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podcast - Suggested Donation
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Suggested Donation is a podcast devoted to the arts in all forms. Hosted by two contemporary painters, Tony Curanaj and Edward Minoff, the conversations provide an insight into the creative mind. By speaking with both traditional and non-traditional artists and craftsmen, curators and restorers, we create a dialog through which we discover common ground across disciplines and spaces united by a love of and deep devotion to skill.
Episodes
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Episode 78: Travis Schlaht
Ted and Tony sit down with their dear friend and brilliant painter Travis Schlaht to talk Paris adventures, father-son art collaborations, NCAA basketball memories, and the inspiration fueling his latest body of work.
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Episode 77: Michael Grimaldi
We are honored to have been included in another Drawing Discourse at UNC Asheville. We are joined this year by Michael Grimaldi, who returns for his second appearance on Suggested Donation Podcast. A lot has changed since his first visit, and while the flying cars and colonies on Europa haven’t...
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Episode 76: Mike Marino
We’re thrilled to present a new episode of Suggested Donation Podcast, featuring Oscar-nominated special effects maestro Mike Marino! Join us as we explore Mike’s journey into the world of special makeup effects, the enduring impact of practical effects, and the inspirations that shaped his…
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Episode 75: Michael Klein
Ted and Tony have a conversation with Michael Klein, artist and Director of the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art in New Salem, Massachusetts. They discuss Michael's new responsibilities as director and curator of the collection, his teaching role, and an exciting painting competition that...
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Episode 74: Simon Liu
Tony and Ted hang out with legendary painting support craftsman and guru Simon Liu. When it comes to stretched canvas, there is only one person to talk to. We are grateful to Simon for sitting down and recording with us. Simon set us straight on how to properly stretch a canvas and talked shop...
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Episode 73: Greg 'CRAOLA' Simkins
The Suggested Donation Podcast is back with all-new episodes! Our first guest is the incredibly talented artist Greg "Craola" Simkins. In this episode, we discuss Greg’s early influences and inspirations, including his experiences in the Southern California graffiti scene. He also shares insights...
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Episode 72: Christopher Gallego
In collaboration with UNC Asheville’s 15th Annual Drawing Discourse, we sat down with the great artist, Christopher Gallego. We had a wide ranging conversation that centered on but not limited to drawing. Chris is incredibly knowledgeable and generous with sharing his ideas and experience. We are...
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Episode 71: Patricia Watwood
We sit down with our dear friend, Artist, and Author Patricia Watwood and chat about her excellent new book, “ The Path Of Drawing. Lessons for Everyday Creativity and Mindfulness”. The book Introduces a practice to enhance mental and spiritual well-being to enrich one’s life through drawing and...
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Episode 70: Robert Bodem
Suggested Donation is back with celebrated sculptor and Athens Sculpture Atelier Director Robert Bodem. We discuss Rob’s approach, called “Drawing in Space” which he developed as the Director of Sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art and has continued to refine in Athens. He has a book coming...
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Episode 69: Sigal Tsabari
In collaboration with UNC Asheville’s 14th Annual Drawing Discourse, we recorded with Israeli artist Sigal Tsabari. While our conversation focused on drawing, Sigal has a profound way of thinking and talking about art in general that we are excited to share. Thanks to Sigal, UNC Asheville, and...
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Episode 68: Carl Dobsky
The Suggested Donation crew sits down and has a lively chat with the talented California-based narrative artist and friend Carl Dobsky about his work. Definitely a fun one for us. Thanks to the fine folks at Trekell Artist Supply for the support as always. https://www.trekell.com
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Episode 67: Jay Newman
Suggested Donation is back with another sizzling hot podcast. We recorded with Jay Newman, the author of the recently released and highly acclaimed thriller Undermoney, which looks at the intersection of finance, military, and politics. Art is peppered throughout his book and we discuss the role...
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Episode 66: Amaya Gurpide
It is not an overstatement to say that Amaya Gurpide’s work has redefined the medium of drawing: Her exploration of materials expands the boundaries of what is possible for works on paper. She is the Artistic Director of the Lyme Academy and teaches online workshops independently. Her work and...
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Episode 65: Todd Casey
We sit down and have a great chat with artist, teacher, author of the excellent book, “The Art of Still Life”, and a friend of the show, Todd Casey.
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Episode 64: Kamille Corry
Suggested Donation sits down with the great artist and teacher Kamille Corry. We really enjoyed our time chatting about Kamille's amazing art, teaching, and living the artist lifestyle. Enjoy!
