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Welcome, to another Artsy AF Podcast! Today I’m launching a Patreon for any of you wanting to support the podcast! Please check that out HERE! This week’s guest is Sam Andrus (@5ammusic // @5amvisuals) Sam is a music producer and visual artist going by the moniker 5AM. In this episode we talk about how the pandemic has effected the music industry, Sam’s journey into art and music, reality tunnels, being able to recognize patterns, the artist’s role in society and lots of other interesting topics. Go check out his Bandcamp and Soundcloud pages and support him in any way you can!  As always thanks for being here and enjoy the episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

Mike Dempsey (@mad.house_art) is an avid art collector and supporter of artists who just started his own brand with MAD (Michael Albert Dempsey) House Art. We talk about focusing on digital content in the pandemic year, his journey from business school to working with artists, and he shares what makes him excited about artwork and the artists themselves in the context of buying and selling art. We also touch on NFTs (cause what else can’t everyone stop talking about) and some interesting ways this verification service can be used outside of art. Mike is also my good bud and neighbor and we have sister dogs that are super freakin’ cute. Go check out @mad.house_ art on Instagram and all the amazing artists on the roster.  Big BIG shouts to everyone out there listening, sharing, rating reviewing and subscribing to the podcast. Your support means a lot and it really helps grow this project!  If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at ht

Natasha Chomko goes by the brilliant name POST WOOK (@postwook) and her art is just as amazing. She’s a digital collage artist who’s work is inspired by nature and color. We talk a lot about her routine; setting boundaries with how much and when to engage with social media while also being super consistent with posting on Instagram; coming up in the festival scene; why she chose the name POST WOOK; and her former life as a political operative.  I'd like to thank everyone again who has been rating, reviewing, subscribing and giving Artsy AF some shouts out there in the digital world. It really helps get the word out and get people interested!   Also, last week's episode with Ally Grimm that we minted as an NFT is still available on OpenSea! The unique thing about this NFT is that it is the first podcast where an NFT is created on screen. Ally remixed the logo while we talked and the animated version is the main file in the NFT. The full audio/video episode is the unlockable content. If you're in

Welcome, my dear, creative friends: To the very first Artsy AF NFT episode and one of the first podcasts to be minted on the blockchain!  In this episode Ally Grimm and I talk about artistic styles; free will; the clubhouse app; and some of the broader social implications emergent in the NFT space. Ally also shares her process and remixes the Artsy AF logo on-screen during our conversation. To see or purchase the NFT click HERE! Unlockable content includes the full podcast Zoom video and the .mp4 animation of the Artsy AF logo, remixed by Ally. Very excited to have my first NFT be a collaboration via the podcast. This is the type of thing that I think is really cool about crypto art. Aside from the fact that artists are making some real money, there is less room for rent seeking middle-men, and the far out implications of things like DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) the meta narrative of minting our conversations about the time and space we live in is just super intriguing to me. Like a time

Salutations my beautiful, creative friends! On this week’s episode the great David Heskin ( @davidheskinart / @chrysopoeia.tattoo ) joins me to talk about balance, continuing education in art (and life), NFTs (of course), changing up styles, teaching and approaches to creativity. If you’re not familiar with David’s work, it’s on another level. Not only in technical skill and profundity but also in range of medium. Paintings, tattoos, ceramic tiles and even stone carving are some of the works in his repertoire.  David and his wife, Aloria are offering a three weekend online seminar. If you’re interested in learning about technical metaphysics of oil painting you can register for classes here: https://luminousfluxgallery.com/collections/study Be sure to go to David’s website at www.davidheskin.com to see a lot of new work. Thanks for listening! Please rate, review, subscribe, and tell your friends about Artsy AF, it helps out more than you know;) If you value what you're hearing and want to support the pod

Greetings and welcome to another Artsy AF episode! This week features Vajra (@visionaryartbyvajra) - an artist who’s work is infinite, magical and fractal, guiding viewers to new perspectives about themselves and the world they live in. We talk about selling big ticket paintings; turning adversity into a positive outcome; looking at suffering in the context of a life; NFTs; his back story and so much more. Go give him a follow on instagram and check out his website at altaroftheheart.com Thank you for listening and as always please subscribe, rate and review wherever you listen to your podcasts! If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

Yo! If you don’t know Zach Jackson’s work, do yourself a favor and go check it out ( @zj_ratio // www.zjratio.com ) right this instant! It’s like a tiny interpretive dancer poured their literal soul out on to the canvas and created a beautiful expression of pure genius! We talk about how Zach makes these incredible works of art; his inspirations from other mediums; how he got in to painting; and what his superpower is. Go check it out on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Anchor.fm, YouTube and any other conceivable place you could listen to podcasts! As always, thank you for listening and stay creative! If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

