Two Artists Walk into a Bar

Our Guest Artist: Mel Kobayashi melaniekobayashi.homestead.com Our Host Artist: Carol McQuaid www.carolmcquaidart.com Our Bar: Trees, Yaletown, Vancouver www.treescoffee.com In this episode you’ll hear about: * Mel’s Blog bagandaberet.blogspot.com * American street photographer Bill Cunningham * American artist Cindy Sherman * Pao at projectminima.blogspot.com * My Sister&

Talking Art Licensing and More with Shandra Smith Our Guest Artist: Shandra Smith www.shandrasmith.com Our Host Artist: Carol McQuaid www.carolmcquaidart.com Our Bar: Third Space Coffee, Kelowna www.thirdspacecoffee.ca In this episode you’ll hear about: * Working at the Kelowna Art Gallery, realizing that artists are regular people (eureka!) * Teaching herself to use photoshop

Wine Night with Artist Whisperer Pennylane Shen Our Guest Artist: Pennylane Shen of Dazed and Confucius www.dazedandconfucius.com Our Host Artist: Carol McQuaid www.carolmcquaidart.com Our Bar: Campagnolo www.campagnolorestaurant.ca In this episode you’ll hear about: * How we met (clue: it involves Thrive Mastermind) * Her life as an artist consultant and how that differs from a

Our Guest Artist: Jane Lillico www.janelillico.com Our Host Artist: Carol McQuaid www.carolmcquaidart.com Our Bar: La Marea Los Cabos @lamarealoscabos In this episode you’ll hear about: * How she came to live in the Baja * The San Jose del Cabo Art Walk in the Centro Historico * Ida Victoria Gallery, where Jane’s work is shown www.idavictoriagallery.com * Singer/songwriter Mel

Season 1 Finale! Today we’re popping in to Mile Zero wine bar tucked between all the vineyards of the Okanagan, sharing a glass with none other than Danielle Krysa. You probably know her as The Jealous Curator. In fact you’re probably already following her blog and listening to her weekly “Art for Your Ear” podcast. If not, check it out. It’s so good. She’s writ

Today we get to hang out at the legendary Sai Woo in Vancouver and talk with photographer Rennie Brown. I discovered Rennie’s work when his ‘Artist in Studio’ images started appearing on the instagram feeds of so many artists I know and love. These portraits are intimate and evocative and I just had to meet him. Our Guest Artist: Rennie Brown www.renniebrown.com O

Thanks to a listener suggestion I hopped a train for West London this morning to meet up with calligraphy and textile artist Rosalind Wyatt. The way she weaves historic and significant text into some pretty cool ‘Oh my God, how did you get your hands on that’ pieces is something to see, but it’s the stories behind each piece that will really blow your mind. From W

Pop Art Painter Bob Marangiu is our guest today. His Picasso-meets-Murakami works will make you smile, but there’s a lot more going on than meets the eye. Listen in as we talk at the street café just outside his studio about the role of painting in a social context, the importance of happiness, and yes, bob’s brilliant and possibly viable recipe for world peace. Our Guest Arti

Today we’re in Greece, on the island of Crete, heading into Heraklion to meet up at the Miniatoura Café with artist and musician Manolia Kokoloyianni. She grew up in both Crete and Athens, paints beautiful introspective canvases in the intense and subdued palette of this island home, and yet it’s jigs and reels she performs on her classical greek lyra with her Irish partner mu

Today I’m taking a break from life aboard The Queen Elizabeth and I’m roaming the streets of Athens. We’re about to meet up with Nikos Tonga, a graphic designer who paints the walls of this ancient city under his street art name; Rude. He also does guided art tours for a company called alternative Athens. He’ll walk us through what’s happening in the alleyways under the a