Join Tamara for an interview with Antwan Eady, author of children's book NIGEL AND THE MOON along with upcoming titles MICAH'S RISE, THE LAST STAND, and the YA anthology POEMHOOD. He writes with the intention of occupying a space within literature where the underrepresented may see themselves as the main character.  NIGEL AND THE MOON - featuring a Black schoolboy who moves past his fear of judgment to share his big dreams with his class during Career Week - has been a HUGE success! It was named a Barnes and Noble Most Anticipated Kid's Book of February, Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Month Pick, Colin Kaepernick's Current Favorite Children's Picture Books, and Today Show Best Children's Read, amongst many other awards.  https://www.antwaneady.com/ https://www.instagram.com/antwan.eady/ Topics in their chat include: Antwan having a 10-year-plan in 8th grade; how meeting Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah at Savannah’s Book Festival in 2019 inspired him to start writing; the lack of both characters of color and creatives of color in the book world; his terms "young dreamers" and "young dreamers of color" for children; his edict that "having no agent is better than having a bad agent;" having kept a gratitude journal since 2002, learning to advocate for some down time to recharge during his book tour; and a possible future Christmas rom-com type story!    Bonus! Antwan was kind enough to provide a terrific list of resources for writers. Podcasts:  The Manuscript Academy - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manuscript-academy/id1171799743  First Draft - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-draft-with-sarah-enni/id896407410  Save the Cat- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/save-the-cat-podcast/id884651026  Society of Children's Books Illustrators and Writers - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scbwi-podcasts/id1465188050  The Growing Readers Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-childrens-book-review-growing-readers-podcast/id1550324351 Books:  Writer's Market (latest edition) - can be borrowed from local libraries.     P.S. - During the first few minutes of the interview, you'll hear the train passing by off in the distance, which gives it a real genuine Savannah feel! ;)     Tune in and get all the details!

*Hear ye, hear ye! Our show is now moving to the 1st and 3rd (and 5th) Wednesdays of the month, instead of every Wednesday. We want to continue making as high quality a show as possible, and biweekly will fit much better with our schedules and workloads. Thank you all so much for your great feedback on our first few months!* Join Tamara for an interview with self-taught artist Paul Downs, who works in oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints, striving to evoke a sense of storytelling and design in his work. He shows regularly in art fairs in Savannah, St. Simons Island, and Hilton Head Island. Paul serves on the board of Arts on the Coast and is a member of Savannah Art Association, and has recently launched a watercolor painting class for adults!  https://www.pauldownsartist.com/ https://www.instagram.com/art_monkey16/ Topics in their chat include: Paul's recollections on living in Seattle during the 90s grunge scene; the gallery scene in Savannah's City Market in the late 90s/early 00s; how his pet portrait commission business has exploded just since Covid; what shape of head and eyes reads as "cuter" in a yeti holiday card; in which store you can shop his "tasteful nude" painted bookmarks; and the learning curve of doing your first outdoor art shows, including Paul and Tamara's hot tips for securing your small paper products during windy shows.    P.S. - the local crime novelist he was trying to think of was...Rita Herron!    Tune in and get all the details!

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! 

Happy Thanksgiving week! We're celebrating with a special show of music by two of Savannah's beloved local groups. First, Bero Bero - a synth band that has been described as Sade meets Kate Bush - made up of Veronica Garcia-Melendez and David Murray. Here are songs from their EP called DANCE (2020), and they are currently working on their 4th EP, set to release early 2023. Follow their IG to keep up with their news, including lots of live shows!  https://www.instagram.com/beroberoband/ https://www.beroberoband.com/  Next up, music by the Eric Jones Trio, who play every Sunday and Thursday nights at Good Times Jazz Bar downtown, and have also appeared at the Savannah Jazz Festival. These songs are from from their 2020 album Azubuike (which our show's theme song is also from), provided to us by their bass player Marc Chesanow.  https://www.ericjonesmusic.net/  https://goodtimesjazzbar.com/ 

