Plain Air

AJ Dungo and Sally Deng

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Arts

Being a creative can be incredibly lonely. Plain Air aims to go beyond the walls of an artist’s studio and form deeper connections by sharing their unique stories and perspectives. Join illustrators AJ Dungo and Sally Deng as they attempt to introduce a little more camaraderie in today’s creative industry through insightful conversations with artists and friends they admire.

10/10/2025

Getting Better w/ John Cody Clark

Our distinguished guest today is John Cody Clark. Like all of our previous guests, John is incredibly talented, especially in traditional media and life drawing. John also has an uniquely inspiring story about his journey to becoming a professional artist. In spite of all his hardships, John remains eager to learn more about art and share what he’s learned with anyone willing to listen. He truly encapsulates what it means to be a student of life. Follow us: AJ Dungo insta @agedungs https://www.ajdungo.com/ Sally Deng insta @sa.deng https://www.sallydeng.com Plain Air insta @plainairpodcast
08/08/2025

Catching up w/ AJ & Sally

Ok, we did an episode with no guest, just to catch up with each other and chill. We recorded in May…and we’re releasing it now….lolll. As always, life and work priorities got away from us. So many things have happened since then and we’ll probably need an another catch up/update pretty soon. Until then! Follow us: AJ Dungo insta @agedungs https://www.ajdungo.com/ Sally Deng insta @sa.deng https://www.sallydeng.com Plain Air insta @plainairpodcast
06/27/2025

Collaborating w/ Pearlyn Lii

We're slowly but surely putting episodes out. So excited to finally release this one! Pearlyn Lii is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whose work explores the very human experiences of pain, loss, and kinship. Video game animation, augmented reality and performance art are just a few of the mediums that Pearlyn has used to express her creativity. This is not someone who is afraid to dive into new and uncharted territory. Follow us: Pearlyn Lii insta @sanguinepearl https://pearlynlii.com/ AJ Dungo insta @agedungs ⁠https://www.ajdungo.com/⁠ Sally Deng insta @sa.deng ⁠https://www.sallydeng.com⁠ Plain Air insta @plainairpodcast
05/09/2025

Green Light w/ Chuy Hartman

We're back! This is an episode we recorded back in October with Chuy Hartman, an LA based illustrator most known for his on location drawings and paintings of live bands and performers. He's drawn over 3000 performances and is still going strong! At the time he was promoting his landmark 10-year retrospective at the punk rock museum. Unfortunately, we got caught up with work and life so we missed the mark on releasing this episode but we’re working on our time management. Huge thanks to Chuy and for everyone's patience. Also, you may have noticed some sound issues throughout the episode. Yeah...we re figuring it out. Follow us: Chuy Hartman insta @chuyhartman https://chuyhartman.bigcartel.com/ AJ Dungo insta @agedungs ⁠https://www.ajdungo.com/⁠ Sally Deng insta @sa.deng ⁠https://www.sallydeng.com⁠ Plain Air insta @plainairpodcast
10/04/2024

Gratitude w/ Agnes Lee

With simple yet bold brush strokes, comic artist Agnes Lee highlights the quiet beauty of the everyday. Despite originally studying in a different field, her love for art drew her back to school to pursue an illustration career. Agnes shares the story behind her debut graphic novel, “49 DAYS”, and talks about how her personal experience with grief, gratitude and growth ultimately led to its creation. Follow us: Agnes Lee insta @ahjleee https://www.ahjlee.com/ AJ Dungo insta @agedungs https://www.ajdungo.com/ Sally Deng insta @sa.deng https://www.sallydeng.com Plain Air insta @plainairpodcast
09/20/2024

Paying Attention w/ Brian Rea

On this episode, award winning illustrator and teacher extraordinaire, Brian Rea joins us in the PA studio! Brian talks about his journey as an artist—from discovering drawings created by his grandfather to creating art for museum exhibitions in South Korea. Throughout our conversation, Brian emphasizes the importance of living life, trusting your instincts and most importantly of all, paying attention. Follow us on Instagram: Brian Rea @freebrianrea AJ Dungo @agedungs Sally Deng @sa.deng Plain Air @plainairpodcast
07/26/2024

Wandering w/ Maggie Chiang

On this episode of Plain Air, multi-talented illustrator Maggie Chiang talks about her journey as a multidisciplinary creative and her influences outside of art. Maggie shares her struggles with depression and how she used that experience to grow not only as an artist but into a more confident person as well. Note: In case it wasn’t clear, we’re actually NOT sponsored by Patagonia, lol. Follow us on Instagram: Maggie Chiang @mcmintea AJ Dungo @agedungs Sally Deng @sa.deng Plain Air @plainairpodcast
06/28/2024

Resilience w/ Médar de la Cruz

On the very first episode of Plain Air, Pulitzer-prize winning illustrator Médar de la Cruz discusses the importance of libraries and his life-changing experience working in the New York prison system. Médar explains how he tackles heavy subject matter, maintains joy in hopeless situations, how art and humor relates to resilience, and much, much more. Follow us on Instagram: Médar de la Cruz @mdlcomics AJ Dungo @agedungs Sally Deng @sa.deng Plain Air @plainairpodcast
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Being a creative can be incredibly lonely. Plain Air aims to go beyond the walls of an artist’s studio and form deeper connections by sharing their unique stories and perspectives. Join illustrators AJ Dungo and Sally Deng as they attempt to introduce a little more unity and camaraderies in today’s creative industry through insightful conversations with artists and friends they admire.

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Being a creative can be incredibly lonely. Plain Air aims to go beyond the walls of an artist’s studio and form deeper connections by sharing their unique stories and perspectives. Join illustrators AJ Dungo and Sally Deng as they attempt to introduce a little more unity and camaraderies in today’s creative industry through insightful conversations with artists and friends they admire.

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Being a creative can be incredibly lonely. Plain Air aims to go beyond the walls of an artist’s studio and form deeper connections by sharing their unique stories and perspectives. Join illustrators AJ Dungo and Sally Deng as they attempt to introduce a little more camaraderie in today’s creative industry through insightful conversations with artists and friends they admire.

Creator

AJ Dungo and Sally Deng
Years Active

2024 - 2025
Episodes

9
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© AJ Dungo and Sally Deng
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Plain Air