art grind

The ARTGRIND continues as Justin Hopkins joins hosts Marshall Jones and Dina Brodsky.  In this episode, Hopkins discusses the importance of intent in one's art, regardless of medium, while delving into the different facets of his career which spans across painting, illustration, design, architecture, music and ultimately film production.

Justin's website: Link
Artist Decoded: Link

Support the Art Grind by purchasing the new video course by producer Tun Myaing: Link

This episode was edited by Eric Monroe

J.P. Roy joins hosts Marshall Jones and Dina Brodsky in this exclusive interview. In this episode the Art Grind delves into Roy's beginnings in Los Angeles, his development as an artist and a person, and his insights on the meaning of art both practically and philosophically. Tune in to hear Roy's perspective on the role of art in our lives and the vocabulary we use to explain ourselves through the art narrative in today's world.

JP on Artsy: Link
JP's IG: Link

*Check out the website to see the images mentioned in the interview about JP’s process.

Artist Catalyst: NFT Bootcamp

Books:
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti

Blindsight by Peter Watts
JP didn’t mention this book but this is a great pairing to the non fiction book on the topic of human consciousness being our demise.

Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer

The Art Grind Podcast presents a special two part discussion with artist Noah Buchanan.  Join us as we meet with Noah and cover a wide range of technique and application specifics, style and form and the background of this accomplished painter.  This episode is a wealth of information and insight. Hear it here, only on the Art Grind!

Noah's website: Link
Noah's IG: Link

Support the Art Grind by purchasing the new video course by producer Tun Myaing: Link

This episode was edited by Eric Monroe

Join Marshall Jones and Dina Brodsky as they host artist Katie Whipple to
discuss her career, her beginnings in Indiana and the development of her unique
style of flower painting.  Only on the ART GRIND.

Katie's website: Link
Katie's IG: Link

Support the Art Grind by purchasing the new video course by producer Tun Myaing: Link

This episode is edited by Eric Monroe

Join hosts Marshal Jones and Dina Brodsky as they delve into the origins of Israel Herschberg, his philosophy on painting, his early sources of inspiration and his purist approach to creating true art.

There was a lively argument between Dina and Israel and we're curious to find out who our audience agrees with. Give us a call at 929-267-4830, email or DM us and let us know what you think.

Israel's website: Link

Support the Art Grind by purchasing the new video course by producer Tun Myaing: Link

Join hosts Marshall Jones and Dina Brodsky as they investigate the origins and methods of artist Lorraine Loots.  ArtGrind explores Loots' painting of miniatures, her working road trip "America for Ants" as well as her ongoing, 20 year long, 1000 painting project "The Lovers' Eyes".

Lorraine's website: Link
Lorraine's IG: Link

Support the Art Grind by purchasing the new video course by producer Tun Myaing: Link

An interview with Nicolás Uribe, where he describes his journey through the art world, and the non-traditional path he’s taking in his career.

Nicolás' website: Link
Nicolás' IG: Link
Nicolás'  YouTube: Link

In this episode Marshall and Sophia interviews the author of The Secret Lives of Colour, Kassia St. Clair who’s insightful and delightful to listen to. Kassia is a writer and cultural historian who creates compelling narrative about topics and subject matter we casually overlook. Prepare yourself for an exploration into the wild world of color and how it effects not only our preconceived notions but our feelings as well.

Kassia's website: kassiastclair.com

Kassia's books:
The Secret Lives of Colour: Link
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History: Link
New book - The Race to the Future: Peking to Paris by Automobile in 1907: Link

An interview with artist and entrepreneur Bryan Mark Taylor, in which he talks about his painting practice, the importance of persistence, and the inspiration behind his latest project, VisionXLive, one of the art world’s largest and most diverse virtual conferences.

