Memory Chips Anne Weshinskey

Send us a Text Message.Patricia Arnao is a multimedia visual artist who was one of the first artists -in-residence at our art space in Turkey. Then I started a new one and I invited her to be first because she's Number 1!!!Pat showed up in West Virginia fresh off her most recent trip to Sicily, where she was taking care of legal business as part of her Italian citizenship application. Over our Happy Hour Aperol Spritzes, we dove into why Americans are obsessed with Italy, Italian...

Send us a Text Message.Sibel Horada is an artist from Turkey. She is also my friend. A friend who calls me from the supermarket in Ankara (Turkey) to show me what kinds of chips they have!Sibel has been making sculptures from found styrofoam that has washed ashore on Turkey's beaches. In a nod to the Chips, she bought some Puffed Rice cakes because they are like styrofoam! And then we talked about the elements, her work, Turkey, and bad graphic design. Like the d...

Send us a Text Message.In the absence of live Polish friends available for "Chip Talk"--I instead reveal my ignorance about my relative, the esteemed and honorable Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski.The only thing I knew about the Cardinal before researching for this episode is that heis the spitting image of my Grandfather, Floyd Weshinskey, and my nephew (who is named after Floyd!)Niech Żyje Polska! with traditional Flavors:*Lay's Golonka (Ham Hock) and Spicy Horseradish*WieskjieZiemniaczki (County ...

Send us a Text Message.In 1989 my husband, Árni Gu∂mundsson , accidentally burnt down the sculpture department of the Swedish Royal Academy of Art .** He recounts the trauma of that experience on the occasion of our anniversary.Our last anniversary episode involved trigger warnings, and so does this one: there is mention of police violence, sexual assault, and, or course, fire.Lagom is the Swedish idea/lifestyle of "just so". All Bags from Sweden:OLW Jalepeno YoghurtOL...

Send us a Text Message.Why did I think it was a good idea to collect potato chip bags? I asked ethnologist, Charlotte Hagström about that, and she told me that it is a normal impulse . . . if I were a child . . . or an artist :)As a Senior Professor at Lund University in Sweden, Charlotte has done research on Swedish Fredagsmys (Friday Coziness), bicycles and their riders, female railway conductors, and collectors and collecting!She is currently a research coordinator at the...

Send us a Text Message.Quilling is the ancient art of paper rolling. Quilling Mistress and painter, Josie Jenkins,, tells me I have it ALL WRONG when trying to 'quill' two bags from my Chinese collection:Kimchi and Lay's Kyushu SeaweedJosie's Quilling site: https://josiejenkinsquilling.wordpress.com/about-josie/Josie's Painting and Project site: http://www.josiejenkins.co.ukWe met as resident artists at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, Fujian Province, PRC.&nb...