Women at the Helm

Reflection on the recent passing of my father, Vincent.I dedicate this episode to my brother Jim who knows the why. (xoxox).Resources include "Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver," by Mary Oliver..STAY CONNECTED!> Website: Beyond the Paint with Bernadine> Substack: @bernadinefranco>Email me at bernadine@beyondthepaint or [email protected] to join Women at the Helm monthly newsletter

I contemplate the visual artist, writer, poet, songwriter and performer, Patti Smith with a focus on her writings and photographs for the 2011 exhibition, "Camera Solo," at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.“Camera Solo” was the first museum exhibition of Patti Smith’s photography in the United States and included “seventy photographs taken by her Polaroid camera, one multimedia installation, and one video work."Image Credit: "Robert's Slippers," 2002 -- Wadsworth AtheneumSTAY CONNECTED with Women at the Helm:> Website: Beyond the Paint with Bernadine> Substack: @bernadinefranco>Email me at bernadine@beyondthepaint to join Women at the Helm monthly newsletter

Women at the Helm features and celebrates the contemporary British artist Tracy Emin. We explore her iconic installation "My Bed" and dive into her "jagged recollections" from her memoir, "Strangeland.".Learn more about Tracy Emin:>Tracy Emin at the Tate Museum>Read her evocative memoir:Strangeland>Image Credit: Ben Gurr.STAY CONNECTED with Women at the Helm:> Website: Beyond the Paint with Bernadine> Substack: @bernadinefranco>Email me at bernadine@beyondthepaint to join Women at the Helm monthly newsletter

In this inaugural episode of my new podcast series, Women at the Helm: Intersection of Women Artists and Writings, I explore Book Dedications. .Writers highlighted in this episode:Janet FitchPoet, Mary Oliver.Image Credit: James Abbott MacNeill Whistler, "The Beach at Selsey Bill," 1865 New Britain Museum of American Art.Stay Connected>Website: Beyond the Paint with Bernadine>Substack: Bernadine Franco Substack>Subscribe to Women at the Helm Newsletter: email me at [email protected]

Introducing a new podcast series: Women at the Helm: Intersection of Women Artists and Writing. Formerly Beyond the Paint with Bernadine podcast, Bernadine takes you on a new expansive journey that celebrates women artists through the written word; books, essays, poetry and more..Stay Connected>Website: https://beyondthepaint.net/>Sign up for Women at the Helm monthly newsletter on my journey in writing a "memoir" about women artist and other literary meanderings. Email: [email protected]

This special episode celebrates and includes a conversation with two contemporary, American female artists, Sally Brown and Amy Chaiklin and their upcoming duo exhibition Sisterhood: Portraiture: Sally Brown and Amy Chaiklin. .The exhibition, a curation of sixty works; thirty mini-depictions of feminist artworks in self portraiture by Brown and thirty ink and graphite portraits selected from Chaiklin’s Cultured Pearls Portraits Project,honors the sisterhood or real women artists that have inspired and influenced their work and practice. .Learn More about the show:Exhibition opens September 8, 2023 at the Monongalia Arts Center, West Virginia https://monartscenter.com/Follow on IG: @sisterhoodportraiture Follow the Artists:Sally Brown: Sally Jane Brown IG: @Sallery_art.Amy Chaiklin: Amy ChaiklinIG: Amychaiklin.Special thanks to Hall Rockefeller and the women of Less than Half Salon

After 5 years and over 100 conversations with women artists, gallery owners and collectors, I am taking an extended hiatus from the show. I will embark on a writing journey to fulfill my deep desire to craft and publish a memoir about my engagement with the visual arts. All the ways "looking at art" has impacted my life. It will also celebrate women artists who liberated me from both imposed and self-imposed constraints. A wild ride indeed!.For updates on my writing journey and other art adventures, stay connected by signing up for my newsletter: [email protected] or fill out the short form on my website: beyondthepaint.net.Thank you for your support and friendship. We will see each other soon...

