#16 Meow Wolf CEO Vince Kadlubek: Changing the Economy Through Art

it. https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/xwqjg3/the-complete-untold-history-of-halo-an-oral-history

enApril 05, 2018

entertainment

management

artists

#24 How to Run the Art Department from the Gods

Maca rode some wild waves while Quest Nutrition jumped to the billion dollar company range, as he built one of the world's best art departments. Part of that was hiring Dino Nama, who is now Think Tank Gallery's Art Director. The two reminisce on what it took to operate on such a level, the difference of running smaller and more mobile design agencies, and break down wtf an art department even is. They also have a lot of inside jokes (just warning you). By the end of the episode we discuss what it would take to really build perfection in a design agency or art department.

7:00- Jacob obsesses over this. Srsly read it. He hasn't played Halo in seven years and still obsessed over

Also this is the JRE #999 with Quest Nutrition Co-Founder:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-rogan-experience/id360084272?mt=2&i=1000391132970

10:00- Dino explains who Maca is and why they brought him to the podcast

10:20- Intro to Maca

10:55- Quest

https://www.questnutrition.com

11:20- Dino goes into detail about Maca being his mentor and what he taught him

13:13- “Your success does not end at 5pm.”

16:06- Maca explains what he does

16:22- Orcv creative director

http://blvckfish.com

https://www.instagram.com/blvckfish/

16:40- The idea of a creative director

20:11- How many teams have you been on? What is the range of sizes on those teams?

21:22- Dino explains what Quest is

https://www.questnutrition.com

21:59- Maca talks about when he joined Quest

23:45- Looking at Quest through the surface

26:25- Jose Prada

https://www.instagram.com/infakt

28:03- Dino at what point did you come in? How many people were there?

28:39- What Dino did before Quest

30:38- University of Long Beach

http://art.csulb.edu/home/

34:50- Maca talks about his and Dino’s passion projects

35:25- https://www.instagram.com/filebrand/

https://filebrand.com

36:02- Tony Robins

https://www.instagram.com/tonyrobbins/

Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk

https://www.instagram.com/garyvee/

38:00- https://blog.adioma.com/how-elon-musk-started-infographic/

39:15- What was the goal for the file project? What would audiences consume?

42:28- Jacob talks about taking on a sales role

43:10- Stance socks

https://www.stance.com/

44:02- http://anna.vc

https://blog.adioma.com/how-elon-musk-started-infographic/

https://www.instagram.com/annavitals/

45:29- How would you separate the ideas of art and design

47:52- Design is a problem solving tool that utilizes art

48:10- Story time with Dino

51:50- Dino talks about being a FAKE vegan

56:05- What kind of art did you make before you tried going to college

1:00:05- Sweaty Betty directed by Joseph Frank and Zachary Reed

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4084912/

1:03:57- What does it mean to want to become a designer? What are the things that you need to learn?

1:05:07- Understanding how to carefully craft an image

1:05:33- Did you teach yourself photography?

1:06:47- Eric Kim

http://erickimphotography.com

Tune into A.R.T Artists Real Talk with Eric Kim

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000375908129

1:08:59- Hueman

http://huemannature.com

1:11:12- Photography— working without equipment

1:12:55- Jacob asks Dino, what kind of art were you making before hand and have you kept it up?

1:14:29- Dino talks about painting in high school and doing photography in college

1:17:10- Jacob talks about when he used to market himself on social media

1:17:45- Mastery by Robert Greene

https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X

1:18:22- Do you feel artwork informs your professional creativity career or do you feel guilty that you have to set your artwork aside to focus on the other jobs you have?

1:20:44- Compromising vs Sacrificing

1:21:07- One of the ways you express your creativity is with allowing yourself to find fulfillment in the tasks you are doing by day

1:25:20- Guilt and trading your time for money

1:25:52- If you had to give advice to someone on how to make their day life fulfilling what would it be?

1:28:08- How did Quest end and how was it fulfilling enough to keep you there?

1:31:03- Define what you mean by the number one art department in the world

1:33:51- Describe to me what the greatest art department in the world would consist of

1:34:11- Maca talks about what will make a great art department

1:36:00- The creative director needs to understand the vision

1:37:31- How can you have more than one creative director?

1:38:45- Waypoint Vice Magazine - Halo

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/xwqjg3/the-complete-untold-history-of-halo-an-oral-history

1:41:25- How are different departments that are all design departments, all split up?

1:42:03- Co creative directing

1:43:00- Copy writers

1:43:22- Jacob talks about his first marketing job

https://www.deviantart.com/

1:44:14- What is the shift in mindset as you start to grow as a company, taking on more clients

1:44:35- What is the change in mindset to go from a agency that has one creative director to having two?

1:47:21- What does a creative director do?

1:51:05- What is CMO?

1:44:08- Creative Hierarchy

1:51:32- Jacob asks Macs, “what is a design director?”

1:52:05- Jonathan Iva

https://www.apple.com/leadership/jonathan-ive/

1:53:06- What are the different things it would take if we are building the ideal agency?

1:58:13- When you envision orcv in thirty years, do you have any products that you guys are selling?

http://blvckfish.com

https://www.instagram.com/blvckfish/

1:59:43- When you started this agency, did you have a philosophy for the brand?

