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Unscripted conversation with great company from Miami's creative community. Art & Company is a podcast based in Miami with a focus on its burgeoning art scene. Unscripted conversations feature the creative people who drive and contribute to the community. Listen in with host Miami visual artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez. Visual artists, curators, poets, designers, collectors and more candidly discuss how they sustain a creative life. We think you'll find they make great company! Visit artandcompanypodcast.com for images, links, and details on our guests from each episode. Podcast music mix: Alette Simmons-Jimenez Licensed Creative Commons Attribution music credits: Leo Rosevere, Stan Rech, Soundation Studio

Unscripted conversation with great company from Miami's creative community. Art & Company is a podcast based in Miami with a focus on its burgeoning art scene. Unscripted conversations feature the creative people who drive and contribute to the community. Listen in with host Miami visual artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez. Visual artists, curators, poets, designers, collectors and more candidly discuss how they sustain a creative life. We think you'll find they make great company! Visit artandcompanypodcast.com for images, links, and details on our guests from each episode. Podcast music mix: Alette Simmons-Jimenez Licensed Creative Commons Attribution music credits: Leo Rosevere, Stan Rech, Soundation Studio

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Location:

Miami, FL

Genres:

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

Twitter:

@Alette_SJ

Language:

English

Contact:

305-439-9577

Website:

http://www.artandcompanypodcast.com/

Email:

host@alettesimmonsjimenez.com

Episodes

Couples: Gustavo Matamoros & Claudia Ariano

2/10/2019

Renowned Miami experimental sound artist, Gustavo Matamoros and his partner, graphic designer/collaborator, Claudia Ariano talk to us about navigating a world of sounds and shapes - their journey to discovering how to design the shape of sound. Listen in on what Gustavo defines as the essence of "art" ... we think he's got it right!

Duration:01:00:27

BABA Collective on the Rise: Elysa D. Batista & Maria Theresa Barbist

1/26/2019

Eysa D. Batista and Maria Theresa Barbist are BABA Collective. Getting a hold of these ladies is quite a job. They're super busy podcasting, teaching, making art, writing grants and fundraising for their projects. Listen to their stories here since you won't be seeing them around anytime soon. Make way for the second edition of the BABA Collective show featuring 50 artists of the RCS Podcast Season II. Opening this February 28th!

Duration:00:58:25

Uber Talented Pamela Salem And Mitchell Berkman of Miami Radio Players

12/17/2018

Uber Talented Pamela Salem And Mitchell Berkman of Miami Radio Players by Alette Simmons-Jimenez

Duration:00:58:49

Lorie Mertes & Beth Boone: Making Art Happen

12/3/2018

The leading ladies of alternative spaces in Miami chat with Art & Company. Lorie Mertes of Locust Projects and Beth Boone of Miami Light Projects share the stories of their own struggles and successes and the inspiration that got them where they are today.

Duration:01:13:05

Couples: Pip & Duane Brant - Coloring Way Outside the Lines

11/19/2018

This episode's artist couple will inspire your life. They go from teaching and making art to breeding bunnies and shaping bonsai, from making music with sewing machines and bicycles to driving cattle. They've gone from Wyoming, Montana, and Missouri, to London and finally Miami. This is not your everyday life.

Duration:00:56:21

Anne Tschida & Elisa Turner: Arts Writers Speak Up

11/5/2018

We're talking about facing and fighting irrelevance in today’s art systems and the big market, that strange parallel universe of the art market. Arts writers Elisa Turner and Anne Tschida discuss the creative writing process that parallels the practice of artists of any discipline today.

Duration:00:57:25

Carola Bravo & Rochi Llaneza Talk About Harvest Project

10/22/2018

From placing cutting-edge art in affluent suburban communities to coffee shops to planting seeds to German spies, we covered it all. Listen to these two phenomenal and focused Miami-based women artists, curators, and activists here to initiate change.

Duration:00:56:57

Alexandre Merbouti, Monica McGivern, Nabedi Osorio: Surf Noir with Haute Tension

10/8/2018

Musical talent "Haute Tension" (High Voltage)a Miami band with the trio Alexandre Merbouti, Monica McGivern, and Nabedi Osorio, delivers a highly charged new sound. Get the scoop on their debut album and the details of the band's unique heritage. We have some sample tracks to perk up your ears and wake up your senses.

Duration:00:59:24

Couples: Randy Burman & Manita Brug-Chmielenska

9/24/2018

A look into the very diverse yet perfectly matched lives and careers of a landscape architect/educator/arts advocate and a graphic designer/visual artist and what happens when they make art happen together.