In this episode, join me and woodcut printmaker, storyteller and artist Julie Goldstein into the worlds of 18th century Icelandic sea women and female, Japanese Ama pearl divers. Goldstein captures the stories of these "anonymous" women, memorializing them through her vivid portrayals. Goldstein's reverence for women lost in history books is awe-inspiring. ."Sea Woman," solo exhibition is at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, opened June 28-August 13, 2022. Learn more at www.bridgettemayergallery.com.Stay Connected with Julie Goldstein:website: www.juliegoldsteinstudio.comIG: @swmwithme.View images highlighted in this episode:www.beyondthepaint.netSign up for my newsletter: www.beyondthepaint.netEmail me: [email protected]

As many of you who listen to this podcast know, I am a visual arts educator, historian, speaker and of course, a podcaster. I never considered myself a maker. Until now! I took up photography to learn and experience first-hand the artistic process. This episode journeys with you my immersion into a photography series titled "The Other Side of the Mirror," employing a toy camera, the Holga..Go to my website to see all the images from the series: www.beyondthepaint.net

Abstract and Conceptual female artist Valerie Ellis draws us into her visual world through her curiosity of the human mind and condition. A psychotherapist for twenty years, Ellis paved an unconventional pathway in making art. .Her visual vocabulary is submerged in a very hands on practice of pulling, spreading, crumpling media like paper and paper pulp. Her works deeply connect the viewer to the internal psychology of the human mind and experiences. .This episode includes an in-depth conversation with the artist. Stay connected with Valerie Ellis: www.veryvalerieellis.com; IG handle @very_valerie_ellisImage Credit: "Brown Skin," from First Impressions series; Valerie Ellis website

I am thrilled to have as my guest the female, multi-disciplinary artist and educator Jamie Smith. "Smith’s monochromatic drawings, wooden wall-hanging sculptures, and installation work incorporate personal and culturally-resonant symbols in an attempt to reckon with the fragility of life, new beginnings, the passage of time and the depths of loss." Her visual expressions are an "engulfment" of her female experiences..This episode focuses on her new passion project; the design of Mother Time tarot card deck, inspired by the imagery of the Rider Waite Tarot. .Stay connected with Jamie Smith, her work, practice and her community of creators:INSTAGRAM- @jamiesmithstudioWEBSITE- www.jamiesmithstudio.comNEWSLETTER- Sign up to receive art studio updates, new artwork and upcoming classes. Sign up here. COMMUNITY- Thrive Together Network is a community of female identifying visual artists and is an online space where members can support one another and learn about the business side of art. https://thrive-together-network.mn.co/ Start a free trial today!ART- Enjoy a free month on Skillshare using this special link: https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/jamiesmithstudio?gr_tch_ref=on&gr_trp=onJamie's classes include How To Create A Business Plan for Artists, How To Make A Vision Board and more!.Resources and images discussed are at www.beyondthepaint.net

Ann Stoddard is a contemporary interdisciplinary artist, a feminist and an environmentalist. Her work, practice coupled with social activism engage with nature, from rivers in and around Maryland to Corn Fields and beyond. This episode includes some historical perspective of female, pioneer ecofeminists and a lively conversation with Stoddard..List of resources and the images discussed can be found at my website: www.beyondthepaint.net. Visit Ann Stoddard website at www.annstoddard.net and at the A.I.R. Gallery at www.airgallery.org..Image credit: A.I.R. Gallery/Ann Stoddard

The powerful 'virtual' exhibition "Awakening and Furor" at the Roaring Artist Gallery celebrates contemporary women artists and shapes the way we see women represented. The multi-media artworks; paintings, sculptures, video art and textiles express and are a response to the perpetual injustices of "women's rights." .On the show, a conversation with the recipient of the Juror's Award, abstract painter Lucy Pike and the gallery owner and curator of Roaring Artist Gallery, Katie Bradford Osborne. We talk womanhood, the feminine experience,, the parallels of nature and motherhood, and insights into designing an visual arts exhibition. ."Awakening and Furor" exhibition runs until November 13, 2022. To tour the show and participate in artist talks, visit roaringartistgallery.com IG handle: @roaringartistgallery.Resources and images discussed in this episode are listed at beyondthepaint.netImage Credit: Lucy Pike website: lucypikeart.com