2:00:55- Built to Last by Jim Collins

https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials/dp/0060516402

2:01:35- Maca goes into detail about his story and mission for orcv

2:02:44- http://blvckfish.com/about/

2:05:09- How do you structure that mission?

2:06:33- Jacob talks about how studying Art History helped him

2:08:35- Dino talks about looking at Think Tank in the future

2:09:40- Think Tank being more involved with the community

2:12:45- Jacob asks Maca, “do you feel like it is your job to educate clients when they come to you?”

2:20:40- Debbie Millman design matters

https://soundcloud.com/designmatters

https://www.designmattersmedia.com/designmatters

Where to find Maca:

https://www.instagram.com/macamasse

http://blvckfish.com

https://www.instagram.com/blvckfish/

https://www.instagram.com/filebrand/

https://filebrand.com

Where to find Dino:

http://instagram.com/nunquandormio

http://instagram.com/thinktankdtla

http://thinktank.gallery

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/artist-decoded-by-yoshino/id1036675582?mt=2

enMarch 29, 2018

#23 Decoding the Artist with Yoshino

Yoshino has been a professional photographer in LA for a long time, and during a rut in his personal life and art practice, he started a podcast to re-inspire himself. That podcast is now one of the bigger arts podcasts in the world, and he has built a career and company out of it. In true Yoshino style, he flips the interview and gets host Jacob Patterson to open up about some personal topics and open relationship beliefs he's never shared in public.

6:03- Are you editing your show yourself, or do you have someone else doing it?

7:05- Jacob talks about interviewing people

8:04- Do you have a starting point when you are getting ready to interview somebody?

9:45- Have you been intimidated to interview anybody?

11:04- Yoshino talks about how much research he does prior to interviewing people

12:26- Check out Yoshino’s podcast Artist Decoded

https://www.instagram.com/artistdecoded

http://www.artistdecoded.com/

12:37- Trump Rally Sean Dunne

http://www.veryape.tv/trumprally/

Check out Artist Decoded Episode #45 with Sean Dunne

http://artistdecoded.libsyn.com/rss

15:12- Psychedelic experiences

17:30- Jacob talks about his psychedelic trip

19:40- Scott Hove

https://www.instagram.com/scotthove

http://cakefangs.com/

Listen to Artist Real Talk episode 9 with Scott Hove here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000379211211

28:32- Do you take psychedelics in a ceremonial way or celebratory way?

31:02- Annihilation with Natalie Portman directed by Alex Garland

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/

33:04- Sphere Directed by Barry Levinson

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120184/

35:10 Jacob talks about how he respects Yoshino for the way he into films with respect and thought

36:02: Yoshino talks about how he has a deep respect for writers and directors of film

36:38- Eyes Wide Shut Directed by Stanley Kubrick

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/

37:18- http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/stanley-kubrick

39:40- Yorgos Lanthimos

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487166/

40:20- The Killing of a Sacred Deer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715874/?ref_=nm_knf_i2

The Lobster

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3464902/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3

41:06- David Lynch

https://twitter.com/DAVID_LYNCH

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

41:19- Twin Peaks

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098936/

42:07- Jacob talks about the first time he realized he wanted to be an artist

43:57- Jacob talks about selling sandwiches for lunch when he was younger

47:41- Yoshino asks Jacob one of the strangest things he’s been asked on a first date

51:49- Yoshino goes into detail about wanting to start a relationship podcast

53:29- Yoshino asks Jacob what makes you want to be in open relationships?

1:05:59- Rebelling against a Christian background

1:07:27- Jacob talks about his new mindset with current relationships

1:08:31- Jealousy Vs Compersion

1:10:05- Chris Ryan

https://chrisryanphd.com/

https://chrisryanphd.com/tangentially-speaking/

Sex At Dawn

https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Dawn-Stray-Modern-Relationships/dp/0061707813/ref=sr_1_1_ha?ie=UTF8&qid=1374715948&sr=8-1&keywords=sex%20at%20dawn&tag=vglnkc8015-20

The Ethical Slut

https://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Slut-Third-Practical-Relationships/dp/0399579664/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0399579664&pd_rd_r=RW6DKGKQ05CV4NB1DXPF&pd_rd_w=3NibM&pd_rd_wg=BUERi&psc=1&refRID=RW6DKGKQ05CV4NB1DXPF

1:12:57- What are you working on now, besides the podcast?

1:13:12- Yoshino goes into detail about his podcast and how he met his partner

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/artist-decoded-by-yoshino/id1036675582?mt=2

1:14:34- Norberto Rodriguez

https://www.instagram.com/norbertoinc

https://twitter.com/norbertoinc

http://www.norber.to/

1:14:41- Quite Mornings event at MOCA

https://www.instagram.com/MuseumofMeaning

https://www.facebook.com/events/2156119737747892/

1:17:01- Do you guys have a contract?

1:18:47- https://www.instagram.com/nohwave

http://www.nohwave.co/

1:19:21- What things do you do for music festivals?

1:20:09- how do you as a producer support Justin when he takes on another project?

Justin Hopkins

https://www.instagram.com/rarebitultra

http://nohwave.bigcartel.com/

1:23:45- Artist representation

1:22:13- http://artistdecoded.libsyn.com/rss

1:25:43- Meow Wolf

https://meowwolf.com/

https://theknow.denverpost.com/2018/01/04/meow-wolf-denver-art-gallery-opening-announcement-2018/171407/

1:30:40 Are you taking commission on sales from these artists?

