In this episode of Big Blend Radio’s World of Art podcast, artist and art historian Victoria Chick shares the remarkable life and legacy of Fanny Adele Watson (1873–1947), a pioneering American artist whose work—especially her landscapes and depictions of national parks—stood out in a male-dominated art world. The conversation explores Watson’s unique artistic voice, her influences, and the historical context of her career. Victoria also emphasizes the importance of preserving art and recognizin...
Jun 21, 2025•25 min•Ep. 15
🎙️ In honor of Armed Forces Day (May 17, 2025) and the upcoming Memorial Day (May 26, 2025), we're revisiting this meaningful Big Blend Radio conversation with artist and art historian Victoria Chick. In this episode, Victoria explores the evolution of Veterans Memorials in the United States, from their 19th-century beginnings to the powerful tributes we see today. She explains how, historically, memorials focused on glorifying victories or honoring rulers — and how that shifted to commemoratin...
May 17, 2025•59 min•Ep. 14
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas (pictured), and even the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain—this episode of Big Blend Radio’s WORLD OF ART podcast with artist and art historian Victoria Chick concludes her three-part series on the History of Art Museums, highlighting the evolution and innovation of 21st-century art museums in America. This art-focused podcast explores how modern museums are redef...
Apr 20, 2025•55 min•Ep. 13
From the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick is Part Two of her three-part series on the history of Art Museums. It focuses on the History of Art Museums in America. Victoria is the catalyst behind the Southwest Regional Museum of Art & Art Center project in Silver City, New Mexico...
Mar 15, 2025•55 min•Ep. 12
From the Capitoline Museum in Rome to the Museum of Ennigaldi-Nanna (a princess of Babylon) and the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick is Part One of her three-part series on the history of Art Museums. This global themed show celebrates International Friendship Month and National Library Month since museums are also home to libraries! Victoria is the catalyst behind the Southwest Regional Museum of Art & Art Center p...
Feb 16, 2025•59 min•Ep. 11
It's all about the historic Petroglyphs of Pony Hills in remote Southwest New Mexico on this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick. Read Victoria's article about Pony Hills, here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/petroglyphs-of-pony-hills/ Along with a great discussion about the potential meanings and symbolism behind the petroglyphs, we also chat about the Southwest Regional Museum of Art & Art Center project that she has spearheaded in local ...
Jan 19, 2025•48 min•Ep. 10
It's all about Petroglyphs on this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick. There is hardly a country in the world where petroglyphs do not exist. The United States is rich in petroglyph art, especially within National Park or National Monument boundaries or within National Forests and public lands where they are protected. Read Victoria's article about Petroglyphs, here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/petroglyphs-prehistoric-rock-art/ Also see her...
Dec 22, 2024•45 min•Ep. 9
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick focuses on early pottery of the southwest including Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas, Southern Colorado, Southern Utah, and Northern Mexico. Read Victoria's article about it here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/early-pottery-of-the-southwest/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New ...
Nov 17, 2024•32 min•Ep. 8
Celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick. Hear how wilderness exploration and science converged with the assistance of art in the 19th century to spread the fame of that giant among trees, the Sequoia. Read Victoria's article about it all, including how art helped protect and conserve what is now Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks, here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/the-art-of-...
Oct 19, 2024•42 min•Ep. 7
This episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick focuses on the history of National Park Posters. These icon collectibles originated in the 1930s and early 1940s as part of the WPA Federal Art Project, which began as part of the effort to recover from the Great Depression. Read Victoria's article about the posters here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/history-of-national-park-posters/ And, as discussed in this episode, here's our interview with Robert D...
Sep 22, 2024•46 min•Ep. 6
In celebration of American Artists Appreciation Month and the upcoming National Park Service anniversary (Aug. 25, 1860), this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick features photographer Tanya Ortega. Hear their discussion covering the Then & Now of Art and Artists in Parks and Public Lands. Talking about the history of art and artists in parks, VICTORIA CHICK is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silve...
Aug 17, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 5
From Arizona and New Mexico to Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina, this special episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick features a panel discussion covering Art Destinations Across America. FEATURED GUESTS & DESTINATIONS - VICTORIA CHICK is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She talks about Silver City as an art destination, as well the Southwest Regional Museum of Art & A...
Jul 20, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 4
This episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick focuses on the Gettysburg Cyclorama depicting “Pickett’s Charge up Cemetery Ridge” at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The innovative Gettysburg Cyclorama was the work of father-son painter duo Henri Philippoteaux (1815 – 1884), and Paul Philippoteaux (1846 – 1923). Read Victoria's article about it all here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/dioramas-cycloramas-and-the-painters-philippote...
Jun 15, 2024•37 min•Ep. 3
In honor or Mother Whistler Day and May being the month of celebrating Mothers, this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick focuses on the relationship between Whistler, the artist, and his mom, Anna McNeill Whistler. James Abbot McNeill Whistler did not set out to paint an iconic image, but his “Arrangement in Black and Grey #1” has become one of the most recognizable and meaningful paintings in the world. Best known under its colloquial name Whistler's Mot...
