Annie Moran is an artist and designer whose playfully elegant style takes form through many disciplines. Her work is an examination and celebration of nature and culture. A New Orleans, Louisiana-based artist - with former tenure as a New Yorker - and a world traveler, Annie often draws on the people, flora, and fauna of the Gulf Coast for inspiration yet her work is universally appealing. Annie has worked as a professional artist for over 15 years and has lent her talents to such brands as Kate Spade, Henri Bendel, and Coach. Never limiting herself to one medium or application, her body of work includes fine art, surface design for license, bespoke murals and wallpapers, fine jewelry, and apparel. https://anniemoran.com/ https://www.instagram.com/annie__moran/

In Which I Talk To Artists

Episode 54 - Annie Moran

Tennessee-based artist Samantha Wood, began her career as an art educator. Her students’ ideas and boldness have served as a source of motivation for her. This eventually led to her desire to focus intently on her own paintings and practice. What began as a realistic approach has now developed into a colorful, crisp and lush style of her own. Samantha has been enamored with the work of Van Gogh since she was a child. His use of color has inspired her to exaggerate and intensify colors within her work. Samantha wants her art to exude excitement, growth and hope in a world that can sometimes feel dark and lonely. Since embarking upon her own artistic journey several years ago, Samantha has had a solo show and participated in juried art festivals. She has been invited to participate in a number of local and regional shows and will have another solo show later this year. Samantha is looking forward to continued work on her botanical series, while also exploring some new ideas behind the scenes. https://www.samanthawood.art https://www.instagram.com/samanthawoodart/

Episode 53 - Samantha Wood

Stay Home Gallery is a contemporary Art Gallery & Artist Residency for womxn and families in Paris, TN. Started in 2020 as an online curation project between Kaylan Buteyn and Pam Marlene Taylor to highlight womxn creating art in the global quarantine, Stay Home Gallery evolved into a brick and mortar house-gallery and artist residency in Paris, TN. Inspired by the work coming from artists in isolation, Stay Home Gallery gives the experience of isolated space and time to work on art to womxn artists, without the global crisis (eventually). In an entirely unique space; a traditional home turned contemporary art gallery, womxn artists are encouraged to come alone, create a collaborative retreat by splitting the residency with other artist friends, or bring their partner or family. https://www.instagram.com/stayhomegallery/ Kaylan: http://www.kaylancreates.com/ Pam: https://pammarlenetaylor.com/

Episode 52 - Kaylan Buteyn and Pam Marlene Taylor, founders of Stay Home Gallery

From The Avid Pen: Dorothy Shain is a Greenville, South Carolina based artist whose work has been seen in publications such as Garden & Gun, Southern Living and Architectural Digest. Dorothy has also been named as one of the ‘South’s Best Tastemakers of 2019’ by Southern Living. www.dorothyshain.com/ www.instagram.com/dorothy_shain/ *This is a re-upload; the original episode did not post properly.

*Episode 51 - Dorothy Shain

From The Avid Pen: Dorothy Shain is a Greenville, South Carolina based artist whose work has been seen in publications such as Garden & Gun, Southern Living and Architectural Digest. Dorothy has also been named as one of the ‘South’s Best Tastemakers of 2019’ by Southern Living. https://www.dorothyshain.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dorothy_shain/

Episode 51 - Dorothy Shain

In Tori's own words, via revelatori.com: "I’m Tori Press—an artist, writer, self-love advocate, therapy enthusiast, and highly anxious human being. I spent most of my adult life working as a freelance graphic designer before deciding to close down my business and create space in my life. "Drawing cartoons was what came in to fill it up. "I bought myself a sketchbook and set of markers as a Christmas gift in 2016 and began drawing pictures inspired by yoga practice, mental health struggles, and everyday life.. a decision that started me on an extraordinary adventure of growth, self-discovery, and human connection. "I draw about what it's like to be a human being: the good, the bad, the confusing and messy and vulnerable. I'm drawing to help myself cultivate more mindfulness, joy, gratitude, and self-acceptance in my life, and I hope my art helps shine a little light for you on your own path as well. "I live in Los Angeles, California." https://www.instagram.com/revelatori/

Episode 50 - Tori Press

Kate T. Williamson is an illustrator, writer, and sock designer. She grew up in Reading, PA and lives in New York City. She is the author of the books A Year In Japan, At A Crossroads, Hello Kitty Everywhere!, Hello Kitty Through The Seasons!, and Domo in the World. She owns the beautiful sock company This Night, which are manufactured in North Carolina. Find her work at KateTWilliamson.com and at https://www.instagram.com/katetwilliamson/.