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Episode 63: Carlo Russo
The crew sits down with the celebrated artist Carlo Russo to talk about art, the methods and practices of traditional realism, still-life, teaching, and picture-making.
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Episode 62: Nicolas Uribe
We sit down with great artist Nicolas Uribe, who currently resides in Colombia, and have a great uncensored conversation about art and his philosophy of how he approaches his work.
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Episode 61: Peter Van Dyck Drawing Discourse
We are proud to present a special Drawing edition of Suggested Donation Podcast, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Asheville. As part of their 12th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, we recorded a conversation with our friend and one of our favorite…
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Episode 60: Suggested Donation LIVE!!!
Suggested Donation LIVE show! We have a great and lively discussion in front of an audience featuring the amazing Daniel Sprick, Patricia Watwood, Rose Frantzen, and Peter Trippi. We touch on so many important and inspiring art topics. We know you'll enjoy it.
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Episode 59: Joshua Larock
Suggested Donation is back with a new episode featuring the inimitable Josh LaRock, who's been amazing us since he was a student at GCA. We get into our shared experiences and formative years as well as a peek into Josh's unique style and insight - enjoy this episode, we sure did!
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Episode 58: Anthony Mastromatteo
Suggested Donation sits down with great Artist and philosopher Anthony Mastromatteo for a stimulating and thoughtful conversation. The episode was recorded way back in November at the Figurative Artist Convention Expo. We chat about Anthony’s beginnings studying mathematics at Princeton…
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Episode 57: Chris Prynoski
Ted, Tony and Jay have a great remote conversation with Chris Prynoski, animator, director, producer and president and founder of Titmouse. The boys reminisce about their days at MTV when they all worked together on shows like Beavis and Butthead and various other projects before Chris and his…
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Episode 56: Zoey Frank
Ted and Tony have a great discussion with the talented painter Zoey Frank remotely. They talk about the recent change in everyone's life and how they all are dealing with the current situation, Zoey's formal education, a look into her technique, how her work has evolved over the years and the...
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Episode 55: Teresa Oaxaca
We had the pleasure to sit down and chat with the talented artist Teresa Oaxaca. We find out about her journey to becoming a professional artist, studying classical painting in Italy, what inspires her unique personal style and how it influences her great paintings in this lively episode. We hope...
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Episode 54: Daniel Greene
We lost a legend last week, Daniel Greene. We recorded a podcast with him late last year at the FACE conference. Our condolences go out to Daniel Greene’s family, especially Wende who helped us with the recording. We hope this episode will be a welcome reminder of a sage voice to those who knew...
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Episode 53: Ken Salaz
Ted and Tony sit down with landscape artist, author, Magician and Mentalist, Ken Salaz. We chat about his early education as an artist, his other career being an outstanding and highly accomplished magician and mentalists ( Ken may just do some magic right in front us to our amazement!!) We also...
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Episode 52: Tony Ryder
We are proud to release our newest Suggested Donation Podcast featuring a legend in representational painting, Tony Ryder. Tony’s exceptional teaching comes through in his metaphors and relentless desire to share all that he knows — boatloads — about the visual world. We also discussed his late,...
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Episode 51: Katie Whipple
It’s been a while but we are finally back with a GREAT new podcast. I am so excited to put this one out with one of my favorite artists and people; Katie G Whipple. Katie has been redefining flower painting over the past several years, initially inspired by ancient Roman wall painting. We discuss...
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Episode 50: Julio Reyes
The boys sit down with the talented artist Julio Reyes resulting in a great and inspiring conversation on art and living as an artist. Enjoy.
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Episode 49: Candice Bohannon
The boyz sit down and have a great and lively conversation with the very talented artist Candice Bohannon. They talk about her upbringing in a small rural town in Northern California, her art education, philosophy, having a talented artist husband and being a mom. You'll enjoy this one for sure....
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Episode 48: Robert Liberace
We caught up with acclaimed artist Robert Liberace. We had been planning to speak with Robert for a while so we were excited to finally record with him. Robert is one of the top figurative artists working today, drawing and painting figures that are swirling with life and movement
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Episode 47: Shana Levenson
We sit down and have a lively conversation with the talented artist Shana Levenson at the Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE) in Miami where we discuss life after kids, being a mom, finding the time and passion to dedicating ones life to pursuing a professional art career, art techniques and...
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Episode 46: Dan Thompson
We sit down for a chat with our dear friend, amazing draftsman and painter, Dean of Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia and Professor of Drawing and Painting at The New York Academy of Art, Dan Thompson.