May 18, 2024•49 min•Ep. 2
In celebration of National Park Week, this episode of Big Blend Radio with artist Victoria Chick is all about the art, life and legacy of George Catlin. George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Many of the places he traveled through are parts of our National Park Service today. He explored the American West five times during the 1830s, and wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the...
Apr 20, 2024•1 hr
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick shares talks about three noteworthy women artists in history that she has written about in Big Blend Magazines over the years. HEAR ABOUT: - ARTEMESIA GENTILESCHI (July 8, 1593 – c. 1656), who was an Italian Baroque painter considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. - MARY EDMONIA LEWIS, aka "Wildfire" (July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907), who was the first African-Amer...
Mar 16, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Have You Seen The One About...? On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick shares some personal observations about humor in art. Artists covered in this art podcast include noted illustrator Edward Abrams, artist Lund, and dark social realist Phillip Evergood. Read her article and view the art here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/personal-observations-on-humor-in-art/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silve...
Feb 18, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about the art, life, and legacy of Georges Schreiber, a successful painter and printmaker during the 1930s and 40s. Read her article about him here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/artist-georges-schreiber/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. Follow the podcast: https://tinyurl.com/3an38...
Jan 21, 2024•35 min
From museums and art centers to educational events and programs, this episode of Big Blend Radio features artist Victoria Chick who explains the importance and benefitsof supporting the arts. Victoria also talks about The Southwest Regional Museum of Art and Art Center in Silver City, New Mexico. It is destined to be a cultural jewel for communities within Southwest New Mexico, and a magnet for art lovers traveling in the state. SWRMA & Art Center will offer exciting educational opportunitie...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about the History of Place, Materials, Style & Meaning of American Burial Markers. The most durable materials available were generally chosen for markers, but the technology available to move, inscribe, or polish those materials also played a big role in the stylistic development of burial markers. See her article covering burial markers in the United States from Colonial times to now: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/history...
Nov 19, 2023•52 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about the history and art of engraving. Engraving is quite an old method of printmaking. It is in the family of intaglio which also includes etching, dry point, aquatint, and mezzotint. Read her article: https://tinyurl.com/4ak8pbpb Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. Follow the podcast: htt...
Oct 21, 2023•47 min
Do you remember reading “Peter Rabbit” as a young child or, maybe, when you were a bit older, being fascinated by “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass?” New editions of these classic books are still being published with their original illustrations. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about illustrators Beatrix Potter and Sir John Tenniel. Read her article about them here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/classic-childrens-book-illustrations/ Victor...
Sep 16, 2023•43 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about the life, art, and legacy of award-winning artist and muralist Eric Bransby. He studied and made murals and taught art at Yale University, Brigham Young University, and University of Missouri-Kansas City. Read Victoria's article about Eric Bransby here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/the-life-and-legacy-of-artist-eric-bransby/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector b...
Aug 19, 2023•44 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about the life, art, and legacy of midwest artist Grant Wood (1861-1942). Grant Wood was a master metal craftsman, jeweler, teacher, interior decorator, and a fine artist both celebrated and reviled during his lifetime. The turning point in his art life came when he exhibited “American Gothic” at the 1930 Chicago Art Institute Exhibition where it won a medal and was purchased by the Art Institute. Read Victoria's article here: https...
Jul 15, 2023•40 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about The Southwest Regional Museum of Art and Art Center in Silver City, New Mexico. It is destined to be a cultural jewel for communities within Southwest New Mexico, and a magnet for art lovers traveling in the state. SWRMA & Art Center will offer exciting educational opportunities and enjoyment in looking at art, studying art, and making art. More: http://www.swrm-art.org/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist a...
Jun 17, 2023•54 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks about the legacy of traveling photograher, painter, and explorer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942). he's known for his photography showcasing Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Scott's Bluff. Read her article about his life and work here: https://nationalparktraveling.com/listing/the-life-and-legacy-of-traveling-photographer-william-henry-jackson/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector...
May 20, 2023•44 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Victoria Chick talks art covering America's Civil War (1861-1865), which was typically expressed visually through photography, engraving, and painting. See her article here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/art-during-the-battle-between-the-states/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. See her work: https://vic...
Apr 15, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The roots of Celtic Art are very old yet can still be seen to influence the arts of calligraphy and jewelry today. The motifs and decorative patterns related to what we call Celtic Art can be found in a wide geographic area from the New Grange tomb in Ireland dating from 3300 B.C. (pre-dating the Great Pyramids of Egypt) to the Scythian art found as far east as Siberia dating from the 7th century B.C., and in nearly every European country in between. Exceptions are those countries along the Medi...
Mar 18, 2023•47 min
All presidents have been officially recorded for history in portraits that range in style from traditional Realism to Expressionism to Caricature, or that besides official portraits there are informal ones. Portrait artists have used mediums as diverse as oil paint to clay, to photographic means, including digital manipulation and inkjet printing. On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts" Show, artist Victoria Chick talks about the history behind various Presidential Portraits. Se...
Feb 19, 2023•41 min
On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts" Show, artist Victoria Chick talks about the symbolism behind the famous “Arnolfini Wedding Portrait” of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami. This painting was completed in 1434 by Jan van Eyck, a noted Flemish painter. See her article about the painting here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/the-arnolfini-wedding-portrait/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver C...
Feb 18, 2023•51 min