Bryan's website: Bryanmarktaylor.com
Bryan's IG: @bryanmarktaylor

Vision X Live: Visionxlive.com
Global Art Conference July 16-18, 2021
Live! with 1,700+ artists

Strada Easel: Stradaeasel.com

This week Marshall and Sophia speak to Anna Park about her imagery, her process, the pressures of being a young artist with early success, and how the pandemic has affected her. With Everything 2D  in the art world being seen through the lens of painting, it's hard to make a drawing that stands on its own. You show'em Anna! She's an incredibly prolific, focused, artist with nothing but time to draw- Add in the forced isolation of the pandemic and could it be a dream come true? Or could it be a one way ticket to madness!  Tune in and join us as we help Anna Park find her sanity with a great conversation about life and process!
*This interview was recorded February 21, 2021

Anna's website: https://www.annaparkart.com/
Anna's IG: https://www.instagram.com/annaparkart/

Anna has a drawing in a group show called "The Interior" at  Venus Over Manhattan
July 1 - 31, 2021
Address: 120 East 65th street, New York, NY, 10065

Announcement:
Tun Myaing (Producer of Art Grind Podcast) and past guest Rafael Hoekstra, PhD are teaming up to create a personalized program to create amazing courses for artists. If you ever wanted to create an amazing online course but don't know where to start, Tun and Rafael will help you create it from ideation to creation in 4 simple steps!

Go to Artist Catalyst to sign up a free 15 min consultation: http://artistcatalyst.com/cc/
Join us July 18th at Vision X Live to see how to market your video course: Link

In this episode, Marshall and Dina interview Miriam Escofet in the middle of the second London lockdown. She shares her memories of a childhood in a family of artists, the journey that took her to painting, and dives in-depth into the experiences that turned her into the artist she is at present.

Miriam’s website: https://miriamescofet.com/
Miriam’s IG:  @miriam.escofet.artist

Call to action: Save a baby by submitting an artwork of a bird.

Here’s how you can participate:  
1. Create your own bird artwork in any medium and post it on IG⁠⠀
2. Tag #BirdsForSofiaNFT in the caption to include an image of your art in the NFT
3. Include these instructions so that more artists can join the movement! #novartis
*Check the episode website for more information

This week Marshall and Sophia speak with writer and art critic Ken Johnson about a life full of looking at art. We covered a ton of interesting topics including the humor in art, the brain as the epic anticipator, consciousness, psychedelics, and of course writing art criticism for the New York Times. Stay tuned to the end for a little mini art critique reaction to some funny paintings we showed Ken.

Ken's IG: Link
Ken's Tumblr: Link
Ken's Ball & Cone paperback: Link

Ken's interview as an art critic: Link
Recent New York Times articles by Ken: Link

* NOTE: Since the images are not showing up on Apple Podcast , I've added them to the Episode Web Page: Link  Go there to check out the images mentioned near the end.

In this episode, we sit down with the incredible portrait painter Sean Cheetham to talk about his time in the art work, the beginnings of his creative career, as well as knife making, calligraphy, and some of his other interests

Sean's website: Link
Sean's IG: Link

This week, Sophia and Dina speak to Chicago based artist, educator, and musician Tim Lowly. He works in egg tempera and acrylic paint. We spoke to him about growing up in South Korea,  his daughter Temma, his artistic ideologies, spirituality, and even got some great art career advice. Let's reflect on something meaningful with Tim Lowly!

​Tim's Art: Link  

​Tim's Music: Link

​Tim's Current Exhibition with Hofheimer: Link

​Tim's Gallery: Link

In this episode producer Tun Myaing and host Dina Brodsky interview Rafael Hoekstra about what NFT art is all about. Rafael holds a PHD in nanotechnology, and was an early convert to the world of cryptocurrency. He's hitchhiked around the world, writing poems and singing songs to strangers on many continents.