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Episode 45: Dina Brodsky
The boys sit down with great artist, social media influencer, super pregnant and super fun, Dina Brodsky.
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Episode 44: Kerry Dunn
We sat down with artist and teacher Kerry Dunn. Apart from painting his own outstanding portrait and figure work, Kerry has had a front row seat in the building of Nelson Shanks Studio Incamminati where he now works as one of the primary instructors.
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Episode 43: Daniel Maidman
We present our latest Suggested Donation Podcast featuring artist and writer Daniel Maidman. Daniel is a talented painter and draftsman. He has also published two books, Daniel Maidman Nudes and Theseus and his art criticism has been published by The Huffington Post, Poets and Artists and Blue...
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Episode 42: Stephen Bauman
Figure painter Stephen Bauman sits down with Suggested Donation for a great conversation at The Florence Academy of Art, US in Jersey City, NJ where he is currently the Director of the Anatomy and Ecorche.
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Episode 41: Peter Van Dyck
We are very excited to present the latest Suggested Donation Podcast with Peter Van Dyck. Peter’s paintings are a perfect storm of talent, integrity, dedication, intelligence and raw coolness. His subjects range, but have hovered recently over place. His work is a favorite of ours and so many…
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Episode 40: Maria Kreyn
We are launching our latest Suggested Donation Podcast joined by Maria Kreyn from her spaceship in the bubble. Maria is a serious talent with several artistic identities which we explore with her. She walks us through her process and outlook with fantastic tales from Burning Man, psychedelic art...
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Episode 39: Jacob Pfeiffer
Your pals sit down and have an entertaining conversation with artist Jacob Pfiffer during a trip to San Francisco. Jacob’s work is provocative, meticulously crafted and often humorous. We chat about his education in Milwaukee ,graffiti, his move to San Francisco, John Pence Gallery and his…
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Episode 38: Sabin Howard
The Boys sit down with famed sculptor Sabin Howard to discuss his recent work for the National World War 1 Memorial that will be in Washington D.C. and how he landed this important commission.
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Episode 37: Jeremy Mann
End of Summer blues got you down? Well, the lads have the cure for your post-summer hangover- THAT'S RIGHT!! Boo-ya! Another dynamite Suggested Donation Podcast coming at ya! The fellas had a great time drinking wine and talking shop with artist Jeremy Mann in his home in Oakland California.
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Episode 36: Aaron Nagel
The boys sit down with Bay area figure artist and musician Aaron Nagel for a great conversation about his early days playing in the punk/ska band Link 80, his focus on becoming a figure painter, fitness and much more. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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Episode 35: Peter Trippi
Great conversation with Editor-in-Chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Peter Trippi about the traveling Alma-Tadema show which he co-curated, the up coming Figurative Art Convention and Expo happening this November in Miami and the inner workings of the art world past and present. Enjoy!!!!
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Episode 34: Anthony Mangieri
we sit down with pizza legend Anthony Mangieri about the pursuit of perfection,
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Episode 33: Adam Miller
We met up with one of the brightest young stars of the realist art movement, Adam Miller, for a fascinating conversation. We could easily have talked for hours - Adam was incredibly generous sharing his ideas and expounding on his allegorical work.
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Episode 32: Daniel Sprick
Daniel Sprick is widely considered one of the leading realist painters. His work is featured in numerous private and public collections including the Denver Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, and the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock. His work has inspired…
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Episode 31: Burton Silverman
We recorded with a legend in New York City Realism, Burt Silverman. Burt has had a long career spanning over six decades. His list of shows and honors is far too extensive to state here, but some highlights are the inclusion of his work in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the National...
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Episode 30: UNVARNISHED #1
Welcome to Suggested Donation Unvarnished. This is the first in our series within the series of rougher, unedited conversations mostly between Tony and Edward, but here we are joined by up-and-coming superstar artist Anthony Baus to discuss summer, the fellowship that took him to Italy, and the...
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Episode 29: Max Ginsburg
Sharpen your pencils and get ready for our latest back-to-school spectacular! In by popular demand we have a wide-ranging conversation with the one and only Max Ginsburg. Max walks us through about seven decades of realist art and illustration enlightening us with his philosophy along the way.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Suggested Donation is a podcast devoted to the arts in all forms. Hosted by two contemporary painters, Tony Curanaj and Edward Minoff, the conversations provide an insight into the creative mind. By speaking with both traditional and non-traditional artists and craftsmen, curators and restorers, we create a dialog through which we discover common ground across disciplines and spaces united by a love of and deep devotion to skill.
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