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The Stolen Hours Podcast is a media collection of recorded conversations with known or unknown Creatives across the Arts.  Guests share what they create within the stolen hours of their lives. Listen in to help support the community of creators and to find some inspiration of your own.

The Stolen Hours Podcast Dennis Dalelio

    • Arts
    • 4.7 • 12 Ratings

The Stolen Hours Podcast is a media collection of recorded conversations with known or unknown Creatives across the Arts.  Guests share what they create within the stolen hours of their lives. Listen in to help support the community of creators and to find some inspiration of your own.

    Eteri Chkadua- From Soviet Control to a Life of Freedom and Art Making: Ep. 67 S3

    Eteri Chkadua- From Soviet Control to a Life of Freedom and Art Making: Ep. 67 S3

    Eteri Chkadua- From Soviet Control to a Life of Freedom and Art Making: Ep. 67 S3 (published 3/21/2024)

    Eteri studied at the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi, Georgia where her professors taught her to avoid Soviet style Social Realism, with an embrace of abstract and impressionist styles, as a reaction against the oppressive state. Before she finished her time there she made a painting that contained figurative realism to bust the chops of her professors that surprised them so much that it propelled her into the art scene of her home country. She came to America in 1988 with an American Linguist who was studying the Georgian language and helped her leave a place where no one was allowed to leave. Since then, she has become known around the world as a figurative painter who explores serious topics with a sense of humor. Her paintings explore the content of her new life in America (from Rastafarians to new relationships) alongside references to her life back in Georgia or the weapons of war that oppress people around the world. Enjoy this conversation that taps into topics of her creative art-making to Russian control that still threatens today.




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    • 45 min
    Big Families, Hard Workers, Artists- Melissa and Corey Hardin and Kitchen and Dennis Dalelio: Ep. 66 S2

    Big Families, Hard Workers, Artists- Melissa and Corey Hardin and Kitchen and Dennis Dalelio: Ep. 66 S2

    A conversation between four artists who juggle big families, lots of jobs, and sneak in more time than ever to make things. We discuss the joys and struggles of having it all- from artist tips when your life is full of taking care of the kids to humble entrepreneurial endeavors.  Corey and Melissa Hardin, owners of The Art Studio in Highland Lakes, have four children, several jobs, two BFAs, and a passion for making and teaching art. Corey earned his BFA from Pratt and is a career-long Union Carpenter.  Melissa earned her BFA from Ramapo College and is a dedicated art educator in her own art school, and marketing coordinator for Gym Guys. My wife Kristin Dalelio (aka Kitchen) and I have five kids, two BFAs, and a passion for making and teaching art as well.  Kitch got her dual major degrees in Art and Religion from Felician University and is now a Cottage Food licensed baker. Dennis Dalelio earned his BFA from Mason Gross at Rutgers University, his MFA from William Paterson University, and has been a career-long art teacher (and host of this show.) Through years of alarm clocks or babies waking them up before dawn, ships passing each other in the night, learning how to be parents full of wisdom, and dedicated workers who earn their paychecks, all four have maintained a practice of creating and/or teaching art that makes them feel alive and to be who they each were created to be.  


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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Where Artist's Gather in North Jersey- Paul Larsen of Paul Larsen Gallery: Ep. 65 S2

    Where Artist's Gather in North Jersey- Paul Larsen of Paul Larsen Gallery: Ep. 65 S2

    Paul Larsen grew up in the woods of West Milford Township in NJ, just up the road from Greenwood Lake and just a stroll away from the Appalachian Trail. Now, he is a cultured arts advocate and community builder who opened an art gallery on a wooded plot of land in the middle of Bergen County next to the flowing waters of the Saddle River. He credits his parents, who brought him to artisan communities throughout NY and NJ and the cultural centers of NYC, and his artistic peers who were always doing interesting things, as his inspiration for a life of collecting and supporting artists. His gallery, in Saddle River, NJ, has become a place to share and sell his collections, but also a place where known and unknown dedicated creators show their work, make new works, and build community.  As he described it, "Our mission is to bring the community together through new exhibitions and opportunities to talk about and engage in fine art."  Follow on instagram @paul_larsen_gallery or go visit him at the gallery in Saddle River, NJ


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    • 53 min
    The Artist, the Baker, the N. J. Collage Maker: Will Brady- Ep. 64 S2

    The Artist, the Baker, the N. J. Collage Maker: Will Brady- Ep. 64 S2

    Enjoy this conversation with Will Brady, an artist and baker who graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers in 2003. Will's work consists of daily records kept in notebooks that are turned into collages. He has exhibited at Montserrat Gallery in Chelsea, NYC from 2007 -2022.  n 2006, he sold his complete collection of undergraduate school notebooks (weighing 300 lbs) to a collector from Japan when it was shown in the Pleiades Gallery in NYC.   Will recently won first place for drawing at the Bergen County Art in the Park show in 2023.

