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Season 2 Episode 1: Pam Kravetz :|: come join me
The Artist In Me Is Dead
12/14/23 • 155 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Pam Kravetz.
Pam Kravetz, “a mural makin’, street paintin’ quilt sewin’, yarnbombin’, curatin’, flashmobin’, tutu wearin’ rootin’ tootin’ art monster.” She is a regionally & nationally recognized visual artist with more than 50 art exhibits & installations.
Pam is the epitome of “come join me” for all the fun! Pam is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, where May 21st is officially Pam Kravetz Day and after our conversation, I’m sure you’ll understand why she is celebrated not only by her city, but also by anyone who meets her. She is an advocate and empowers those around her. She did throughout her k-12 teaching career and she continues to do so through her collaborative art making process, known as Pam & Co.
We cover so much of Pam’s amazing life in this conversation: from elementary art teaching to advocacy to starting her own synchronized swimming team and becoming a lifeguard at age 61! Give yourself the gift of getting to know Pam through this conversation.
Please enjoy this conversation with Pam Kravetz.
To learn more about Pam, check out her instagram @pamkravetz and her soon to be revealed new website pamkravetz.com
Studio Mix #13 :|: Pam Kravetz
These Boots Were Made For Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra
Brick House by The Commodores
Talk to the Animals by Rex Harrison (Dr DoLittle)
Love Shack by The B52's
Ohio River by Jake Speed & the Freddies
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4roohnY6SPlTkj61moO2I2
Pam Kravetz’s Biography:
Pam Kravetz - She’s a mural makin’, street paintin’ quilt sewin’, yarnbombin’, curatin’, flashmobin’, tutu wearin’ rootin’ tootin’ art monster. She is a regionally & nationally recognized visual artist with more than 50 art exhibits & installations.
With Pam, Contemporary Art is not a spectator sport – it is understandable, accessible, interactive and community oriented. Truly, she is inspired by the beauty in the chaos of the everyday. Her artwork ranges from street art, Artworks installations at Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital to monumental Memory Quilts in the lobby of the Contemporary Arts center. Recently Kravetz was the Art Director for The Blink Parade, a Board Trustee for Artworks ,The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ish Festival, HRC (Human Rights Campaign), and was a Co-Onsite Liaison for the National Council for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA) Conference in Cincinnati.
She is the creator & face of CAC-tV and the curator of the live art performances. Her alter ego, Pinky Shears is the notorious Mastermind of the Yarn-Bombing Collective – the Bombshells of Cincinnati and the performance art collective The Polyester Spy Club. Her current exhibit on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum Rosenthal Education Center – Ace Ramone, Mr. Doodle-Boy & the Peanut puts the best parts of herself & her art into an interactive wonderland. Her interactive exhibition, I Think My Uncle Gershun Was A Golem, at The Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, Ms. Kravetz used her artist voice and platform to talk about her family, her Jewishness and antisemitism. Currently, she has an installation at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center in the Creativity Center’s UnMuseum, titled Pinkolicious Pamajama’s House of Wonder and Silly Scooter’s Playhouse. Kravetz is also a CityBeat newspaper Best Artist of 2022, an Enquirer Cincinnati Women of the Year 2017. She has numerous awards and recognitions as both an artist and art educator. Pam is always up for the next larger-than-life art bonanza!!
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
Trailer :|: The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast
The Artist In Me Is Dead
02/05/22 • 1 min
Hey There! Welcome to The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast, I’m your host, Rhonda Willers, a visual artist, author, educator, and mother.
On The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast I have conversations with guests tracing their creative paths and exploring their current and future creative practices. We discuss the ebbs and flows of creativity and what we can do when we feel creatively stuck. Through these conversations I hope to encourage you to explore and pursue your own creativity in small and big ways. My guests’ stories have inspired me, and I hope they will connect with you too.
Subscribe and listen to The Artist In Me Is Dead wherever you get your podcasts.
Season 2, EPISODE 5: DANIELLE KRYSA :|: SAY THE STUFF & SAY IT LOUDER!
The Artist In Me Is Dead
02/29/24 • 104 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Danielle Krysa.
This fifth episode features a conversation with artist, curator, and author Danielle Krysa. Danielle is known for her many books and her 15 years curating, writing, and podcasting as The Jealous Curator. Her own creative practice involves collage, painting, sculpture, and ceramics...and of course HUMOR!
Dig into Danielle’s breadth of work from her 7 books, including two children’s books: How to Spot an Artist and Art and Joy: Best Friends Forever, to her TEDx Nashville Talk: How to cut creativity out of your life - to her witty, expressive art! This May she will have a solo show at Jen Tough Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico - check it out!
