities to foster an authentic art practice and professional growth.   As an artist, Kita explores the visual language of signs and symbols. Her practice is informed by anthropology and the history of print media: artifacts of the history, folklore, and cultural heritage of North America. Links: In the interview, Nicole mentions traveling to Chicago to screenprint with Dan McAdams at <a href="http://www.crosshairchicago.com/">Crosshair</a>. Learn more about Nicole on her <a href="https://nicolekita.com/home.html">website</a>, visit her <a href= "https://www.etsy.com/shop/nicolekita/">Etsy shop</a>, and follow her on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/nicole.kita/">Instagram</a>. As always, podcast music is provided by <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats">Mr. Neat Beats</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In episode 9, I speak with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://nicolekita.com/home.html"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Nicole Kita&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;,  a visual artist living and working in Northern California, who works as an educator and advocate for artists with developmental disabilities. As an educator, Kita has taught artists of diverse ages, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as individual behavioral and learning needs. She currently works as a full-time teacher at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/canvas.and.clay.studio/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Studio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, a non-profit arts organization in Eureka, California, that provides an inclusive studio environment for artists of all abilities to foster an authentic art practice and professional growth.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;As an artist, Kita explores the visual language of signs and symbols. Her practice is informed by anthropology and the history of print media: artifacts of the history, folklore, and cultural heritage of North America.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Links:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the interview, Nicole mentions traveling to Chicago to screenprint with Dan McAdams at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.crosshairchicago.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Crosshair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Learn more about Nicole on her&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://nicolekita.com/home.html"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, visit her&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.etsy.com/shop/nicolekita/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and follow her on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/nicole.kita/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;As always, podcast music is provided by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://soundcloud.com/mrneatbeats"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Mr. Neat Beats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In episode 9, I speak with ,  a visual artist living and working in Northern California, who works as an educator and advocate for artists with developmental disabilities. As an educator, Kita has taught artists of diverse ages, cultural and...

Nicole Kita - a NorCal Artist who works as an Educator and Advocate for Artists with Developmental Disabilities

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