I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators & Collectors

This week I'm giving you some of my best tips for open studios. I'm also sharing how you can make the best of your time during your open studio even if it isn't as successful as you had hoped.

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This week I’m chatting with gallerists Ashley Noyes and Bryce Smith, who created the amazing space Naranjo 141 in Mexico this past year. In this episode we talk about how they both got their start in the arts and what inspired them to start Naranjo 141.

NARANJO 141, founded in 2023 in Mexico City by Ashley Noyes and Bryce Smith, is a project-based contemporary art gallery and residency program dedicated to local and international emerging artists. The program is focused on providing an accessible platform to support, engage and grow today’s talent. As a meeting place for artists and the community, we are particularly committed to fostering a narrative founded on the joint, collaborative voices of the artists, galleries and collectors of this generation.

LINKS:

https://www.naranjo141.com/

@naranjo141.cdmx

Artist Shoutout:

2023 Residency Participants: Fabian Ramirez, Lily Alice Baker, Bayo Alvaro, Taylor Lee, Christopher Paul Jordan, Lizzy Lunday, Anna Kenneally

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This holiday week, I'm giving a big thanks to my listeners for joining me every week at the I Like Your Work Podcast! Happy Thanksgiving and have a great holiday in the studio.

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Devin Howell Curry earned a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Florida Atlantic University (FAU). She received her MFA in Painting at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. She participated in the intensive program at Mount Gretna School of Art in 2016 and was also selected as a Four Pillars Artist in 2019. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including New York City, Richmond, VA, Lancaster, PA, Tulsa, OK, Cambridge, and Boston, MA. In 2019 Devin was featured in New American Paintings, #141 MFA Annual. She currently works as an associate faculty member at Post University in Waterbury, CT. She lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with her husband and son.

"My still life paintings incorporate both recorded observation and invention. The arrangements consist of objects that carry personal meaning: ceramic pieces made by my great grandmother, trinkets that belonged to my grandmother, and books of women artists I feel a connection with. I often add a self-portrait in the work, placing myself within the same space of the women I reference. I am interested in lineage (both biological and artistic), the connection between women, and the objects we keep to remember the women who came before us. While I do think of the work as possessing a narrative, I also see it as an attempt to chronicle what is lost, a mapping process, a charting of both spatial proximity and what can never truly be known."

LINKS:

www.Devinmhowell.com www.guavajellystudio.com https://glavekocenconsulting.com @devinmhowell @guavajellystudio

Artist Shoutouts:

Mel Arzamarski https://www.arzamarski.com

Jini Kim Veneer @Jinikimveenker

Mark Lewis http://www.marklewispaintingstudio.com

Sarah D'Ambrosio https://www.sarahdambrosio.com

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Jordan Buschur is an artist, educator, and curator based in Toledo, Ohio. Her paintings focus on collections of objects ranging from stacked books to interiors of drawers, all united by a system of value based on mystery, sentimentality, and a matriarchal connection. Buschur received an M.F.A. in Painting from Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. Her work has been shown in numerous locations, including exhibitions with the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI), Center for Book Arts (NYC), and Field Projects (NYC). She participated in residencies at the Wassaic Project, Chashama North, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center. Awards include the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and the Kimmel Foundation Artist Award.

Her work has been featured in print in New American Paintings and UPPERCASE Magazine, and online with The Jealous Curator, Young Space, and BOOOOOOOM, among many others. She is a co-founder of Co-Worker Gallery and has curated exhibitions at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space (NYC), Spring/Break Art Show (NYC), and the Neon Heater (Findlay, Ohio). Buschur was the Director of the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and currently teaches drawing at the University of Toledo.

"My paintings imply a human presence through depictions of accumulated collections. Contents of desk drawers, stacks of books, packed boxes, and objects on display, are united by systems of value shaped by mystery, sentimentality, and the matriarchal connection. Each painting focuses on the oscillation between personal resonance and public view, reality and invention, fixed meaning and open interpretation. I’m interested in the assignment of non-monetary significance onto objects as an inherently interior and idiosyncratic act. In this way, the paintings are portraits as I meditate on the details (both mundane and magical) of the accumulated stuff of friends and family (and my own things too). Simultaneously, the collections point towards the material weight of modern life, the anxiety of consumption, and the endgame of anonymous personal effects. Looking through the lens of inheritance, accumulations of sentimental objects can link to ancestors, while also becoming a burden of junk. A well loved thing, so deeply felt by one, shapeshifts in meaning when passed to a new owner and generation."

