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 Derek Hakíkta Lynch (Kola Hak)

Join Tamara for an interview with Derek Hakíkta Lynch. He's the bassist for the metal band Black Tusk, makes solo electronic music under the name Kola Hak, AND makes kooky Max Headroom(!!!)-inspired videos with his brother.

https://www.instagram.com/kola_hak/
https://kolahak.bandcamp.com

 

Get the answers to such burning questions as:
What the heck is a marimba?
What were some of downtown's best rock clubs in the mid-2000s?
And most importantly, which is the superior movie - 300 or Maid in Manhattan? 

 

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 Kristin King

Join Tamara for an interview with local harpist Kristin King. She performs both classical and contemporary music, and has co-owned New Arts Ensembles, a music booking agency, since 2002. Keep an ear out for the 3 Kristin’s harp clips we play! 

https://www.instagram.com/kristinharp9
https://www.facebook.com/newartsensembles

PLUS a mini-interview with Michelle Perez about how she transitioned into working from home as a full-time artist!

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


Get the answers to such burning questions as:

Do Fleetwood Mac’s songs sound good on a harp?
What instrument do harp musicians usually start learning on?
Which instruments sound better as they age and which don’t?

Tune in and find out!

Original air date: Aug 17, 2022

Art(s) on the Air with Taylor Brown

Join Tamara & Melissa for an interview with local author Taylor Brown. He’s written 6 (!) novels, including the recently released Wingwalkers. He settled in Savannah after long stints in Buenos Aires, San Francisco, and the mountains and coasts of North Carolina.


http://www.taylorbrownfiction.com/

https://www.instagram.com/taylorbrown82/

PLUS a Mini Interview with Sabree, a Gullah artist, about running her City Market studio. (Starts around 52mins.)

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



Get the answers to such burning questions as:

How does Taylor gauge the perfect length for a chase sequence?
If one’s laptop battery is good enough, is it possible to write a novel while sitting in a square?
What is “muscular prose” anyway?


Tune in and find out!

Original air date: Aug 10, 2022

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 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