Taking a short sabbatical from podcasting; will be back in two weeks with new conversations with women artists..Please enjoy one of my favorite episodes (#130); a celebration of the female artist Deborah Wasserman. Since the recording of the show, we have become good friends in the arts. Her evocative, large scale paintings, photographs and collage works merge the female figure in painted landscapes and in her performative works. .Please visit my website: beyondthepaint.net to view works discussed and resources for the show. Search: Deborah Wasserman.Deborah Wasserman website: deborahwasserman.comIG profile: @deborahwassermanartImage credit: Deborah Wasserman (from her "Bindle" series)

In this fascinating episode, we will look at the women of Surrealism: Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington. All three artists worked in Mexico throughout the 20th century. We will examine their distinctive personal, visual vocabulary and consider the ways "place" informed and liberated their practice. We will round up the episode highlighting the contemporary Surrealist painter Rita Maikova. .Resources are listed at my website: www.beyondthepaint.net.In episode #163, you can listen in on a conversation I had with Surrealist Rita Maikova exploring her work and practice. Link to full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-163-rita-maikova-surrealist-female-painter/id1354994893?i=1000571461885. Image Credit: Frida Kahlo Foundation

Multi-media and performance artist Nicole Peyrafitte employs a fascinating practice in her multi-works. Through her astute observations and interplay with nature, she immerses her body, her research to compose multi-media installations. .In my conversation with Peyrafitte, we explore a site-specific installation for the exhibition "Women and Other Wild Creatures: Matrilineal Tales," at the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery. The multi-media installation titled "Antediluvian Sympoiesis," encompasses video, text, photography and Peyrafitte's body in engagement with horseshoe crabs and sanderlings on a beachscape. It draws and calls out the artist's "response-ability" as a healing practice. .Website: nicolepeyrafitte.comIG handle: @peirahittaCover Image Credit: Nicole Peyrafitte

In Islamic art, representations of women and the female figure are controversial. Hend Al Mansour, from Saudi Arabia, currently residing in the United States, examines Islamic social practices. Her multi-media works celebrate and critiques Islamic Arab culture. The artist, through Islamic aesthetic addresses gender equality, sexual independence and role of women. This episode includes a conversation with Hend..Hend Al Mansour website: https://www.hendalmansour.com/Artist Statement: https://www.hendalmansour.com/artist-statement.htmlA.I.R. Gallery: https://www.airgallery.org/.Description credit: Hend Al MansourImage Cover credit: "Facebook 1".Special thanks to Nine90 Group sponsoring this episode. www.nine90.com

Contemporary female artist Kathryn Hart returns to the podcast in an in-depth conversation exploring her multi-media works through the lens of love, grief and transformation threshold. Hart's evocative works are an extension of a very present love story between herself and recently deceased husband Dennis. Join me into the poetic beauty of Hart's sculptures, photographs and monoprints. .Kathryn Hart website: http://www.kathryndhart.com/homeAIR Gallery: https://www.airgallery.org/.From Episode 99: Kathryn Hart: "What Pulses Beneath the Skin"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-99-kathryn-hart-what-pulses-beneath-the-skin/id1354994893?i=1000499668312.For more content on women artists, art talks and tours: www.beyondthepaint.netCover Image: Kathryn Hart: "Gilded," monoprint

Join me in a conversation and exploration of the Surrealist contemporary painter of Ukraine, Rita Maikova. Her fantastical paintings express the interior of her mind and spirit, "all the parts of me," says Maikova. Infused with feminine and maternal energy, Maikova's works and practice are informed by the Surrealist aesthetic, Ukrainian folklore embedded with personal iconography and symbols. .Currently, Maikova is exhibited at the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery in "Women and Other Wild Creatures: Matrilineal Tales" until August 26, 2022. https://www.saparcontemporary.com/. Learn more about Rita Maikova: IG handle @ritamaikovaart: Twitter: @rmaikova1Podcast Episode Image: "Magic Forest," oil on canvas, 2022

