37 episodes
Art Seeker Stories Emma Hill
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Emma Hill: an artist voyage of discovery, documenting memory, finding truth, and expressing the hope of the journey. Here on this podcast, I’m seeking stories of art, sharing creativity, inspiration and hope, of cultural differences and diversity, welcoming inclusivity within art. In the millennium I travelled worldwide, 20 years on I'm re-visiting my journal: Art Culture Vulture, Travels of an Art Seeker. Art at the heart of everything become a universal language, communicating cultural diversity and differences without the barriers of speech and geographical borders. Art united people sharing new, rich perspectives, focusing on identity, community and place while sharing their truthToday I’m continuing these conversations, seeking artist interviews, finding new stories worldwide online, in the wake of the worldwide pandemic, Covid-19. Today art has never been so important, for expression, education and our own mental health and well being.
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EP 37: Johannesburg, South Africa: Hug a Cub, Art & Conservation: 22:09:2000
Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from Johannesburg, South Africa : My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today. Today, I don’t seek art, instead I seek Johannesburg’s wild animals. I hug a cub and seek South Africa’s finest wild animals at The Pilenesberg National Park. So many years later realise how art engages with us, shouting it’s plight to save our endangered animals....
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EP 36: London UK : APOCALYPSE Beauty & Horror - Is this the End? : 18:09:2000
Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from London UK : My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today. I take a trip to London to the Royal Acadamy and catch the crest of the wave as it begins to fall. This is Saatchi decade’s follow up show to ‘Sensation’, Apocolypse, Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, ironically before much of it disappears for good, up in smoke. 22 years lat...
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EP 35: Hong Kong : High Risers, High Art? : 02/03 : 09: 2000
Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from Hong Kong, Day 2&3 : My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today. I go on a walk about on Hong Kong Island, stepping into the view beyond my hotel room window, from Victoria Harbour to Victoria Peak. I find a Golden Conquest, art from Thailand and China and some prized pets in Kowloon. 22 years later, I'd love to revisit as Ho...
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EP 34: Hong Kong : War Warriors, Little Venice and the Big Buddha : 01:09:2000
Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from Hong Kong, Day 1 : My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today. Despite 4am tornado warnings I take a ferry to Lantau Island and visit Tai O, Asia’s little Venice and the Big Buddha at the Po Lin monastery, shrouded in fog. 22 years later, I reflect on the connection between art and religion, by expression, in the essence of...
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EP 33: Art 2 HeArt: Heidi Shedlock, From Small 'Paintings in the Post' to Large Expressive Flowers and Founding The Creative Community Studio.
Today on the Art Seeker Stories podcast, I have an Art 2 HeArt with Heidi Shedlock, a South African, Durban based artist and educator who paints from her studio in Durban North. Heidi grew up in a creative family of crafters and makers, running her own shop called Shedlock Interiors with her mother and she also spent many years teaching art. Now Heidi paints full time and is founder of the Creative Community Studio. In this episode, Heidi tells me how she started out, originally not beli...
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EP 32: Art 2 HeArt: Becky Sheraidah, Founder & CEO of ARTHOUSE Unlimited, Celebrating The Artistic Talents of Adults Living With Complex Neuro-Diverse & Physical Support Needs.
Today on the Art Seeker Stories podcast, I have an Art 2 HeArt with Becky Sheraidah, Founder and CEO of ARTHOUSE Unlimited, a charity that represents a collective of artists living with complex neuro-diverse and physical support needs, including complex epilepsy. The artists' work alongside instructors to create artworks which are developed into designer products for sale. All artwork derives from the skills each artist brings and every contribution holds real value. The charity pr...