Em Meine - an Oakland-based Artist who works in Art & Design Higher Ed
Release Date: 05/22/2019
Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez - a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions.
Artists in Offices
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.
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Laura Torres - a bonus ep after she quit her day job!
Artists in Offices
In this bonus episode, I speak with S1:E2 artist Laura Torres about her decision to quit her full-time day job in higher education fundraising in order to spend more time on her circus arts training and everything else that supports her creative practice.
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Elizabeth Amento - follow-up episode after moving from SF to NYC.
Artists in Offices
In this bonus episode, I speak with S1:E1 artist Elizabeth Amento about her decision to quit her day job in San Francisco and move to New York City.
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Mike Rothfeld - a Sculptor and Arts Administrator living and working in Oakland & San Francisco
Artists in Offices
In the final episode of the podcast, I speak with artist & arts administrator Mike Rothfeld, who lives and works in Oakland & San Francisco. Mike serves as Director of Academic Administration for the Humanities & Sciences Division at CCA, where he also received his graduate degrees in 2014. Mike has exhibited broadly, notably at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and as part of YBCA's 'Bay Area Now 7'. We discuss how he juggles an increasingly demanding career with a dedicated studio practice.
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Nicole Kita - a NorCal Artist who works as an Educator and Advocate for Artists with Developmental Disabilities
Artists in Offices
In episode 9, I speak with NorCal artist Nicole Kita, who works as an educator and advocate for artists with developmental disabilities. Born in Canada and raised in Florida, Nicole moved to Boston for grad school, graduating into the economic recession. Eventually she relocated to a rural part of California near Eureka, by way of Chicago, where she returns from time to time to print at Crosshair Studio during a sort of art vacation and self-designed residency.
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Em Meine - an Oakland-based Artist who works in Art & Design Higher Ed
Artists in Offices
In episode 8, I speak with Oakland-based artist Em Meine, who works in faculty affairs at California College of the Arts. With a BFA from MICA and an MFA from CCA, Em has previously worked as a studio assistant and in production and operations at a creative business in NY. We talk a lot about professional development in formal training as an artist, and the relationship between the work she does for pay and her creative output.
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Gabriel Martinez - a Berkeley-based Visual Designer
Artists in Offices
In episode 7, I speak with Berkeley-based visual designer Gabriel Martinez, who shifted careers a decade ago so that his paid work would also be in the realm of graphic design within a creative setting.
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A Bonus Episode with Christopher Thomas Ford about the Post-Bac Program at SMFA
Artists in Offices
In this mini bonus episode, Los Angeles area artist & museum preparator's assistant Christopher Thomas Ford discusses the decision to attend the Museum School's post-baccalaureate program before pursuing his Master of Fine Arts degree. If you'd like to hear our full conversation, look for episode 6 of this podcast.
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Christopher Thomas Ford - A Long Beach Artist & Museum Preparator's Assistant
Artists in Offices
In episode 6, I speak with Christopher Thomas Ford, an interdisciplinary artist from the Boston area who relocated to Los Angeles in 2016. In addition to maintaining an active studio practice, Christopher works as a Preparator’s Assistant at a contemporary art museum in southern California.
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Bonus Ep with Janine Biunno - The MLS vs MFA Degrees
Artists in Offices
In this mini bonus episode, S1:E5 artist & archivist Janine Biunno discusses her decision to return to grad school, having previously attended for art, to obtain a Master’s degree in Library Science. Janine and I discuss her experiences the second time around, the similarities and differences between the MLS and the MFA degrees, and how adding a full course-load affected her studio practice while also working full-time. If you'd like to hear our full conversation, look for episode 5 of this podcast.
info_outlineEm Meine makes drawings, paintings, and sculptures as a means of exploring collective memory, storytelling, natural history, and anthropomorphism. The works are often figurative representations of imaginary objects or landscapes. She considers her artistic practice to be a ritual for contemplation and self-care, which enables her to experience a sense of connectivity and communion with everything beyond her self. Em’s process is meditative, allowing her to disengage from the external world, and to instead explore an internal universe.
More recently, Em has been making drawings that articulate vulnerable ideas based on her own experiences with anxiety or grief. With this work, she is exploring how very personal, unique emotions can become relatable and relevant to other people.
Em is a member of CTRL+SHFT Collective, an exhibition and studio space located in West Oakland. As a group of cis-women, trans-spectrum, gender non-conforming, queer, and PoC members, CTRL+SHFT interrogates what it means to build and be a part of a community. Through workshops, exhibitions, and other community engagements, CTRL+SHFT focuses on providing a platform for their ever-growing family, which includes writers, artists, thinkers, performers, curators, allies, agitators, organizers, activists, and teachers who are people of color, women, queer, trans-spectrum, and gender non-conforming folks.
Meine received a BFA in General Fine Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA in Fine Art from California College of the Arts. She has exhibited in New York, Texas, Chicago, and California, including shows at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Southern Exposure, and The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Em lives and works in Oakland, CA.
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As always, podcast music is provided by Mr. Neat Beats.