Episode 15: Nadia Tahoun

06/02/21 • 49 min

Brooklyn-based film producer NADIA TAHOUN learned the value of artistic collaboration at an early age in Miami when she helped start the punk art venue The Granary. In Episode 15 of the ARTish Plunge podcast, Nadia shares how her education and experiences in film production have allowed her to curate visual art experiences, including the new community-focused arts and fabrication studio Flower Shop Collective that supports skill sharing and work space for underrepresented artists.

Find Nadia:
Website: nadiatahoun.com
Instagram: @flowershopcollective
Mentioned:

This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color, by Cherríe Moraga (read)
Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism, by Ariella Azoulay (read)
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell (read)
“Confirmation,” Justin Bieber music video (watch)
Daniel Arsham, artist (see) (TIP: Click “weightless” for extra fun!)
Arsham's Future Relic series, trailer for imaginary film (watch)
“Isa,” video featured on PBS (watch) (TIP: start at the 8:27 marker)
2020 Spring/Break Art Show New York (see)
Jess Bass (see)
Flower Shop Collective (explore)
Sixty Hotel, Flower Shop Collective event (learn)
Slow Process Summer (learn)

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
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Find Nadia:
Website: nadiatahoun.com
Instagram: @flowershopcollective
Mentioned:

This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color, by Cherríe Moraga (read)
Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism, by Ariella Azoulay (read)
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell (read)
“Confirmation,” Justin Bieber music video (watch)
Daniel Arsham, artist (see) (TIP: Click “weightless” for extra fun!)
Arsham's Future Relic series, trailer for imaginary film (watch)
“Isa,” video featured on PBS (watch) (TIP: start at the 8:27 marker)
2020 Spring/Break Art Show New York (see)
Jess Bass (see)
Flower Shop Collective (explore)
Sixty Hotel, Flower Shop Collective event (learn)
Slow Process Summer (learn)

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artishplunge)

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Episode 14: Christopher Nick

Episode 14:

Oklahoma native Christopher Nick uses his classically-trained painting skills to create accurately detailed illustrations for major brands, children’s books and historical portraits for the Oklahoma State Capitol. In this episode, Christopher shares how a tiny retro delivery truck named Kirby gave him some financial breathing room and an unexpected introduction to his newest, and arguably most authentic, illustration style and character.

Find Christopher:
Website: christopher-nick-portfolio
Mentioned:
Minneapolis Institute of Art (visit)
First Avenue Club (visit)
The Atelier: Studio Program of Fine Art (learn)
Katie McCollow (see) (listen)
Mike Wimmer (see)
The Room in My Heart, by Beverly Evans, illustrated by Christopher Nick (read)
D-Day: American Character, by Steve Lessman (read)
Dust Storm, by Jane McKellips, illustrated by Christopher Nick (read)
Oklahoma Senate Art Collection (see)
Oklahoma Hall of Fame, artist profile (see)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (visit)
Donut Man (visit)

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website: https://www.kristybattani.comInstagram: kristybattaniartFacebook: kristybattaniartDid you enjoy this episode? If so, please take a moment to leave a rating and a comment: https://lovethepodcast.com/artishplungeMusic:"Surf Guitar Madness," Alexis Messier,
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Episode 16: Mike Lyon

MIKE LYON, a Kansas City-based artist creates meticulously detailed large-scale drawings using marks made by traditional tools manipulated by non-traditional means, usually computers he has built and coded to suit his artistic vision.

The ARTish Plunge podcast explores Mike's leadership of the family cattle hide business and subsequent return to art, ultimately becoming an innovator in wood block and post digital printmaking. With an innately curious mind, Mike also creates handcrafted guitars, ukuleles and other furniture, collects Japanese ukiyo-e prints, plays the violin in the Kansas City Civic Orchestra, and holds a 4th degree black belt in karate.

Find Mike:
Website: mlyon.com
Instagram: @ mikelyonstudioFacebook: MikeLyon.ART
Twitter: ART_MikeLyon
Guitars: lyon.gallery

Mentioned:

Kansas City Shotokan Karate Club: (visit)
Claude Mellan, “Face of Christ on St. Veronica’s Cloth,” (1649) (see)
Post Digital Printmaking: : CNC, Traditional and Hybrid Techniques, Paul Catanese and Angela Geary (read)
Chuck Close, artist (see)
Ken Knowlton, artist (see)
V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist (learn)
The Tell-Tale Brain, V. S. Ramachandran (read)
“Neurology of Aesthetics,” Scientific American,V.S. Ramachandran (read)
Modern Printmaking: A Guide to Traditional and Digital Techniques, Sylvie Covie (read)
Ukiyo-e wood block prints (learn)
Mike’s Ukiyo-e Collection (see)
Shopbot CNC Tools (see)
Piet Mondrian, “Broadway Boogie Woogie” (see)

Mike’s Recommendations:

Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Mokuhanga, by April Vollmer (read)
Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing, by Susan Schwalb & Tom Mazzullo (read)

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
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