Adam Mignanelli
Adam Mignanelli is an artist and designer who is the design director for marketing at Disney +.
May 30, 2020•14 min•Ep. 34
Brave New World
Welcome to Brave New World, a podcast with
creative people speaking to the
challenges of our new current environment. We’re
asking our creative community about how they
are adapting to difficulties in the current
landscape and how we might all move forward
together.
Hosted by Brian Alfred.
Episodes
WEI
WEI is a musician and producer from New Zealand who lives in Brooklyn, NY
May 26, 2020•14 min•Ep. 33
Jason Stopa
Jason Stopa is a painter and writer who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received his MFA from Pratt Institute in 2010. His work has been reviewed in BlackBook and Interview Magazine . He is a contributing writer to Art in America , The Brooklyn Rail , and Whitewall Magazine .
May 21, 2020•12 min•Ep. 32
Mina Park and Kwang Uh
On this episode, Mina Park and Kwang Uh, owners of the restaurant Baroo in Los Angeles.
May 19, 2020•15 min•Ep. 31
Friends With You
Friends With You is an art collaborative of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III.
May 17, 2020•9 min•Ep. 30
Sara Maria Salamone
Sara Maria Salamone is the co-founder and director of Mrs. Founded in September of 2016, Mrs. is a contemporary art gallery located in Maspeth, Queens. Located away from the geographic center of the New York art world, the gallery focuses on offering a new platform for emerging, under represented and mid career artists, while engaging the surrounding community.
May 15, 2020•17 min•Ep. 29
Jerry Saltz
Jerry Saltz is the senior art critic for New York Magazine. He speaks about how he and his wife, NYT art critic Roberta Smith, are dealing with health concerns, heading out of the city, the importance of creating and creativity in these times and much more.
May 13, 2020•19 min•Ep. 28
Matthew F Fisher
Matthew F Fisher is a Brooklyn, NY based painter. He speaks about the change he and his family are adapting to in recent weeks.
May 11, 2020•10 min•Ep. 27
Sasha Bogojev
Sasha Bogojev is a writer and curator and contributing editor at Juxtapoz magazine currently based out of the Netherlands. Sasha speaks to what has changed and what has not, spending time with his family and his focus on supporting artists.
May 04, 2020•8 min•Ep. 26
Genevieve Artadi
Genevieve Artadi is a musician best known as the lead vocalist for LA-based groups KNOWER and Pollyn and her own solo project. She received her Bachelors in Jazz Studies at California State University (CSU) Northridge and did post-graduate studies at CSU Long Beach. She has toured the world and collaborated with many musicians. She speaks about how she is doing in the midst of not being able to tour and play out and staying positive.
May 01, 2020•9 min•Ep. 25
Dushko Petrovich
Dushko Petrovich is an artist, writer, editor and publisher, co-founder of Paper Monument and currently the chair of the New Arts Journalism department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dushko talks about how he and his family are making life fit in the new environment.
Apr 30, 2020•25 min•Ep. 24
Nicole Chui
Nicole Chui was born and raised in Hong Kong and lives and works in London. She is an embroidery artist and designer. Nicole graduated from London College of Fashion with a BA in Creative Direction for Fashion. She has been featured in Complex UK, King Kong magazine and Vogue Italia to name a few. She has made work for many clients from Nike to Asos. Nicole speaks to her adapting to the current quarantine and how she's making more work than ever.
Apr 29, 2020•12 min•Ep. 23
Se Yoon Park
Se Yoon Park is a sculptor and gallery owner from South Korea based in Brooklyn, NY. He studied architecture and worked at OMA before devoting his efforts as a sculptor. He co-founded Carvalho Park Gallery in Bushwick with his partner Jennifer Carvalho. Se Yoon speaks about his thoughts facing the epidemic and how we might emerge from this time and the importance of support for artists.
Apr 29, 2020•12 min•Ep. 22
Aurore Chauve
Aurore Chauve is an Art Director & Designer who specializes in printed matter . She is also the co/founder of the publishing company Yundler Brondino Verlag .
Apr 27, 2020•11 min•Ep. 21
Zuzanna Szadkowski
Zuzanna Szadkowski is an actor known for her role as Dorota Kishlovsky on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl . Szadkowski also appeared on The Sopranos , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Girls and Guiding Light . She made her New York Stage debut in Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron 's Love, Loss, and What I Wore in which she appeared in a record-breaking five all-star casts. Zuzanna talks about how she is adjusting her busy schedule due to the quarantine and her hops for how we come out of it.&n...
Apr 26, 2020•7 min•Ep. 20
Andrew Fox
Andrew Fox is a singer, songwriter and producer based out of Brooklyn. He speaks to adapting to a new world where music is as important as ever. Listen to his latest album Shock by Shock.
Apr 24, 2020•7 min•Ep. 19
Grace Villamil
Grace Villamil is a multidisciplinary artist exploring interconnectivity between humans & nature through installation, video, and sound. She has performed live-video manipulations as accompaniment to electronic & live instruments in venues as Southbank London, Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Saal Hamburg, the broad/redcat los angeles, issue project room nyc & in boston w/ act, a mit media lab. Her installation search for function was 1 of 4 new works commissioned by bl...