Join Tamara for an interview with Jennifer Mack Watkins, a printmaker with a studio in Sulfur Studios. She was born in Charleston and holds a B.A. in studio arts from Morris Brown College, an M.A.T. from Tufts University, and an M.F.A. in printmaking from Pratt Institute. Her work investigates the societal constructs that can leave women feeling isolated, resisting definitions of femininity based on widely held notions of beauty and cultural norms. If you happen to be in NYC in the next couple of months, Jennifer currently has a piece on view in The Metropolitan Museum of Art(!) - "The Power of Portraiture: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints," October 13, 2022–February 7, 2023. https://www.instagram.com/mack_jenniferprints/ http://www.mackjennifer.com/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675828/you-gotta-meet-mr-pierce-by-chiquita-mullins-lee-and-carmella-van-vleet-illustrated-by-jennifer-mack-watkins/  Topics in their chat include: Shina plywood (a soft wood for woodblock printing), what Jennifer's dream print shop would contain, what is risograph?, what getting rejected from an AP art class in high school inspired in her, and the soon-to-be-published children's book she illustrated: "You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"  Tune in and get all the details! 

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!

Join Tamara and David as they interview Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Jepson Center. Her retrospective "Feels like Freedom: Phillip J. Hampton," has recently opened and will run through January 2023, and you have to go see it!  We chat about how Erin got into curation, tips and advice for anyone looking to enter the field, and the steps a museum takes when art arrives for an exhibition and needs to be checked over for any degradation, plus lots of specifics about the Hampton exhibition and his incredible artistic range.  Toward the end David gets to ask her his favorite query, and she really knocks it out of the park! Connect with Erin and her curatorial life here: https://www.instagram.com/erindunn_art/ https://www.telfair.org/exhibitions/feels-like-freedom/    Bonus - a mini-interview with painter Laura Till Barton (at 56 minutes) about her most recent series of large-scale figures and interiors.   https://www.instagram.com/laura_barton_fine_art/  Get the answers to such burning questions as: What are Erin’s favorite and least favorite aspects of being a curator? What were the steps involved for her to curate and put up her current exhibition? How did Philip J. Hampton’s work run the gamut from social realism and speaking about the Black experience in Savannah, to the expressionist/conceptual art that had begun to boom in the art world in general?  Why might artists want to avoid making too much work on newsprint?    Tune in and find out!

Join Tamara for a roundtable discussion with local authors Judy Bean, Helen Pitts Bradley, Susan Earl, and Beverly Willett. They've been meeting every Wednesday for over 5 years as a writers' critique group, the Wednesday Writers.  Topics include: the process of reaching out to agents and/or directly to publishing houses, the Ossabaw Island retreat, Savannah courthouse drama, letting real people find their way into your writing, how a group keeps you accountable, having reading/book launch events in local shops, and the usefulness of Query Tracker. Check out each of their work here:   Judy Bean https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-bean-8aa1475  Helen Pitts Bradley https://nexttribe.com/grandparents-raising-grandkids/  Susan Earl https://www.susan-earl.com/  https://sulfurstudios.org/susanearl  Beverly Willett https://beverlywillett.com/ https://www.independent.co.uk/us/voices/breast-cancer-awareness-month-pink-b2205494.html Get the answers to such burning questions as: What are a few recommendations for getting past creative block? How does a writer/artist decide whose advice/criticism to take? What are the marketing materials you need to be top notch in order to pitch your novel?   Tune in and find out!

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!