    By Day, Will has spent 18 years working in the baking industry. He was a delivery person for 13 years and more recently worked as a pastry chef for the past 5 years.  His experience as a delivery driver allowed him to learn many North Jersey roads and landmarks that he now includes in his art.  While creating his baked goods, he keeps a folded-up piece of computer paper in his back pocket to write down ideas and create drawings. He then turns those notes into framed collages. You can check out Will’s art on Instagram @wbradyart.


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    • 36 min
    Ricky Boscarino- Artist/Curator/Creator of Luna Parc in Sandyston, NJ: Ep. 63 S2

    Ricky Boscarino- Artist/Curator/Creator of Luna Parc in Sandyston, NJ: Ep. 63 S2

    The Artist, Ricky Boscarino, has been creating "Luna Parc," his major work/home/museum/installation for the past 34 years, alongside a journey of forging a career in the arts. The experience he made, for those who have the privilege of touring this creation, is one that is unforgettable and overwhelming. Unforgettable, in that, there is something interesting for everyone- from a collection of his own paintings, metal works, or the architecture itself (that he both designed and built,) to a small box holding his personal collection of matchbox cars from his youth, to collections of instruments, nature, or other artists' creations. It is overwhelming, in that, every detail of the house is an expression of Ricky's vision for the space, and you will most likely miss something- from the sculpted nest and birds hidden inside a cement-formed tree in his gardens to the inlaid glass box surrounded by multi-colored wood pieces within one of the upper floors that is designed to (when the time comes) contain his own ashes for display. Ricky shares how he is another artisan in a long line of artisans in the Boscarino family. He offers advice on how to support yourself with the sale of your own creations. For him it has been the sale of his intricate jewelry and now his ceramic face pots/commissions/tours that have paid all the bills for both his life expenses, the creation of "Luna Parc," and the education-minded Luna Parc Foundation. In the end, he describes, "it takes a lot of time" and effort to be an artist who steals nearly every hour of the day to create something.


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    • 46 min
    Artist and Art Educator Brian O' Boyle: Ep.62 S2

    Artist and Art Educator Brian O' Boyle: Ep.62 S2

    Brian O'Boyle is a dedicated Artist and Art Educator who taught for over a decade in Paterson, NJ, and is now working at Bogota High School.  His entrance into public school art education was the artist's roundabout method into it all called the Alternate Route. Starting his working life as a Kean University-trained artist prior to getting certified to teach helped him to enter the teaching world as a working artist who consistently creates characters with found objects, paint, and his pure imagination combined. His portfolio consists of objects that are truly more relief sculptures than just simply paintings. His characters painted on skateboards, street signs, and old wood come to life as if his cartoon-like personas could not be constrained to only existing on a page or on a screen. He discusses how those who handed him the keys to his own creativity during his undergraduate and early career life have led him to be the one who hands the same type of keys to his students.




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    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

SVadapalli ,

Inspiring

These interviews and introductions are inspiring. Meeting artists and seeing their artwork is different and listening about their works is truly a different experience to me and I am enjoying and especially recommend to the young artists and newly arrived artists like me.

Sfhkuygggflkbg ,

Creative and inspiring

I’ve been enjoying this podcast. I love that there are many different types of artists on the show: writers, visual artists, poets, directors, and more. The conversations are inspiring. As an artist, it’s really neat to see how other people approach their craft. Every episode teaches me something new. It also offers a glimpse into worlds I know nothing about, like storyboarding, acting, directing, and woodworking. Part of what I love about Dennis’ podcast is how it highlights his penchant for encouraging the people in his life to strive for excellence in their work. Dennis also has a knack for discovering interesting and talented artists, including a highway evangelist who creates collaborative art pieces all around the country. Thanks for a great show! I’m looking forward to more episodes.

shawnreams ,

Great Podcast!

Love this podcast. Great variety of guests from all walks of life. Super interesting and fun to listen to.

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