1:30:55- Do you guys get a cut when you get them show with other people?

1:31:32- Do you promote everything they are doing, always?

1:32:37- How do you make sure your bills are paid every month?

1:33:52- Jacob talks about what is in store for Think Tank in the next few months

1:36:10- Immersive Arts Festival

1:38:10- Nova Han

http://novahan.com/

1:38:55- The Chronicles of LA

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-cm-chronicles-of-la-sex-20171130-story.html

https://www.thechroniclesofla.com/

1:41:33- Yoshino talks about the vaseline photo sculptures he makes and explains what that entails

1:44:00-Jacob talks about Dinos role at Think Tank

https://www.instagram.com/philamerica

1:44:55- Phil America

http://philamerica.com/

1:46:22- Museum of sex Female Gaze

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/topic/nsfw-female-gaze

1:50:46- Yoshino gives a recap of what to expect from Nohwave

https://www.instagram.com/nohwave

http://www.nohwave.co/

1:51:59- Artist Decoded

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/artist-decoded-by-yoshino/id1036675582?mt=2

https://www.instagram.com/artistdecoded

http://www.artistdecoded.com/

1:52:17- Why does Artist Decoded exist? Why do you want it to continue to exist?

1:53:35- Are you going to keep your hour long episodes structured?

https://www.instagram.com/yoshinostudios

http://www.nohwave.co/

http://www.artistdecoded.com/

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/yoshino/artist-decoded

http://www.wearecartel.org/

enMarch 21, 2018

podcast

diy

production

#22 BrokeLA's Anna Shumacher: The Corporate Structure of DIY Culture

cARTel has done many things in the almost-decade that they've been shaping the experiential arts scene in LA. They've hosted fort parties, galaxy art shows with Bill Nye, giant sponsored activations, and been served a cease and desist by Coachella. The latter comes midway through the story of one of the largest and longest running DIY festivals in SoCal, fka Brokechella. Now called BrokeLA, it opens next month and has partnered with Spaceland Presents and the Regent for Anna's first year as the company's CEO. We dive deep into such an evolution, and also nerd tf out on some permitting stuff. This episode is a creative producer's playground.

Permitting survey:

bit.ly/permitsurvey

http://brokelafest.com/

11:40 - intro ends/interview begins

12:10 - How did you find your way into permitting?

13:15 - Intro to Anna

13:24 - Did you come from the aesthetic side?

14:10 - Anna talks about cARTel, acting, staging and then combining them together.

15:05 - Visual art

15:55 - Anna buying miller highlife at 19 and dropping the glass bottles from her balcony

16:15 - Anna talks about Theater and the US Davis theater and dance program

http://arts.ucdavis.edu/theatre-and-dance

17:05 - Why didn't you go to Berkeley instead of UC Davis?

17:55 - Bay to LA hate

19:11 - How was it being in a college town?

20:02 - Do they have production classes at Davis? How did you find yourself on the production side?

20:50 - http://www.deafwest.org/

22:00 - https://www.broadway.com/shows/spring-awakening-dw/

http://time.com/4062110/spring-awakening-broadway-deaf-west/

23:45 - Anna talks about her intern work at Deaf West

24:00 - Switched at Birth

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758772/

26:00 - Brokechella

https://www.instagram.com/brokelafest

http://brokelafest.com

27:41 - Explain what Brokechella / Broke LA is

Check out what LA Weekly has to say about Brokechella:

http://www.laweekly.com/music/broke-la-announces-2017-lineup-with-james-supercave-crnkn-kyle-kinane-7956324

29:56 - Was cARTel still called cARTel at that point?

30:30 - https://www.instagram.com/neginsingh/

30:24 - In ten years what did you picture yourself to be doing?

31:14 - Was there a theater element in Broke Beast?

32:30 - Family Forest Theatrical Event

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/why-cartels-family-forest-theatrical-event-is-las-best-third-date-idea-2372736

34:56 - YOU ARE HERE ll: Shoot a Cop 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CkCcvorZ4&feature=youtu.be

36:47 - How as this presented? How many people made stuff?

37:38 - Anna talks about Brokechella becoming really successful

40:20 - Do you have specific strategies to be introspective and make sure year by year the event is being honest for the audience?

42:50 - Deviant art

https://www.deviantart.com/

45:45 - Jacob talks about how he started as a YouTuber

46:29 - Listen to last seasons episode with Sarah Penna on business, and the economy of online content: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000377753292

47:20 - How much has Brokechella grown?

47:30 - What was it at, at year three?

47:56 - When did you start implementing sponsors?

48:33 - Jacob talks about Think Tank being sponsored by Lagunitas and how much they support art events

https://lagunitas.com/

49:54 - Anna talks about Lagunitas supporting Brokechella and affiliate shows

49:15 - What kind of questions do you ask vendors on your surveys?

52:28 - Anna talks about asking the musicians what it felt like on their stage and if the production team was responsive

53:40 - Break Bread recap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CillPgnnQdk

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-break-bread-think-tank-photos-20160212-photogallery.html

http://diversionsla.com/think-tank-gallery-break-bread/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/02/break-bread-cake-room-scott-hove/

53:59 - Scott hove:

http://cakefangs.com/

https://www.instagram.com/scotthove

Bakers Son:

http://bakers-son.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bakersson

55:50 - Have you had big important people to the fest drop off because they expected it to go in a different direction?