Historically, Ukrainian art history books have "failed to give Ukranian women artists their due." This episode looks to two 20th century women artists who left an idelible impact on the story of art in Ukraine: Early 20th century Modernist: Alexandra Exter and mid-20th century photographer Iryna Pap..This episode is an entryway to an upcoming series of conversations with two contemporary, female artists of Ukraine: Figurative painter Iryna Maksymova, and Surrealist painter Rita Maikova and American artist Nicole Peyrafitte. They are part of the exhibition, "Women and Other Wild Creatures: Matrilineal Tales,” curated by Dr. Nina Levent, at the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery in New York. Visit: www.saparcontemporary.com to learn more..Resources for this episode are available at my website: www.beyondthepaint.netEpisode Image: Artist Alexandra Exter

In part 1 of my episode on Digital Art (#159), I explored digital art as a medium, and the ways artists employ digital platforms from production to presentation. This included installation, video art, virtual reality and sound and music environments..In part 2, I focus on two contemporary female artists working in Digital art; an emerging artist Ande Ja Johnson who employs the art tool Paint 3D app from Microsoft and the Digital collagist Eugenia Loli. This episode includes a conversation with the artist Ande Ja Johnson. .Resources for this episode are at my website: www.beyondthepaint.net Eugenia Loli: IG handle: @eugnia_loli Ande Ja Johnson: IG handles: @ _dej_j .Special thanks to NIne 90 Branding and Design for their generous support of this episode. www.nine90branding.comImage Credit: "Cotton," Ande Ja Johnson.Ande Ja Johnson is a visual arts teacher at a small private elementary school, Trinity Day, in Hartford, Connecticut. Learn more and consider supporting an undeserved student at www.trinityday.org. Thank you!

Join me into a world of 18th century Icelandic sea women and female, Japanese Ama pearl divers through the vision of woodcut printmaker, storyteller and artist Julie Goldstein. The artist joins me in an engaging conversation of her work, practice and her reverence for the "anonymous" woman.."Sea Woman," solo exhibition is at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, opening June 28-August 13, 2022. Learn www.bridgettemayergallery.com.Julie Goldstein website: www.juliegoldsteinstudio.com; IG: @swmwithme,Check out "Our Reflections" virtual exhibit at The Hut Magazine featuring the painter Ariana Tavares. Learn more at https://thehutsmagazine.com/; IG: @thehuts.magazine.Many thanks to my sponsor Nine 90 Branding :)

A two-part episode, join me in an exploration with Digital Art as a practice and medium. This episode dives into Digital Art through four categories or themes; installation, film, video and animation, Virtual Reality, Sound Environments. In part two, we will journey into artists who use digital art as a means of expression. David Hockney, emerging New England artist Ande Ja Johnson an the Digitial Collagist Eugenia Loli. .Text: Paul, Christiane. "Digital Art." London: Thames and Hudson, 2008; writers Penny Rafferty, Molly Gottschalk, Oliver Grau, Dr Karen Leader, Sarah Urist Green of the Art Assignment; Brooklyn Museum, Tate Museum, Museum of Modern Art..Special thanks to this episode's sponsor: Nine 90 Branding (Follow @nine90brand on IG)Image credit: Langlands and Bell, "Osama Bin Laden's Hideout in Afghanistan," 2002

Elizabeth Catlett was a black, female artist, sculptor and printmaker. She was best known for her depictions of the African-American experience which often focused on the female experience. Her granddaughters Ife and Nia Mora are extension of Catlett's deep and resonant legacy. In this episode we explore the ways Catlett's work, practice and social activism shape and inspired the lives of her granddaughters. We talk art, activism, motherhood, resilience, self and intergenerational healing and Catlett's passion for cooking Mexican and Black Soul food recipes for gatherings..Go to www.beyondthepaint.net to view art works discussed and links/bios of Ife Mora, somatic healer and Nia Mora, celebrated chef. IG profiles: @ife.mora @niamora1.I produced two additional episodes celebrating Elizabeth Catlett: Episode #144 and #150, available wherever you listen to podcasts.

