Studio Noize: Black Art Podcast Studio Noize

After spending 8 weeks at the Penland School of Craft there was a perfect time to reflect on the experience. Your boy JBarber got together a diverse panel of Penland people to talk about it. You got students (Erika Marin and Tori Hoang), a teaching assistant (Jasmin Warnock), a CORE student (Nicholas Malik), and an instructor. Not to mention some diverse ethnic backgrounds from Latinx to Asian to Black to discuss being in art spaces like Penland and exploring your curiosity in craft. We discuss their experience in the spring concentration, how diversity effects art spaces, and what they have learned during the process. Most importantly, do we recommend Penland to other artists of color? Listen, subscribe, and share!

Episode 186 topics include:

how to find out about Penland

making time for an 8 week class/residency

Core students at Penland for 2 years

experiencing craft for the first time

living at an adult summer camp

interacting with creatives

learning from the other people at Penland

diversity at Penland and art spaces

learning about yourself with making

Your boy, JBarber, has been teaching at the Penland School of Craft and now we’re back with new Studio Noize! We found David Harper Clemons in a weaving cabin making broaches, print, sculptures and drawings. David is also the HBCU tour coordinator for Penland. We talk about the HBCU tours and how to get more diversity into artist communities. David talks about his curiosity with materials in making his functional and wearable art, the value of Black narratives in objects and what you need to be a great metalsmith. Listen, subscribe, and share!

Episode 185 topics include:

gettting into metals

HBCU tour at Penland School of Craft

bringing diversity to Penland

metalsmithing vs jewelry

the attention to detail

top 3 skills of a metalsmith

curiosity for materials

Black narratives in objects

importance of surfaces and touch

It’s an instant classic for you today on the Noize! We got the wonderful LaNia Roberts on the show and she came with all the energy, honesty and transparency that we needed in our studios. LaNia talks about how she got her big personality, empowering herself through art and the inner thoughts that artists feel and don’t often speak on. There is a truly awesome story on how she got to her style of painting that is a must here for any artist trying to find their way. You gotta rate the show 5 stars just for that! Its all that good art talk that you need in your life with a young woman artist that is blazing a trail in these art streets. Listen, subscribe, and share!

Episode 184 topics include:

being a young artist at SCOPE

getting empowerment through art

how LaNia developed her personality

creating systems to support your practice

the big shift in painting

Stan Squirewell as a mentor

overcoming the fear of growth

what artists believe about themselves

Today on the Noize we got printmaker, Tenjin Ikeda! he has been making art as for over 30 years and its been a journey across all kinds of mediums. From painting, to dancing, to sculpting, to printmaking, Tenjin has been open to where his talents and opportunity take him. We learn about Tenjin and his philosophy on making work. We nerd out a little bit on carving and relief printmaking masters like Latoya Hobbs, Elizabeth Catlett and more. Tenjin talks about a turning point print for him, how his spirituality inspires his work and what he’s learned by being in exhibitions over so many year. Listen, subscribe, and share!

Episode 183 topics include:

doing art for 30 plus years

finding printmaking

carving tips and secrets

developing compositions

what piece was a turning point in his eyes

the differences between mediums

experience gained from exhibitions

offering critique to younger artists

Ify Chiejina is a self taught artist making her way in art world. JB found her work after she created a beautiful print with master printmaker, Curlee Holton, at Raven Fine Art Editions. Ify talks about her work with Curlee and how she has navigated being a self taught artist and building the career that she wants. Her previous and recently announced illustrations for the Criterion Collection for legendary Senegalese filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene, has had an impact on how she approaches her practice. Ify is also active on IG @ify.chi.chiejina and we talk about the movitvation behind some of here interesting IG commentary on art and artists. Listen, subscribe, and share!

Episode 182 topics include:

working with Curlee Holton at Raven Fine Art Editions

being a draftswoman

defining yourself as an artist

artist having career goals

developing outside of art school

doing a project with the Criterion Collection

imposter syndrome

experimenting in the studio

Your boy JBarber manage to sit with two people from the Studio Noize fam while down at Miami Art Week. First up is Ben Muñoz, Chicano printmaker we talked to at Print Austin. JB met up with Ben and attended a bunch of the satellite fairs like Untitled, NADA, Ink, Prizm, and Pinta. We recorded a conversation riding in traffic after leaving Pinta. You get our fresh relfections on the day including how shows create a vibe, impressions of the work at the show, the best things about Miami, and more After that it’s the man himself Jeremiah Ojo, Founder and Managing Director of Ilèkùn Wa (an art business advisory firm). Jeremiah selected two artist to showcase at SCOPE and that lead to a conversation about what it means to show at the an art fair. What does an art career look like with being at Miami Art Week as the big goal? Listen, subscribe, and share!

Episode 181 topics include:

different fairs at Miami Art Week

Pinta - the Latin American art fair

creating a vibe an an art fair

comparing the work you see at the fair

participating in Scope Art Fair

curating for art fairs

increasing visibility and audience

defining what you want in your career