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I Like Your Work supports artists! Each week artist Erika b Hess interviews artists, gallerists, collectors, and curators to cover topics that will help you in your art practice! From inspiring interviews from the lives of artists to business practices you will walk away ready to get in the studio!

I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators & Collectors Erika b Hess

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    • 4.8 • 210 Ratings

I Like Your Work supports artists! Each week artist Erika b Hess interviews artists, gallerists, collectors, and curators to cover topics that will help you in your art practice! From inspiring interviews from the lives of artists to business practices you will walk away ready to get in the studio!

    Artist Marc Mitchell: Experimentation, Authenticity, and the Connections That Fuel an Artistic Career

    Artist Marc Mitchell: Experimentation, Authenticity, and the Connections That Fuel an Artistic Career

    Marc Mitchell holds a M.F.A from Boston University. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Florida Atlantic University Galleries, Boca Raton; TOPS Gallery, Memphis, TN; GRIN Gallery, Providence, RI; Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA; and others. Mitchell has been featured in publications such as the Boston Globe, Burnaway, and Number Inc; and was selected for New American Paintings in 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2020. Mitchell has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Banff Center for Arts & Creativity, Ucross Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Jentel Foundation, and Tides Institute/StudioWorks. In 2021, Mitchell was a Fellow at The American Academy in Rome.
    In addition to his studio practice, Mitchell has curated exhibitions that feature artists such as Tauba Auerbach (Diagonal Press), Mel Bochner, Matt Bollinger, Mark Bradford, Tara Donovan, Chie Fueki, Daniel Gordon, Sara Greenberger-Rafferty, Philip Guston, Josephine Halvorson, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Jenny Holzer, Rashid Johnson, Mary Reid Kelley, Ellsworth Kelly, Arnold Kemp, Allan McCollum, Kay Rosen, Erin Shirreff, Lorna Simpson, Jered Sprecher, Jessica Stockholder, Jason Stopa, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Lawrence Weiner, Wendy White, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, and many others.
    "I am influenced by many things—1980’s guitars, VHS tapes, World War I battleships, sunrise/sunset gradients, moiré patterns, and more. Over the past 3 years, ‘notions of cycle’ have played an increased role in the development of my paintings; and I’m curious how the avant-garde succeeds and fails within popular culture. Currently, I’m interested in how the landscape has been depicted throughout American culture. Whether it’s Thomas Cole and Albert Bierstadt of the Hudson River School, Georgia O’Keeffe’s monumental work at the Art Institute of Chicago, or an Instagram post of a sunset—each conveys a romanticized view of our world. The most recent paintings are an amalgamation of experiences that I’ve had within the American landscape; with each painting flowing freely between representation and abstraction."
    LINKS: 
    www.mmitchellpainting.net
     
    www.instagram.com/methan18  






     
    Artist Shout Out: 
     
    UARK Drawing --- https://www.uarkdrawing.com/ and @uarkdrawing
    UARK Painting --- https://www.uarkpainting.com/ and @uarkpaintning
     
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    • 57 min
    Cultivating Relationships in the Art World

    Cultivating Relationships in the Art World

    Today, I'm talking about the importance of having mentors to provide guidance and encouragement throughout your artistic journey and why cultivating relationships is so important as an artist. I'm also giving some suggestions on how artists can find mentors. 
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    • 18 min
    Exploration, Ecology, and Public Projects with Artist Rebecca Rutstein

