Artist & Archivist Janine Biunno is back with an MLS degree, a new job, and a kid.
Release Date: 10/07/2025
Lisa Solomon: artist, illustrator, educator, and author
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On this episode, I’m thrilled to welcome to the podcast! Lisa is a studio artist, college professor, and illustrator whose work explores themes of domesticity, craft, and personal history—often blurring the lines between art and craft through her mixed-media pieces and large installations. She’s exhibited nationally and internationally, with work in both private and public collections, and she’s also the author of several books including A Field Guide to Color, The Color Meditation Deck, Knot Thread Stitch, and more (find all her books ). Beyond her art practice, Lisa teaches on and...
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Sarah Kobrinsky: poet, martial artist, mother
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In this episode, I’m excited to welcome Sarah Kobrinsky to the podcast! Sarah is the former Poet Laureate of Emeryville, California, and the author of . Her poems and stories have appeared in places like Magma Poetry, Red Light Lit, Monkeybicycle, 100 Word Story, and many more. Born in Canada, raised in North Dakota, seasoned in England, and tempered in California, she now lives in the Bay Area, where she and her husband run a handmade ceramic dinnerware company called . She also hosts literary workshops and readings there, and beyond her creative and professional life, she’s a folk...
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Susana Sanchez-Young: artist, visual journalist, and entrepreneur
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On this episode, I’m excited to speak with Susana Sanchez-Young! Susana is a visual journalist with more than 20 years of experience in newspaper design and graphic and photo illustration. Her award-winning work has covered everything from presidential inaugurations to Spanx for men to nudist camps in South Florida—and pretty much everything in between. She’s been recognized by the Society of News Design and multiple state press associations across the country. Susana is also the creative force behind , a brand she launched after realizing during her pregnancy that there wasn’t enough...
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David Burke: artist, educator, muralist, and father of two
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I’m thrilled to talk with on this episode of the podcast! David is an artist whose career balances teaching, studio practice, and public art. Over the past two decades, he’s created murals, exhibitions, and collaborative projects that merge creativity with community storytelling. He’s the founder of Hungry Ghost Productions, a Bay Area mural collective dedicated to diversity, social justice, and collaboration, and their ongoing project celebrates generations of artists, activists, and leaders in the city. In his studio work, David explores ecology, climate change, and the relationship...
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Briana Loewinsohn: high school art teacher and cartoonist
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This week’s guest is Briana Loewinsohn! Briana is a high school art teacher and cartoonist, and the author of the acclaimed graphic memoir , published by in 2023. The book was named one of the American Library Association’s top graphic novels of the year and won the 2023 Foreword Indies Editors Prize for Nonfiction. Her latest graphic novel, , came out in early 2025—also with Fantagraphics—and recently won the Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Book. Briana lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, their two kids, and their cat, Gary. We talk a lot in the episode about Briana’s...
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Andrea Wenglowskyj: Buffalo-based photographer and mother of two
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In episode 3, I speak with Buffalo-based artist Andrea Wenglowskyj. Andrea is a photo-based artist and commercial/editorial photographer whose work explores how memory and community are shaped by war and authoritarianism, inspired by her Ukrainian-American heritage. A Fulbright Grant recipient in Ukraine, she has exhibited across the U.S. and internationally, including at CEPA Gallery, Silver Eye Center for Photography, and Galerie Amu in Prague. Her photography has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, and more. Andrea has taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the...
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Artist & Archivist Janine Biunno is back with an MLS degree, a new job, and a kid.
Artists in Offices
On this episode, I’m excited to welcome back Janine Biunno to the podcast! When we last talked, Janine was wrapping up her MLS degree while working as an archivist and maintaining her art practice. This time around, we talk about life after that degree, parenthood during a pandemic, day jobs that turn into careers, daily practices, and valuing the little moments. During our conversation, we discuss Oliver Burkeman's book , Janine's husband Mac Pohanka, co-owner of Brooklyn-based , and our graduate advisor (and mom of 2!) Janine is a New York–based visual artist and archivist whose work...
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Lisa Jonas Taylor returns to Artists in Offices as a Parent Artist
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For the first episode of season 2, I welcome back , who became a parent in 2023. Lisa is a Santa Rosa-based artist who makes paintings that often incorporate sculptural and theatrical elements. Lisa has shown her work at places like Bass & Reiner Gallery, Southern Exposure, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the Casa Romantica Cultural Center in Southern California. Collaborative projects include God Sees Everything, part of SFMOMA’s Fertile Ground at the Oakland Museum of California, and Solarium, created during a residency at This Will...
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Welcome to Artists in Offices Season 2: Parent Artists
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explores how the work we do for pay supports the work we do for love. I’m your host, —visual artist, mom of two, and full-time project manager by day. Season 1 featured artists balancing day jobs and creative practice. This season, I’m talking with artists who are also parents about making art while raising kids. We’ll dive into the challenges and joys of sustaining creativity alongside caregiving—how parenting reshapes priorities, changes our sense of time, and redefines what studio work looks like. Guests share stories of support networks, teaching as livelihood, navigating...
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Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez - a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions.
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In this bonus episode between seasons, I talk to Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez, a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions. Lennon received her BFA from Michigan State University, then attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University for the Post-Bac and MFA programs. In recent work, Lennon explores how having a full-time job impacts artists’ time for creativity and practice.
info_outlineOn this episode, I’m excited to welcome back Janine Biunno to the podcast! When we last talked, Janine was wrapping up her MLS degree while working as an archivist and maintaining her art practice. This time around, we talk about life after that degree, parenthood during a pandemic, day jobs that turn into careers, daily practices, and valuing the little moments.
During our conversation, we discuss Oliver Burkeman's book Four Thousand Weeks, Janine's husband Mac Pohanka, co-owner of Brooklyn-based Noble Signs, and our graduate advisor (and mom of 2!) Jennifer Schmidt.
Janine is a New York–based visual artist and archivist whose work explores how we experience architecture, infrastructure, and city spaces, and how our memories of them shift in the digital age. She currently leads the archives at The Met, after 8 years at the Noguchi Museum. Her art has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the International Print Center of New York, the Center for Book Arts in New York, Transmitter Gallery, and Satellite Miami, and is included in major collections across the country. Janine holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a graduate certificate in Museum Studies from Tufts University, and an MLS from CUNY Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Janine is also the mom of a 5-year-old son. For more information about Janine and her work, please visit her website and Instagram.
Artists in Offices is produced and edited by Rebecca Bird Grigsby. Music is provided by Jesse Kelsey. More information about the podcast can be found at artistsinoffices.com.