Ep. 090 Joy Redstone – Assemblage, Director of Naropa Community Counseling
Wes and Todd talk with Artist and Director of Naropa Community Counseling, Joy Redstone. Joy talks about Naropa, her journey as a mental health professional, her love of helping people, how art has helped her heal and process trauma, her assemblage art, art therapy, titration, meditation, affirmations, resilience, suicide and suicide intervention, persistence, homelessness, selling art, and saying yes.
Ep. 078 Joey Kerlin – Radius Studios, Collage
Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Joey Kerlin about the catalyst that set him on his path in art, getting his BFA in Ceramics and a second degree in Philosophy, being a full-time Artist, teaching in De Beque and Parachute, Colorado, becoming homeless, art as therapy, pie, Shepard Fairey, the Toaster Crew, art as connection, philosophy and art, collage at the forefront of contemporary art, art appropriation, Olivia Gude, process, Sol Lewitt, the Toaster Crew, pricing, and leaves us with a quote from Oscar Wilde…
Ep. 044 Kat Nechleba - Artist, Art Therapist & Psychotherapist
Wes and Todd talk with Artist, Art Therapist and Psychotherapist, Kat Nechleba. Nechleba talks about growing up a military brat, attending art school at the Kansas City Art Institute, Art Therapy, Carl Jung, Psychotherapy, found object art, her various art series, Ruche Mére, the book she wrote entitled, This World is Strange & I Blame it on You, being kind to others and how to navigate the waters during these weird and difficult times.
Ep. 026 Dan Drossman - Graffiti, Cartooning, & Abstraction Merge
This week, Wes and Todd visit with Denver artist, Dan Drossman. They talk about art as therapy and meditation, staying true to your vision as an artist, promotion and social media, process and staying creative during the pandemic. Searching for a visual language that teeters the line between figurative and abstraction, intellect and emotion, construction and deconstruction.