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Cherry Bomb! The Podcast
by The Art of Matt McKee
Cherry Bomb! and the rest of the Sweet Blast series of photos, is designed to spark conversations at dinner parties and in the office. This is the companion project, Cherry Bomb! The Podcast. Join us for conversations with chefs and entrepreneurs about food, sustainability and lifestyle.
Episodes
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Jay Coy, the Artist Journey
Episode Notes: Conceptual photographer Jay Coy and I talk about how he started his career as a conceptual artist and maternity photographer. We explore his evolution and creative processes in both coming up with the concepts and executing the final photographs. Along the way, we explore what it...
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Patrick Pierce, Sculpture as Visible Jazz
Episode Notes: Maine artist, poet and abstract sculptor, Patrick Pierce, talks with me about his origin as an artist and how he works with found materials and natural processes to create massive and intricate sculptures. The philosophies of artists-- to create, to explore a subject from a…
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What is Sweet Blast All About, Anyway?
Episode Notes: Suzanne Schultz, founder and CEO of Canvas Fine Arts, flips the script on me in this episode, driving the conversation as we explore my creative process and the origins of the Sweet Blast series. "One of the most flattering things I ever had was my youngest came home from school....
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Terri Mahn, Authentic Style
Episode Notes: Terry Mahn has been a fixture on the Fashion Scene, especially in Boston, for all of her career. We explore her alternative path through the industry, with emphasis on the authentic, creativity and vintage cloths. Her current job at The Real Real as a consigner puts her in touch…
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Cai Xi Silver, Artist, Chef, Educator
Episode Notes: Cai Xi was classically trained in the arts in urban China before coming to New York City in 1987, where she found a path into the abstract world, lead by the textures of an urban world not too dissimilar from her youth. With her family growing, she and her husband, fellow artist,...
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Ron Koltnow: Micro Histories, Fried Chicken and The Humble Thermos
Episode Notes: Author Ron Koltnow is a student of micro history. His first book is a study in regional history, exploring the legend of Barberton Chicken, in Akron, Ohio. It is the story of immigration in early America. We talk about his connection to the area and how he came to be an author,...
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David Manzi, Appraising History
Episode Notes: David Manzi has a unique perspective on the little (and big!) things that make our minds go brrriiinggg! From a Paul Revere Bell to a painting by Caravaggio, his mission is to help us understand how we value these items. And, it puts him in a place where he gets to see some really...
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Jeremy Ogusky on Pottery and the Art of Fermentation
Episode Notes: As an artist, Jeremey Ogusky has found a balance between the art world and the consumer world by created pottery for a wide variety of commercial clients. His work has been sold in Williams Sonoma, and used in hotels and restaurants all over the country. Through his work as a…
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Markus Sebastiano, Artist Entrepreneur
Episode Notes: Markus Sebastiano has carved out a niche for himself as a go to artist for interiors of restaurants and hotels across the country and as far away as Dubai. His Blochaus Gallery just opened up in a new space in Newberryport, MA. Join us as we go down the rabbit hole on how he became...
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Marie Aspling, Rational Balance
Episode Notes: Marie Aspling, founder of Balans, was on a PhD track in Bio Chemistry. Born in South Africa, raised in Sweden, educated in the USA, she looked at her life goals and came to the conclusion that we were working on the wrong end of the problem. Instead of treating the symptoms, why...
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Domenic Esposito Artist Activist
Episode Notes: Domenic Esposito broke out in 2018 by dropping an 800 pound opioid spoon on Perdue to bring awareness to the epidemic of addiction that was created and promoted by corporate greed. But, he isn't just resting on those laurels. He sat down to talk with me about being a father of 4,...
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Aramis Hamer is Making Changes
Episode Notes: Seattle artist, Aramis Hamer, has gone through some big moves this summer, both literally and figuratively. Her boundless energy and positivity have seen her through a career change, growing an artistic studio practice and a literal move into a new house. But, even her energy has...
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Diana James is Living Swell
Episode Notes: Diana James started creating interior designs because she loves change. We explore some of the recent changes in the industry, while talking about where she started and what the trend is for the future of housing. Her retail space in Marblehead, Living Swell, where she surrounds...
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Woody Giessmann on Addiction and Art Therapy
Please be mindful: This episode deals with substance abuse, depression and addition. If these are sensitive triggers for you, please take care while listening. Woody Giessmann and I sat down to talk about art, addiction, the Del Fuegos and what is evidence based therapy. He is a licensed…
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Donna Dodson and The Seagull Cinderella Controversy
Episode Notes: To paraphrase artist Donna Dodson, Art is a dialog between artist and audience. And, with public art, that dialog sometimes spills into topics beyond what the artist may have intended. Her sculpture, Seagull Cinderella, blew up on social media after someone took offense to the fact...
