Studio Break

This week Mel Cook joins the podcast to talk about her recent series of mixed media paintings. Mel was selected as one of Studio Breaks 2013 MFA Competition Winners.

This week Tim Kowalczyk, Joseph Jenner, and Lauren Turk join the podcast to talk about their exhibition entitled: “Of Clay, Metal, and Fiber” at Joliet Junior College.

This week Barry Blinderman joins the podcast with a variety of stories regarding his experiences as a curator, writer, and musician.

This week Bill Conger returns to the podcast for our 100th episode! In the episode Bill talks about his studio practice and his most recent series of painting and collage work the bells.

Scott Lachlan Dickson joins the podcast to discuss his work which incorporates a variety of postcards which are cut and re-arranged into a series of collage works.

This week Gina Hunt joins the podcast to talk about her most recent series of paintings that explore light and shadow through a minimalist aesthetic.

This week Hether Mekkelson joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice and recent sculpture and installation work.

Suzanne Laura Kammin joins the podcast to talk about her experience as a painter and how her process based works have developed in her most recent series of abstract paintings.

Brian Frink joins the podcast to talk about recent studio work and to discuss RACA or Rural America Contemporary Art, an art organization he formed a few years ago.

This week Donovan Widmer joins the podcast to discuss his small metal and sculptural works that incorporate found objects and explore ideas of protection, temporality, and ornamentation.

Melissa Wilkinson is our first featured artist of the year!  Her exquisite watercolor paintings are based off digital collages from a wide variety of archived photos that question the “image” and explore the boundaries  between abstraction and representation.

This week Steve Adair joins the podcast to talk about his recent paintings, his work was selected as one of Studio Break’s 2013 BFA Competition Winner’s by Jan Brandt of Jan Brandt Gallery.

This week Mark Harold Ponder joins the podcast to discuss Box 13 Artspace, a multifunctional contemporary art space  in Houston that hosts a variety of exhibitions with a diverse art membership.

Pam Winegard joins us the podcast to discuss her studio practice and mixed media works including a recent series started last May at Vermont Studio Center.

Kay Healy joins the podcast this week to discuss her recent works exploring the idea of home through a wide variety of media including screen printing, books, fiber, installation, and new media.

This week Travis Medford joins us to discuss his college work which combines formal exploration and abstraction through a wide variety of printed and sourced materials.

Nathan Meltz joins the podcast to discuss his animation and collage works which explore how technology effects our day to day life and global world through politics, agriculture, etc…

This week Grace Sheese joins the podcast to talk about her studio practice and her most recent series of ceramic works that are full of subtle detail.

This week Jason Karolak joins the podcast to talk about his studio practice and how his drawing process informs his recent small and large scale paintings.

This week Melissa Vandenberg joins the podcast to discuss her multi media based works which explore themes of landscape and identity.