Coffee & Culture with Matthew Chase-Daniel

Arthur Sze was just appointed to his second term as U.S. Poet Laureate. He speaks with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about his new book about translation Transient Worlds, and about blurring the boundaries between writing and reading, making poetry less intimidating, the way translations may change over time, and the joys to be found in language.

Benson, an artist and writer here in Santa Fe chats with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about speaking in public, the hot new thing, the non-commercial art world, translucent ocean waves in the desert, avoiding formulaic work, supporting serious artists in Santa Fe, the invention of photography, writing about art as an artist, good and evil, greed, fear, and The Iroquois Confederacy.

Cross chats with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about her upcoming installation of life-size woodblock prints of New Mexico wildlife in the Santa Fe Railyard Park. They talk about varieties of plywood, wheatpasting, printmaking, Maine, Georgia O’Keeffe, looking up at trees in the night, and  artisanal cheese-making.

Kaela Waldstein moved to Santa Fe eight years ago to follow a dream of making films about artists. With fresh eyes in a new place, she found inspiration, energy, and inspiring challenges. Working largely alone, she has made numerous documentary films about many of the compelling artists working here in Santa Fe. She chats with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about methods, techniques, approaches, and inspirations.

Hudson (Tlingit, Filipino, German, English) chats with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about blues embedded in art practice, growing up with artist parents, pre-capitalist life ways, generosity, harmony, Tlingit formline design, aesthetics, and the differences between the seasonal life of Alaska and that of the Southwest.

Geoffrey Gorman

Gorman chats with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about art galleries in Santa Fe in the 1980s and 90s, and how that world has changed, about sharing knowledge with other artists, about birds and raccoons we have each known, about a shared wonder of and appreciation for the natural world, and about the spirit of old materials, and how he incorporates those materials into artwork.

A bit of an inversion this week. Artist Janice Wall interviews Matthew Chase-Daniel (instead of the other way around). They talk about making art in collaboration with other people, growing up in the unique culture of your own family, the joy of sunlight and ice crystals, and how everyone is interesting.

Weiss chats from his Santa Monica California home with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about Mice on Crack, Beaver Shot, Prometheus, the Garden, and Old News, a daily email he’s been sending out to a growing group of people every day for the past 25 years. Weiss sees his art as a subtractive process rather than additive, something he honed as a photographer, and now brings forth into other artforms.

Yuki Murata chats with Matthew Chase-Daniel about art, feet on the ground, Iceland, Svalbard, Volcanoes, Japan, slip-casting porcelain, carrying canvases through the landscape, the solidity of a square, and control and surrender.

Byrne runs KMRD-LP, a freeform, volunteer-run, commercial-free, and listener-supported Low Power FM community radio station, based in Madrid, NM. Frazar-Smith directs H+H Arts,  a community non-profit art space on Canyon Road in Santa Fe. We talk about both of these things, and why projects like these might be important in our time.

Artist and SFAI resident Joseph Arnoux (Blackfeet/Spokane) and SFAI director Toccarra Thomas join host Matthew Chase-Daniel to discuss the new BMX ramp Arnoux is making and the symbols and designs that reference Blackfeet tipi designs. They also touch on kinnikinnick, childhood, making one’s way as an artist, relationships and traumas that arise in family, and the program and resources offered at SFAI.