And if you dream of learning from her in-person and traveling to Venice, Italy - you’re in luck! There are still spots available in her workshop for July 15-26, 2024 which is hosted by the European Cultural Academy. A link to register is found in the show notes for this episode, on this podcast’s website: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com and on Danielle’s Instagram Accounts: @daniellekrysaart and @thejealouscurator
Notes from the show:
Danielle’s Books: Amazon Author Page
Your Inner Critic Is A Big Jerk
Creative Block
Collage
A Big Important Art Book (Now With Women)
A Big Important Artists: A womanula
Danielle’s Children’s Books:
How To Spot An Artist - This Might Get Messy
ART and JOY: Best Friends Forever
Workshops:
July 15-26, 2024, Venice, Italy: European Cultural Academy: https://eca.art/courses/art/contemporary-art-framework
Sold Out Workshop: Santa Fe, NM May 6-10, 2024, Jen Tough Gallery AIR STUDIOS
Solo Exhibition at Jen Tough Gallery, Opens May 4 with an opening reception May 10, 2024
TEDx Nashville talk: How to cut creativity out of your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrhfH-hTSMs&t=16s
Podcast: Art for Your Ear (over 200 episodes)
Blog: https://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/art-for-your-ear-podcast/
Instagram: @daniellekrysaart @thejealouscurator
Websites: http://www.krysa.com/danielle/about.htm
Artists Mentioned in the Episode + their Instagram:
Petah Coyne @petahcoyne
Debra Broz @zebrazorb
Elsa Pratt
Mando Marie @seeyouthroughit
Podcast: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com Instagram: @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast
Host Information: www.rhondawillers.com Instagram: @r_willers
Studio Mix #16 :|: Danielle Krysa
She’s a Bitch by Missy Elliot
Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift
Boys by Lizzo
Boss Bitch by Doja Cat
Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine
Listen on Spotify: https://open...
Season 2: Episode 3: Sara Nishikawa :|: wiggle and take a chance
The Artist In Me Is Dead
12/20/23 • 123 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Sara Nishikawa.
Sara is based in Detroit, Michigan. Her sculptural practice coexists with a profession in nonprofit administration. Her approach to studio practice is one of desired balance, but also recognizing the peaks and valleys of creativity and life. As part of her creative practice, she hosts one-day baking residencies, known as Mostly Butter. Throughout our conversation, Sara comes back to the importance of your community of support as a lifeline to keeping creativity alive.
Please enjoy this episode with Sara Nishikawa.
To learn more about Sara’s work follow her on Instagram @supersarebear and @mostlybutter and her website www.saranishikawa.com
Podcast: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com Instagram: @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast
Host Information: www.rhondawillers.com Instagram: @r_willers
Studio Mix #15 :|: Sara Nishikawa
Pork Soda by Glass Animals
DLZ by TV on the radio
Maps by Yeah Yeah yeahs
Your Dog by Soccer Mommy
Intro by The XX
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7oC95RgS8f6epQTv4EBvyl
Sara Nishikawa’s Biography:
Born and raised in Honolulu, HI, Sara Nishikawa is an artist and arts worker based in Detroit, MI. She is currently the artist-in-residence at Greenwich House Pottery in New York and has exhibited her work at Simone DeSousa Gallery and Spaysky Fine Art Gallery LLC. She runs Mostly Butter, an artist residency where she and an artist bake something they’ve always wanted to bake. She holds a BA in Psychology from Loyola Marymount University, MA in Visual Arts from CSUN, and an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Arts. She has a small dog named Angus and a cat named Kitty.
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
Episdoe 11: Emily Romens :|: self-compassion & creativity
The Artist In Me Is Dead
05/19/22 • 83 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Emily Romens.
Emily’s creative practice has evolved from that of art student to arts administrator to presently new mom. We discuss the importance of self-compassion when it comes to your creative practice and how to recognize when you might be missing or lacking your own creative motion.
Emily shares ways artists can advocate for themselves when they are beginning careers or jobs in arts administration. She offers ideas for how you can ask for your creative practice to be part of your employment agreement.
We also dive into the feelings of shame that bubble up when someone tells us “it’s so easy to make” and yet we are struggling to take that first step and how it requires a lot of energy to be spontaneously creative.
Please enjoy this episode with Emily Romens.
