SJMA PodCast

San Jose Museum of Art•www.sanjosemuseumofart.org

The San Jose Museum of Art is pleased to offer it's MUSE Award winning podcast. We strive to offer unique audio and video experiences that will help engage our visitors provoking thought and response. We invite you to subscribe to the SJMA PodCast so you will be informed of new content as it becomes available. We offer informational interviews with personalities from the art-world, downloadable exhibition tours for both our permanent collection and our temporary exhibits, and an occasional lecture. Let us know what you think by emailing: podcast@sjmusart.org! Visit our website at: www.sanjosemuseumofart.org. Please leave comments below!

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Artist of the Week 6 - Amy Kaufman

We traveled to Oakland for this episode of Artist of the Week where we were invited into the studio of Amy Kaufman to discuss her artistic process and her piece, "Ice and Shoots" in the SJMA permanent collection. In her bright and welcoming studio we were able to see recent paintings and drawings in various states of progress. We also spoke with the San Jose Museum of Art's Chief Curator, Susan Landauer, who was able to put Kaufman's art into context with the Bay Area art scene and shed some ins...

Jan 24, 2007•8 min

Artist of the Week 5 - Richard Misrach

For week 5, we focus on artist Richard Misrach and SJMA’s recent acquisition "Untitled", from the series On the Beach, photographed by Misrach. For the podcast we spoke with gallery owner Robert Mann who represented Richard Misrach for over 20 years and even traveled with him several summers through the desert Southwest. In addition, we interviewed geologist, SJMA board member and Misrach collector, Peter Lipman who shares his personal insight on Misrach’s work. During the 8 week run of the exhi...

Jan 17, 2007•8 min

Artist of the Week 4 - Ruth Asawa

Ruth Asawa is the artist featured this week on our Artist of the Week PodCast whose tied-wire sculpture "Untitled" recently came into our collection. For the episode, we traveled to San Francisco to speak with Curator of American Art and Director of Contemporary Programs, Daniell Cornell, at the De Young Museum. Daniell Cornell worked closely with Asawa to curate and plan her retrospective exhibition "Contours in the Air". In addition, we spoke by phone with Aiko Cuneo, Ruth Asawa's oldest daugh...

Jan 10, 2007•8 min

Artist of the Week 3 - Rick Arnitz

This week we interviewed Rick Arnitz in his live/work studio in Oakland, CA. We were treated to a tour of his studio after the interview where we saw recent works he was producing for an upcoming exhibition at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. During the interview he discusses his painting, a recent SJMA acquisition, called "Who Won What When and Where". In addition, we spoke to gallery owner Stephen Wirtz who has represented Arnitz for more than 10 years. During the 8 week run of the exhibition "New Year,...

Jan 04, 2007•8 min

Artist of the Week 2 - Jack Zajac

Our second artist is Jack Zajac. We went to Santa Cruz, CA where Zajac lives and works to speak with him. In his studio, we were treated to a tour of his artwork and after we sat down with him in his home to speak about his travels, his art and his process. Providing extra insight is JoAnne Northrup, Senior Curator at SJMA, who helped bring "Falling Water, Santa Cruz XXIV" into our collection. During the 8 week run of the exhibition "New Year, New Gifts", the San Jose Museum of Art will offer ea...

Dec 26, 2006•7 min

Artist of the Week 1 - Hung Liu

Our first artist is Hung Liu. For the podcast we went to Hung Liu's studio to discuss her painting "Shoah" which recently came into SJMA's collection. In addition we spoke with her husband, art critic, Jeff Kelly. During the 8 week run of the exhibition "New Year, New Gifts", the San Jose Museum of Art will offer each week a podcast highlighting one of the artists in the show. The artist in the series are: Hung Liu, Jack Zajac, Rick Arnitz, Ruth Asawa, Richard Misrach, Amy Kaufman, Helen Lundebu...

Dec 18, 2006•9 min

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