I sat down with the one like Patrick Boyle (@digitalvagabond) who is a media manager, dj/producer, and jewelry maker- as well as Jöshy (@5ive_9ine)  set designer, visuals wizard and carpenter/fabricator extraordinaire - for an epic conversational quest last week. We talk about Pat and Joshy’s new production project called Towr Media (@towrmedia) combining live music streams, storytelling and an unreleased video game. Check out their livestream coming up on 3/20/21. If their last production was any indication, you’re in for a danged good time. We also get in to: how media influences us , conspiracy theories, the nuance between free will and determinism, and a lot of other really shreddy topics, brah. Shouts!   Please be sure to rate, review, subscribe, notify your representative, buy my merch and take some sort of blood oath to virtue signal your fealty to me, please. I appreciate your support!  If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how

This week’s guest is none other than the legendary electronic music producer Mr. Bill ( @mrbillstunes). Not only is Bill an excellent producer, but he’s also a teacher of production via his online tutorials. You can sign up for some exclusive sample packs, live streams and project files via his hardcore Abletoneers package on his website: live.mrbillstunes.com On top of all that Bill also has the Mr. Bill podcast where he talks about a wide range of topics with other edm producers! Check it out! In this episode we talk brutal facts about the music industry, chess, collaborating and his process in making a tune. We had to keep it pretty short because Bill is working on a new album right now and is feeling the grind of maintaining a fruitful career that any creative at his level experiences. (Pro tip: you work harder, you see more success) Thank you for listening in once again, and I hope you enjoy this episode.  If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about h

My guest this week is Justin Aversano. Justin (@justinaversano) is the co-founder of Save Art Space (@saveartspace) , a non-profit that buys billboard space and replaces images used for advertising with public art from local artists. We talk a lot about that project, the impact of public art, his photography book Twin Flames, how technology is influencing art and how art is influencing technology, why society tells people they can’t be an artist, whether everyone is an artist, and a whole lot more. If you’re looking to get involved in Save Art Space go to their website https://www.saveartspace.org and submit your art! It’s only $10 per image for a chance to have your work on a billboard or public advertising space. You can also donate there if you’re not submitting work and just want to support the cause! Check out Justin's photography: https://www.justinaversano.com/ As always, thank you for listening and if you would like to support the podcast go snag yourself a hoodie, t-shirt, or mug with the Artsy AF lo

Painter, sculptor and digital artist NFN Kalyan (@nfnkalyan) joins the Artsy AF podcast! Kalyan's work is a clinic in photorealism and creative composing, sampling work from renaissance painters, Marvel comics, and images from pop culture. You NEED to check out his work and give him a follow.  We talk about his journey into making art- from being able to draw photorealist images when he was only 13, to deciding to quit his job suddenly at 26 and become a full time creator; where we stand on separating an artist from their art; the concept of free will; Hindu mythology; NFTs and the exciting opportunities for a new art market AND as a new medium for creating in and of itself; and some brutal facts about being an artist.  Hope you enjoy this episode and thank you for listening!  If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

This week’s guest needs no introduction, it’s the man, the myth and former co-host of the Artsy AF podcast, John Speaker! (@johnspeaker) We talk about relating to social media, the ebbs and flows of creativity, living a balanced art life, success and it’s trappings, what our ‘three wishes’ would be and we round it out with a Visionary Haiku. We’re doing a giveaway the rules of which are tucked into this episode somewhere. So, listen until the end and write either of us with the answer. The first person to write us gets the prize! Thanks again for listening and have a creative week! If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

Rob Uslan is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and satirical t shirt maker. He makes and performs music under the moniker, Supersillyus (@supersillyus) and when this pandemic isn’t forcing us all to stay away from concerts, he sometimes performs with the Supersillyus Life Band using live instrumentation. In this episode we get into the effects of the ol’ pandy quarantine on the music industry; Rob’s pivot to making a living off satirical t-shirts during the lock down, Brand reverence in psychedelic culture and all the spiritual bypassing that tends to come along with it, the idea of false scarcity and a few brutal facts about the music industry. A big thank you to Rob for being a guest on Artsy AF! This conversation was a lot of fun and I think you’ll find it very interesting. PLEASE do yourself a favor and check out the Supersillyus instagram page for some hilariously wearable memes and be on the look out for new tunes that will diverge from the classic Supersillyus sound on Bandcamp in the (hopefully) near