This is a best of episode with the celebrated, contemporary artist and female pioneer in the Crypto Art Market, Nanu Berks. (Berks and I are collaborating for a new episode (coming soon) to explore the progression of her artistic practice.) .In our lively conversation recorded in 2021, Berks shares the ways her nomadic life informs her work, how the crypto art market eliminates the gallery system, and how an NFT (non-fungible token) is a mode to being visually (and spiritually) transported. . Nanu Berks:www.nanuberks.com@IG: nanu_berks@Twitter: nanuberks

In Part 2 of my celebration of Pamela Colman Smith, we dive into her collaboration with Arthur Waite for the Rider Waite Tarot deck. (The first tarot deck to be mass marketed in English.) Join me in a journey through her "direct, captivating imagery.".Resources for this episode include:Mary K. Greer (marykgreer.com)Stephen Kaplan: "Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story"Allison Meier

Beyond the Paint podcast celebrates the visionary artist Pamela Colman Smith in two parts. Part 1, today's episode, focuses and highlights aspects of Smith's artistic life and practice. . Part 2-will take a deep dive into Smith's legacy as illustrator for the Rider-Waite tarot deck, a commission she described as "big job for very little cash.".Resources for this episode include Yale Art Gallery and the seminal text "Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story" by Stephen R. Kaplan with contributions by scholars like Mary K. Greer..Image credit: Photo of Pamela Colman Smith: Mary K. Greer (blogsite)Special thanks to K. Lee Marks @k.leemarks (IG) and the creators Grant Walker and Amy B. Scott of Seeds of Initiation Tarot deck @seeds_of_initiation_tarot (IG) for inspiring this journey into Smith's evocative and mystical visual imagery..Special shout out to the women who bring awareness and create arenas for contemporary women artists to flourish!Liezel Strauss: Art Girls Rising: www.artgirlrising.comHall Rockefeller: Less than Half Salon: www.lessthanhalf.orgKelly Groehler: Alice Riot: www.aliceriot.com

Ghislaine Fremaux or Ghi as she is known is a female artist from west Texas. Her evocative, large-scale figural works, intimately engaged, interrogate her canvases. In my conversation with Fremaux we explore the "nude body in a clothed society," the role of the camera placed against her belly in "uninstructed, spontaneous encounters," and more!.Learn more about Fremaux's work, practice and collaborative with husband Lando VelezWebsite: www.fremauxvaldez.comIG: @ghislainefremaux.Resources for this podcast episode include Museum of Modern Art and the writings of Stephen Little. Image credit: "Parallel Play, Commixion, Emma and Me" 2019 (Ghislaine Fremaux website)

In celebration of Women's History Month, I invite you to experience the exhibition "Feminist Connect," at the Charles Art Project in Lubbock, Texas. (March 4-30, 2022). .And yes, I dedicated two episodes to this exhibition, but also to the co-curators, Sally Brown (Episode #151) and in this episode multi-media artist Leslie C. Sotomayor. :).Link to the exhibition: https://www.les-femmes-folles-feminist-connect.com/2022-exhibit/Follow Leslie C. Sotomayor: @art_by_lcs on IG; https://personal-psu.academia.edu/LeslieSotomayor

The contemporary artist Eileen Neff "works with photo-based images and installation, picturing the natural and constructed worlds. Her “straight-forward representations, constructed images and sheer abstractions reflect the breadth of pictorial approaches—these approaches make poetic sense of her experience in the world.” And the works are inviting! Neff's works shroud the viewer in its aesthetic beauty and mesmerizes us into a inquiry of Neff’s experiences in the visual world..Resources for this podcast episode include: Eileen Neff website and Bridgette Mayer Gallery.Follow Eileen Neff on IG @eileenneff_studio and at her website, www.eileenneff.com. Installation exhibitions can be viewed at Bridgette Mayer Gallery @bmayergallery