    Exploration, Ecology, and Public Projects with Artist Rebecca Rutstein

    Rebecca Rutstein is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges art, science and technology. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and public art inspired by the natural world. Her work sheds light on places and processes hidden from view to foster deeper connection in the face of our climate crisis. As an artist-in-residence, Rutstein’s collaborations with scientists have taken her around the world including seven expeditions at sea and two deep-sea dives to the ocean floor in the Alvin submersible, supported by the National Science Foundation. Her work with oceanographers, ecologists, microbiologists, molecular scientists and planetary geologists give her a unique perspective and broad view of the interconnectedness of all things in the natural world.
    A recipient of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts with recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, her work has been featured on NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Vice & Vogue UK magazines. Rutstein has exhibited both nationally and internationally in over thirty solo shows, and her work can be found in more than forty public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, National Academy of Sciences, US Department of State, US Consulate in Thailand, and Yale University. Rutstein received an MFA from University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from Cornell University.
    LINKS: 
    rebeccarutstein.com
     










     










    @rebecca.rutstein



     






    linkt.ree/rebeccarutstein



     










    Artist Shout Out: 
     
    @sarahagamble, @wmlachance, @jeremy_miranda



     









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    Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has opened her program Money Bootcamp with a special discount for I Like Your Work listeners. Use the code LIKE  to receive $100 off your Money Bootcamp purchase by Sunlight Tax. Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link: https://www.sunlighttax.com/moneybootcampsales and use the code LIKE.
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    https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/ 6-week residency





     


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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Chat GPT and Artist Statements: Do You Use It?

    Chat GPT and Artist Statements: Do You Use It?

    Have you ever contemplated using Chat GPT for your artist statement? This week, I'm sharing my view on using AI as an artist and what I think the best way of using it is.  
    Link to article mentioned: https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-viral-ai-writer-chatgpt/
     
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    Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link:  https://www.sunlighttax.com/moneybootcampimpact and use the code LIKE for $100 off your purchase! 
     
    Chautauqua Visual Arts:

    https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residency/ 2-week residency
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    • 15 min
    Exploring Identity, Belonging, and Social Practice Through Art: Artist Jac Lahav

    Exploring Identity, Belonging, and Social Practice Through Art: Artist Jac Lahav

    JAC LAHAV (he/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, parent, arts writer, children’s book author, and community organizer. Born in Jerusalem Israel with Iranian and Polish roots Lahav was raised in the United States and lives in Connecticut. Lahav’s work investigates community, belonging, and cultural history through expansive series of paintings and installations. With solo shows at Richmond Art Museum Indiana, Longview MFA Texas, Saginaw Art Museum Michigan, Florence Griswold Museum Connecticut, Lahav’s work can be found in multiple public collections including the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Mount Holyoke Art Museum, Jewish Museum NY among others.  Their current exhibition exploring foster care is at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London until December 2023. Lahav also has an active social practice over the past 10 years. Lahav’s curatorial projects have been written about in Hyperallergic, New York Times, Gothamist, Artnet, among others. During the pandemic, Lahav expanded this social practice, becoming an advocate for foster parents and helping start the group Public Art For Racial Justice Education (PARJE). Through their community work, Lahav helps facilitate large-scale mural projects, hosts educational artist talks, and runs children’s art projects to educate about under-represented narratives and equity in America.
    LINKS: 
    www.jaclahav.com
     










     
    @jaclahav




     



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    Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast:
    Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has opened her program Money Bootcamp with a special discount for I Like Your Work listeners. Use the code LIKE  to receive $100 off your Money Bootcamp purchase by Sunlight Tax. Join Money Bootcamp now by clicking this link: https://www.sunlighttax.com/moneybootcampsales and use the code LIKE.
    Chautauqua Visual Arts:

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    https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/ 6-week residency





     


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    • 1 hr 6 min
    Artist Freebies & Artist Date Ideas for Valentine's Day

    Artist Freebies & Artist Date Ideas for Valentine's Day

    This week, I'm sharing some fun artist freebies and artist date ideas for you so you can show yourself some self-love this Valentines Day.  Join me in this episode as I offer you some ideas on how you can recharge and inspire your creativity. 
     
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    Make Taxes Easier, and Stash an Extra $130k in Your Savings, on 2/14.
    Join at this link: https://go.sunlighttax.com/free
     
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    • 12 min

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