Episode 11: Teresa Cox

Teresa Cox is an abstract painter of images influenced by nature who uses strong color and shapes to create a sense of movement through space. I met with Teresa in her studio in Eagan, Minnesota on a beautiful  summer day to talk about a sense of place, the experience of spaces, the influence of music and  landscape still-lifes (huh?). This episode is brought to you by Reverie Cafe and Bar, Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 10: Nan Jahnke

Nan Jahnke has been taking art classes for many years and recently has begun to sell her work and identify as an artist. She came over to my studio and talked about her work, what it means to identify as an artist and the value of engaging in the arts.  This episode is sponsored by Your Enchanted Florist, Reverie Cafe and Bar, and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 9: Jack Becker

Jack Becker is a founder and long-time executive director of Forecast Public Art. He recently has gone through a rearrangement of his role at Forecast, so we sat down in his former office to talk all things public art, the beginnings of Forecast and the art of wooing. This episode is sponsored by Your Enchanted Florist, Reverie Cafe and Bar and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 8: Justin Terlecki

Justin Terlecki is a Saint Paul artist who paints acrylic and oil paintings about his experiences, nostalgia, and the uncertain. We met at his live-in work space in Lowertown Saint Paul and talked about expressing the non-verbal, the influence of a local childhood museum, and allowing the observer to fill-in details to the painted narrative. This episode is sponsored by Reverie Cafe and Bar, Your Enchanted Florist, and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 7: Ellie Kingsbury

Ellie Kingsbury is a photographer whose recent work is focused on vegetables past their prime and middle aged nudes. We spent an hour talking in my studio about the allure of youth, body issues of the middle aged and how tall you have to be to be a good photographer. This episode is sponsored by Reverie Cafe and Bar, Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 6: Jessie McNally

Jessie McNally is a sculpture/mixed media/tattoo artist who takes found objects and creates pieces exploring spirituality and death. She sat down at her University Avenue studio and talked about bodies as a vessel, the role of her mother's death in her art, and the difference between fine art and tattoos.  This episode is sponsored by Reverie Cafe and Bar, Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 5: Chris Faust

Chris Faust is a photographer of landscapes with an eye for spaces in transition. I sat down with him in his studio in Lowertown, Saint Paul to discuss the messiness of transition, people's distrust of photographers, and what makes a good landscape. This episode is sponsored by Reverie Cafe and Bar, Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

 

 

 

Episode 4: Rogue Citizen

Rogue Citizen is a small collective of artists with backgrounds in printmaking, design, graffiti, illustration and ruckus-making, founded 2009 in Minneapolis. All five members work on the same artwork at the same time or work on individual projects under the Rogue Citizen banner. I sat down with three members of Rogue Citizen and talked about communal art creation, non-political political art, the role of technology, and the future of the world.

This episode is brought to you by Reverie Cafe and Bar, Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 3: Amanda Lovelee

Amanda Lovelee is a public artist and part-time City artist with the City of Saint Paul.  We sat down during lunch to discuss play, love, joy and city planning.This podcast is sponsored by Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 2: Erin Sayer

Erin Sayer is a muralist and public artist. She has done just about everything in the arts, from curating shows to running galleries, to painting the giant mural of Bob Dylan in downtown Minneapolis. Mark and Erin talk about the hard work of being an artist, the death of David Bowie and thinking big. This episode is sponsored by Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Episode 1: Jan Elftmann

Jan Elftmann is known as the Art Car Lady, but she wears many more hats, makes her own personal artwork and is an archivist. Mark and Jan talk about collecting material, Art Cars, Bare Bones, Ice Shanties and her latest project of creating a mini mobile museum of Minnesota diners. This episode is sponsored by Your Enchanted Florist and Jack-in-the-Pulpit Studio.

Season 1 Begins May 12, 2016!

Long format (45 minutes or more) conversations with local Twin Cities artists.

Ellie Kingsbury - Photographer
Justin Terlecki - Painter
Rogue Citizen - Art Gang
Jan Elftmann - Artist/Arts Organizer/Art Curator
Erin Sayer - Artist/Muralist
Amanda Lovelee - Public Artist
Chris Faust - Photographer
...and more!