LINKS:

www.jordanbuschur.com @jordanbuschur

Artist Shoutouts:

Crystal Phelps Natalie Lanese Lindsay Akens

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez

Charley Friedman Angeles Cossio Dana Fritz Margaret Bohls Jac Lahav Maia Cruz Palileo

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Have you been wondering how you can easily organize and store your art work? In this podcast episode, I give you some expert tips on how you can seamlessly organize and archive your art inventory so you can preserve your work and find it easily when you need it.

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Kamal X is a self-taught documentary photographer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Photography found Kamal in 2015, after deciding to quit everything to travel the world in honor of his best friend who passed away due to colon cancer. A hard truth that serves as a major influence in his creative style, which is rooted in telling stories that showcase the hidden truths of humanity that are often misunderstood or overlooked. Kamal’s covering of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests of Oakland, CA and Washington D.C. granted him the opportunity to be featured in the New York Times. Deciding to mold those images into a mini-series entitled The Beautiful: Oakland to D.C., he won 2nd place in Lensculture’s Black & White Photography Awards. More recently, Kamal was featured in Apple’s “Hometown” campaign which highlighted black photographers across America. Lastly, in 2021 Kamal self-published his debut photography book, A Quest Supreme, which documents 5 years of traveling to over 40 countries in search of inner peace.

“I am a self-made photographer that strives to push my limits to create images that evoke emotion and honesty. In a world that is often consumed with what’s next, my goal is to help us remember the core elements of who we truly are.”

LINKS:

www.iamkamalx.com

@iamkamalx

Black Astronaut

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Did you realize the most important part of your open studio happens AFTER the event? In this podcast episode, we discuss a commonly missed opportunity for artists and the most crucial part of your Open Studio! Tune in to ensure you don’t miss it and download the FREE Open Studio Tips below!

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Apply to our Winter Exhibition Catalog:https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/submitwork

Fall Exhibition Catalog Curated by Victoria J Fry

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Karen Lederer received her BFA in Printmaking and Drawing from Washington University in St. Louis in 2008 and an MFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. She has been an artist in residence at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Lower East Side Printshop, and the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program. Lederer has presented her work in solo exhibitions at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Cheymore Gallery, One River School, Guilford College Art Gallery, Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, and Field Projects. She has participated in many group exhibitions, most recently at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Deanna Evans Projects, Dinner Gallery, Cristea Roberts Gallery, and Hashimoto Contemporary.

“Trained to be a printmaker, Karen Lederer brings monoprinting techniques into a contemporary painting practice. She offsets inked plates onto the surface of her artwork and then defines the rest of the image with paint. Both flat and rendered, the work conveys a spatial disorientation that denies stability. By mixing diverse processes in each piece, she creates environments that are at once constructed and artificial, yet private and personal. Lederer invites the viewer into domestic scenes filled with patterns, color and references to her life and art history. In a moment where people live simultaneously in the physical world and online, her paintings evoke the strange filter through which we see much of our reality.”

LINKS:

www.karenlederer.com

@krlederer

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Apply to our Winter Exhibition Catalog: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/submitwork

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This week on the podcast, we discuss Open Studios! Here is a quick guide to get your work out there.

1-Who and Where: Choose from various open studio setups, from showcasing your work solo to collaborating with other artists.

Consider inviting neighboring studios to join in.

2- Tidy Up and Organize: Declutter your space to showcase your artwork effectively.

Consider painting walls and cleaning distracting surfaces, turning it into a pre-party celebration.

3-Curate Your Collection: Highlight the pieces you're excited to discuss.

If you're open to sales, make those artworks available.

4- Promote: Spread the word about your open studio on social media, newsletters, and through friends.

5-Prepare to Discuss Your Art: Practice your elevator pitch and share your passion for your work and creative process.

6-Create a Welcoming Atmosphere: Offer guests tea, wine, and snacks to enhance conversation and comfort.

7-Pricing and Sales: Be prepared with price lists and payment options if you intend to sell your art.

Let me know if you recently had an open studio, if you have one coming up, or have questions! [email protected]

Links:

Fall Exhibition Catalog Curated by Victoria J Fry

Join The Works Membership!https://theworksmembership.com/

Watch our Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast

Submit Your Work

Check out our Catalogs!

Exhibitions

Studio Visit ArtistInterviews

I Like Your Work Podcast

Say “hi” onInstagram