To learn more about Emily’s work and practice, follow her on Instagram: @emlyrmns
Studio Mix #11 :|: Emily Romens
Sexy Villain by Remi Wolf
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish
Paralysed by The Staves
Summer Girl by HAIM
Podcasts:
Armchair expert
Lore
This American life
Mike Bribiglia’s Working It Out
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BggKksXt1YtOrRBUO9NUV
Emily Romens Brief Biography:
Emily Romens received her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls in 2017.
I make non-objective objects, based on very objective things. I am an object maker, and a bellyacher. I find myself most attracted to patterns of domestic life - each beautiful, overwhelming, insignificant, sexy, humorous, caring, heavy, vague, charming, ordinary, moment. How I get my hands moving has changed a lot over the last five years, but the wonders of my gross domestic life has remained. I am now a mother to my child, the first human who has ever deserved my mothering. And somewhere in there is that object maker.
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
Episode 12: Zahra Hooshyar :|: be in conversation with yourself
The Artist In Me Is Dead
05/25/22 • 134 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Zahra Hooshyar
Zahra is an interdisciplinary artist based in Northern California, who describes herself as constantly stuck in diasporic liminal spaces.
Zahra and I met at Anderson Ranch Arts Center where she was working as a ceramics intern. She was my workshop assistant for a week-long terra sigillata workshop, which we can now fondly refer to as t-siggy thanks to Zahra. She’s one of those people who feels like magic when you meet her. She engages with a desire to be submerged fully in the wholeness of life.
Zahra is a first generation Iranian-American, who was born and raised in West Virginia to a cute and short pair of Iranian immigrants. We recorded this episode on the day her BFA thesis show opened. She is graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Persian Studies, and as you’ll hear from our conversation, Zahra is a human containing multitudes of experiences and knowledge.
Please enjoy this episode with Zahra
To learn more about Zahra’s work follow her on Instagram @zazahoosh and check out her website http://www.zhooshyarstudios.com
Studio Mix #12 :|: Zahra Hooshyar
Be Careful by Greentea Peng
Prelude by Ali Azimi
Lamp Lady by Sevdaliza
It Never Rains Here Morteza by Kiosk
No Bus by lophiile
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42rb0A0IahbU54upMbEcxW
Zahra Hooshyar Biography:
Zahra Hooshyar is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on ceramics. Born and raised in West Virginia to a cute and short pair of Iranian immigrants. She is a first generation Iranian-American that is constantly stuck in diasporic liminal spaces. Hooshyar will be graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Persian Studies.
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
Episode 4: Anders Dickson :|: keep your door open
The Artist In Me Is Dead
03/24/22 • 130 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Anders Dickson. During one of his artist residencies, there was a requirement to keep your door open on Tuesdays. In this episode, you’ll hear that while that was a physical rule, it’s also a great metaphor for his approach to art making and creative exploration.
At age 20, Anders, an American, started a semester abroad experience in Germany and then remained in Europe for the past 15 years.
One of my favorite parts from his artist statement is: My studio is like a forest of accumulated items wherein I intuitively incorporate images, and gestures from the environment into assemblages...My role is to move between items like a spider: drawing parallels and connecting narratives into a network with its own internal logic.
He currently lives and works between Holland and Paris.
Please enjoy this episode with Anders Dickson.
Find Anders on Instagram: @dicksonanders
Studio Mix #4 :|: Anders Dickson
Sunflower River Blues- John Fahey
Storm - Godspeed
You! - Black Emperor
Anywhere I Lay My Head- Scarlett Johansson
Wildflowers- Tom Petty
Might as Well - Acetone
Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ - The Velvet Underground
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bCJGBOpZqciJRaSoo8RHD
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
Books, Artists, Residencies Mentioned in our Discussion
Books:
House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
Tell Them I Said No, Martin Herbert (curator & author)
Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M Pirsig
The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard
Artists:
Harry Smith
Donna Harroway
Lucy McKenzie
Susan Cianciolo
Schools & Residencies:
Fine Arts Academy in Karlsruhe (Deutschland/Germany)
Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg (Deutschland/Germany)
Städelschule in Frankfurt (Deutschland/Germany)
De Ateliers, Amsterdam (Netherlands), artist residency
Spring Break for the Podcast
The Artist In Me Is Dead
03/17/22 • 1 min
Hey There! Welcome to The Artist In Me Is Dead Podcast, I’m your host, Rhonda Willers. This week the podcast is on Spring Break! In the meantime, catch up on the first three episodes with Lisa Vang, Stephanie Lenertz, and Ira Elliot Corbett - you’re sure to find some inspiration in these conversations.
I’ll return with a new episode next week. I’m so excited about the next set of conversations coming your way in the weeks ahead. Thanks to all of you who have been listening during the first three weeks!