Apr 23, 2020•19 min•Ep. 18
Rabia Ahmad
Rabia Ahmad is a publicist who works for one of the world's leading television streaming services who lives in Brooklyn. Rabia speaks to getting sick, escaping the city and how the current state has actually made her job and it's relevance stronger than ever.
Apr 22, 2020•12 min•Ep. 17
Michael Lovett
Michael Lovett is a musician who records under the title NZCA/LINES and also plays in the band Metronomy. He is from England and is currently based out of New York City, temporarily residing in Pittsburgh, PA. Michael speak to how the quarantine has changed how he plans releasing his music and also how some things haven't changed.
Apr 21, 2020•9 min•Ep. 16
Yuko Nishikawa
Yuko Nishikawa is a designer and ceramic artist based in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in lighting, installation, sculpture, vessels and tableware. She also runs a ceramic studio, Forest, and a monthly gathering of creative minds, Salon at Forest. Yuko speaks about moving her practice home and transitioning from ceramics to painting.
Apr 19, 2020•16 min
Paul Laster
Paul Laster is a Brooklyn-based editor, critic, independent curator, artist and lecturer. Paul is the New York desk editor at ArtAsiaPacific and a contributing editor at Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art . He was the founding editor of Artkrush and Artspace , started TheDailyBeast 's art section, and was the art editor of Flavorpill and Russell Simmons’ OneWorld Magazine . He’s a contributor to Time Out New York, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Galerie Magazine, Art & Object, Architectural...
Apr 18, 2020•8 min•Ep. 14
Purva Chawla
After practicing as an Architect in the US and India, Purva launched MaterialDriven in early 2016. Her goal was to create a space where innovative design and materials could be broadcast in an open-source format. As a partnership, MaterialDriven has since evolved into an educational and commercial interface between material developers of all scales, and applications in the architectural, interiors, product and fashion industries. As a curator, communicator, and design consultant, Purva’s focus l...
Apr 17, 2020•13 min•Ep. 13
Rita Nakouzi
Rita Nakouzi is the editorial director at the Real Real based out of Brooklyn, New York.
Apr 15, 2020•9 min
Brian Boucher
Brian Boucher is a freelance writer, art critic and journalist based in NYC.
Apr 15, 2020•16 min•Ep. 11
Sam Kebbell
Sam Kebbell is a director of KebbellDaish Architects. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a B.Arch (1st class hons) and an M.Des History and Theory (Distinction) from Harvard in 1999 before working in Europe and North America. He is a registered architect in New Zealand, he has won numerous awards for his work and presented to both academic and professional audiences in NZ and around the world. In 2015 Sam won an ADAPT-r Research Fellow at the University of Westminster...
Apr 14, 2020•13 min•Ep. 10
Lora Appleton
Lora Appleton, founder of kinder MODERN and the Female Design Council , is a leading voice in New York City design, paving the way for designers and makers with her meticulous design vision, nuanced collections, and curatorial leadership. Under her guidance, kinder MODERN has grown from an entrepreneurial gallery into a robust design authority, offering a full range of collections, from the epicenter of the home to commercial and educational projects. kinder MODERN pieces are also on view in the...
Apr 13, 2020•9 min•Ep. 9
Malcolm Buick
Malcolm Buick is a partner and Creative Director at Athletics. A Scotsman educated in London, Malcolm has more than 20 years of professional design experience. Malcolm’s career began in London with a focus on music branding, before his move to Burlington, Vermont to become Creative Lead at JDK, where he helped evolve Burton Snowboards into a global lifestyle force. Later, Malcolm settled in New York to fill the role of Creative Director for renowned branding agency Wolff Olins. Malcolm joined At...
Apr 12, 2020•11 min•Ep. 8
Hiba Schahbaz
Hiba Schahbaz was born in Karachi, Pakistan and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She works primarily with paper, black tea, and water-based pigments. Schahbaz has participated in numerous group exhibitions; including shows at NiU Museum of Art, The Untitled Space, and Center for Book Arts; and at art fairs such as Pulse Art Fair, Art.Fair Cologne, and Vienna Fair. Her work has been written about in Vice , Hyperallergic , The Huffington Post , Coveteur , Vogue , NY Magazine , Art Critical, and others....
Apr 10, 2020•11 min
Edward Smith
Edward Smith, born in London, grew up in New York City. He has photographed musicians such as the Roots, the Black Keys, the Flaming Lips and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Though music and fashion are the majority of his commercial work, he is also well versed in still life, landscape, portraiture, street and reportage. He is based out of Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Apr 10, 2020•7 min•Ep. 6
Brigitte Mulholland
Brigitte Mulholland is the Director of Anton Kern Gallery in New York City. Brigitte speaks about her adjustment to studio apartment life and how she is maintaining supporting her artists in the online sphere and the importance of staying connected.
Apr 08, 2020•7 min