Kimmy Not Kim Podcast
Join Kimmy Noonen (visual artist, mother, external processor) as she chats and laughs with creative people about life, art, and all those thoughts that get trapped inside our minds. Come on in and pull up a chair for comfortable conversations about ideas that are entirely too big. Welcome to the studio!
Episodes
Studio visits are a common practice for visual artists everywhere. But what exactly is a studio visit, why do we do them, and most importantly, is it possible to answer these questions and HAVE a studio visit at the same time? Chicago based artists Cay Mims joins me for a meta conversation about a habit artists often overlook... and we pretty much solve all the world's problems in the process.
Today we get to talk with Cleveland based teaching artist Amie Sell (she/ they) about relocating to a new city, being a full-time artist, and the wonders of ceramics. You can learn more about Amie's work at their website amiesell.com and follow on IG @amiesell_sculpture. Amie also sells handcrafted ceramic Neti Pots as B. Swell Ceramics and you can see their solo show Ecological Vessels at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens openei...
Today we're joined by visual artist Cathleen Cramer (she/her). Working with found materials, wood, and photographs of sacred spaces, Cathleen takes us into her process for creating and her love of the Midwestern region of the US. You can learn more about her work at cathleencramer.com and follow her on IG @cmcramer.art
Additional resources from our convo: Robin Wall Kimmerer
How to Speak Midwestern by Edward McClelland
Bon IverTo lea...
On today's episode we get to talk to artist sisters Annie Fahrenbach and Mary Kate Fahrenbach Venturini about their larger than life collaboration painting. We talked live in the gallery during the group show No Ordinary Light at Dank Haus German Cultural Center in Chicago. To learn more about Annie's work, visit anniefahrenbach.com and Mary Kate's work, visit mkfventurini.com and follow her on Instagram @mk.f.venturini
Thanks for coming to this corner of the online universe! Curious what Kimmy Not Kim Podcast is all about, in a one minute kinda way? Well here's your answer. So glad you're here!
In this special episode, Kimmy becomes the guest, talking with Stephanie Graham host of Nosey AF podcast, live on the Chicago's Lumpen Radio 105.5FM. So fun! We touch on developing a podcast, parenting as an artist, rethinking strategies that don't serve us, and other good hang vibes.
Check out Nosey AF Podcast at noseyaf.com on IG @noseyafpod and wherever you get your podcasts. For Chicago locals, tune into Lumpen Radio for...
Continuing with our gallery recording series, today we get to talk with studio artists and creativity coach Deirdre Colgan Jones about her narrative quilt titled Deirdre in Tír na nÓg. Part of the group show No Ordinary Light, hosted by Chicago’s Dank Haus German Cultural Center in the spring of 2025, Deirdre talks about storytelling through myth, the lush history and future of her home country Ireland, and the power of personal re...
Today we’re talking live in the gallery (again) with Chicago artist, designer, woodworker extraordinaire, Victoria Pater. We take a long look at her larger-than-life sculpture titled Shadow Work and talk about the journeys through therapy into the work we make. You can learn more about Victoria’s work at her website formandfunk.studio and on IG@formandfunk.studio.
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Today we sit down with artist and curator Jill Nahrstedt for a conversation at Dank Haus German Cultural Center in Chicago to talk about No Ordinary Light, a group show she co-curated which includes her piece Cactus Heart: Part of Being Human. We dig deep into the ideas of control, chaos and choice behind her work.
You can learn more about Jill’s work at her website jillnahrstedt.com and on IG @jillnahrstedt
Resources mentioned i...
For the next several episodes we'll be leaving the studio and heading into the public art sphere, aka the gallery! I sit down with my fellow artists in the group show No Ordinary Light at Dank Haus German Cultural Center in Chicago, to highlight their work and their lives.
Today we'll be chatting with ceramicist and interdisciplinary artist Tulika Ladsaryia about her piece Caged Breath. Visit her website and follow her on I...
Welcome to the kickoff convo of Season Three here at Kimmy Not Kim Podcast! Your host, Kimmy Noonen, modifies a recent Career Day presentation she gave at her child's school about the perks and perils of being a professional artist, what art is, and why art matters. This episode is for everyone, welcome to the studio!
Resources Mentioned:
Turned On: A Creative’s Guide to Awakening Presence, Pleasure, and Possibility by Brie Sto...
On this final episode of Season 2, we're joined in the studio by my first born child, Charlie. Middle-schooler extraordinaire, YouTuber, and aspiring film maker, they are one of my favorite people on planet earth. Take a listen to understand why!
Subscribe to Charlie's YouTube Channel: Charlie-the-Therian-Cat
Also mentioned: Queer Chameleon YouTube Channel
To learn more about your host, visual artist Kimmy Noonen, visit kimmynotk...
Today we're joined in the studio by Penny Pinch, Chicago-based street artist best known for his character Pinch, drawn in animal costumes ready to chat with the city through thought-provoking dad jokes and a commitment to found materials. Such a great conversation full of laughter, inspiration and wisdom!
To learn more about Penny Pinch, visit his website at pennypinchchicago.com or IG @_pennypinch_
Everyone's favorite sub-series is back! In The Story of Us, my husband Nate joins me in the studio to look back at what we've learned during our years together. This week we talk about SEX! Don't worry, it's not as explicit as it might sound, but it is honest. We talk about recovering from purity culture, celebrating our bodies, healing from trauma, trying to give our children healthy relationships to sex, and more. It's a GREAT co...
Kicking off a new weekly sub-series called Studio Thoughts where I (your host, visual artist Kimmy Noonen) invite you into real time thoughts about my life and practice. This week I share my current pile of partially read books and explore a through-line that runs through them all. Check out my work at kimmynotkim.com and follow the process on Instagram @kimmynotkim. Welcome to the studio!
Books:
Today's conversation with visual artist Lisa Walcott takes us on the show's second road trip to Holland, Michigan! Her sculpture practice grapples with the perils of daily life by using domestic objects, monotony, humor and kinetic movement. You can learn more about Lisa's work by visiting her website lisawalcott.com and on IG @lisawalcott
You can learn more about the work of you host, Kimmy Noonen, at kimmynotkim....
Today we're joined by Theresa Mathew, former High School English teacher of 16 years and founder of the Bookstagram account @ChaiCityBookWorm (on Instagram), dedicated to sharing inclusive and diverse literature for all ages. She shares about the power of representation in children's books, how to help your kids find books they'll love, offers a ton of great recs and much more. You can purchase the books she recommends ...
Have you ever wondered what it's like to build a life around the art of music? Today we're joined by two Chicago-based musicians (and my good friends), bassist, guitarist, composer and educator James Ross and indie-folk, singer-songwriter Joshua Crozier who are doing just that. The encouragment, honesty and wisdom in this conversation can be applied to so many things in life.
To learn more about the work of James Ross...
Welcome to Kimmy Not Kim Podcast's first ever live recording in the front of an audience! Cay Mims from humbleDiety facilitates a artist talk with Jill Nahrstedt, Victoria Pater and myself, Kimmy Noonen about our group show You Are Invited hosted at Dank Haus German American Cultural Center in Chicago, IL. We talk about our work, being artist mothers, and how we live as whole creative people.
You Are Invited Artists:
Today is our third and final conversation on the road in Ames, Iowa with painter Alicia Wilkinson! Alicia is an abstract painter and arts ministry leader at Harvest Vineyard Church in Ames. We dig into our messy questions, honest stories, and long-formed hopes for a church that can offer true restoration for all people with art as a primary healing tool. To learn more about Alicia visit her website www.aliciawilkinson.com and on In...
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