Foreground/Background with Noah Scalin Noah Scalin

Sonya Clark is a Winifred L. Arms Professor of Art and Humanities at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Her work has been exhibited in over 450 museums and galleries across the globe and she is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies. And you may have seen her work featured in the New York Times, Sculpture, Art in America, Time Magazine, Los Angeles Times and many many others.



In this hour long conversation we discuss:


Navigating the complexity of humanity in the art world and its relation to marginalized communities.  


Embracing different styles and methods in learning and teaching art.


And so much more!





Sonya’s site: sonyaclark.com

Sonya’s IG: sysclark

Noah on Patreon: patreon.com/noahscalin

Music by Jantrax

Noah-O is an innovative rapper and entrepreneur that has been a staple on the Virginia Hip Hop scene since his debut project Monument Avenue in 2014. He founded the Charged Up Entertainment record label and recently launched a flagship store in Richmond, Virginia. He’s made appearances on Sway in The Morning and Hot 97 and was named one of Style Weekly's Top 40 Under 40. His latest release is the deeply personal album TRILLipino, which captures his experiences as a Filipino American growing up in San Francisco & Richmond, VA.

In this hour long conversation we discuss


Dissolving self-pressure to allow for creative experimentation
Translating storytelling and poetry skills into a creative career
And so much more!

Noah-O’s site: noah-o.com

Noah-O’s IG: @chargedupnoaho

TRILLipino: Link to Album

TRILLipino is Noah-O's most personal project to date. Original conceptualizing this album began in 2016. Noah wanted to create a body of work that would capture his experiences as a Filipino American growing up in San Francisco, CA & also Richmond, VA. Through having a desire to tell his own story he began to realize that the album to not only tells his family's story but also touches on the collective experience of the Filipino diaspora. Musically TRILLipino is a project that combines Noah's diverse influences From Bay Area Rap, Boom Bap to Lo Fi & Southern Hip Hop. Searching hi & lo to find a producer who could pull this together Noah met Suttahomz. A Brooklyn native who now resides in VA. Suttahomz is a seasoned veteran formerly of Roc Nation with production credits from Amerie to 2 Chainz. Through years of hard work, becoming friends and finding a cohesive sound, we now present "TRILLipino."

Noah on Patreon: patreon.com/noahscalin

Music by Jantrax

Jonathan is known for writing a Song-A-Day, which he has done every day since January 1st of 2009 - which means he is rapidly nearing 5,000 original songs. His songs have gone viral, gained him worldwide recognition and are now even available as NFTs. 

In this hour long conversation, we discuss the benefits of daily creative projects, what NFTs can offer artists, and so much more!

Jonathan Mann’s site: jonathanmann.net

Jonathan Mann’s IG: @jonathanmann

Additional Links:

Fun-A-Day

As It Happens: Song A Day 

Noah on Patreon: patreon.com/noahscalin

Music by Jantrax

Jennifer is the Pulitzer prize winning author of the novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, she also wrote Manhattan Beach, which won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and many other multi-award winning books. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Granta, McSweeney's, and The New York Times Magazine. And her new book The Candy House, a sibling novel to A Visit from the Goon Squad, came out from Scribner on April 5, 2022.

In this hour long conversation we discuss: pursuing a career in writing, the process of publishing novels, and so much more!

Jennifer Egan’s site: jennifergan.com

Jennifer Egan’s IG: @jennifereganwriter

Noah on Patreon: patreon.com/noahscalin

Music by Jantrax

Hamilton, AKA Ham, is a Richmond, Virginia based artist with a background in architecture and design. Ham is a prolific painter and muralist, who is well known for using his art as a tool for inspiration and healing in the community. In 2020, Ham founded the influential large-scale public art project: Mending Walls which was created to bring about healing through public art while adding to the conversation of Black Lives Matter.

In this hour long conversation we discuss:


The power of public art
Shifting career paths
And so much more!

Hamilton Glass’ site: whosham.com

Hamilton Glass’ IG: @hamglass

Noah on Patreon: patreon.com/noahscalin

Music by Jantrax

Kate is a literary agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency in Brooklyn, NY. She is also an adjunct professor at New York University. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, Catapult, Racked, Popula, and in SCRATCH: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living. She writes the fantastic substack newsletter Agents & Books about, you guessed it, literary agents and books.

In this hour long conversation we discuss:


What exactly a book publishing agent does (and why you might need one)
As well as the reality of what it means to get a book published.
And so much more!

Kate McKean’s site: morhaimliterary.com

Kate McKean’s substack: katemckean.substack.com

Kate McKean’s IG: @kate_mckean

Noah on Patreon: patreon.com/noahscalin

Music by Jantrax