Rafael created a meta NFT of this episode. If you're interested you can bid for it here 
He also made a helpful guide to NFT art for artists you can download here

We did not get a chance to cover where your images go when you mint your digital art into a NFT in detail but my friend sent me an article after the interview which you might find insightful, if not alarming. You can find the article here

SHOW NOTES:
00:40 - How Dina met Rafael
01:17 - Romcom
01:40 - Udaipur
06:50 - Rafael’s plunge into crypto currencies
08:50 - Digital currencies - WTF are they?
10:40 - What does all of this have to do with Art?
11:40 - Who created Ethereum
13:50 - CryptoKitties
14:24 - CryptoPunks (*Producer Tun mentioned that they were brothers but that's incorrect.)
17:50 - What is NFT art?
19:20 - NFT art and copyright laws. Are there any?
21:00 - Beeple and his $69 million NFT art sale
22:20 - Tulip Mania bubble
25:00 - American Gods - Technical Boy
26:20 - Beeple’s Everydays: the First 5000 Days
32:00 - Can you capture a memory as a Virtual Reality?
33:20 - How to Make and Sell an NFT
36:20 - Metakovan - who’s behind Beeple’s $69 million NFT art?
40:00 - What is DiFi
41:10 - What is Yield Farming
44:30 - How much does it cost to Mint a NFT?
45:30 - Market places for NFT art
48:10 - Bitcoin’s Impact on the Environment
49:20 - Gas costs
52:20 - Rafael will guide you through the process

 In this episode Alyssa Monks talks about the twin acts of creation and destruction, maintaining her curiosity, and what keeps her studio practice vital and alive.

Alyssa’s work is represented by Forum Gallery in New York City. She lives and paints in Brooklyn. Her latest solo exhibition “Breaking Point” was in October of 2018 at Forum Gallery. Her next solo show is slated for Fall of 2021.

Alyssa Monk's Website
Alyssa Monk's Instagram

In this episode of Art Grind, hosts Dina Brodsky, Marshall Jones, and producer Tun Myaing interview writer and entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis in New York City. Best known for coining the term “FOMO” (Fear Of Missing Out), McGinnis seems like an unusual guest: what could someone from the world of finance speak about on an art podcast? As an art collector, writer, and brother of a musician, it turns out that McGinnis has a lot to talk about. McGinnis not only shares pragmatic advice useful for any creative, but is a bold storyteller who respects art and culture. From travelling in South America to renegade drawing exhibitions to Harvard Business School, this episode proves, and McGinnis would insist, that there’s no room for FOMO in a creative life.

Show Notes 

0:33: Podcast introduction with post-quarantine update

10:39: What Patrick learned during Covid-19, inspired by Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

15:00: Podcast begins

15:53: How Patrick coined “FOMO” 

19:42: Patrick’s background

33:42: How Patrick almost got killed in Colombia 

55:30: Re-creating yourself to create your own system

1:01:00: Artist versus brand

1:10:10: The Drawing Room 

1:17:57: “Go sit in Washington Square Park”

1:21:30: The challenge of time

1:24:42: “FOBO:” Fear of a Better Option 

1:32:40: How Patrick views creative industries

1:35:22: Freelancing versus owning your art and Art Thinking by Amy Whitaker 

1:39:06: Mike McGinnis 

1:40:40: Indistractible: How to Control Your Attention & Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal

1:41:25: Nas Daily

1:51:30: Art’s role in Patrick’s life

1:57:02: End credits

Learn more about Patrick McGinnis by visiting his website: https://patrickmcginnis.com/

Follow Patrick on Instagram: @patrickjmcginnis
Follow Patrick on Twitter: @pjmcginnis

Listen to Patrick’s podcast, FOMO Sapiens, here: https://fomosapiens.com/ 

In this episode of Art Grind, hosts Dina Brodsky, Marshall Jones and producer Tun Myaing reunite for the first time since March, and talk about art and life in quarantine.

It Calls Me by Hazmat Modine, courtesy of Wade Schuman

Give us a call on our Art Grind Podcast hotline and tell us what's on your mind!
929-267-4830

In this episode of Art Grind, hosts Dina Brodsky, Marshall Jones, and Tun Myaing road trip to interview artists Alex Kanevsky and Hollis Heichemer in New Hampshire. With the faint sound of crickets setting the stage, Alex and Hollis speak about their different paths to becoming artists and how thought, experience, memory, and painting converge—usually as the same thing. Though Alex paints more representationally and views painting more as investigation, whereas Hollis paints more abstractly and views painting more as insight, they share their “curate[d] life” in agreement that “painting never ends.” Tune in not just for Art Grind’s first episode interviewing two artists simultaneously, but also for an episode which proves as frank as it is profound.