58:59 - Anna talks about lighting installations

1:00:27 - When did you start to transition from purely collective to more corporate structure?

1:01:50 - Sexy Sax Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws

1:02:53 - Adopting a business structure

1:05:19 - Oakland Ghost Ship Fire

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/oakland-ghost-ship-warehouse-deadly-fire-gallery-1.2901036

1:06:35 - Do you have different verticals or is it all one thing now called cARTel agency?

1:07:12 - Fort exhibit by cARTel (2011)

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/fort-exhibit-by-cartel-at-angel-city-brewing-brings-childhood-fort-building-fantasies-to-life-2371983

http://angelcitybrewery.com/beer/angel-city-lager/

1:09:24 - Galaxy: Science Art Party by cARTel (2012)

https://www.facebook.com/events/289051367880577/

https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/art/galaxy-science-art-party

1:10:40 - Do you enjoy absorbing the energy of the audience?

1:11:51 - Jacob talks about not being able to chill out at parties

1:13:43 - Oakland Warehouse safety coalition

https://www.facebook.com/OaktownWarehouseCoalition/

1:13:54 - https://vimeo.com/252652909

1:16:23 - Why do permitting at all?

1:20:45 - Los Angeles permitting being disparate

1:24:30 - Westminster** London permitting:

https://www.westminster.gov.uk/events-and-filming

1:28:06 - Jacob talks about the cops coming in with squad cars and helicopters crashing an event

1:31:46 - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/48319990/the-living-room-tour-bringing-theater-into-homes

http://laist.com/2012/09/25/cartels_living_room_tour_we_are_gathered_here.php

1:34:00 - Art Walk Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/art-walk-wrongful-death-lawsuit-settled/article_d81bdc70-bc4a-11e3-9828-0019bb2963f4.html

1:46:05 - https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/things-to-do/popsugar-x-freeform-mermaid-museum

1:46:09 - We couldn’t find any legit baby exorcisms :( please send them to us

1:46:53 - The Happy Place

https://www.happyplace.me/

Candytopia

https://www.candytopia.com/

1:47:29 - Dino Nama:

http://themuseumofselfies.com/

1:51:26 - Tommy Honton:

http://tommyhonton.com/

Tune into A.R.T Artists Real Talk Episode 17 with Tommy Honton

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000401724890

1:53:50 - Anna talks about an Immersive project that is in the works– challenging and inverting dreams

1:55:24 - Jacob touches on the theme park industry

1:58:51- Why haven’t you started working in the theme park industry?

2:01:16 - Meow Wolf

https://meowwolf.com

Tune into A.R.T Artists Real Talk Episode 16 with Meow Wolf

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000405182786

Afterlife with cARTel at Angel City Brewery

http://photos.snapfiesta.com/Los-Angeles-Photo-Booth/AFTERLIFE-wcARTel-Angel-City/

2:03:28 - Sleep No More

https://www.instagram.com/cesarhawas/

02:05:00 - Cesar Hawas:

Mckittrickhotel:

https://mckittrickhotel.com/manderley-bar/

https://mckittrickhotel.com/the-heath/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000402299664

Tune into A.R.T Artists Real Talk Episode 18 with Sleep No More

2:07:15 - How do you make sure to stay true to learning experiences at your events while also focusing on getting the (at times) nearly impossible stuff done that it takes to throw a party? How do you make sure you have that content in there?

2:08:22 - http://www.boomtownbrew.com/

2:12:10 - Dinosaurus art event by cARTel

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/la-children-drew-imaginary-dinosaurs-then-artists-turned-them-into-awesome-installations-4388699

2:12:15 - Jacob touches on 939 Studio

2:12:55 - Ecoset:

http://ecosetconsulting.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ecoset/

https://www.instagram.com/ecoset/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGpChIJblwmqAjMwd0yGPA

2:13:51- Burning Man

https://burningman.org/

2:14:09 - Overnight festival at Joshua Tree

https://www.bigfirefestival.com/

https://www.bigfirefestival.com/faq

2:16:34 - Anna talks about being involved with Burning Man and running shifts

2:16:55 - How does something like Burning Man exist?

2:17:03 - EDC

https://lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com/

https://twitter.com/EDC_LasVegas

2:22:07 - Stash House Escape House

http://www.stashhou.se/

2:24:54 - Have you seen sphere?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120184/

2:25:46 - What do you want in the future for cARTel and Broke La?

2:27:43 - Anna touches on things she wants for the permitting world

2:29:56 - What should people look out for with Broke LA? Why should they go? How can they go?

http://brokelafest.com/

https://www.instagram.com/brokelafest

https://twitter.com/RegentTheaterLA

Where to by tickets:

https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1651689?utm_medium=bks&q=6a6c5d00-2bdb-4ac0-a597-96db7c9990d1&p=b629ec49-919a-4622-997e-ac98b1986492&ts=1520976762&c=ticketfly&e=00827a&rt=Safetynet&h=f4bd62d6592781e38f911b53f08f7622

2:31:47 - What makes it different now that you have the Regent for a couple days?