Join Tamara for interviews related to the City of Savannah's current "Storm Drain Art" public mural project, which is taking place all over the city. From their site https://waterconnectsusall.com/ :  "What connects us to these waters, plants, and wildlife we don’t see? It is the storm drain in front of our homes, schools, offices, parks, grocery stores, restaurants, and gas stations....This project is part of a larger campaign to lift the lowly storm drain to a level of prominence, so we are reminded of our connection to our rivers and ocean. We are reminded that our actions impact the wildlife and local economies that depend on our waters staying healthy." The first half of the show is a group interview at Heard Elementary School, with storm drain muralist Jen Palmer; STEAM Lab teacher & 5th grade teacher Angela Willis; 4th grade teachers Deanna Fanning and Ms Green; Assistant Principal Mary Ann Rogers Lamberth; AND three students from the school. In the second half, Tamara interviews another storm drain muralist Dana Richardson, on site at White Bluff Elementary School. The discussion includes her other mural work (including at the Jepson Museum and Starland Dairy), and her work as an art teacher at Savannah Christian, including her theory about the process of teaching paralleling the design process.    https://www.instagram.com/jenpalmerart/ https://www.jenpalmer.art/ https://www.instagram.com/danawrich/ https://www.danarichardsonart.com/ Get the answers to such burning questions as: What do the science teachers recommend that homeowners do, to keep yard detritus from blowing into the storm drains? What animals have the kids found in the creek behind Heard Elementary? What are Dana's thoughts on teaching students about representational vs. conceptual art, and the ways we can appreciate each in their own way?   Tune in and find out!

Join Tamara for an interview with David Laughlin - freelance artist, muralist, and original host of this show! If you know David then you know that this will be a conversation about basically everything, but topics include: freehanding a mural, bicycle theft, Norman Rockwell, the Key Westying of Savannah, farm life, and auditory vs. visual learning.  https://laughlinkw.wixsite.com/davidlaughlinart https://www.instagram.com/thedavidlaughlin/ Get the answers to such burning questions as: How does David cope with peoples' interruptions when he's painting in public?  What's the backstory of the name behind this new jazz club where he's muraling? How does he define the difference between "hostess" vs. "host" when it comes to Savannah's motto? Tune in and find out!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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! —— https://www.instagram.com/lepouf_art/  https://lepouf-art.com/  Original air date: Aug 24, 2022

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

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

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! —— https://www.maggieevansarts.com/video-recordings http://jacksonevans.com/ Original air date: Aug 3, 2022

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! —— 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

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

"Creative Soul Mates" Phillip Davis and Zay Hutchins have partnered with some of the most exciting young artistic entrepreneurs in Savannah to create "The Collage," a new multidisciplinary space in midtown Savannah.   Join us as we broadcast our tour of their latest endeavor, from Zay's art and tattoo studio, to the music production facilities that Phillip helped build, to the creative heart of 4 Dot Tees, and so much more!   Tune in!

Using simple line work and a whimsical style, Carys LeRoy creates joyful illustrations with pens and markers.   Join us as we invite the young artist to tell us all about here process in designing one of her illustrations, and how the work of Jack Kirby and the show Schoolhouse Rock influenced her work.   Tune in!

“I have a hard time lately with creating objects just because of environmentalism,” said Susan Hopp during our conversation for this week’s Art on the Air. "And do I want to contribute to more things living in my flat files in my studio before and after they go to exhibition.”   Join us as we air our interview with this intriguing digital artist!

Lowcountry artist Amiri Farris has created a new image to commemorate Juneteenth, a digital print that he's giving away for free!   Join us as we discuss the ins and outs of the piece, why he decided to give it away, and why Emancipation Day is so important to him.   As a bonus, we'll be broadcasting his new song Analogous Summer for the first time anywhere!   Tune in!

We begin the show with a tribute to Rob's dad, Duke Hessler, who passed away on Monday, May 30th, 2022 after a long illness.   Then we dive into a discussion of First Friday and everything that Sulfur Studios and Arts Southeast has to offer, after which we play our Field Note with current On::View Artist in Residence Timothy Harding!   Finally, we end the show touching on a few other local events happening during First Friday, including HYPE at Location Gallery, Starlandia Supply's 7-year anniversary celebration, and Meg Kettelkamp's "Ghosts," a pop up show at a former house.   Tune in!

Two big interviews this week!   First, we spoke with several members of The Artists and the Truck, a group of men whose history as friends and artists goes back over thirty years, about their current exhibition at Location Gallery.   Then we chatted with Samantha Mack from her studio about her upcoming exhibition Through a Kaleidoscope. Although technically a thesis show for her MFA in painting, the artist is bringing a unique show of crochet and light to the gallery at Sulfur Studios.   Tune in!