In celebration of Women's History Month, I invite you to experience the exhibition "Feminist Connect," at the Charles Art Project in Lubbock, Texas. (March 4-30, 2022)..Two women artists Sally Brown and Leslie C. Sotomayor curated the show. In this episode I explore highlights of the show and celebrate the curators. I included my conversation with Sally Brown, from episode 96. Later this month, I will also celebrate mixed-media artist and scholar Leslie C. Sotomayor from a previous episode. :).Link to the exhibition: https://www.les-femmes-folles-feminist-connect.com/2022-exhibit/Follow Sally Brown: @sallery_art on IG; http://sallyjanebrown.com/.Featured artist in the "Feminist Connect" exhibition: Ghislaine Fremeaux: IG: @ghislainefremeaux

Explore with me printmaking through the lens of three 20th century black, women artists; Elizabeth Catlett, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker. .This episode also contemplates the historical importance and the embedded narrative of the female experience of European and American women printmakers in the story of Western Art..Resources and images are listed on my website; www.beyondthepaint.netImage credit: Elizabeth Catlett, "Negro Women Series," #15 "My Right is a Future Equality with Other Americans"

I am thrilled to have Liezel Strauss, founder and creative director of Art Girl Rising and co-founder of the online gallery Subject Matter on my show. She is deeply committed to amplifying and elevating the voices of women artists. .In our engaging conversation, Strauss shares her work in "raising awareness about the inequalities that women artists face." She is candid in her concerns for women artists navigating the metaverse and the NFT. An optimist, 💫 Strauss looks ahead to her collaborative with Fair Pledge Art 2030 and ways to build community for women artists outside social media platforms. .Learn More--Be a part of "creating a world where women artists are equal!"Art Girl Rising: https://artgirlrising.com/Subject Matter: https://www.subjectmatterart.com/IG @[email protected] Pledge Art 2030: Website: https://www.fairart2030.org/IG @fairart2030.Image Credit: artfrankly.comSpecial shout out to our friend and collaborator of Fair Pledge Art 2030 and founder of Less Than Half Salon--Hall Rockefeller. IG: @all.the.lady.artists

Contemporary artist and visual storyteller Laurence de Valmy is back on my podcast to share her new body of works; her exploration of the social media platform Tik Tok and her investigation of hashtags. .Engage and learn more at https://www.laurencedevalmy.com/Follow Laurence on IG @laurencedevalmy.Laurence is featured alongside 13 women artists in the exhibition, "Feminists Connect," curated by Sally Brown and Leslie de Sotomayor. The exhibition runs from March 4-30, with a curator talk on March 4 at 12 p.m. CST. Exhibition takes place on line and in person. Please join the celebration! Follow @casp_lbk to learn more. Website: https://www.les-femmes-folles-feminist-connect.com/

Contemporary, mixed-media artist Jan Murray's deep desire is to create an “arts” experience, transposing her abstract and representational imagery and design, onto everyday objects. (linens, towels, small appliances, dinnerware--objects in the home).In my engaging conversation with Jan, we talk her artistic process and practice, seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary and send out a BIG invitation to artists and designers for collaborative opportunities. .Follow and learn more about Jan Murray on IG: @mr.kitty8888Image Credit: "Undulating" --Jan Murray

Contemporary artist and printmaker Agathe Bouton is fascinated and curious by urban spaces and places. She interprets buildings and dwellings from the many places she has lived, from Paris where she was raised to London and her current residence in Philadelphia. Her engagement with the urban landscape is translated in vivid colors and abstract shapes and forms in layered monotype prints. This episode includes an in depth conversation with the artist. .Resources for this show include her current exhibition "The Muse," at the Stanek Gallery. Show runs until the end of February, 2022. Learn more at www.stanekgallery.com.Weblinkswww.agathebouton.comIG profile: agathebouton.Image Credit: "Herberge II" (agathe bouton website