2:33:32 - http://brokelafest.com/

https://www.instagram.com/brokelafest

http://www.wearecartel.org/

PERMITTING SURVEY:

bit.ly/permitsurvey

https://www.instagram.com

enMarch 14, 2018

#21 The Arts' Ever-Changing Cannabis Landscape with Little Face Events

Katie Carita Partlow of Little Face Events has changed the way that Los Angeles perceives cannabis events. Recognized by such now-household names as Weedmaps and Rolling Stone, Katie is the go-to personality in the weed industry to get a finely tuned message across in an artistic way. She's been called the "Best Pot Party in CA" (Rolling Stone) and she has her sights set high on 2018. If you're interested in doing anything artistic with Mary Jane this year, this podcast episode is the place to start.

6:46- Katie Partlow (Little Face Events)

http://www.littleface.events/

https://www.instagram.com/littleface_low

5:53- Katie explains what Little Face Events is

7:06- When did you start this?

14:09- Were you doing events before that?

14:32- https://www.instagram.com/alchemyofwaste

http://alchemyofwaste.com/

14:49- Art Share LA

https://www.instagram.com/artshare_la

https://artsharela.org/abovethestreets/

15:15- How long have you be in LA? Were you doing events anywhere else before you came here?

15:43- What caused you to make the jump from performing to throwing events?

18:49- Katie talks about trying to find the vibe she wanted after moving to LA.

23:21- Do you feel like burlesque has applied to your production life?

26:21- Tune into A.R.T Artists Real Talk Episode 20 to hear more about Drinkin’ Smokin’ & West Coastin’

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000404155301

26:39- Katie talks about bad experiences with smoking, and micro dosing.

29:44- https://www.facebook.com/brewhahacomedyshow/

http://www.brewhahacomedy.com/

30:36- How did you get a show at ArtShare as one of the first things you’ve done?

33:31- https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-best-pot-party-in-california-w484191

33:46- When did you become dedicated to cannabis?

36:37- Check out Little Face Events “The Afternoon Delight”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYRezfVbjKI

39:23- Have you seen any plans for any ongoing restaurants that are introducing cannabis?

41:02- Recreational dispensaries

42:58- Do you focus on making them accessible for beginners or is it a natural side effect to making your events comfortable?

44:20- How have your events had to change as this legal grey area has contracted over and over again during the years of you hosting these cannabis events?

49:09- Does it sound like they are enforcing this rule?

49:34- Have you talked to any authorities on the matter; or mainly lawyers?

50:04- https://sowdenhouse.com/

https://la.curbed.com/2015/10/28/9906764/sowden-house-george-hodel-black-dahlia

51:31- Why do you take away peoples phones?

54:25- Do you come from a long line of potheads or are you the first one?

55:23- Katie talks about her dad being arrested for selling drugs to the U.S Air Force

59:24- Katie gets interrogated by a guy in a ski mask

1:02:53- Jacob talks about when he caught a case

1:04:18- Jacob asks Katie how her mom felt about her getting arrested

1:06:21- Jacob going to anger management for unrelated crime

1:09:20- What is it about cannabis that you decided to dedicate a large portion of your to it?

1:11:31- What is your criminal record now?

1:14:01- People say we should not be rejoicing cannabis being legal when there are people in prison for it still. Do you have any plans to address that issue at all?

1:15:36- Katie talks about how she is looking for people who are dedicated to helping people who are incarcerated for weed-related charges

1:16:43- http://bakers-son.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bakersson

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BakersSon

1:17:28- https://www.instagram.com/scotthove

http://cakefangs.com/

Listen to Artist Real Talk episode 9 with Scott Hove here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000379211211

1:19:47- Is there an active social change going on to re-name marijuana into cannabis?

1:20:46- Have you found people who are pushing to help people who have Marijuana crime record?

1:23:36- Jacob talks about Katie’s events representing freedom

1:23:40- Students for sensible drug policy

https://www.smartdrugpolicy.org/news-analysis/?gclid=CjwKCAiAlfnUBRBQEiwAWpPA6aFUTyonQWV9qAMR0vDlGKEkV8iSACgjK61glbiZDqvMSG1TvzdgbBoCEvMQAvD_BwE

1:24:16- How many events have you done now?

1:26:24- Alanna

https://www.instagram.com/thelostangeleno

https://alannayouphotography33.pixieset.com/afternoondelight/

1:27:20- Listen to Artist Real Talk episode 20 for a recap of DSWC’

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000404155301

1:28:56- When I approached you to be chief cannabis officer for Drinkin’ Smokin’ West Coastin,' what did you think?

1:28:56- Wake and Bake with Roscoe’s

https://www.instagram.com/roscoesofficial/?hl=en

1:29:48- Read what LA Weekly had to say about Cannabis Cabaret

http://www.laweekly.com/event/cannabis-cabaret-8587709

1:31:46- Did you want to theme it after cannabis prohibition?

1:32:42- Why Cannabis in your events?

1:33:16- Katie talks about wanting to take her events to different places

1:35:01- https://www.instagram.com/alchemyofwaste

http://alchemyofwaste.com/

1:35:46- How do you get media like Rolling Stone and Leafly to come to your show?

https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/katie-partlow-interview-drinkin-smokin-west-coastin-event-los-angeles-pot-parties-california

https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/afternoon-delight-la-cannabis-events

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/inside-the-best-pot-party-in-california-w484191

1:36:01- https://www.amandachicagolewis.com

1:37:31- Check out what LA Weekly had to say about Little Face Events Honey Trap

http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/the-cannabis-cabaret-was-las-sexiest-4-20-celebration-6853269

1:44:34- What is on the horizon for you?

