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Kip Bradley is a talented landscape oil painter based in Savannah, Georgia. His work beautifully captures the unique charm and serene landscapes of the Lowcountry, drawing inspiration from the region’s rich history, natural beauty, and the interplay of light and atmosphere. In this conversation, we dive into Kip’s artistic journey, his creative process, and what makes the landscapes of Savannah so inspiring.

Kip exhibits artwork re...

Zach Waller is a self-taught photographer based in Savannah, Georgia, who recently relocated from Minnesota in March 2023. Although he works in logistics by day, photography has always been a central passion in his life, one that has experienced a resurgence after a long hiatus since his high school and college years.

Exploring the world through his lens, Zach is drawn to the raw, beauty of everyday life, particularly in street and...

Carrie Christian is an artist living and working in Savannah. Carrie describes her work as narrative collages that investigate her fears, hopes, dreams, motherhood, love, heartbreak, and every other thing we go through as humans. Carrie is currently getting a masters in art therapy from Syracuse University. She loves to karaoke.

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Valerio D’Ospina is an Italian born contemporary artist based in Philadelphia since 2014. He obtained both BA and MFA at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, graduating cum laude. Only 7 days after his graduation in 2009, he was invited to teach at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he taught for 5 years until he moved to Philadelphia and decided to solely focus his career as a full-time artist.

His energetic, ...

Maxx Feist is a self-taught artist based in Savannah, GA, originally from Asheville, NC. Their friends and family were deeply affected by Hurricane Helene. The galleries that showcased Maxx's work are currently closed until further notice. If you have the resources to help support Maxx’s Ashville community, please consider connecting with the entities below.

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José Pablo Barreda, an artist who was born and raised in Juárez, Mexico, later pursued his passion for illustration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Over the past few years, he has transformed repurposed wooden chairs into intricate sculptures. His captivating work is currently on display at the Haen Gallery on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina.

@chairismatico_        www.josepablobarreda.com

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As a designer, artist, and educator, Ben Copperwheat produces wearable art clothing, fine art, interior pieces, and provides creative print textile design and direction to some of the top brands worldwide. Copperwheat has created textile collections and brand direction for Gucci, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Peter Som, Edun, Pret A Surf, Victorinox Swiss Army, Stephen Burrows, 3.1 Phillip Lim, DKNY, and Daryl K, his work is commis...

Mary Hartman is a native of Charleston, WV. She is an artist who currently lives and works in Savannah, GA. Outside of group and solo exhibitions, she works as a commissioned portrait artist.

@maryhartmanstudio                   maryhartman.net

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Stephanie Forbes is and artist who lives and works in Savannah, GA. She has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout California and also the South’s Low-Country. Most recently, Forbes has partnered with Child Enrichment, a child advocacy center in Augusta, Georgia where she has initiated a Survivors Gallery concept in the building’s corporate wing. This gallery will feature artists who have overc...

James Seward is an artist who lives and works in New York. During our conversation, we talked about his most recent solo exhibition at the Hudson River Museum titled “Embrace, Cinematic Moments”. Which wrapped up a couple of weeks before the interview. We also talked about some of his notable accomplishments. Including his experience working for several years as an assistant painter for the internationa...

Seiji Anderson is an Art Director, Designer and Animator who aims to bring together a rich sense of spatial design with cinematic visuals. Leveraging a keen eye for lighting, cinematography and environments, Seiji relishes the opportunities where CGI can meet narrative ideas to elevate a project’s emotional impact. He continues to push the boundaries of his craft by exploring emerging technologies such ...

@massielmafes                 www.massielmafes.com

@Golden_art_fdn            www.goldenfoundation.org

This episode is a recording of my conversation with Massiel Mafes at her studio on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. Massiel, a painter and textile artist originally from Miami, and I were connected by our mutual friend, Regina Jestrow, also an incredible fiber artist from Miami. Both Massiel and Regina are the 2024 studio residen...

@gustavorizerio                www.GustavoRizerio.com

Gustavo Rizerio is a notable tattoo and contemporary artist living and working in New York City. Originally from Brazil, Gustavo has spent his entire life honing his skills and innate abilities as an artist.   Drawn to the power and permanence of an image, Gustavo explores multiple mediums in his work, such as oil and acrylic painting, through everyday objects and other material...

@layobright     https://layobright.com/

@thealdrich      https://thealdrich.org/ 

This is episode 34 and the eleventh conversation in my New York Minutes series. 

Layo Bright is a New York-based sculptor from Lagos, Nigeria. Her work explores migration, legacy, and identity through hybrid portraits, textiles, and mixe...

Episode 033: Carlos Nunez

@c.arlosnunez                 https://www.nunezcarlos.com/

@mimo.mimo.mimo.mimo.mimo.

This is the tenth conversation in my New York Minutes series. Carlos Nunez is a Venezuelan artist who lives and works in New York. His work addresses historical networks of power and their impact on mundanity. He focuses specifically on the relationships between Venezuela and the United States. 

Another component of Carlo...

Episode 032: Amelia Carley

@ameliacarley          ameliacarley.com       

Amelia lives and works in Brooklyn, NY is an artist and also an educator at Pratt Institute. Her paintings and sculptures explore the interpretation of memories and dreams dealing with landscapes and fictitious sites. She has exhibited at such venues as SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (New York, NY), Southampton Art Center (Southampton, NY), Utah Museum of Contemporary...

@ andrew_herzog       andrewherzog.com      schoooool.com

Andrew Herzog is an American interdisciplinary artist and designer. He works medium agnostically on a mixture of ephemeral and indefinite projects that utilize a circular approach to working with the environment, technology, people, and constructed objects. In an effort to establish an accessible language for his work...

@RickMidler  RickMidler.com  

This is the eighth episode in my series titled The New York Minutes. It is a conversation that Rick and I shared in his Ditmas Park studio. He enjoys the process of collecting decorative papers that can be broken down to form collage works on canvas or panels. A sample of his work was recently on view at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Learn more about this show by visiting bwac.org.

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@loganroycebeitmen  loganbeitmen.com

Logan is an art writer and curator who lives and works in Brooklyn. His expertise is in contemporary art, art theory, South Asian art, and comparative aesthetics. This is a conversation that we shared at a picnic table in Brooklyn at Prospect Park. Logan and I met several years ago while he was the Gallery Director at the University of Miami. It was nice to catch up with all of the exciting proj...