Ep: 50 - Sarah Schmerler - A Story Worth Telling

This episode was one of the last in-person interviews recorded before the pandemic hit. Hosts Marshall Jones and Sophia Kayafas enjoy a rich dialogue with Sarah Schmerler who is a journalist, art critic for the New York Times and art educator for 26 years. Schmerler is a gifted story teller whose creative insights offered us an intimate slice of conversation that was not only entertaining but also educational. Have a pen and paper ready for an interview packed full of ideas on teaching and understanding the art process from an educator’s perspective.

Show Notes
00.00 Intro

1:00 I’m a Spice

1:30 Teaching as Unveiling

​10:00 Writing a Thesis- The Work, The Process the Practice​​
12:00 Teaching -The Sacred Partnership

25:25 What makes a Great Painting?

26:00 "The Crucifixion and Last Judgment diptych," Jan van Eyck

35:00 Dad Ruined Star Wars

37:00 The Story Worth Telling

40:00 It’s in the Attempt

47:00 The Maker, The Audience, The Review

55:00 Why is Context Important?

1:03:00 The Process- Writing about Art

1:05:00 Parameters, Working with Restraint

1:09:00 Alchemy, We Write into Meaning!

1:10:00 Break, Donation Requests! - add link to Website

1:11:00 Family of Teachers

1:15:00 Professor Schmerler

1:21:00 The Art of Teaching

1:25:00 Drawing Major at Pratt

1:29:00 What not to do

1:35:00 Reading is invisible, Writing is Invisible

1:37:00 Pictorial Marker- The Word and its Meaning

1:48:00 Drawing of Ben

1:53:00 Peopletechture

1:57:00 Perception, Understanding, Discernment

1:58:00 Measuring the Impact of the Painting

2:00:00 Wrapping Up, A Good Deep Question Requires Time

2:10:00 Just go along with it! The Critic’s All-Star Game

2:11:00 “It’s Good Kitch," Thomas Kinkade

2:13:00 “An Ad for Excedrin," Max Ginsburg

2:15:00 “Queezy Neoclassicism," Odd Nerdrum

2:17:00 “Two Pears Talking," Euan Uglow

2:19:00 “I am not sure how pleasurable/violating this is," Helen Beard

2:21:00 “Anger and Contention," Clyfford Still

2:23:00 “Is She a Chair too? ," Philip Pearlstein

2:27:00 “Tweeny Tombescence," Lisa Yuskavage

2:30:00 Summary & Signing off
Sarah Schmerler's website
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