Chickens and Bees and Donkeys! Oh My!
Art Activist, Matt Willey, joins Pam in welcoming Dana DiPrima, aka Farm Girl, to Season Two of The Good of The Hive Podcast.
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Chickens and Bees and Donkeys! Oh My!
Matt welcomes our second season's first guest Dana DiPrima, aka Farm Girl. She talks about being a city girl , accidentally turned into a farm girl, and how chickens are a gate-way drug to becoming a farmer. Her blog, podcasts, and you tube channel are quite popular as she searches for "100 Ways In" to connect everyone to a farmer. An activist in her own right, she and Matt discover the commonalities they share in their respective missions.
Support the showGratitude, Reflections, and Star Bathing
Matt discusses how the bee belongs to us all and how art can blend one's identity, rather than having to be on one side or the other. Instead of defining "good", let it be the question. What is good?
Support the showSeason Two Begins
Matt takes a quick look back on Season One, and despite the pandemic, there was so much to be grateful for, and much was accomplished. 2021 has even more in store as we begin Season Two. Filming a documentary series is in the works, and takes plans to another level!
Support the showA new mural in progress!
Matt reflects on the road that led to his current mural on the wall at The Hands On Children's Museum in Hendersonville, N.C. and how these painted pollinators cascade into the bigger questions surrounding Planetary Health.
Support the showLooking Outward
Matt brings on special guest, Maddie, a student leader at Piper's Corner , a girl's school in England, to share the story of how his latest mural came to bee. The conversation also highlights the ever increasing awareness around controversial topics and the shifts in attitudes among different generations.
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en-usOctober 20, 2020
Anxiety, Energy Shifts, and Magic
Matt is well into painting some giant bees on the mural at Piper's Corner, an independent day school for girls ages 4 - 18, located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Cultural differences and British charm abound as Matt faces challenging weather and interacts with the kindergarten students.
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en-usOctober 09, 2020
Live from the United Kingdom...
Matt continues the discussion from the previous podcast (number 8) as he paints on a wall at an all girls school called Pipers Corner , just outside of London, England.
Support the showGetting Brave
Matt talks about confronting some long held beliefs and what happens when you deconstruct them, especially in the life of an art activist.
Support the showMaking it as an Artist in a Digital World
Matt talks with Pam about artists and entrepreneurs. In today's art world, you can't be one without the other. He also reads an inspiring excerpt from a book written in 1911, by the famous Russian Painter, Wassily Kandinsky, The Spiritual in Art.
Support the showThe Early Days of The Good of The Hive
Matt talks about his leap of faith in bridging the art world of his 20 year career with a totally new mission of Art Activism in the world of conservation, and The Good of The Hive in those early days.
Support the showAfter LaBelle - Where to From Here
Follow Matt as he begins to turn his dream of painting 50,000 bees into a reality.
Starting out with a failed Kick Starter, it seemed the idea was doomed, but Matt set his intention with such determination, that when he was unsuspectedly thrown in front of a rural city council they gave him unanimous consent. One thing rapidly led to another and before too long, he was commissioned to paint a mural on the 180 foot wall of Burt's Bees corporate headquarters in Durham N.C. The dream was finally becoming a reality.
The first Bee Mural in La Belle, FL
Matt begins his journey to paint 50,000 bees with the first bee mural in La Belle, FL. It's not often one recognizes a pivotal point in one's life as it is happening. Matt did, and the bee on a stranger's shoulder led the way. We also want to give a special shout out for the intro music "Sunrise of Forever" by Layne Redmond, from her album Hymns from the Hive.
Support the showMatt Meets the Bee
Art Activist Matt Willey talks about the pivotal moment when his art became something more than his commercial practice of painting murals for private clients for nearly 20 years.
A small bee will be one of 50000 painted world wide. This is the real beginning of his story.
The Good of the Hive - pilot podcast
Art Activist and Founder of The Good of the Hive, Matt Willey, talks about the mission of his organization, the journey to paint 50,000 bees on murals and installations world wide, and what it means to be an Art Activist in these changing times
Support the showMatt Willey, Art Director New York Times Magazine, with Vince Frost
Design Your Life podcast Episode 013 with Vince Frost in conversation with graphic design icon, Matt Willey.
In 2014 Matt was named 'Designer of the Year' by Creative Review, and was elected as a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2015. After many roles working as a graphic designer across a number of international magazines, at times alongside Vince Frost, he has gone from founding his own graphic agency, Studio 8 in London, to now where he has spent the last five years in New York as the current Art Director for the New York Times.
In this episode, Matt shares how he essentially “fell-in” to his career as a designer, his wellness tactic of “feeling uncomfortable” to get out of his introverted shell, and the major turning point of his life after being clinically diagnosed as deaf at a young age, and how not being able to hear enough actually helped him hear more.
Stay tuned for Episode 014 featuring Design Director for Condé Nast’s flagship title, Vanity Fair, Chris Dixon.
Matt Willey
frostcollective.com.au
In 2014 Matt was named 'Designer of the Year' by Creative Review, and was elected as a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2015. After many roles working as a graphic designer across a number of international magazines, at times alongside Vince Frost, he has gone from founding his own graphic agency, Studio 8 in London, to now where he has spent the last five years in New York as the current Art Director for the New York Times.
In this episode, Matt shares how he essentially “fell-in” to his career as a designer, his wellness tactic of “feeling uncomfortable” to get out of his introverted shell, and the major turning point of his life after being clinically diagnosed as deaf at a young age, and how not being able to hear enough actually helped him hear more.
Stay tuned for Episode 014 featuring Design Director for Condé Nast’s flagship title, Vanity Fair, Chris Dixon.
Matt Willey
frostcollective.com.au
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