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James Carmody, No Such thing as Zero Sum
James Carmody asks the right questions, at the right time, to maintain the dignity and respect his guests, his venders and his staff, while changing the world. What do the hospitality industry and the hospital industry have in common? Well, from a manager's point of view, everything. You have…
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Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein, The Myth Makers Making Avatars
The Myth Makers are a lively pair of artists who travel the world, creating huge avatars to cultural heroes out of local materials in public spaces. Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein joined me in the studio for an incredible conversation that covers the business and practices of public art, how they...
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Lauren Birmingham and the One Kilometer Rule
Lauren Birmingham, founder of cooking-vacations.com, has created tours of Italy from her heart. And, has made me very hungry to go visiting. During this episode, our conversation lead us to subjects like the Italian version of farm-to-table: your ingredients come from sources less than one...
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Sami Wakim - The Art of Street Art United States
StreetArtUnitedStates.com is the brain child of Sami Wakim and celebrates the mural and street artists of the world. Far from simple tagging, the graffiti arts featured in the publication speak about society and social issues to so many people. And, as Sami said in our conversation, “They give a...
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Raudric Curtis - They Had to Ban Magic
At the age of 37, Raudric dusted off an idea for a comic book series that he had in college. He gathered up a team of like minded, talented illustrators, artists and writers and started Royal House Comics, specializing in Afrocentric storylines and characters.. This team of eleven professionals,...
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Sara Demeter Renovates The Modern Curriculum
Sara Mraish Demeter's Art Resource Collaborative for Kids (ARCK) has eyes on rethinking our aging education system. Confidence, critical thinking, and communications are not taught today at the same level as the hard skills, like math and science. But, these skills are at risk of being obsoleted…
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Cynthia Moscoso on National Parks, Poop and Social Engineering Public Restrooms
One consideration that most people don't think about when visiting The United States National Parks is "where do you use the bathroom?" Someone has to design these public restrooms, taking into account the local resources, the climate, and human behavior (not to mention animal behavior) so that…
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Tom Butterfield and his Island Art Museum
Tom Butterfield has built a premiere art museum on an island that is only 21 square miles in size. Join us as we talk about how his idea has worked to create a sustainable community on this tiny, multicultural speck in the middle of the ocean. The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art preserves the...
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Jessica Scranton and The Snowflake Shoes
Jessica Scranton (www.jessicascranton.com), international photographer, came by and chatted with me about creating images all over the world. We discuss cultures, food, and travel while shooting in places like India and Africa. She has quite the adventurous spirit, an infectious laugh and shares...
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Cheering on Sugar Butte Farm's Regenerative Techniques
How Eric and Kayla Gibson, former "everything but farmers", are building a regenerative farm in Ohio. After a career in the Cheer industry, they have turned their not inconsiderable energies to creating a commercial farm for the long term benefit of the health of our soil, our families and our...
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Tom Kershaw, on Cheers, Boston and Leadership
Tom Kershaw created the perfect pub for Cheers. And it lead to so much more! As we sat down in a beautiful events room at The Hampshire House, in Boston, I had no idea that he had influenced my decision to move to Boston so many years ago. The atmosphere and community he built in his Bull and…
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Photographer Renée Ricciardi, Earth is an Island
Artist Renée Ricciardi shares with me her “Earth is an Island” project, where she walked the island of Malta with her camera, exploring the myriad of different cultures and personalities that have populated this cross roads in the Mediterranean Sea. An avid bee keeper, she also draws parallels to...
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Artist Joel Van Patten on History, Galleries and Yule
Joel VanPatten is a comic book artist, illustrator and painter who moved, with his family, to the top of a mountain in Southern New Hampshire. Our conversation covered how he began as an artist, through his current projects, which include the comic book Jöl (pronounced yule) and Livid Comics. The...
