What Ifs, Spring Absence Explained: Episode #6

Noe Kuremoto Episode #9: Decoding Ancient Wisdom Part 1 Relaunch

Relaunching a delightful artist interview, Noe Kuremoto shares growing up with Artists around her home in Japan.  Noe absorbed the artist lifestyle of gathering meaning, understanding that the objects and relationships have a larger context. She learned early how to become an academic artist. How to use classic materials. She gained an education in Contextual Art at St Martin's College in the United Kingdom. Switching gears into motherhood, she returned to basic mediums of earth, air, and fire, she found in clay. Listening to her personal cues and the gossip in the big cities, Kuremoto heard the unease of the working class. Taking solace in her family and her practice, Noe took a leap out of her comfort zone, and started building a studio deep in a forest in Lithuania. Here she can gather her inspiration from the quiet. Abandoning her culture over the years, Noe recognizes how important myths and stories are metaphorically to the here and now. She sees the sadness and desperation, weaving her perceptions into figurines that hold a symbolic meaning to everyone who sees them. Many of her sculptural pieces resonate on a deeper level, protecting us today, while they dance amongst the shadows from the ancient world. Thank you so much for listening to The Creatively Thinking Podcast! We are so happy you popped by, I will be for sure make sure I give a shout out to you in one of my future episodes. Please remember to like, share, and comment where ever you get your podcasts. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/support]

Jean Martin Episode #8: Jeanmartinraven

Jean Martin, a Quebec-based artist, loves working outside; he admits that 90% of his work is made outside. Jean shares his multi-disciplinary practice with us and explains how he began his creative practice as a child. When he was introduced to other media, and what sparked certain paths to take in his creative journey. Deciding to take further studies in art at Concordia University's BFA program, added additional talents and enhanced skills to Martin's practice that allow him to develop and refine his layers of creativity. He has had nearly thirty years of education, combined with being self-taught, in the art and design field. Winning first place in a recognized art competition early on fuelled Martin to continue exploring his creativity further. Join me as we discover how Jean introduced new media into his practice, what they symbolized, and how they have driven his energies toward greater focus and nuance as his creative career has thrived.  Connect with Jean Martin: https://www.jeanmartinraven.com/ Thank you so much for listening to The Creatively Thinking Podcast! We are so happy you popped by, I will be for sure make sure I give a shout out to you in one of my future episodes. Please remember to like, share, and comment where ever you get your podcasts. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/support]

Betty Goodwin Episode #7: Passage of Time #7

Betty Goodwin's depictions of the human body, suffering, and the passage of time resonated with me when I discovered her at the Manitoba Gallery. These haunting images spoke to me in ways I wasn't familiar with. I was incredibly young and foolish at the time. I was on an adventure crossing our country to the West Coast. When I saw Goodwin's mysterious works, she drew me in with those lines, that density, that complexity pulled me in, and hasn't let me go ever since. Even to this day, when I see her artwork on the walls of Toronto's Union Station, I am reminded of her encapsulating nature. She is a genius of dark metaphors and decisive yet fluid ambiguity. Join me as we go deep into her world as a creative. What inspiration brought her to this precipice? How did printmaking become her focus? How did she learn to decipher her intensity to create these masterpieces? Was she influenced by anyone in particular? Or was her style unique and original? What drove her to become an artist in the first place?    Thank you so much for listening to The Creatively Thinking Podcast! We are so happy you popped by, I will be for sure make sure I give a shout out to you in one of my future episodes. Please remember to like, share, and comment where ever you get your podcasts. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/support]

What Ifs, Spring Absence Explained: Episode #6

It has been about a month since I have launched a pod. I thought I would apologize. I realized that was silly, so I decided to share what exactly happened. Tell you, devoted listeners, what I have been up to, what has distracted me from interviewing local creatives.  I have created a lineup of artists to interview all the way into mid-summer. I am looking forward to it tremendously. Some interesting people are coming up that I share in this podcast. Some are from art history, some are unusual in the fact that they bring artists together. Another publishes interesting small-press works. Another is a sculptor sculpting unique forms North of the Niagara region.  And finally, a multi-disciplinary artist called the Raven, whose assemblages scream city with inscriptions of poetry and street language that vibrate with the vigor his urban sculptures inhabit. Join me as I describe what actually happened last month to knock me off my insanely focused trajectory of bringing you bimonthly interviews with local creatives.    Thank you so much for listening to The Creatively Thinking Podcast! We are so happy you popped by, I will be for sure make sure I give a shout out to you in one of my future episodes. Please remember to like, share, and comment where ever you get your podcasts. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/support]

Lex Barrie Episode #5 Right Lane

Being in the right lane was always on Lex's mind. Knowing she wanted to be an Astronomer as a child was part of the challenge in knowing where she wanted to be; the only problem was difficulty with Mathematics. This didn't phase Lex, it made the goal more appealing.   They are a graduate of Ontario College of Art and Design University's Criticism and Curatorial Practices, with a minor in Fine Art and Mixed Media. Focusing on finding the smallest joys in our everyday life, which reconnects our inner child to our current selves. Lex's curatorial practices have ranged from numerous shows from TOAF, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto Society of Artists (TSA), the Archive of Ontario, and OCAD Emerging Drawing and Painting Students. They have had a lengthy career as a Critic with articles in Academic Journals, Artist Magazines following exhibitions and events, including Nuit Blanche, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the artist-run centre Propeller Gallery. Lex's writing circle around gender, sexuality, societal conformity, philosophical concepts, and individualization. To connect with Lex: https://www.lexbarrie.ca/ Thank you so much for listening to The Creatively Thinking Podcast! We are so happy you popped by, I will be for sure make sure I give a shout out to you in one of my future episodes. Please remember to like, share, and comment where ever you get your podcasts. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2188448/support]