SLO ARTober: When the Whole City Becomes a Canvas | SLO Public Art| Up+Adam

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking October is ARTober in San Luis Obispo, and Up+Adam is kicking off a month-long partnership with the City of SLO by looking at the art hiding in plain sight all around us. Adam sits down with City of San Luis Obispo Public Art Coordinator Amanda Grieshop, an artist and photographer who has turned a lifelong need to create into a job helping other artists become part of the visual life of the city. Amanda shares why she believes there may be no such thing as someone who "isn't an art person," how the community actually helps choose the public art that ends up in SLO, and why simply encountering art in our everyday lives can change the way we feel about the place we call home. They also get into the brand-new Poetry Walk, featuring 11 poems stenciled onto sidewalks between Downtown SLO and the Railroad District, SLO's collection of 72 Box Art installations, new murals arriving this October, guided public art walks, Art After Dark, and the Rooted in Art lecture series. Plus, Amanda shares the story of discovering photography as a teenager in rural Maine, why the combination of mountains and ocean keeps her camera busy on the Central Coast, and a little scoop about public art movement happening at Righetti Park. It's a conversation about creativity, community, and the beautiful idea that you don't always have to go looking for art. Sometimes art finds you. • City of SLO Public Art: https://www.slocity.org/publicart • ARTober and SLO Arts & Culture: https://visitslo.com/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/ • City of San Luis Obispo: https://www.slocity.org/ ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel: Official Website: adammontiel.com Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music ******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.