I am honored to have as my guest Kelly Groehler, co-founder of Alice Riot, an art licensing and consulting agency, and content series WTAF. In her collaboration with contemporary female artists from around the world, Kelly engages and connects art enthusiasts and collectors to "exceptional experiences by contemporary women artists." .In our spirited and engaging conversation, Kelly shares her early experiences with the artist Maggie Hambling and her large scale, abstract paintings, (she traveled to London to see it in person!), NFTs, and the Meta Universe as a space for women artists to explore and conquer!.Resources:Alice Riot: https://www.aliceriot.com/WTAF: content series: https://www.aliceriot.com/wtafMaggie Hambling: http://www.maggihambling.com/Ashley Longshore: https://ashleylongshore.com/.Follow Kelly on IG@kellygroehler@[email protected] shout out to one of our favorite women in the arts: Hall Rockefeller--Less than Half Salon :)

"Artistic production was the weapon" for 20th century black, female printmaker and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. Her impassioned prints and sculptors "present black people in their beauty and dignity for ourselves and others to understand.” .Resources for this episode are listed at beyondthepaint.net Join me on February 25, from 1-2 p.m. for a talk highlighting female printmakers through the collection at New Britain Museum of American Art. The virtual talk will highlight works and practice of Elizabeth Catlett. Ticket information: email at [email protected] Credit: Elizabeth Catlett: “In Phillis Wheatley, I proved intellectual quality in the midst of slavery” (1946)

Fernanda Zamera is a contemporary artist from Ecuador, now living and working New York. In my conversation with Zamera, the artist expresses the visual world through a variety of media including, paint, charcoal, drawing inspiration from her frequent visits to museums..Please learn more and follow Zamera at:Website: fernandazamera.comIG: @fernandazamera.studioBook Collaborative: "Infinite Mirror: Reflections on our Parents and Ourselves"https://store.bookbaby.com/book/an-infinite-mirror.Image Credit: "Unbalanced No. 1"--Fernanda Zamera

This episode is inspired by a recent presentation I led at the New Britain Museum of American Art, an exploration of the Reclining Female Nude Figure through both artistic traditions in Western Art and through the lens of female artists..Resources for this episode are listed at beyondthepaint.netWorks highlighted from the New Britain of Museum of Art collection: nbmaa.orgFeatured contemporary artist Elisa Valenti: elisavalentistudio.com and on IG: elisavalentistudio.Image Credit: "250 lbs," 2019: Elisa Valenti Studio

Brandon Graving is a female experimental printmaker. Her large-scale monoprints have a sculptural quality; "their embossed surfaces and different viscosities of inks have a presence unlike other prints.” The viewer can decipher the layers and see the history of the decisions that make up the work. It is an immersive looking experience into Graving's creative expression..Resources for this episode: www.beyondthepaint.netLinks to Graving's work and printmaking studiowww.brandongraving.com and @gravitypress on IGFacebook: Brandongraving Image Credit: "Dance on a Blue Stage" monoprint

In this episode we will explore through the creative hands of three American women painters, Agnes Martin, Almas Woodsey-Thomas and Helen Frakenthaler what is recognizable in nature (trees, flowers, water) through Abstraction; “representations pared down to the minimum.".Resources and images discussed are on my website: www.beyondthepaint.netFollow me on IG @beyondthepaintpodcast in my continued celebration of female visual artists.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States, Beyond the Paint with Bernadine presents best of episode with writer, historian John Launius. I will be back next week with artist and printmaker Brandon Graving. .Learn more about John's Book, "The Life and Times of Missouri's Charles Parsons: Between Art and War" -- www.parsonsbook.com.Follow John: https://twitter.com/johnlaun1IG: @john_launiusYoutube: @Charles Parsons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Sow5RvI3TVaW_c1G3GfgQ