On this week's episode of Art on the Air, we're pleased to present our Field Note with Rule of 3 Gallery Director Stephanie "Sunshine" Forbes and her father Rob Forbes all about Rob's exhibition "Childish Things!"   Raised in an orphanage, Rob Forbes childhood was a combination of moments of light and darkness. His latest exhibition at Rule of 3 Gallery is the kind of artistic and personal undertaking that is over fifty years in the making.   Meanwhile, for Stephanie Forbes, as both curator of the show and the artist's daughter, the exhibition is a profound moment of connection between here and her dad, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream of properly showcasing the work of a man who has inspired and raised her.   Tune in!

Kathryn Shriver is a fiber artist, but her use of beads and manufactured and found home goods makes such a qualification too limiting.   Join us as we broadcast our Field Note from her space at Sulfur Studios, where the artist will discuss how her grandparents have inspired her work, using beads, and the unexpected reason for her forthcoming move to Pittsburgh.   Tune in!

Jam-packed episode for you this week!   We've got Charlie Ellis and Deborah Sherron Miller talking SLAM (Savannah Local Artist Market). We've got Joanne Morton talking Circles of Hope! AND we've got a bonus Field Note with Frances Gootman!   Listen in!

Gabe Torres is an artist who defies classification, both as a person and as an artist. She's a painter, a mother, a black woman, an environmentalist and so much more, and yet she doesn't fit easily into any box.   Join us this week as we broadcast our Field Note with this exciting young creator, recorded live from her studio!

Artist Lila Klinck of Elate Apparel has spent years in the grind, balancing creating her print making business with tending bar. Last year, however, she took the plunge and decided to lease a new space at 2105 Skidaway Road.   Join us for this week's episode of Art on the Air as we air our on-location Field Note interview with Klinck, a fascinating tale of hard work, perseverance, and community partnerships that you won't want to miss!

Monica Jane Frisell & Adam Scher have been driving around the United States in a truck, hauling a custom trailer that they've converted into a darkroom and office. At each stop, they're recording stories and taking portraits of the locals, compiling them for their series, "Portrait of US."   This month, the pair have brought "the Ark" to Savannah as part of the On::View Residency at Sulfur Studios, and we're delighted to share our Field Note with them for this week's episode of Art on the Air!   As a special bonus, Frisell and Scher have sent us four stories that they've recorded during their travels that we'll be airing during the second half of the episode, powerful tales of moments that have had a profound impact on the person doing the telling.   Simply put, a can't miss episode!

One of the most unique artists in Savannah, Ben Copperwheat's screen printed images and fashion presents bold colors and vibrant ideas. Join us for this week's episode of Art on the Air as we speak with this UK-born artist about the inspirations behind his work, his time in the New York City fashion world, and how he ended up settling in a small town in the south.   Tune in!

Shawn Turner is one of Savannah's most unique artists, a "Fabric Sculptor" crafting everything from animals to abstracts.   Join us for this week's episode of Art on the Air as we broadcast our Field Note recorded live from his studio, where we talked about his inspirations, how he utilizes his materials, and how used one of his creations to play a practical joke on his husband.   A fun and interesting interview that you won't want to miss!

Toni Hazel has spent years studying spirituality, creating an artistic style that marries his creative practice and his views on God.   Join us for this week's episode of Art on the Air as the young artist shares his personal journey, from growing up in a strict Judeo-Christian environment, to exploring comics and cartoons as a means of escape, to finally find a place where he felt free to be himself with his artwork.   A powerful conversation not to be missed!

Three big guests on this week's episode of Art on the Air!   First, we spoke with Jon Field, the current On::View Resident at Sulfur Studios, about his Dada-inspired project "The Desiring Machine," and how the community is helping to create it.   Then we caught up with Sulfur Studios co-founder and Arts Southeast Executive Director Emily Earl about how the residency has evolved, including the recent addition of an apartment for residents to stay in while they're in Savannah.   And finally, we chatted with Jim Bailey from The Sentient Bean, where his exhibition "Interpretive Woodworking" is currently showing.   A jam-packed episode that you won't want to miss!

