In this Studio session I’m joined by Jenny Stringleman and Amanda Billing for another casual and varied discussion. We talk about our evolving work routines, differences in working styles, and the concept of chronotypes. We touch on online art criticism, & explore the impact of social media on artists and the differences, connections and reasons behind the art we create and the art we collect.

Recommendations :

• Bianca Bosker's book 'Get the Picture'
• The contemporary British Contemporary Portrait Painters group,
• Mark Fennell’s podcast No One Saw it Coming and film ‘The Mission.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Sarah Jane Moon’s episode on The Creative Kind
• Everything The Art World doesn’t want you to know
• Justin Bua’s instagram page
• Andrew Salgado
• Charlotte Robinson

You can find Amanda here, her newsletter here and her earlier interview episode here

You can find Jenni here and her newsletter here and her earlier interview episode here

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In this episode, I’m joined by Mandy Jakich—artist, educator and founder of Creative Matters & Creative Connections Podcas—to talk about the role of community in a creative life.

Mandy shares how her need for connection as a self-taught artist led her to start building her own audiences early on, from hosting exhibitions at home to developing wider educational initiatives. She reflects on her time at Auckland Art Gallery, the role of the Muriwai Artists Collective, and the evolution of her podcast and art education business—all of which have centred around creative connection.

We talk about how artist communities can provide accountability, emotional support and practical motivation, and how small acts of collaboration can create unexpected ripple effects. Mandy also shares how she’s carving out time to return to her own art practice, and the balance between leading others and holding space for herself.

You can find the Creative Matters podcast here, here on apple and here on Spotify!

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In this episode, I sit down with Richelle Byers & Liz Fraser from Gallery De Novo in Dunedin. Richelle and Liz reflect on how a gallery space can create community and connection when it’s open, conversational, and unintimidating.

We chat about the idea of community and connection and how that can be built and shared through a commercial gallery—what they look for in artists, how relationships form between artists, gallerists and collectors, and how taste, instinct and storytelling shape the work they choose to represent. We talk about what it means to truly “fall” for an artwork, how personal and emotional that process can be for collectors.

There’s also reflection on what it means to see work in the flesh — why scale, texture, and presence can’t always be captured on a screen — and how that in-person experience helps galleries stay grounded in community.

You can find Gallery De Novo here and here on instagram - Their 20th anniversary show opens on the 28th &29th of June so go along and congratulate them if you can!

Mentioned in this episode:

- Ana Teafilo

- Lee Byford-Daynes

- Ewan McDougal

- Jasmine Middlebrook

- Maria Kemp

- John Badcock

- Marilyn Webb

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