The Drop

On this episode, Chris and Amy get into it with Belfast, Maine inscriptional letter cutter Sigrid Coffin.
Show Notes:
0:51 - Atlas Obscura article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hand-carved-gravestones
9:40 - Kerstin Engman website: https://www.kerstinengman.com
17:00 - Stew Henderson: https://www.stewhenderson.com
22:30 - Toad Hall Editions Magazine: kerning https://www.toadhalleditions.ink/kerning-a-space-for-words

Local television piece about Douglas and Sigrid: https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Father-And-Daughter-Working-Together-Cutting-Stone-In-Belfast-439627293.html
Download the Companion Zine with this episode: waterfallarts.org/drop
Credits:
Coffin & Daughter Website: https://www.lettercutter.com
Show artwork by Isabelle Gelot: https://isatopia.com
Editing help from: Sara Trunzo: https://www.saratrunzo.com, thank you also to Denise DeSpirito and Anie Toole for additional feedback on the episode.
Recorded, Produced, Hosted and Edited by Chris Battaglia (chrisbattaglia.info)
Produced and Hosted by Amy Tingle (amytingle.com)
This is a production of Waterfall Arts in Belfast, Maine, recorded in the studios at Belfast Community Radio (belfastcommunityradio.org).

Ep 4 Show Notes

00:37 - https://waterfallarts.org/about/history/

00:49 - Belfast Community Radio (WBFY-LP 100.9FM) broadcasts from the basement of Waterfall Arts

1:27 - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

3:27 - Lisa Newcomb

5:17 - Mike Koff

6:20 - Neil Welliver

9:07 - Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (https://www.skowheganart.org/)

10:15 - David Lynch / “Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times)”

11:15 - Tom Opper / Liberty Graphics (https://lgtees.com/the-liberty-graphics-story)

12:54 - Leonard Craig / Unity College (https://art.state.gov/personnel/leonard_craig/)

13:19 - Janice Kasper (https://www.caldbeck.com/artist/janice-kasper/bio/)

14:10 - George McNeil (https://www.georgemcneil.org/)

15:22 - Joe Ascrizzi (http://www.ascrizzi.com/)

16:30 - Jim Jarmusch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jarmusch)

23:42 - Karen Olson Episode 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995096/10722848-karen-olson

27:00 - Caldbeck Gallery: https://www.caldbeck.com/

27:13 - Lois Dodd (https://www.alexandregallery.com/artists-work/lois-dodd)

27:15 - Kayla Mohammadi: https://kaylamohammadi.com/

29:36 - Maine Arts Journal (https://maineartsjournal.com/)

30:07 - Hi-Lo in the Free Press (https://freepressonline.com/)

30:46 - Kirk Varnadoe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Varnedoe)

35:24 - EcoArt (‘Ecological Art’ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_art)

38:45 - "The Art of Re-Climation" Exhibit at the Kramer Gallery at Belfast Free Library (https://abcdbelfast.omeka.net/exhibits/show/art-of-reclimation/exhibit) and curated by MJ Viano Crowe (https://mjvianocrowe.net/)

40:42 - Print Studio (https://waterfallarts.org/studio-art/print/) and Ceramic Studio (https://waterfallarts.org/studio-art/ceramics-studio/)

48:32 - Michele Christle (https://michelechristle.com/)

49:45 - Allen Harris

To learn more about our featured guest Alan Crichton: https://www.caldbeck.com/artist/alan-crichton/bio/

Thanks to editing help from Sara Trunzo (https://www.saratrunzo.com/) and Anie Toole (https://anietoole.com/)

Produced by Chris Battaglia (http://chrisbattaglia.info/) and Amy Tingle (https://www.amytingle.com/)

Chris and Amy begin this season's podcast with artist Karen Olson, as they discuss Olson's new solo exhibition at Waterfall Arts in Belfast, her work about processing grief and trauma, and more.
Show notes:

• 3:45 - Sybylla Smith / Concept Aware: https://www.jsybyllasmith.com/concept-aware
• 4:00 - Maine Media Workshops: https://www.mainemedia.edu
• 5:16 - Asemic writing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemic_writing
• 7:42 - Between Two Worlds (Book): https://www.karenolsonphotography.com/books/p/between-two-worlds
• 10:44 - Hiking Trails in Midcoast Maine: https://www.hikingproject.com/directory/8008438/midcoast-maine
• 14:17 - Biophilia: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/biophilia
• 22:20 - Seth Godin The Practice: https://seths.store/thepractice/
• 27:17 - Amy refers to an artist who sweeps when he gets stuck, David Wilson about his routine/practice on the Island Institute Daily Art Voices audio feed from Monday, April 5: https://www.islandinstitute.org/creative-economy-hub/daily-art-voices/
• Waterfall Arts Exhibition: The Embrace: https://waterfallarts.org/experience-art/exhibitions/
• Creative Maine article that led Amy to Karen's studio: https://creativemainemag.com/beauty-out-of-grief-and-trauma/

Waterfall Arts presents The Drop: A Maine Arts Podcast

Engineered/Recorded, and Edited by Chris Battaglia
Hosted and Produced by Chris Battaglia and Amy Tingle
Co-Production and Music by Eli Kao
Episode Artwork by Isabelle Gelot
Featured guest: Karen Olson
Thanks to Sara Trunzo, Vic Tredwell, Belfast Community Radio, and funding in part from the Maine Arts Commission
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