#15 Nova Han: Discovering Your Leadership Role as an Artist and Producer
Release Date: 02/22/2017
#26 Super Hueman Hustle - A.R.T. Podcast Season 2 Finale
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
Allison is a very well-known Bay-to-LA (and back) street artist, having been featured on the cover of LA Weekly's People of the Year issue, Juxtapoz Magazine, and many other places. She's also navigated a wide variety of career situations that have informed her work. For our season finale, host Jacob Patterson stopped by her new house in Oakland to chop it up. Warning: we say "hyphy" and "hella" wayyyyyy too many times in this episode. 8:17- Is San Jose the bay area or not? 8:57- Which part of Oakland are we in? 10:32- The Bay responding to the Ghost Ship fire ...
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#25 Hijinx PR Answers: What Is Art Management & PR?
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
Heidi Johnson has been putting the coolest art and events in front of the hippest people in LA for decades. In this episode she breaks down where PR and management cross over, how much of this stuff artists should be doing for themselves, and when it's time for you to get a manager. She also lets us in on some secrets of how to get your shit covered by the press. There's a lot of name-dropping in this episode, but every story is peppered with many years of wisdom, and by the end Heidi takes muthafuckas to school so don't miss the second half of this episode. We also share stories on the late...
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#24 How to Run the Art Department from the Gods
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
Maca rode some wild waves while Quest Nutrition jumped to the billion dollar company range, as he built one of the world's best art departments. Part of that was hiring Dino Nama, who is now Think Tank Gallery's Art Director. The two reminisce on what it took to operate on such a level, the difference of running smaller and more mobile design agencies, and break down wtf an art department even is. They also have a lot of inside jokes (just warning you). By the end of the episode we discuss what it would take to really build perfection in a design agency or art department. 7:00-...
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#23 Decoding the Artist with Yoshino
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
Yoshino has been a professional photographer in LA for a long time, and during a rut in his personal life and art practice, he started a podcast to re-inspire himself. That podcast is now one of the bigger arts podcasts in the world, and he has built a career and company out of it. In true Yoshino style, he flips the interview and gets host Jacob Patterson to open up about some personal topics and open relationship beliefs he's never shared in public. 6:03- Are you editing your show yourself, or do you have someone else doing it? 7:05- Jacob talks about interviewing people...
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#22 BrokeLA's Anna Shumacher: The Corporate Structure of DIY Culture
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
cARTel has done many things in the almost-decade that they've been shaping the experiential arts scene in LA. They've hosted fort parties, galaxy art shows with Bill Nye, giant sponsored activations, and been served a cease and desist by Coachella. The latter comes midway through the story of one of the largest and longest running DIY festivals in SoCal, fka Brokechella. Now called BrokeLA, it opens next month and has partnered with Spaceland Presents and the Regent for Anna's first year as the company's CEO. We dive deep into such an evolution, and also nerd tf out on some permitting stuff....
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#21 The Arts' Ever-Changing Cannabis Landscape with Little Face Events
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
Katie Carita Partlow of Little Face Events has changed the way that Los Angeles perceives cannabis events. Recognized by such now-household names as Weedmaps and Rolling Stone, Katie is the go-to personality in the weed industry to get a finely tuned message across in an artistic way. She's been called the "Best Pot Party in CA" (Rolling Stone) and she has her sights set high on 2018. If you're interested in doing anything artistic with Mary Jane this year, this podcast episode is the place to start. 6:46- Katie Partlow (Little Face Events) 5:53- Katie explains what...
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#16 Meow Wolf CEO Vince Kadlubek: Changing the Economy Through Art
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
#repost! We took this episode down to make a crucial cut. If you heard it the first time, enjoy it again cuz it's that good! If you missed it, here's your chance to listen to the world's hottest immersive arts company spin gold through their CEO.