1:44:51- Katie talks about wanting to do a fair event

1:45:54- What kind of people are you looking to partner with for something like this?

1:46:26- Tre Borden https://treborden.com/

1:48:26- http://www.canibanaturals.com

1:48:46- Katie talks about permits for cannabis onsite consumption on fairgrounds

1:49:36- Jacob talks about the benefits of having a cannabis fair

1:51:21- What is more immediate than that? Do you have more afternoon delights coming up?

http://www.littleface.events

1:52:52- https://mckittrickhotel.com

1:53:02- Tommy Honton

http://tommyhonton.com/

https://twitter.com/angelalansburyd

Listen to Artist Real Talk episode with Tommy Honton & Noah Nelson

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000401724890

1:53:48- How can people find you and get into your events?

Email: katie@littleface.events

https://www.instagram.com/littleface_events

http://www.littleface.events/

https://www.instagram.com/littleface_low

enMarch 07, 2018

#16 Meow Wolf CEO Vince Kadlubek: Changing the Economy Through Art

https://www.instagram.com/drinkinsmokinwestcoastin/

enMarch 07, 2018

#20 Drinkin' Smokin' & West Coastin' – A Love/Hate Letter to Los Angeles

We've mentioned the trip that manifested DS&WC at Think Tank Gallery, the show that brought our gallery back into our old venue, but we haven't discussed the process of putting it on. Hundreds of people were involved in producing this massive arts and events series, and four of them sit down after breakfast to smoke a few bowls and talk about it in this episode. If you came to the show you'll love hearing what went into it, and if you didn't you'll love hearing our host's best friends ruthlessly mocking him for a couple hours. Long one but good one.

5:40- Intro

https://drinkinsmokinwestcoastin.com

6:08- Dino Art Director of DSWC

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/oakland-ghost-ship-warehouse-deadly-fire-gallery-1.2901036

Danny Heidner Experience Designer of DSWC:

https://www.instagram.com/dannyheidner

Andrew Production Lead of DSWC:

https://www.instagram.com/abars

Jacob Bitch of DSWC:

https://www.instagram.com/jmjpatterson

8:51- What do you guys recall form that crazy month?

10:19- Dino gives a recap of Drinkin Smoking West Coastin

11:46- A group love hate letter to LA

11:58- What is this city?

12:06-Ghost Ship fire in Oakland

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/in-the-wake-of-oaklands-ghost-ship-fire-popular-downtown-gallery-think-tank-has-been-forced-to-close-8043495

12:59- Listen to Season 2 Episode 0 of A.R.T Artist Real Talk “WTF happened to Think Tank Gallery”

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000401286128

19:16- Stephen Linsley

http://stephenlinsley.com/

19:26- Ray Young Chu of Ray Mart

http://www.rayyoungchu.com/

20:06- Whitney Bell

https://www.instagram.com/kidd.bell

https://kiddbell.com/

http://www.laweekly.com/arts/dick-pic-art-show-i-didnt-ask-for-this-has-a-powerful-anti-harassment-and-sex-positive-message-8714873

21:06- Danny talks about the biggest challenge of the show

21:39- Watch the video of Jacob and Danny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Ki14G6sKY

24:14- Check out more of Ray Mart:

https://www.instagram.com/StartYourCartwithRayMart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDsBapD-1Ss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxgfGykxXDY

27:15- Andrew goes into detail on the original idea of Ray Mart

27:46- Bloody Gums

https://www.instagram.com/bloodygums

28:06- INPUT Nano leafs installation

30:16- Andrew talks about his time and setting up his instillation for Blood Gums

30:38- LA is still trying to kill me being a smaller version of the bigger show in Chinatown “LA Is Trying to Kill me at Lei Min space.

http://www.lataco.com/preview-la-trying-kill-bloody-gums-pop-show-lei-min-space-april-1st/

33:30- Jacob goes over the two things they didn't use in the show

39:16- Watch the Think Tank x Weed Maps video with Ray Young Chu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_9GUwVv1nM

#19 Think Tank Gallery Lied to You: Deception as Art Medium with Firefly Prod.

The last big show that was thrown with the Think Tank was a confusing one, for many reasons. Firefly Productions tricked the Think Tank into producing it, the Think Tank tricked its audience into attending it (#District798), and the actors tricked guests in every way shape and form. By the end, people even thought the weed was fake while they hit it. This show was described as a "mindfuck" by the media, and it encapsulated that word in every way. Whether you caught or missed the show, or caught the show but missed huge chunks of it (we don't blame you), this interview with Steph and Steven of Firefly is a crash course on how to give a viciously original take on priorly used content. Producers will love this episode. Artists will too.

Steven Klein and Stephanie Barnes from Firefly

https://www.facebook.com/FireflyTheaterFilms?ref=ts

https://twitter.com/fireflyinc

http://steven-klein.blogspot.com/

7:31- District 798

http://www.fireflyinc.com/caught/

8:00- Jacob tells Steven and Steph to give an intro about the last show Firefly and Think Tank have done

More about ‘Caught’ at District 798

http://www.fireflyinc.com/press/caught/

9:10- Steven goes into detail about what Caught is

12:33- http://lamama.org/

http://lamama.org/caught/

Read about what people thought about Caught at La Mama

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/theater/review-its-the-audience-thats-captured-by-caught.html

14:53- Director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar

http://www.ediskandar.com/bio/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Interview-Ed-Sylvanus-Iskandar-Gets-CAUGHT-At-The-Think-Tank-Gallery-20171101

16:20- Who did the rehearsal process?

