This week, Wes and Todd talk with Lauren Tresp, Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Southwest Contemporary Magazine. Lauren discusses her background and education, moving to Santa Fe, working in galleries, spirituality and religion, artificial intelligence, art criticism and writing, critical thinking, The Magazine and the genesis of Southwest Contemporary, challenges and costs of running a magazine, membership and it’s perks, workshops, readership, Southwest Contemporary’s mission, staff, the Southwest region that the magazine covers, the importance of journalism, the accomplishments of Southwest Contemporary that she’s most proud of, and the vision of Southwest Contemporary’s future.

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This week, Wes and Todd sit down with Hayley Schneider, owner of SeeSaw Art Gallery. Hayley discusses her background and early love of art, South Dakota, the catalyst for the opening or SeeSaw, the work that it takes to run a gallery, Englewood, the name SeeSaw for the gallery, SeeSaw’s mission, Second Saturdays, exhibitions SeeSaw has presented, kind of work SeeSaw shows, how she finds Artists, her business model, current Artists she represents, what she looks for in new Artists, the challenges she’s faced as a new gallery, SeeSaw Projects, pricing, art being for everyone, what art does for her, advice for collectors, studio visits, curation, selling art, elements of what she likes & dislikes about running a gallery, mentors, her vision for SeeSaw, SeeSaw’s current exhibition “In Plain Sight: a celebration of Black cowboys, Artist talks, what people don’t understand about running a gallery, lessons learned from running a gallery, advice to someone that wants to open a gallery, advice to Artists of how to approach galleries, networking, promotion, working with collectors, selling art online, Artist/Gallery relationships and upcoming exhibitions.

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This week, Wes and Todd sit down with former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama, Pete Souza. Pete discusses his childhood, how he got his start in photography, his early experience as a photojournalist shooting for small newspapers, what working at those small newspapers taught him, how the opportunity to work as an official White House photographer came about, the difference in access between photographing President Reagan and President Obama, his thought behind capturing important historical moments of the presidency, the contrast between the Obama presidency and the current presidency, his books, the documentary “The Way I See It”, and his take on what we can do to facilitate change in the United States.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Mixed Media Folk Artist, Cal Duran. Cal discusses his artistic journey, being woven, mentors, how he handles rejection, Meow Wolf, clay, honoring his ancestors, color, altars, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), spirit, Ojo de Dios (Eye of God), installations, Casa Bonita, and the mantra he lives by.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Printmaker, Deborah Mitchell. Deborah discusses the fire that destroyed her studio in 2020, her formative years in Massachusetts, travel and what it does for her and her art practice, motorcycles, her early work, her exhibition “Flower and Flame" at the Dahl Arts Center, and her idea of perfect happiness.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Mixed Media Painter, Jessica Loving. Jessica discusses being an introvert, working large, growing up in Conifer, traveling around the world in her youth & how it plays into her work, her early engagement with art, James Turrell & Mark Rothko, her foundation in painting, her use of tulle, creative meditation, shamanism, the use of light or absence thereof in her work, divorce and the catalyst for her latest body of work, art as understanding of experience, her work being a visual poem, the materials that she incorporated into her latest exhibition, revealing & concealing, utilizing her wedding gown & ring in this new body of work, therapy, plant medicine, her experience with ayahuasca, her shamanic journey, the thought & experiences behind each piece in “unraveling/becoming, and looking to the future for a new body of work.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Sean Anetsberger, The Art Coach. Sean discusses where his journey with art began, expressing himself through art , exposure therapy, how an incident in his youth affected his early art, painting & drawing, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, narrative, technology, expressing what comes to mind, his “Unnatural Series”, “saying yes more”, following your ideas, fears & action, memento mori, accountability, keeping his purpose at the top, the importance of Artists in society, dopamine, fragmentation, trauma & forgiveness, fear & failure, scaffolding as identity, Terence McKenna, truth, your calling being a secondary observer to your own mind, rigidity, thoughts, grief & regrets, ideas & notes, genius, originality, authenticity, scarcity mindset, his art coach offerings, creative intuition, action & artist block, exposure therapy, voice, importance of exercise, routine, things Artists could do better, manifestation, The Art Coach podcast, and his mantra that he lives by.

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This week, Wes and Todd talk with Abstract Watercolorist, Tiffani Erdmanczyk. Tiffani discusses her earliest art memory, thinking outside the box, creativity, being an Architect, living in Seattle, moving to Colorado, her favorite Architects, exploring watercolor, being an Abstract Watercolorist, having sensory neuropathy, using salt in her watercolors, process, comfort & chaos, creating 8100 color patches, watercolor properties, teaching water color, texture, mentors, taking classes & workshops, group shows, getting into the headspace to create, NKollectiv, favorite Artists, pricing, commissions, her current exhibition “Drift”, Chat GPT, water, and balance over perfection.

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