Art historian Hall Rockefeller leads your gaze and awareness to the "unsung heroines" in the visual arts world. Through her Less than Half Salon and upcoming course on Art Collecting, she is building an engaging community of artists, collectors, gallerists, and art lovers. .Art Collecting class: https://lessthanhalf.org/collecting-masterclassLess than Half Salon: https://lessthanhalf.org/salonHall's IG Handles: @all.the.lady.artists and @fairart2030

Photographer Justyna Neyrng "spent much of her childhood playing with her father's cameras and darkroom while roaming the forests of Chelmsford on the Czech border." The poetics of her childhood influenced Neyrng's prolific emotive portraits. She composes images, documenting "something she feels rather than something she can see.".Resources are listed on my website: www.beyondthepaint.netExperience Neyrng's evocative portraits: www.justynaneyrng.com & IG: @justynaneryngImage Credit: Justyna Neyrng---Special shout out to painter Peter Bustin-we explore his portrait of Neyrng; the textures of her lithe body through layers of paint. :)

Bridgette Mayer is an art adviser, gallerist, supporting artists and creatives through her ArtMBA Mindset program. In my conversation with Mayer, we talk mindset, the impact art advisers and gallerists have in the contemporary story of art and her role fostering artists with collectors..Learn more about Mayer's ArtMBA Mindset for artists and creators: https://www.bridgettemayer.com/Follow Bridgette Mayer on IG: @bridgette_artmbaArtists and Collectors, please visit: http://www.bridgettemayerartadvisors.com/.Image credit: Bridgette Mayer

Bonus Episode--Beyond the Paint hosts a conversation with the collaborative partners behind Seeds of Initiation tarot deck: siblings Amy Scott-Young and Grant Walker..This bonus episode is a companion to Episode 133: Amy Scott-Young: Tarot Deck and the Contemporary Female Figure. .Seeds of Initiation Links:Website: seedsofinitiation.comIG handles: @amyb.tarotillustrator; @seeds_of_initiation_tarot; @grant.walker.76

Melanie Carr is a contemporary sculptor and female gallery owner. In part one of the show, an invitation to explore her geometric sculptural works "concerned and consumed with touch, geometry, interactivity and human experience." (bio).In my conversation (part 2) with Carr, we journey through her gallery space, Melanie Carr Gallery (Essex, Connectiut) and her dedication to artists, their practice and work. Plus she offers insight into collecting Contemporary art. :).Resources are listed on my website: www.beyondthepaint.netLinks to Melanie Carr include:> Melanie Carr Gallery: www.melaniecarrgallery.com> IG handles @melcarrstudio @melaniecarrgallery.Image Credit: "Still I Breathe," 2020: Melanie Carr Studio

Amy Smith-Young is an illustrator. In collaboration with her brother Grant, Amy is re-envisioning tarot deck imagery. Her contemporary, female figures engage Divine Feminine principles and connects the tarot reader with figures relevant to our times ..Resources for this episode are listed on my website: beyondthepaint.netLinks to Amy Scott-Young's works and her collaboration with her brother Grant for Seeds of Initiation tarot deck include:.Website: Seedsofinitiation.comIG Handles: @amyb.tarotillustrator-@[email protected] their website are two insightful videos that offer the background and inspiration of their creative project, Seeds of Initiation. :)

Journey with me the "complicated and imperfect women," of figural and still life painter Anna Weyant. .Resources for this episode are listed on my website: www.beyondthepaint.orgFollow and explore Weyant's works on IG @annaweyant and www.annaweyant.comImage Credit: Anna Weyant website.Shout out to artist Amy Chaiklin and her series, "Cultured Pearl Portraits," featured in Create magazine: https://createmagazine.com/read/amy-chaiklin or on IG @createmagazine & @amychaiklin.Join artist Leslie C. Sotomayor in a virtual panel discussion of empowered Latina/x Women: "Cafe con Leche" for Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month. Register: https://texastech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpd-2opzotGNawJps6qa01DiQm0Lv0W5VH