This week, we're excited to present our far-reaching interview with Patrick Kelsey!   Kelsey is not only a founding member of both Georgians for the Arts and the Arts and Culture Alliance of Chatham County, but he was recently unanimously elected for a second term as Chairperson for the Cultural Affairs Commission (CAC)! Join us as we take a deep dive into Kelsey's background, discuss the important role of the CAC in our local art community, and why more artists need to take advantage of the funding opportunities that the city has to offer (Spoiler Alert: There's money for the taking!).   Tune in!

Join us this week as we broadcast our Field Note with painter Maxx Feist!   The recent Savannah transplant just completed their new mural “Bird is the Word: The Monsters of Avondale,” and we were on hand to chat all about it!   Plus we delved into how Feist developed their unique artistic style, how music influences their work, and the differences between Savannah and Asheville.   Tune in!

This week we're pleased to present our conversation with multi-disciplinary artist and Friends of African American Arts (FAAA) board member Sharonna Ray!   Inspired the death of her brother, Ray artfully recreates the desserts she shared with loved ones to speak on issues of intimacy and memory. Additionally, through FAAA, she works within the community to increase representation, and helps to inspire local youth as a elementary school art teacher.   Listen in!

On this week's episode we're excited to present our conversation with multidisciplinary artist Tamara Isaak-Harrington!   Born in Russia and adopted to the United States as a baby, Isaak-Harrington has spent a lifetime traveling to world, exploring music and art, and creating her own story. Join us as we delve into the background of this intriguing young artist!

On this week's episode of Art on the Air we're pleased to present our Field Note with Betsy Cain, recorded on-location from her studio!   Cain is one of Savannah's most well-known and prolific artists, and during our conversation she opens up about her process for creating work for her latest exhibition "the nature of not knowing," on view now through March 19th at Laney Contemporary. Created entirely during the two years of the pandemic, the works showcase both her trademark style, and an artistic progression born of experiences that many of us can relate to.   Tune in!

Two guests together this week: We spoke with art world outsiders Eoley Mulally and Michael Mahaffey about taking chances, creating your own opportunities, and what Savannah needs to do to match other cities both for the creatives who live here and as a possible arts destination.   Although the artists couldn't be more different stylistically (Mulally focuses on punk circus-like performance art and recontectualized altars, while Mahaffey is known for creating stencils and paintings incorporating pop culture figures and snarky humor) in terms of how they view where Savannah stands as an art community they're remarkably unified.   Definitely a can't miss episode!

Join us for this week's episode of Art on the Air we're we'll be broadcasting our interview with the controversially creepy Liz Bishop! Her work delves into both macabre pop imagery as well as the dark side of her own experience. Tune in!

We've got a really fun episode lined up for you this week: We spoke with illustrator NoNo Flores live from Lone Wolf Lounge all about her current exhibition, "Lone Wolf Sketchbook!" Flores has spent the years since the popular neighborhood bar opened collecting images of the employees and clientele, and the show captures the best of her "love letter" to the folks who call the place their second home. Check it out!

Two big interviews this week! First, we spoke with Stephanie "Sunshine" Forbes and Nora Harrison about Forbes' art, how she came to open the new Rule of Three Gallery, and Harrison's latest exhibition, "Sometimes I Miss You." Then we checked it with our good friend Lisa Rosenmeier to chat about "To The Future," he new exhibition at Blick Art Materials featuring Spock the Mouse, and utilizing technology in a unique and interesting why never before seen in Savannah! Check it out!

Tate Ellington and Heather Young straddle two worlds: That as a full-time artist; and as parents to young children. Join us for this week's episode of Art on the Air are we chat with the pair from their Mom Art Camp, gatherings at Heather's studio where the two work on art, shared strength, and navigate the local art scene! Tune in!