Anthony Thogmartin is a multi-instrumentalist, music producer and teacher, and planetary advocate. He's a founding member of the band Papadosio, produces music in his solo project, EarthCry and has an online Ableton course on his YouTube channel, Seed to Stage. We talk about consciousness, surviving as a band in the music industry for 15 years, the effects of social media and how to navigate the terrain, modular synthesis and we discuss his newest body of work with EarthCry called, "Identity Mitosis", a concept album of sorts that seeks to convince the listener to identify more with planet Earth. Anthony has a lot of insight into many topics and was a lot of fun to talk to. Please check out his work at the links below.  Identity Mitosis: www.earthcry.net  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEc5Et86hWQ&list=PLgeici-k1aBfF467tb417vj-rPQ8HGOk0  EarthCry: earthcry.bandcamp.com  Seed to Stage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQWZ-CNtAiDTkBW5mfeuQ  Papadosio: https://www.papadosio.com/&

He’s a music and video producer, sitar stylist, wizard and an avid vinyl collector- A very special, very talented young man- Aaron Holsapple/ @Cualli returns to Artsy AF!! You can find his new album, Tummy Fuzz, on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, YouTube, you name it, it’s out there! We’ve got big news. We’re being sponsored by Hollywood (yes, THE Hollywood) for this episode. They recognized our creative acumen and asked us to film an intro for this new sitcom about friends taking mushrooms together. We said 'Fine, Hollywood, we'll do it but,' we added with a drawn out pause 'under oooone condition.'  The faceless black shadow that called itself Hollywood let slip a questioning grumble 'Hrrhhn?'  'You've gotta sponsor our podcast episode, we need way more industry cred'  The ancient shadow shrugged where it's shoulder's would've been if it were in any kind of discernible, human form as if to say OK. and, well... as they say... The Rest is History ™  Wanna see our Hollywood debut? Cl

Painter and artist Jack Shure (@jack_shure) returns for his second appearance on the podcast, this time with his girlfriend Krystalyn Jade (@krystalyn_jade) . They talk about their relationship- how it’s helped Krystalyn overcome alcohol abuse, learning the language of imagery and how to paint from Jack and some of their struggles as well. We talk about the avenue of teaching, the relationship between artists and galleries, their purpose of making art and even manage to get in a Visionary Haiku at the end. If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast Please rate, review and subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms and don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

Chelsea Lewinski ( @lewinskiart ) is a muralist, painter, digital artist and single mother based out of Denver, CO. Her realistic style of portraits using all spray cans is unique. She paints humans that she feels like don't have enough of the spotlight on them; from her personal friends to community members where she is creating a mural.  Most of our conversation centers around Chelsea's journey in to her art career which started less than two years ago. The distance she has covered in that short amount of time in terms of leveling up her skill and capitalizing on opportunities is pretty mind blowing. She talks about what it's like being a single mother and an artist and a lot more.  If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast Thanks for listening to this episode! Please subscribe to our YouTube channel , rate and review on your favorite pod catcher and tell your Artsy AF friends about us! ---

This week, we welcome back Artsy AF's very first guest, Bobby Kruse (@bobbykruseart). Bobby is a painter living in Denver, CO and on this episode we talk about finding your place in the world as an artist during the current chaos; Bobby's forays into writing; the "realness" of fiction; learning a new medium like aerosol and I call my Dad to see if he wants a really cool "Weed Dad" hoodie.  Bobby's Facebook page  YouTube Video If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

Nathaniel Fyffe (@freed_mind_fabrications) is a metalsmith, fabricator and expert hand engraved jewelry maker who lives in Denver, CO. He makes pendants, rings, grills, earrings and other accessories to make his clients feel like champs. Nate and I sat down in the podcast studios at the Museum of Outdoors Arts ( @outdoorarts ) to discuss the process of jewelry making, the experience of having someone famous wear your art, speculate on Instagram and bust out a entirely too fire Visionary Haiku. Hope you enjoyed the episode! Please subscribe to our YouTube channel, we have video now and it's pretty awesome. If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast https://freedmindfabrications.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support

Aj Davis ( @ajdavisart @projectstreetgold) is a painter, muralist, sculptor and bronze caster living and working in Denver, CO. AJ and I caught up in the epic Museum of Outdoor Arts ( @outdoorarts ) in Englewood to talk about a bunch of Artsy stuff including: time management, his fellowship at the museum, his time in art school, some of his current projects and a new segment called visionary haiku. AJ's website If you value what you're hearing and want to support the podcast you can find out more about how to do that at https://www.patreon.com/artsyafpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/artsyaf/support