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#20 Drinkin' Smokin' & West Coastin' – A Love/Hate Letter to Los Angeles
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
We've mentioned the trip that manifested DS&WC at Think Tank Gallery, the show that brought our gallery back into our old venue, but we haven't discussed the process of putting it on. Hundreds of people were involved in producing this massive arts and events series, and four of them sit down after breakfast to smoke a few bowls and talk about it in this episode. If you came to the show you'll love hearing what went into it, and if you didn't you'll love hearing our host's best friends ruthlessly mocking him for a couple hours. Long one but good one. 5:40- Intro 6:08-...
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#19 Think Tank Gallery Lied to You: Deception as Art Medium with Firefly Prod.
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
The last big show that was thrown with the Think Tank was a confusing one, for many reasons. Firefly Productions tricked the Think Tank into producing it, the Think Tank tricked its audience into attending it (#District798), and the actors tricked guests in every way shape and form. By the end, people even thought the weed was fake while they hit it. This show was described as a "mindfuck" by the media, and it encapsulated that word in every way. Whether you caught or missed the show, or caught the show but missed huge chunks of it (we don't blame you), this interview with Steph and Steven of...
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#18 Running a Creative, Mystical Ecosystem with "Sleep No More"
A.R.T. Artists Real Talk
New York's "Sleep No More" is probably the most successful piece of immersive theatre of all time. But there are thousands of moving parts to this magical machine. Guest Cesar Hawas likes to describe the parts of this creative ecosystem as just that, magic, but there are tons of insights to how an arts company can get such an expensive building and keep it running and profitable. Cesar talks about the more ethereal parts of Sleep No More (run by the production company Emursive) and all of the inspiration that surrounds it at the McKittrick Hotel in our first remote episode recorded...
info_outlineNova Han has been producing shows on the scale of Coachella and Night on Broadway for years, but she still spends every moment thinking about the individual interaction with her work. While 50,000 people may be jumping in unison, Nova still attempts to create personal memories for each one of her guests, and she does so through a very solid consciousness that she works through every day in various fields of creation. We talk about her career through theater and into creative direction on some of the most well-known public events in the world, and what it takes to work on such a large stage while maintaining a sense of discovery.
0:00- Intro
0:30- http://novahan.com
1:35- Find us at https://www.instagram.com/thinktankdtla/
2:27- Making the steaks high
3:51- Learn more about the Oakland Ghost ship fire here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/oakland-fire-ghost-ship-warehouse.html?_r=0
7:43- What are you thinking about doing with your warehouse space?
8:20- Nova goes into detail about what she is aiming to create in her warehouse. Creating an artistic playground for adults that bring them back to a play state and allowing people to go through a physical challenge where they are required to use teamwork. Nova believes in creating a venue where people can explore space in an artistic way.
9:06- https://meowwolf.com
Scott hove:
https://www.facebook.com/scott.hove
https://www.facebook.com/The-Art-of-Scott-Hove-223040721087589/
9:13- Trap house:
12:13- A lack of experience and places where adults can go to play
14:00- Jacob and Nova explain what Meow Wolf is while giving their thoughts on the success they have encountered and their immersive art space
17:02 - “Lets make something really cool and sophisticated and not just weld together a grocery cart and satellite dish and call it art”
17:25- How did you start?
19:05- http://lucentevententertainment.com
20:00- Nova goes into detail of what she did in the circus and how spitting fire lead to lighting her ass on fire
20:53- What made you go from the performance side to the director side?
21:30- Read more about Einsteins theory
22:54- Nova explains how she follows her highest attraction even when she does not understand her path
22:40- Nova getting scouted at Coachella
23:50- Were you hired at Coachella as a a contractor to produce something for them?
24:40- Listening to your calling
24:56- From a business women's perspective how do you make sure that someone can find you after seeing the work you created? Do you have to create some pathway for that?
25:40- “People will find you if you put out powerful good work.”
27:51- Did you have periods where you were struggling to get where you wanted too be while not getting paid?