If you’ve been enjoying the conversations, please rate, review, and share with your friends and communities.
And as always, subscribe and listen to The Artist In Me Is Dead wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode 3: Ira Elliot Corbett :|: your creativity is sacred
The Artist In Me Is Dead
03/10/22 • 87 min
This episode features a conversation between host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Ira Elliot Corbett. Ira is a nonbinary transgender artist living and working in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
In our conversation I was struck by their practice of asking themselves questions, such as what do they want to share from a happy place of making and exploration?
You’ll also hear how BTS lyrics from their song, Black Swan, inspired Ira to ask, am I having my first death of my creativity right now? And how Ira feels a bit like a baby deer learning to walk after recognizing this first death.
You will want to hear their studio wrap up answers. One of Ira’s responses connected and hit me so deeply, I was moved to tears, literally.
Find Ira on Instagram: @iraires_
Studio Mix #3 :|: Ira Elliot Corbett
Late Night Love Letter-Luxid
OUTTA MY MIND- Monsune
Outro:Ego - BTS
Take You Back (The Iron Horse Cattle Call), Orville Peck
Moon - BTS
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rcq9r4mdJo7YTkk2brpvX
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
Season 2, EPISODE 4: RAHELEH FILSOOFI :|: immense, boundless, and limitless
The Artist In Me Is Dead
01/04/24 • 94 min
This episode features a conversation with host, Rhonda Willers, and guest, Raheleh Filsoofi.
Raheleh is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Tehran and raised during the post-Islamic Revolution era and eight years of war with Iraq that followed, she is a keen observer of the world, integrating the subtleties of experiences within her performances and art.
When we spoke, Raheleh was in her third week of an artist residency at MacDowell in New Hampshire. She had recently completed an incredible year that included multiple significant exhibitions and performances, and as part of her residency she was taking time to reflect on the work she had completed in the past year.
Be sure to listen to the end of our conversation where she shares part of her newest poem.
To learn more about Raheleh follow her on Instagram @rahafilsoofi and check out her website www.rahelehfilsoofi.com
Notes from the show:
Fragile handle with care: https://www.rahelehfilsoofi.com/blank
Bite: https://www.rahelehfilsoofi.com/bite
Say Their Names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0d0IJMTdE4
Podcast: www.theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com Instagram: @theartistinmeisdeadpodcast
Host Information: www.rhondawillers.com Instagram: @r_willers
Studio Mix #15 :|: Raheleh Filsoofi
Reza Filsoofi: Whispers of Persia
Bamboo Water Fountain 24/7
Best Oud Instrumentals (Mixed by Billy Esteban)
National Arab Orchestra - Ahwak - Chadi Kassem
Erkan Ogur
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kQf78hfOk3QVxHKFasYWO
Raheleh Filsoofi’s Biography:
Filsoofi is collector of soil and sound, an itinerant artist, and a feminist curator. Her geographical, disciplinary and conceptual practice take on critical narratives about movement, immigration, and social activism. Clay and sound are the nexus of her practice and act as expressive mediums, with their cryptic and architectural qualities engendering new narratives through diverse aesthetic strategies such as multimedia installations and immersive sound performances. Her art disrupts the borders that exist between us and seeks a more inclusive world, illuminating and challenging policies and politics.
Her current and recent exhibitions include Imagined Boundaries, an interactive multimedia installation at Gibbes Museum in Charleston, SC (2023-2024), and Only Sound Remains, an interactive multimedia installation at the Sharjah Biennial 15, Thinking Historically in the Present in Sharjah, UAE (2023).
Filsoofi’s Imagined Boundaries, a multimedia installation, consisting of two separate exhibitions, debuted concurrently in a solo exhibition at the Abad Gallery in Tehran and group exhibition Dual Frequency at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida in 2017. The installation in each country connected audiences in the U.S. and Iran for few hours in the night of the show opening.
Raheleh's project, 'Listening: The Fourth String,' in collaboration with musician Reza Filsoofi, introduces an interactive instrument and platform called ShahTár. Through public performances, it highlights the contributions of the silenced Iranian musician and Sufi, Moshtagh Ali Shah, to music while emphasizing the power of listening to drive community engagement and promote social change.
She has been the 2022 Winner of the 1858 Contemporary Southern Art Award and the recipient of the 2021 Southern Prize Tennessee State Fellowship. She is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics in the Department of Art at Vanderbilt University and holds the secondary appointment at the Blair School of Music. She received her M.F.A. in Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University and a B.F.A. in Ceramics from Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran.
Episode page: https://theartistinmeisdeadpodcast.com
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