Episode 49 - Kate T. Williamson

Rose Jaffe is a visual artist, with mediums spanning mural painting, ceramics, printmaking, and digital illustration. Born and raised in the nation’s capital, Rose loves calling Washington, D.C. home. She earned her BFA at the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan and has pursued an art career full time after teaching middle and high school art in the city. She has painted over 30 murals nationally and internationally, including over 20 in D.C. Her art has been featured in over twelve publications, including the Washington Post and City Paper as well as NBC, CNN, and Channel 9 among others. The themes of her work include political activism, social justice, natural healing, and spiritual grounding. Her work is vibrant, colorful and often playful. She is dedicated to the work of harnessing the power of art to find connections, build community, spark conversation and create social change. https://rosejaffe.myportfolio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rose_inks/

Episode 48 - Rose Jaffe

We are back with a new episode! We are checking in with Edith Zimmerman, a writer and cartoonist living in Brooklyn. She publishes the newsletter Drawing Links and was the founding editor of The Hairpin (RIP). She illustrates The Small Bow and ran the comics section Spiralbound. https://drawinglinks.substack.com/

Episode 47 - The Return of Edith Zimmerman

Kaylan is an artist living and working in rural Tennessee, USA. She enjoys life in the country where she builds a life with her spouse; gardening, tending their historic home and homeschooling their three children (ages 7, 3, and 1). Kaylan received her MFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in in 2017 and a B.A. in Studio Art and B.S. in Communications from Houghton College in 2009. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and community spaces across the United States. As a social extension of her art practice, in 2019 Kaylan created the Artist/Mother podcast, which interviews incredible working artists who are also mothers about their work and life. The Artist/Mother podcast has expanded to become a community that features events, exhibitions, crit groups, retreats and more. instagram.com/kaylanbuteyn/

Episode 46 - Kaylan Buteyn

Paige Gausman is from Pennsylvania and based in the Bay Area working as an artist and youth art educator. She studied illustration at CCA, PRATT and RISD. Often creating an escape to an alternate reality, Gausman’s work reimagines personal subject matter in order to gain a new sense of understanding and control. You can find her on instagram at instagram.com/paige_gausman

Episode 45 - Paige Gausman

Nadia Alexis is a poet, photographer, educator, and organizer who was born in Harlem, New York City to Haitian immigrants. Her poetry and personal essay writing have been published in The American Poetry Journal, Kweli Journal, On She Goes, Texas Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal and elsewhere. Her photography has been published in fields magazine, TORCH Journal, and the MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora anthology. In 2019, she was named the recipient of honorable mention prize in poetry for the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s Award for College Writers. She has received poetry and visual art fellowships from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, The Watering Hole, and The Carr Center Independent Scholars Fellowship program. Her photographs have been exhibited in the U.S. and internationally. She is currently a creative writing doctoral student at the University of Mississippi where she also earned her MFA. https://www.bynadiaalexis.com https://www.instagram.com/nadialovestocreate/

Episode 44 - Nadia Alexis

Sarah is a Maine native who loves Maine. To her, it is a fiercely beautiful place that is constantly changing and ever offering naturally inspiring landscapes. She has a passion for sneakers, a clean house, the outdoors and art, in all its forms. She has been a distance runner for many years and gathers most of her images and inspiration from the scenery along the way. She loves making art and her goal is to make something you love. https://www.instagram.com/sarahmadeiraday/

Episode 43 - Sarah Madeira Day

Kirsten is a self-taught artist and ceramicist based in Seattle. instagram.com/kirstenwalterstudio

Episode 42 - Kirsten Walter

Emily Wallace is a writer and illustrator with a masters in pimento cheese (technically folklore with a masters thesis on p.cheese). Wallace’s book Road Sides: An Illustrated Companion to Dining and Driving in the American South (University of Texas Press) will be available October 2019. Wallace serves as art director & deputy editor of Southern Cultures quarterly at UNC-Chapel Hill, and has written and illustrated work for other publications including The Washington Post, Southern Living, The Oxford American, and GOOD. In 2015, Wallace was nominated for a James Beard Award in humor writing for her written/illustrated essay "Ham to Ham Combat: The Tale of Two Smithfields." She lives in Durham, NC. Tweets (occasionally): @emily__wallace Instagrams (more often): @emilyewallace

Episode 41 - Emily Wallace

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