Show Notes:

1:15  A word from our sponsor: New York Academy of Art -  Peter Drake (Provost) & John Volk (Director of Continuing Studies) 

13:14: Show begins

16:20 : Hollis’ background

19:00: Alex’s background

35:20: How Alex & Hollis function as an artist couple

38:05: What motivates Hollis to paint

45:30: What motivates Alex to paint

52:30: Alex on artist statements

1:02:30: A typical day in the studio

1:09:00: How Hollis’ paintings become her own

1:10:50: How the outside world influences Alex & Hollis

1:16:05-1:16:15: Break

1:16:20: Alex on deconstruction in his work

1:24:50: Hollis on what makes a good painting

1:26:50: Hollis on J.M.W. Turner & Mark Rothko

1:31:10: Alex on models as studio company

1:35:45: Alex’s satisfaction with his work

1:36:34: Hollis’ satisfaction with her work

1:39:55: Hollis’ advice to young artists

1:43:10: Alex on William Carlos Williams

1:45:55: Alex & Hollis on the Charles DeMuth Museum

1:49:00: Dina on The Waking by Theodore Roethke

1:55:12: End credits


Learn more about Alex Kanevsky by visiting his Website or by following him on Instagram

Learn more about Hollis Heichemer by visiting her Website or by following her on Instagram


Alex Kanevsky’s Recent/Upcoming Exhibitions:

Scrambling for Grace,
The Dolby Chadwick Gallery
October 1st-31st, 2020

Hollis Heichemer’s Recent/Upcoming Exhibitions:

Happenstance, 
Hollis Taggart
 April 4th-May 4th, 2019

Lonely Man by Hazmat Modine, courtesy Wade Schuman

Give us a call on our Art Grind Podcast hotline and tell us what's on your mind!
929-267-4830

What’s the difference between an artist, an engineer, an architect, and a contractor? For Nicolas Holiber, there isn’t one! Nicolas is a compelling sculptor and painter whose practice blurs the lines between the two using mediums such as acrylic paste, tar, oil paint, plaster, reclaimed wood, hardware, and even beeswax. He not only plays with the technicality of surface, but the idea of surface itself. His love for materiality and experimentation focuses on merging his tactile interests with content and narrative packed full of thought provoking ephemerality. Listen in, and let Nic's tranquil composure give you an idea of who “The Bird Guy” really is.

"Art is the only thing that makes me feel unstable; but it’s also the only thing that really makes me feel like I have a purpose; that gives me that sense of life.” -Nicolas Holiber

Show Notes:
1:30 - Artist to look out for: Matthew Monahan, Mark Rothko, Marisol Escobar, David Altmejd, Thomas Houseago, Huma Bhabha
16:23 - Painting is an artifice
20:55 - Nicolas’ work
24:30 - Birds on Broadway
29:27 - Difference between an artist, an architect and a contractor.
40:27 - Hooded Merganser
43:45 - Quality
51:49 - Double crested Cormorant
53:30 - New York City Audubon
58:50 - Alice Waters interview

1:04:06 - BREAK

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1:10:00 - Painting from a sculptor’s point of view
1:24:45 - Failing to win
1:28:29 - Henry Darger
1:32:50 - Paralegal to artist
1:51:44 - Huma Bhabha 
1:53:03 - Thomas Houseago
1:54:03 - Glitter and Doom exhibition

Bonus Questions
1:55:43 - Is Ultramarineblue cool or warm?
1:57:27 - What makes a great painting?
2:04:45 - Messages from our listeners

Nicola's Current/Upcoming shows:
“Keep for Old Memoirs” at Young Space. Curated by Kate Mothes (founder Young Space) and Celine Mo (VICTORI+MO Gallery).
21 May - 7 June, 2020

“Drawn Together” at Unit London. 4 June - 12 July, 2020