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Mary Lattouf, Lulu Green and The Tasty Organic Food Biz
Mary Lattouf, owner of Lulu Green, an organic plant based café, bakery and juice bar in South Boston, really wants to change the way people see plant based eating. Being an omnivore myself, I have a hard time wrapping my taste buds around the concept. However, Mary’s story brings a new…
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Joelle Tomb, Advocate for the Artist
Joelle Tomb is on an arts mission, following in the footsteps of her family. In the summer of 2018, she and her husband turned an old Victorian House in Newton, MA into an arts opportunity for newly graduated artists that was seen by thousands of people. Listen in as she tells her story about…
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Trailer for Cherry Bomb! The Podcast
It is not exclusively the human condition to strive. It is Life that strives. Cherry Bomb! The Podcast is an ongoing conversation about Food, Art and Sustainability with people in the arts, science and food industries, to talk about their processes and passions. This podcast is directly related…
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Tim Kirwin, Hotels and Sustainability
Tim Kirwin, a veteran of the hospitality industry, with such hotels as the Boston Intercontinental, D Street Aloft and Elements Hotels-Boston, talked with me frankly about sustainability in the industry. We also touched on how artwork plays into the ambience of luxury hotels. It’s a great...
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Holly Kouvo - Fitting Fitness In
The fastest growing population in the United States is people over 50 years old, outpacing the younger folks. And, with people continuing to live longer, it seems our sustainability practices should include how to take care of yourself so that you can remain active as long as you are alive. Holly...
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Roy Seifert, Contempop Gallery - What is Contemporary Art?
Roy Seifert’s Contempop Gallery closed its New York office during the pandemic, but continues to explore and show contemporary art from young emerging Israeli and international artists in Tel Aviv and online. Roy and I sat down to discuss what is Contemporary Art and what is coming next for the…
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Kathy Milbury, My Place by the Sea
Kathy Milbury, chef for 25 years at My Place by the Sea, in Rockport, Mass, brings a passion for her work that combines with her love of community to create a truly amazing experience. Inspired by the restaurant’s location, she creates dishes that are very local and feature fresh fish and produce...
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John Caron, West End Johnnies And The Art of The Party
John Caron does not live an average life. It would be more accurate to say he is living his best life, running West End Johnnies and Fenway Johnnies in the heart of Boston. His guests are a who’s who of both the local and national sports and entertainment pantheons. Photos of numerous celebrities...
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Stacey Roberts, Artist, on Painting Food Allergies
Stacey Roberts has always been an artist, painting in her free time, even while working in finance and raising a family. This year, she decided to embrace the arts more fully as a career . Her inspiration these days comes from her son’s food allergies. Her paintings of Hershey’s Kisses and Sugar...
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Sherry Hughes - Boston’s Women’s Lunch Place
Sherry Hughes, the chef at Boston’s Women’s Lunch Place, a homeless day shelter, has put out over 100,000 nutritious meals in 2020 during the pandemic. Sherry has lead an impressive career that includes being a media journalist before getting into her love of cooking at the women’s shelter in...
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Jesse Hatch- Stillman’s Farm - Organic Life in the City
“Food is so impactful to our bodies, to animals, to the earth. My legacy would be to make people more aware of that.” Jesse Hatch, General Manager of Stillman’s Farm at the Boston Public Market, joins me to talk about life as a personal chef, the local farm scene and sustainable, sun lit,...
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Art New England publisher Rita Fucillo
“Growing up with the arts, you always have the feeling… that anything is possible…” Rita Fucillo is running one of the country's leading visual arts and contemporary culture magazines. She took time out of her day prepping the next issue to talk with me about the current state of art in our...
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Cherry Bomb! The Podcast - Chef Paul D’Amore, Massamino’s in Boston’s Northend
We talk about growing up in a restaurant family, the love of cooking, pivoting to delivery during a pandemic, making food at home, the power of virtual cooking classes and how he became a professional rodeo cowboy. Oh, and he is teaching virtual cooking classes world wide! Find out more about his...
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Cherry Bomb! The Podcast - Kathleen Pierce - Episode 002
Join Kathleen Pierce, the communications and membership director of the trade group, HospitalityMaine, as we discuss restaurants, living on an art farm, oysters and maple syrup. The state of Maine relies heavily on tourism to drive its economy, so our conversation navigate through oyster farm…
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Suzanne Schultz - Sustainability: Big Steps or Small?
In our inaugural podcast, Suzanne Schultz joins us to talk about how her awareness of food has shifted over the last few years toward a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle. Find her at www.canvasfinearts.com Instagram: @canvasfinearts
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Cherry Bomb! and the rest of the Sweet Blast series of photos, is designed to spark conversations at dinner parties and in the office. This is the companion project, Cherry Bomb! The Podcast. Join us for conversations with chefs and entrepreneurs about food, sustainability and lifestyle.
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The Art of Matt McKee
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Cherry Bomb! and the rest of the Sweet Blast series of photos, is designed to spark conversations at dinner parties and in the office. This is the companion project, Cherry Bomb! The Podcast. Join us for conversations with chefs and entrepreneurs about food, sustainability and lifestyle.
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