16:48- Caught being an immersive show and not in a theater

19:43- Did you guys hire an immersive company? Was it Ed’s company?

20:10- More of Tommy Honton

http://tommyhonton.com/

https://twitter.com/angelalansburyd

Listen to the Artist Real Talk Episode 17 with Tommy Honton

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2#episodeGuid=4a7dc10479207f5f9e9389bb5dd6e68a

20:33- A lot of immersive theater is associated with horror in LA

21:43- Building a world around theater that is Immersive

24:08- Stephen Gifford the set designer of Caught/District 798

http://www.stephengifforddesign.com/

28:28- Staff and actors hiding to watch how the audience reacted to the show

29:08- Stephanie and Steve go over the order of the show

30:27- Reactions from theater crowd vs art crowd

30:50- At what point did you approach me in the ideation process; early or right at the end?

31:23- Who was involved in the early stages?

32:39- Had you already discussed whether the gallery would be in on the joke or not before meeting us?

36:00- Jacob talks about the challenges

36:20- Liquor sponsors backing out because they didn't want to compromise relationships from China even though the show wasn't real.

36:42- https://meowwolf.com/

40:57- Stephanie talks about the post show lounge

46:37- “Is this a gallery or a theater?”

47:39- Full Length Play

http://www.samuelfrench.com/catalog/search?author=Christopher%20Chen

58:38- Stephanie talks about how the ticketing process was the most challenging part of the entire show

59:20- Jacob tells Stephanie and Steven to share the difficulties within making the show

1:01:23- Generating group sales

1:02:28- How do you market Caught/District 798

1:02:48- Creating an element of exclusivity and an element of getting approved

1:05:08- Five words to describe yourself and five words people would use to describe you

1:07:21- Jacob, Stephanie and Steven talk about how there needs to be an Immersive ticketing service that is customizable.

1:09:51- The ability to text characters from the show

1:11:33- Making sure the whole audience feels like one unit

1:12:45- Then She Fell

http://www.thenshefell.com/about/

1:15:20- Steven goes into detail about how instead of feeling betrayed the audience felt safe

1:17:22- Jacob asks Steven and Stephanie, “how many productions have you done in front of a live audience?

1:18:07- The audience had a different energy every night. How wide was the shift from one night to the next, from one week to the next in our show; compared to other live productions you guys have done?

1:22:50- Steven talks about how the people with an Asian background seemed more relaxed vs the white audience who wasn't sure if they could laugh or if it was offensive.

1:25:40- Jacob asks, “was there a difference between the Fridays and Saturdays since some nights were alcohol and some were weed?”

1:26:28- Noah Nelson:

https://noproscenium.com/

https://twitter.com/NoProscenium

Check out Artist Real Talk episode 11 with Noah Nelson:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000379844107

1:27:23- The talk back

1:31:15- Jacob asks, “what did you learn about the audiences who were coming to the talk back based on them thinking the show was over?

1:36:53- Moving the audience in different environments to dictate how they are supposed to behave

1:38:34- Rafael Hayashi:

https://www.instagram.com/rahayashi

http://www.rahayashi.com/

Teddy kelly:

https://www.instagram.com/teddykelly/

https://teddykelly.com/

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-caught-christopher-chen-theater-review-20171107-story.html

1:40:53- Jacob describes Steven in one word

1:43:03- What’s next?

1:45:23- Stephen Gifford the set designer of Caught at District 798

http://www.stephengifforddesign.com/

‘Caught’ starred:

Louis Ozawa

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1559194/

Jackie Chung:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2086965/

Jessica Kaye:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2991901/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Steven Klein:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1635832/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Eston Fung:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3029513/

Chrstine Lin:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2374936/

Stephanie Barnes:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4043581/

Peter Wylie:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174557/

The immersive company included Alexis Colianni, Carlo Figlio, Gray Gall, Stacia Marcum, Katie May Porter, Rebecca Rufer, and Alice Victoria Winslow.

Lighting Designer Derrick McDaniel

https://thisstage.la/artist-profile-derrick-mcdaniel/

Project Designer Jeffrey Teeter

https://theater.calarts.edu/programs/design-and-production/program-faculty/jeffrey-teeter

Sound Designer Crickets Myers

http://www.cricketsmyers.com/

Costume Designer Halei Parker

http://www.haleiparker.com/

Assistant Director Garrett Baer

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5142370/

Stage managed by Amanda Bierbauer, and the Assistant Sound Designer was Kelly Aburto

In association with:

Vs Theatre

http://www.vstheatre.org/

Steven Klein

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1635832/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Stephanie Barnes

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4043581/

Natalia Duncan Macker

http://www.mackerforwyo.com/

Think Tank Gallery

https://www.instagram.com/thinktankdtla/

http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-jacob-patterson-think-tank-gallery-transient/

https://thinktank.gallery/

1:46:36- Jacob asks Steven and Stephanie to close out by talking about the opening of the show

https://mckittrickhotel.com/

enFebruary 22, 2018

#18 Running a Creative, Mystical Ecosystem with "Sleep No More"

New York's "Sleep No More" is probably the most successful piece of immersive theatre of all time. But there are thousands of moving parts to this magical machine. Guest Cesar Hawas likes to describe the parts of this creative ecosystem as just that, magic, but there are tons of insights to how an arts company can get such an expensive building and keep it running and profitable. Cesar talks about the more ethereal parts of Sleep No More (run by the production company Emursive) and all of the inspiration that surrounds it at the McKittrick Hotel in our first remote episode recorded outside of California.

