Art on the Air

Art(s) on the Air with Angela Burson

Join Tamara for an interview with Angela Burson, who works in a variety of media to depict images of (frequently cropped or headless) figures, their belongings, and interior spaces, which indicate complex psychological and social relationships with one another. Her sharply painted work includes detailed classic clothing and accessories, and is frequently compared to the aesthetic of Wes Anderson movies. Angela first moved to Savannah from Liberty, Missouri in the late 1980s, to get her B.F.A. in Painting from SCAD. After a few years away, she returned in 2004 and has lived and exhibited here ever since.   

Her 2020 feature in New American Paintings has led to a rush of national and international opportunities over the past year, including shows and art fairs in NYC and Madrid, and she's currently preparing for a solo show in L.A. in December 2023. 

http://www.angelaburson.com/
https://www.instagram.com/angelaburson/ 

Topics in their chat include:

Angela's early years in the late 1980s living near Colonial Park Cemetery, and then on Jones St for $250 a month (!); how her first solo show of cowboy- and gun-themed artwork inadvertently boosted local gun sales; how her painting entitled "Danny Hansford's socks" led to her long running fascination with observing and painting peoples' socks; which rock star's hand is her frequent reference for depicting cigarette smoking; her History of Menswear reference book; which one specific outfit from a Wes Anderson movie she has included in a painting; and her advice to keep applying to New American Paintings no matter how many rejections you get. 

 

Tune in and get all the details!

Art(s) on the Air with Gabrielle Torres

Join Tamara and Melissa(!) for an interview with Gabrielle Torres, who earned her MFA in Painting from SCAD in 2021. She works in collage, installation, sculpture, etc, with media that runs the gamut from paint, wires, chains, live plants, fabric, and plastic bags.

In just the year since she graduated, she's shown her art at Sulfur Studios, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Savannah State University, and the September Gray Gallery in Atlanta, as well as having completed an Artist Residency at Sulfur Studios. Whew! 

https://www.gabrielleelizabethtorres.com/

Topics in their chat include: what Gabrielle's early artwork of horses represented to her, teaching art to kids as early as possible, explaining to gallerists the watering process for her artwork, the symbolism of English ivy, the location that her thesis show shared with recent horror movie "Halloween Ends," and using her Sulfur residency to talk to Savannahians about colonialism and other weighty topics. 

Tune in and get all the details! 

Art(s) on the Air with Emily Heid

Join Tamara for an interview with Emily Heid, author of the children's books "Scarlett Moves to Savannah" and "Scarlett Wins the Race," illustrated by SCAD alum Chelsie Liberati, as well as the 'non picture book' "Establish." She's also created a consulting business called Bootstrap Books, in order to help authors self-publish professional-looking work.

We chat about the 3 types/rounds of editing that a manuscript goes through for publication, the nitty-gritty of self-publishing and selling an e-book and/or physical book through Amazon and Barnes & Noble, the Weenie Dog races of Savannah, Queen Elizabeth's corgis and dorgis, and combating writer's' block.

Bonus - toward the end of the show you'll get to hear music clips from 2 of our past interviewees - harpist Kristin King and electronic musician Derek Hakíkta Lynch (Kola Hak).

Check out Emily's books, plus the others she's consulted on via Bootstrap Books, here:

https://bootstrapbookspublishing.com/books/ 

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

Does Emily recommend that professional authors set up an LLC?

How has "print on demand" made life so much easier for up-and-coming authors?

How did the children's book collaboration between Emily and illustrator Chelsea Liberati come about? 

What is a life lesson/tip that Emily builds into her children's books?

 

Tune in and find out!

Art(s) on the Air with Adrienne Berkland

With Melissa on a break, original show host David Laughlin joins Tamara for an interview with Adrienne Berkland, a portrait and plein air painter who had work in a recent Atlanta show called "Rage Becomes Her." The conversation touches on making art as a response to the current political moment, gouache, SCAD sports, women's hair, working to music, painting live at events, and the use of hot pink. 

https://www.instagram.com/adrienneberklandart/
https://www.adrienneberklandart.com/

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

How did Adrienne transition from sports to art?
What part of a human or pet portrait do you really have to get right, for the painting to be "successful?" 
Who in the interview has to paint to background music, and who absolutely can't?

 

Tune in and find out!

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 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 Maggie & Jackson Evans

Join Tamara & Melissa for an interview with Maggie & Jackson Evans – jazz musicians, longtime Savannahians, and generally just two of the nicest people around.

Get the answers to such burning questions as:

How did each of them originally choose their signature instrument?

What is Jackson’s #1 piece of advice to up-and-coming musicians?

What question of Melissa’s stumped Maggie to such an extent that we are literally still waiting for an answer? 

Tune in and find out!
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https://www.maggieevansarts.com/video-recordings
http://jacksonevans.com/

Original air date: Aug 3, 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 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!