Process Piece

Apr 30 2021 39 ep. 53 mins

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Process Piece is not just a podcast, but a full-bodied creative project created and hosted by dance artist Ruby Josephine Smith. The idea behind this project is to explore the creative process more deeply through dialogue, studying the flow of conversation itself as a process while learning to ask better and more curious questions of artists. The podcast includes artists of all mediums, backgrounds, and from all over the world in order to discover both the amazing diversity of views on art-making, as well as what the common threads are between us creators.

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Episode 36: Taylor Drury - Grounding, Wobbling, and Other Dance Practices

Apr 30 2021 61 mins

Taylor Drury is a Canadian born dancer, choreographer, and sometimes line-drawing artist with WobbleWorks. She is currently a full time company member with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. In this conversation we talk all about her path to becoming a dancer, which was full of the unexpected, as well as the period of doubting and questioning that often comes after graduation.

Episode 35: Sakina Saïdi - Illustrating Identities and Growing into Your Own Voice

Apr 16 2021 58 mins

Sakina Saïdi is a French-Moroccan artist and illustrator based in London. Born and raised in France by Moroccan parents, Sakina grew up learning about different cultures and traditions. Her experiences nurtured her style and desire to represent this beautiful mix of cultures that now characterizes her personality and art. In this conversation, we talk about how she was raised to p

(BONUS) Episode 34: Samantha Hope Galler and John Harnage - On Creating ViVa, a Celebration of Dance & Creativity During a Pandemic

Mar 31 2021 40 mins

Created in response to the pandemic, ViVa marks the first collaboration between two giants in the dance world, the Miami City Ballet and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Choreographed by Amy Hall Garner, ViVa was choreographed remotely and filmed in two different cities, premiering and streaming on the companies’ social media channels. In this special, shorter-form conve

Episode 33: Michael Novak - Curating Experience & Supporting Culture as Artistic Director of the Paul Taylor Dance Company

Mar 19 2021 60 mins

Michael Novak is a dancer born and raised in Illinois. In 2018, he became the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s second Artistic Director after having danced for the company for 9 years. Previously, he also danced with Gibney Dance and the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, studied at Springboard Danse Montreal, and has performed works by Bill T. Jones, Vaslav Nijinski and Stephen Petronio

Episode 32: Dylan Frederick - Fleeting, Glistening Moments of Theater

Mar 05 2021 65 mins

Dylan Frederick is an actor, writer and director who was born and raised in the Twin Cities. He has an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and a BFA from The University of Evansville. Dylan recently made his Broadway debut in Matthew Lopez’s 7-hour play The Inheritance. He also makes music and summer camps. In this conversation between two old friends, we speak about how perfo

Episode 31: Cozbi A. Cabrera - Living Enriches the Art, and the Entry Point is the Heart

Feb 19 2021 62 mins

Cozbi A. Cabrera is a multimedia artist who lives in Evanston, Illinois. She paints, writes and illustrates children’s books, makes handmade collectible dolls, quilts, and designs clothing. In this conversation that weaves through the threads of all of her mediums, Cozbi and I speak about the senses and details of memory, how she took a non-linear path to becoming the artist she

Episode 30: Tamisha Guy & Donovan Reed - Dancing with A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham and Advocacy in Art

Feb 05 2021 62 mins

Tamisha Guy and Donovan Reed are both dancers within the renowned company A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham. In this in-depth conversation on process, I ask them about their paths to becoming the dancers they are today and how they joined A.I.M., as well as what real collaboration looks like within the creation process of the company. Tamisha and Donovan also share their insights and thoughtf

Episode 29: Olaiya Land - Navigating Social Media (and Life) with Creativity and Conviction

Jan 22 2021 65 mins

Olaiya Land is based in Seattle and is the founder and editor of Lionesse, an online journal and community promoting connection, confidence, sisterhood & self-love. She also leads creative retreats and is a photographer. In this energizing conversation, we get deep into how to use social media as a creative person to create community. We also speak about about vulnerability, ov

Episode 28: Ella Frances Sanders - Big Questions and a Few Birds

Jan 08 2021 63 mins

Ella Frances Sanders is based in Ireland and is an internationally-bestselling author and illustrator of three books: Lost in Translation, The Illustrated Book of Sayings, and Eating the Sun. In this conversation we speak about topics such as why and how she feels that asking questions is her love language, the constant connections she finds between words and images and how that re

Episode 27: Farida Hughes - Blending Colors and Communities

Oct 23 2020 52 mins

Farida Hughes is an abstract artist working in mixed media, oil, and resin paint on panel. She developed her mixed media style after many years of painting with oil paint and experimenting with oil painting mediums. She maintains her studio in Baltimore, Maryland. In this conversation we get deep into her process- both technically and thematically. We discuss what drew her to