5:55 - Cesar Hawas

https://www.instagram.com/cesarhawas/

https://twitter.com/heypiece?lang=en

http://lebalrevue.com/

6:01- The Lodge at the Mckittrick Hotel

7:34- When and why The Lodge opened

8:50- http://immersivedesignsummit.com/

10:05- What are the different experiences you can have in the McKittrick Hotel?

https://mckittrickhotel.com/manderley-bar/

https://mckittrickhotel.com/the-heath/

12:53- Creating complicated experiences

13:36- Film VS Broadway and theater

13:53- Have you done any productions on the West Coast?

14:51- Cesar talks about working on Broadway

https://www.broadway.com

15:08- Did you go to theater school?

17:39- Cesar goes into detail about acting

18:28- What was the first moment that you discovered Immersive theater/entertainment?

21:43- Cesar goes into detail about Sleep No More and why it is powerful

https://noproscenium.com/

22:10- Noah Nelson:

https://twitter.com/NoProscenium

Check out Artist Real Talk episode 11 with Noah Nelson:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-r-t-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=1000379844107

24:23- The Queen Marry

http://www.queenmary.com/

27:53- Jacob asks Dino (Think Tank Creative Art Director), “when was the first time you were exposed to Immersive Art?”

29:26- What have you been hearing about Star Wars Land?

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/02/12/disneys-new-star-wars-hotel-will-seamlessly-connect-to-galaxys-edge-at-hollywood-studios

30:32- https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingimmersive/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

33:03- Sleep No More’s intention

33:43- How many times have you seen the show?

35:33- Cesar talks about one of the powerful aspects of Sleep No More

38:18- http://immersivedesignsummit.com/

Sara Thacher Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development

https://www.disneyresearch.com/

40:25- Dino shares his experience at Sleep No More

42:13 Is there any sort of guidance that you guys give on this?

43:31- Jacob’s worst fear

44:27- https://www.punchdrunk.com/

45:41- Cesar discusses following the narrative and the correlation between McBeth and Hitchcock

48:35- Jacob explains how he is happy with his choice of not reading MacBeth before Sleep No More

49:18- Is this the second time the show has been mounted; because it also happened in London.

49:25- Cesar breaks down the history of Sleep No More

https://www.punchdrunk.org.uk/sleep-no-more/

https://americanrepertorytheater.org/node/635

52:20- Sleep No More’s audience

52:44- Cesar and Jacob touch on how there is no dialogue in Sleep No More which making it easy for people of every language to experience and enjoy

54:36- The most exciting aspect of Sleep No More

55:22- Supercinema at the McKittrick Hotel

https://vimeo.com/166848947

Supercinema - Clue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh2fSsypV34

Supercinema - Wizard Of Oz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1KMDShfWOc

Read more about the Supercinema parties:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-McKittricks-Supercinema-Parties-to-Channel-CLUE-Tim-Burton-MOULIN-ROUGE-20161202

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/supercinema-to-celebrate-clue-moulin-rouge_78399.html

http://www.theculturefiles.com/supercinema-nyc-guilty-party-clue-tickets/

57:52- Jacob touches on how being a host is a difficult task

58:35- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/candytopia-happy-place-exhibitions-temporarily-close-la-1069964

https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/happy-place-is-l-a-s-latest-selfie-inspiring-pop-up-111817

1:02:47- Inclusiveness

59:09- The Universe is a Small Hat Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bfo3aDD0p4&feature=youtu.be

Learn more here:

http://theuniverseisasmallhat.com/

1:04:02- Jacob asks Cesar if they survey people about their experience at Sleep No More

1:08:03- Does the art direction or improvisation of Sleep No More change at all or has it been the same for years?

1:10:11- The Heath

https://mckittrickhotel.com/the-heath/

1:11:28- Gallow Green

http://immersivedesignsummit.com/colinnightingale.html

1:15:11- Colin Nightingale

Creative Producer, Punchdrunk International

https://www.punchdrunk.com/

1:17:28- How big is the team that is programming ancillary spaces?

1:18:46- Sign up for mailings for upcoming events at McKittrick Hotel

https://mckittrickhotel.com/guestbook/

1:19:07- Marketing

1:19:46- Cesar touches on how they haven’t spent any money on advertising

1:23:24- How has the High Line affected the show or has the show affected the High Line?

http://www.thehighline.org/

https://twitter.com/highlinenyc

1:25:05- How involved is Punchdrunk?

https://www.punchdrunk.com/

Find more of Cesar Hawas at:

https://mckittrickhotel.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cesarhawas/

https://twitter.com/heypiece?lang=en

http://lebalrevue.com/

Find more of Jacob Patterson at:

https://www.instagram.com/jmjpatterson

https://www.instagram.com/thinktankdtla

Find More of Dino Nama at:

https://www.instagram.com/thinktankdtla