Art on the Air

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!

Art on the Air presents Julia Thompson and Kiri Williamson

On this week's episode we aired our conversation with Julia Thompson and Kiri Williamson about Thompson's large scale quarantine piece about happiness, as well as delving into Williamson's thoughts on working in the restaurant industry during a shelter in place order.

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Art on the Air presents Jennifer Moss

On this week's episode of Art on the Air we're pleased to air our long-form sit-down interview with Jennifer E Moss! Her exhibition "Marked: Rusted Wovens" is currently on view at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center Gallery!

Plus we'll be broadcasting our Field Note with Kench Lott Weathers about his Drive-Thru Art Box project "die Existenz" at Green Truck Pub!

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Art on the Air presents The Critique

This episode is made possible by Savannah's ONLY independently-owned art supply store, Starlandia Supply!

According to Dictionary.com, a critique is "a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory."

On this very special episode of Art on the Air, we gathered together several of the artists featured in "Tape Paper Scissors Print" at Location Gallery to talk about the importance of critiques, and to delve deep into the works that they are exhibiting in the show.

Includes guest artists Axelle Kieffer, Jordan Mooney, Laurie Darby, Ahmad Jackson, and Peter Erwin Roberts.

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