the makers podcast

Season 2, Episode 1: Greg Lundgren

Greg Lundgren does a lot of stuff, as the owner of Vito's, The Hideout and Lundgren Monuments, you'd think he'd have his hands full. But no, he had to go create Out Of Sight, a huge survey of art from the PNW currently in its second year and opening August 4th alongside the Seattle Art Fair. We sat down in my studio to talk about what went into its creation, what's new this year, what keeps him going and what drives him crazy.

Episode 26: Allyce Wood

Allyce Wood's work addresses the intersection of humankind and the natural world, considering the ecological and cultural ramifications on both. She is also in possession of an extremely agile and curious mind which makes for lively conversation peppered with surreal tangents and funky sub-references. She wants to be eaten by an Orca, me not as much. Discover the resoning behind both our stances by pressing play.

Episode 25

In the second half of my conversation with Tonya Lockyer we discuss the challenges of turning Velocity Dance Center around and reinvigorating its community reach, then move on to examining the nature of dance and art and they're relationship with broader society. And as always, a bunch of other stuff. Stuff that further cements the idea that Tonya is the bees knees.

The Makers Podcast: Episode 24

Tonya Lockyer began dancing at the age of four, at 9 she was invited to join the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto, after which moving to New York to study with Merce Cunningham. From there her explorations as a dancer and choreographer has taken her all over the world, eventually bringing her to Seattle where she worked with local dance institutions like On The Boards, Cornish College for the Arts and Velocity Dance Center, where she became Executive Director in 2011. After revitalizing and dramatically expanding the organization over the next three years she proposed changing the organizational structure to an executive team, with Tonya becoming Artistic Director in 2014. But these highlights don't begin to tell half of her story. Tonya is an incredibly energetic and generous soul and sitting down with her in her place in Pioneer Square was a fantastic experience, one which produced one of my favorite conversations thus far. This is part one of a two-part episode, and to be honest, I'd happily sit down with her again and again, she's the cat's pajamas.

The Makers Podcast: Episode 23

UK artist Jamie Moakes tackles some serious economic questions through an admittedly somewhat absurd quest: manipulating the market for Ram Man action figures in order to turn said action figures into valuable currency. I sat down with Jamie at Interstitial Gallery in Seattle and over the course of a handful of bourbon and gingers, got to know this witty, charming and generally delightful fellow. Plus he's got that lovely British accent that makes everything he says sound more authoritative to American ears (I'm so goddamn provincial).