Art on the Air

Art(s) on the Air with Willie Smith

Join Tamara for an interview with freelance artist and longtime Savannahian Willie Smith. He's worked on an independent web comic with his brother, titled "BlackGuard," as well as channeled his love for Professional Wrestling into a career drawing portraits of many wrestlers in the industry, and even a freelance project for World Wrestling Entertainment itself.

https://www.instagram.com/suicidal_assassin/

Plus a Mini Interview with Michelle Perez about selling her art in Forsyth Park (starts at about 53min).

https://www.instagram.com/chelpaints/
https://www.chelpaints.com/

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

How did Willie manage to get his portfolio reviewed by one of his favorite artists?
What made Willie break out from black-and-white media and venture into colors? 
Just how hard is it to airbrush a t-shirt anyway?

Tune in and find out!

Art(s) on the Air with Becca Cook

Join Tamara and Melissa for an interview with Becca Cook, a folk artist from the islands off the coast of Savannah. She works in needlework, lacemaking, dollcrafting, performance, installation, and painting, and also manages Escape Savannah, an art collective and escape room experience.

 

https://www.beccacookart.com/

https://www.instagram.com/beccacookart/

 

PLUS a Mini Interview with REM about her Immersive Gallery space in City Market. It provides individualized and small group Creative UV experiences.

https://www.facebook.com/The-REM-Mark-Immersive-Gallery-111364634948265/   (Starts around 52mins.)

 

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

 

How long did Becca sit and crochet chain stitches to represent the number of people incarcerated in the U.S? 

What's the longest scarf Becca has made and where has it traveled?

What's a fun game you can play to make dish washing more fanciful?

 

Tune in and find out!

Art(s) on the Air with Gerry Stecca

Join Tamara and Melissa for an interview with Gerry Stecca - artist, muralist, and full-time Foundations professor at SCAD. His first degree in Biology eventually led to creating fantastical and nature-inspired sculpture out of such materials as clothespins, wire, snails, nut shells, and other organic materials found in his own backyard and neighborhood.

 

https://www.instagram.com/gerrystecca/

https://gerrystecca.com/

 

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

How did Gerry end up showing one piece for one night only at Art Basel in Switzerland?

How long can a "tree wrap" last?

What is his ingenious invention that frees up his hands during mural painting? 

 

Tune in and find out!

Art(s) on the Air with Joy Dunigan

Join Tamara and Melissa for an interview with photographer Joy Dunigan, a Savannah native! (We love a Savannah native.) Her images reveal her endless intrigue and fascination with Georgia heritage and culture, mainly its sea islands and their dynamically stable surroundings. She's a member of Kobo Gallery, a downtown co-op, and the owner and director of the Photopoint Gallery in Richmond Hill.

 

https://www.instagram.com/joydunigan/

https://www.joydunigan.com/

 

PLUS a Mini Interview with Jennifer Nolan about her current show - mixed media paintings of wild animals - at Location Gallery. (Starts around 53mins.)

 

https://www.instagram.com/jen.jen.nolan/

https://www.jennifernolanart.com 

 

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

Where can you take a beautiful shot of an oak tree lane that's more obscure than the iconic Wormsloe image?

Which local island has a creepy, abandoned resort? 

What happens when you keep a little cup of resin sitting around?

 

Tune in and find out!

Art(s) on the Air with Tafy LaPlanche

Join Tamara and Melissa for an interview with artist Tafy LaPlanche, who splits her time between Savannah and NYC. If you’ve passed by the Jepson Museum’s Boxed In/Break Out windows, you’ve seen her large portraits. She also maintains a studio at City Market and takes portrait commissions. 

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

How can one become adept at uncorking a wine bottle in a dark movie theatre? 

What’s so special about painting a pomegranate? 

What injury did Tafy sustain when attempting to paint Italian landscapes?

Tune in and find out!
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https://www.instagram.com/lepouf_art/ 

https://lepouf-art.com/ 

Original air date: Aug 24, 2022

Art(s) on the Air with Jamie Jones

Join Tamara & Melissa for an interview with Jamie Jones – “Cartoonist and Illustrator living in Savannah, GA. Creator of the Baboon, artist of Quarter Killer, and beer can label dude for 81 Bay Brewing co. Making comics on the reg!”

What visual image in the show caused Melissa to need to take a moment and fan herself?
Who is Jamie’s favorite of all of the Stooges?
Is it possible to define the difference between comic books and sequential art?

Plus a new segment for the show…a Mini-Interview!
Tamara chats with painter Laura Till Barton about maintaining her art studio at City Market.

 

Tune in and get all the answers!
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https://www.instagram.com/artofjamiejones/
https://bio.site/artofjamiejones

https://www.instagram.com/laura_barton_fine_art/
https://www.lauratillbarton.com/

Original air date: July 27, 2022

Art(s) on the Air with Adonis Deking – Tamara & Melissa’s First Show!

Join us for the first show by new hosts Tamara Garvey & Melissa Taylor! We’re chatting with recent SCAD graduate Adonis Deking. He’s launching his art career…we’re launching a new (to us) show…SYNERGY.

What is Adonis’s theory of the 3 groups his fellow Animation students can be broken into?
What inspired him to pick up brushes and paints instead?
What early degrees did Tamara and Melissa get, before pursuing completely different fields?
What 1980s method of transportation does Adonis use?

Tune in and find out!

https://www.instagram.com/deking_art/
https://adonisdeking.com/

Original air date: July 20, 2022

Art on the Air Presents Kelly Boehmer

Faux fur. Glitter. Taxidermy.

 

That's what you can expect to see in the next iteration of Telfair Museums' Boxed In/Break Out project, featuring the work of Kelly Boehmer!

 

On this week's episode of Art on the Air we're pleased to present our Field Note with Boehmer, recorded live in front of the windows which will soon hold "Embedded!"

Art on the Air Presents Kay Wolfersperger

Perc. Green Truck. Foxy Loxy.

 

Everyone in Savannah knows these popular local businesses.

 

But did you know that Kay Wolfersperger is the one who designed much of their imagery?

 

Tune in to this week's episode of Art on the Air as we speak with this talented Graphic Designer and Illustrator about not only her commercial work, but also "Hey Y'all," her new project for the Drive Thru Art Box!

Art on the Air Presents Samita Wolfe and Lisa Rosenmeier

Two great interviews on this week's episode of Art on the Air on WRUU - 107.5 FM Savannah!

First we spoke with Samita Tcb Wolfe of Film Biz Recycling about the history of her non-profit prop house and how the community came together to help save it.

Then, in perhaps our most powerful interview ever, Lisa Rosenmeier Kyriakos talked about the state of the art scene in our community and her role as "canary in a coal mine" in being the first to reopen her gallery space down at Savannah City Market.

Seriously folks:

Do. Not. Miss. It!