Open Studio: Conversations on Art w/Graves+Mallett Art Solutions

Nov 26 2021 22 ep. 34 mins 20
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Welcome to Open Studio: Conversations on Art brought to you by Graves+Mallett Art Solutions. In this Podcast, we explore the amazing world of Art through the lens of Art lovers, by sharing extraordinary stories, conversations and interviews with artist, collectors, gallery owners and curators.

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Open Studio w/Austen Brantley, Artist and Sculptor

Nov 26 2021 43 mins  
Episode 506: Today on Open Studio we are excited about returning to in-person interviews! We sat down with artist and sculptor Austen Brantley. Austen opened up about how his understanding of microaggressions in high school and how it helped him examine his own identity; how his first ceramics class was “the happy accident” that put him on his path as a sculptor; the role Black

Open Studio: w/Lynn Weaver, collector, philanthropist and cultural influencer

Jun 17 2021 35 mins  
Today on Open Studio we had the pleasure of speaking with collector, philanthropist and cultural influencer Lynn Weaver Pitts.  Our conversation gave us insight on what drives her to collect; the memorable moment of her first art acquisition; her philosophy on investing in art; why emerging artist are important and the significance of our community supporting and sustaining Af

Open Studio: w/Rashaun Rucker! He returns for season 2 to discuss the impact 2020 and his 2021 plans

Dec 29 2020 49 mins  
Today on Open Studio we had the pleasure of once again interviewing artist Rashaun Rucker! In season one Rashaun‘s episode was the #1 shared and listened episode of Open Studio’s first season. What a joy it is to have him back to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on his health and creativity; his connection with the Harlem Renaissance; partnering with Speedball Art; his humbl

Open Studio: w/Mario Moore, Artist and Princeton University Hodder Fellow

Nov 28 2020 40 mins  
Today on Open Studio we had the pleasure of interviewing artist Mario Moore! From Detroit to Harlem to Europe and back to “the D”! Mario says he takes the city wherever he goes. He shared with us how his family roots, that began in a diner in Detroit, inspired his recent exhibition; how he put his perspective on a prestigious fellowship at Princeton University; how he feels he

Open Studio w/Dr. Hubert Massey, Artist. Muralist. Teacher. Visual Storyteller.

Nov 01 2020 36 mins  
Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art Graves+Mallett interview’s Dr. Hubert Massey, Artist. Muralist. Teacher. Visual Storyteller. Dr. Massey embraces his art of storytelling from the moment he began today’s conversation and in everyone of his award-winning visual narrations depicted in his masterpieces. Dr. Massey shares with us his early beginnings as an athlete and arti

Open Studio w/Bree Gant multidisciplinary artist, documentarian and 2020 Kresge Artist Fellow

Sep 28 2020 35 mins  
Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art. GMAS interview’s Bree Gant a multidisciplinary artist, documentarian and a 2020 Kresge Artist Fellow. Bree has been celebrated as a teaching artist with People In Education in 2016 and awarded a 2017 fellowship with Detroit Narrative Agency for the short film riding with Aunt D. Dot. In 2019, she performed with and became a member of th

Open Studio w/Rashaun Rucker, artist, Emmy Award winner and 2019 Kresge Fellow.

Mar 07 2020 44 mins  
Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art, GMAS sits down with artist Rashaun Rucker, a local and national Emmy Award winner for documentary photography, a Harvard University Maynard Fellow, a Black Enterprise magazine Modern Man honoree, a 2019 Kresge Fellow and an artist with the distinction of having his artwork featured in the HBO production, Random Acts of Flyness and the doc

Open Studio w/Nettie Seabrooks, Manoogian Foundation consultant and former Deputy Mayor of Detroit.

Feb 27 2020 33 mins  
Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art, GMAS sits down with Nettie Seabrooks, consultant to the Manoogian Foundation at the Detroit Institute of Arts, former Deputy Mayor of the City of Detroit and philanthropist extraordinaire! Nettie’s engaging conversation and enthusiasm had us hanging on her every word as she shared her career climb in corporate America; earning her maste

Open Studio w/Asia Hamilton, Artist and Founder of Norwest Gallery of Art

Feb 12 2020 32 mins  
Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art, GMAS sits down with Asia Hamilton, artist and founder of Norwest Gallery of Art in Detroit, MI, on the eve of the gallery’s two-year anniversary. Asia shared some of her early days of collaborating with “Dopest Ethiopian Collective”, dedicating her current exhibition “Hair-Archy” to her legendary father who was a hair giant in D

Open Studio w/Ricky Weaver, Image Based Artist, art educator and a 2019 Independent Scholars Fellow.

Jan 29 2020 30 mins  
Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art, GMAS sits down with Ricky Weaver an image-based artist, art educator and a 2019 Carr Center Independent Scholars fellow. Ricky‘s depth, vision and transparency about her journey was both refreshing and insightful. She shared what “coded in the black woman experience” means to her; how the iconic artist Carrie Mae Weems changed her l