The Arrowmont Podcast

Episode 16 - Kyle Cottier

It’s the final episode of both our series introducing our 2021-2022 Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence but also our very first season of the Arrowmont Podcast. In this episode, we spend time with sculptor Kyle Cottier. Kyle holds a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, 2015 and attended the New York Studio Residency Program in Brooklyn, 2014. His interdisciplinary practice blends traditional textile and woodworking techniques spanning sculpture, installation, photography, painting, illustration, writing and performance. Kyle creates work informed by the convergence of the natural and made world, exploring the synthesis of personal and social transformations. Before coming to Arrowmont, Kyle worked in New York’s Hudson Valley, and you can see more of his work here https://www.kylecottier.com/. I’ll also note that the book I discuss with Kyle is The Third Policeman by Irish author Flann O’Brien, and is a mind-swirling book that I recommend for any artist.

Episode 15 - Elizabeth Belz

In the continuing series of conversations with Arrowmont’s current Artists-in-Residence, this week we talk to Elizabeth Belz. Elizabeth is a blacksmith, educator and metal artist who utilizes steel to capture people’s attention. Elizabeth has worked in metal since 2016 and took a non-traditional educational path that was an accumulation of short workshops, a craft internship, a two-year blacksmithing apprenticeship at the Metal Museum in Memphis, - https://www.metalmuseum.org/ - artist residencies and a Creative Catalyst Fellowship at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC - https://www.folkschool.org/. You can see more of Elizabeth’s work here - https://www.elizabethbelz.com/work - and more about the Arrowmont AIR’s here: https://www.arrowmont.org/announcing-2021-2022-air/. We also, of course, talk about Penland School of Craft, North House Folk School, Pine Needles Residency, and Austin Forging Competition (links down below). Join us next time for our last podcast of Season One, in conversation with our final Artist-in-Residence, Kyle Cottier. https://penland.org/ https://northhouse.org/ https://www.smm.org/scwrs/programs/artist https://www.smm.org/scwrs/programs/artist

Episode 14 - Lena Schmid

This week, in our series of meeting our 2021-2022 Artists-in-Residence, we have a conversation with Lena Schmid. Lena Schmid‘s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its’ poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project - https://www.wassaicproject.org/ - and The TIDES Institute in Maine - https://www.tidesinstitute.org/. We talk a lot about genres and labels in art, but also equally about time and space. You can see more of Lena’s work here - https://schmidlena.com/home.html Learn more about the Arrowmont AIR’s here: https://www.arrowmont.org/announcing-2021-2022-air/. Also, the book series Lena mentions is “The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin.

Episode 13 - Naomi David Russo

We continue our conversations with our brand new Artists-in-Residence here at Arrowmont, by talking to Naomi David Russo on this episode of the Arrowmont Podcast. Naomi and Program Director Nick DeFord talk about the creative process as a woodworker and sculptor, from sketching to finished design, and how sometimes having a day job can be extremely beneficial for artists. You can see more of Naomi’s work on her website here - https://www.naomidavidrusso.com/ See more about the Arrowmont AIR’s here: https://www.arrowmont.org/announcing-2021-2022-air/

Episode 12 - Horacio Casillas

This is the first of a series of podcasts where we introduce you to, and have a conversation with, our 2021-2022 Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence. First up is Horacio Casillas, ceramics artist, who discusses the importance of faith and community in his work as well as his experiences in ceramics education and residencies. See more of Horacio’s work at his website here - https://www.horaciocasillas.com/ Learn more about the Arrowmont Artist-in-Residence here: https://www.arrowmont.org/announcing-2021-2022-air/.