28:20- https://workingnotworking.com
30:22- Not stopping what you love to do because of societies standard of a real job
30:41- Can you remember specific moments where you were doing projects that you weren't getting paid for but spent hours on them because you loved them? Did you ever take too many in a row and started to get scared?
32:14- Looking at the “why you are doing it.”
32:37- Jacob talks about transiting from the Think Tank to other work
33:00- Listen to Mark Schustrin on Episode 3: The science of sales, selling art from auctions to Instagram and find more of him here:
35:21- Searching internally for who you are
36:00- Do you have methods to answer the question of “why” for yourself?
36:18- There is nothing to figure out, every day you are changing and evolving from new experience and approaching yourself daily
37:00- Nova goes into detail of how she makes time for discovery by following what excites her like traveling, jewelry making and pottery— by allowing yourself to follow what you are passionate about outside of work it will potentially give you that extra knack that'll help you in work areas.
39:40- “I am in the state of discovery”
40:20- Creativity is a tank you fill up
41:17- Graphic designers
41:40-Blake Neubert
www.cavitycreep.squarespace.com
43:38- Built to Last book
Steve Jobs biography
45:12- Walter Issacson
46:44- How to stay inspired
48:05- John F Kennedy
49:00- Nova talks about hanging out with Elon Musk and a conversation they had about why he wanted to go to outer space
Who is Elon Musk?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
51:00- Art creating an awakening in people
52:10- Staying inspired, creating inspiration and people being able to whiteness themselves through yourself.
52:40- Finding a tight group of people who value what you do
52:50- Setting audacious goals to keep yourself inspired
53:41- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/millennials-dont-suck-podcast/id1153884990?mt=2&i=1000379014213
54:40- What goals have you set that are large?
56:30- Jacob talks about how kids think their ideas are irresponsible
57:51-When you do come up with an idea and you have to change it significantly to make it real, where do you decide to compromise?
1:00:08- Have you noticed that as you gone through your 20’s and into your 30’s that you've become more flexible with your ideas or more firm?
1:01:00- Fighting for an artistic vision and trusting yourself
1:02:03- When did you discover that it only takes a little bit of extra time to make something extraordinary?
1:02:22- When did you first step into the position of saying, “okay Im a director now?”
1:06:00- Nova goes into detail about how in the beginning she didn't feel comfortable taking on the title of a creative director leadership role
1:07:10- Do you feel like you ran into struggles because you are a woman of color?
1:08:20- Navigating your approach
1:09:20- Do you remember any specific instances where you struggled to find that truth in your interactions?
1:11:00- “The idea of a good leader initiates difficult conversations.”
1:11:55- Have you always been able to initiate difficult conversations?
1:13:00- Nova explains what it was like growing up within an asian culture
1:15:26- How having theater as an outlet helped Nova
1:17:55- What was the relationship with your parents like after your show?
1:20:10- Explain some of your productions. What are you creating for people now and why?
1:23:32- Worlds largest functional pin wheel
1:25:15- Did you know you were going to make it in the Guinness World Records before you did it or did you find out after?
1:25:51- Was this narrative explained to the audience?
1:28:51- How do you deal with something that doesn't plan out the way you wanted it too?
1:31:00- Being visually upset and having public freak outs
1:33:00- Moving through bad situations with grace
1:34:07- Jacob goes into detail about two things he likes to live by. One, is to take a moment step back and watch what people are experiencing. The second is to “do it to the best of your ability until its done,” and then when its done make two binders one saying what went well and what went poorly to look back on.
1:36:00- Making failures an asset to you
1:38:14- What kind of setting do you aspire to make when you are approached for festivals now? When you approach the electric forest festival every year; what kind of goals do you set out with for those productions?
http://novahan.com/stage-shows/electric-forest-2016/
http://novahan.com/stage-shows/electric-forest-2012/
1:40:11- Do yo have a set team that you work with now?
1:40:27- Nova talks about creating a permanent space where people can come to regularly for interaction and like-minded people
1:43:09- Where can people find you?