The Side Woo Sarah Thibault

This week, Sarah takes a break from the reguarly scheduled program to announce a new live radio show on Friday April 26, from 8-10pm Pacific Time. The show will be once aired monthly on their platform, and then recorded and shared somewhere as yet to be determined. To listen you can go to https://gutsyradio.org/. The guest this week will be an encore presentation of our interview with Elisabeth Elektra, along with songs from her new EP.



Plus Sarah shares her proof that vision boards work, information about her upcoming solo show, and the guest for the next episode.


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Xiao Wang (b. 1990), is a Chinese born, New York based figurative painter primarily working with oil paint. Wang’s work combines dramatic and moody color palettes with a realism approach. He creates constructed scenes from photographs of still lifes, foliage, interior spaces, landscapes, himself, his friends, and loved ones. The contents of these scenes are rooted in everyday life, while the attention to atmosphere and emotion pushes the paintings to an uncanny space. With the use of theatrical lighting and distortion or exaggeration of colors, the world depicted in Wang’s paintings is elevated to a dreamlike space. At the center of this space are human figures, often in solitude, unaware of the fourth-wall in front.



Show Notes


Xiao Wang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xiaowang_artist/
Xiao Wang website https://www.xiaowangartist.com/artist-bio




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This week Sarah chats with Basement VHS podcast and filmscreening hosts, Luca Antonucci and Mitsu Okubo. Sarah asks them about their love of horror and why it might be the best thing to get over the nighttime scaries.



About Basement VHS

The premier VHS seed bank of San Francisco! Highlights from our +3000 and counting vhs library. Basement Radio Fridays 6-8pm on Radio Valencia. Hosted by Luca and Mitsu.



Show Notes:


Basement VHS on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/basementvhs/
Colpa Press https://www.instagram.com/colpapress/
Mitsu Okubo website: https://mmmitsuokubooo.bigcartel.com/
Luca Antonucci website: https://lucaantonucci.com/


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This week Sarah talks with author and educator Natalie Serber, a former mentor of hers that she met randomly - so random - during the pandemic. They talk about writing good endings, loving your worst characters, and how Natalie thrived after her breast cancer diagnosis.



About Natalie Serber:

Natalie Serber is a fiction writer, essayist, and educator. She is the author of Shout Her Lovely Name, a book that was reviewed by the NY Times Book Review, O Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. She also wrote Community Chest, a compilation of essays written during her recovery from breast cancer.

Natalie received an MFA from Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in The Bellingham Review and Gulf Coast, among others, and her awards include the Tobias Wolff Award. She teaches writing at various universities and lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.



Show Notes


Shout Her Lovely Name https://bookshop.org/p/books/shout-her-lovely-name-natalie-serber/7083353?ean=9780544002210
Community Chest https://bookshop.org/p/books/community-chest-natalie-serber/11699906?ean=9780692492598
Natalie's essay on consent https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-accurate-term
Read.Write.Eat Substack https://readwriteeat.substack.com/


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Sarah sat down for a chat at the Space Program Recording Studios in November 2023 to ask Griff Williams, Founder of Gallery 16 about his 30+ years running a San Francisco-gallery. We also talk about his documentary "Tell them we were here" about 8 artists making art outside the gallery system and the impact they have made on the Bay Area's many diverse and underrepresented communities.



About Gallery 16

Gallery 16 was founded in 1993 by artist Griff Williams with the primary focus of representing and advocating for the work of living contemporary artists. In addition to the regular exhibition schedule, the gallery sponsors artists talks, and hosts performances and music throughout the year. It’s our belief that the brick and mortar gallery model, to be culturally relevant, needs to embody new strategies for facilitating and presenting artist’s projects. The space, as Williams describes it, “allows for the artist to fail. We don’t create exhibitions around curatorial agendas, but extend an invitation to artists we trust and hope they use the opportunity to challenge themselves without restrictions.



Studio notes


Gallery 16 https://gallery16.com/contact
Gallery 16 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gallery16/
Griff Williams website https://www.griffwilliams.com/
Tell Them We Were Here https://tellthemwewerehere.com/






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As part of the Pure Beauty exhibition at Eleanor Harwood, Sarah hosted a live panel discussion on Resilience and Joy with artists Tara Daly, Mary Finlayson, and Rachel Kaye. Everyone shares the trials and triumphs they have faced over the course of their careers and fields audience questions.



The conversation was recorded on March 13, 2024. To inquire about any work in the show, reach out to the gallery directly.



Show Notes


Pure Beauty at Eleanor Harwood Gallery https://eleanorharwood.com/exhibitions/124-pure-beauty-a-group-show-with-tara-daly-mary-finlayson/works/
Tara Daly on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ghertie/
Mary Finlayson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/painted_mary
Rachel Kaye on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ray_ray_kaye/






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