Duration:00:56:56

Kerry McLaney: Past, Present, Future Miami Art Scene / #13

9/10/2018

Living and working in Miami since 1992, today's guest is the founder and creative director of 305 Creative Group, a boutique creative agency in Wynwood specializing in Branding, Social Media, Photography and Marketing. Kerry delivers the whole story on the origins of the Miami Art Scene. An "idea" person, she's always been inspired to do outstanding work collaborating with our city's creative people. She personifies Miami with a wildly mixed-media heritage: Irish - German - Spanish - Haitian.

Duration:00:51:15

Paolo Buggiani, Guggenheim Fellow, with Jaime Piña and Cinzia Sarto: Art On Fire / #12

8/27/2018

The studio was lit up when Paolo made a surprise visit. And yes that's a bit of a pun since his work has most often involved fire! True to his character, the stories are amazing, funny, warm, and informative. The artist is 85 so his experience of the scene goes way back. You'll hear tall art tales about the struggles and rewards he encountered from Italy to the East Village of the 60s, 70s and 80s, with more added from artist friends in common who joined us for the session.

Duration:01:10:49

Lauren Shapiro, Alex Nuñez, Deming King Harriman: Miami's Bright Young Artists / #11

8/13/2018

From Boston to Delray Beach to Miami to Brooklyn to Mexico and all the way to the Amazon Rain Forest, these artists don't stand still. In a short time, they've made a big impression here. For them the key is connections and communities with no boundaries.

Duration:00:54:25

Couples: Anja Marais, Artist & Rudi Repenning, Designer / #10

7/30/2018

In this Couples Series, an artist and a furniture designer/woodworker tell us about their separate journeys from opposite corners of the globe heading straight to Florida and the art community here. It's all about the smell of soil and fresh cut wood and mulberries. Oh - and yes cats - the must-have studio cats.

Duration:01:00:20

Cat del Buono and Yeon Jin Kim: Women Artists and the Allure of New Media: / #9

7/16/2018

Guests today comment on beauty, domestic violence, ghosts, and monsters. Artists, Cat del Buono and Yeon Jin Kim, discuss working in new media and film, and their most recent projects. We spoke about what led their studio practice in this direction and other thoughts on why a great percentage of women dominate the world of film and video art. **SEE MORE: http://www.catdelbuono & http://www.yeonjinkim.com

Duration:00:50:02

Sophie Blachet & Helène Filipecki: French/Miami Community Within Community / #8

7/2/2018

Have you ever stopped to think how big the French community is here? It's BIG! Our guests speak about the non-profit organization they founded and co-direct, The French Arts Associates, opening doors and creating cultural events for the French community in Miami and for everyone who wants to meet some very interesting people.

Duration:00:46:48

Artist Jessica Mitrani's work with Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig PhD & Rhonda Mitrani / #7

6/18/2018

A woman way ahead of her time, journalist Nellie Bly, working in 1887, has inspired artist Jessica Mitrani to create a fantastical journey for the equally daring. Join the artist, along with curator Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, and co-curator and Miami's project host, Rhonda Mitrani as we go behind the scene. **SEE MORE: Francine: https://bit.ly/2Ev560s & http://www.jessicamitranistudio.com/ & http://www.rhondamitrani.com/

Duration:00:51:18

Couples: Dennis & Debra Scholl, Up Close with Miami Collectors and Arts Activists / #6

6/4/2018

This may be their most important tip: How the alphabet might inspire the rest of your life! The passionate lives of this Miami couple are creating a legacy for the Miami Art Community.

Duration:01:12:08

Mariela Alvarez and Jesse MacDougall - Live, Sleep, Eat Art: New York Designers Visit Miami / #5

5/21/2018

On hand in Miami from the stellar firm ICRAVE in NY, two designers make a quick drive-by visit before their flight back to NY. Their new project is going up near the BASS Museum on Miami Beach. Listen in on how hanging with friends can lead to a super successful career, about selecting artwork and baking designer cupcakes.

Duration:00:48:55

Tami Katz-Freiman/Susan Caraballo/Ombretta Agró Andruff: Talking Art, Politics, & Curating / #4

5/7/2018

Three Miami curators to follow! We sat down to talk about the effect of politics on art and funding, curating for the Venice Biennale, Utah's MOCA and examining man-made violence, and Miami's own floating art+science residency. Guest images and links on artandcompanypodcast.com

Duration:00:56:52

Couples - Kathleen Hudspeth & Adler Guerrier, Making Work and Making It Work / #3

4/23/2018

Our exciting 1st "Couples" series: Miami artists Kathleen Hudspeth and Adler Guerrier. A true Miami story including clothespin dolls, growing up in Haiti, teaching, learning, working the system, and the path to gaining poetics in your work. Kathleen is a master printmaker, art educator, and founder-director of Turn-Based Press. Adler creates visual dialogues between multiple media. He was born in Haiti, is a graduate of New World School of the Arts, and has exhibited extensively including in...

Duration:01:09:56