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The Independent Artist Podcast

Douglas Sigwarth/ Will Armstrong

102 episodes

3 weeks ago

Welcome to The Independent Artist Podcast with your hosts Douglas and Will — the show where we pull back the curtain on the real life of working artists. Before we dive into today’s conversation, Will and Douglas kick things off by talking about the whirlwind of doing the One of a Kind Show—the highs, the hustle, and what it takes to say yes to an opportunity before it slips away. They reflect on the importance of moving quickly when the window opens, trusting your instincts, and learning to ...

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Welcome to The Independent Artist Podcast with your hosts Douglas and Will — the show where we pull back the curtain on the real life of working artists. Before we dive into today’s conversation, Will and Douglas kick things off by talking about the whirlwind of doing the One of a Kind Show—the highs, the hustle, and what it takes to say yes to an opportunity before it slips away. They reflect on the importance of moving quickly when the window opens, trusting your instincts, and learning to ...

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The Independent Artist Podcast

Am I the Artist, or Am I the Art?/ Elissa Brown

Welcome to The Independent Artist Podcast with your hosts Douglas and Will — the show where we pull back the curtain on the real life of working artists. Before we dive into today’s conversation, Will and Douglas kick things off by talking about the whirlwind of doing the One of a Kind Show—the highs, the hustle, and what it takes to say yes to an opportunity before it slips away. They reflect on the importance of moving quickly when the window opens, trusting your instincts, and learning to ...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 45 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Picking Up the Pieces/ Janine DeCresenzo

Welcome to The Independent Artist Podcast with your hosts Douglas and Will — the show where we pull back the curtain on the real life of working artists. In the intro of this episode, we’re talking about what it means to recharge your creative batteries after a long, exhausting season of art shows. We’ll share how we find inspiration and motivation when burnout creeps in, and tell a story about serendipity — one of those unexpected moments that reminds us why we chose this path in the first p...

2 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. When the art show season wraps up, the podcast season renews! Back on their mics, Will and Douglas catch up over topics from this year's art fairs. Somehow, these guys incorporate the following topics together into a conversation that only art fair artists can: Booth shots, food poisoning, reproductions, Plaza Art Fair, artist "collaborators," taxes, Devo, tricky inst...

2 months ago

55 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. We are thrilled to return to the mics to record our podcast conversations, and we are touched by the love and encouragement from our listeners. With all the chaos that surrounds us, we hope to continue to share the conversations that inspire us and make us laugh. But ultimately, we hope to foster meaningful connections with fellow members of our artist community. Plea...

7 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Season 5 Trailer

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists. Visual artists Douglas Sigwarth (https://www.sigwarthglass.com/) and Will Armstrong (http://www.willarmstrongart.com/) co-host and discuss topics affecting working artists. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram https://www.instagram.com/independentartistpodcast/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/independentartistpodcast Website https://independentartistpodcast.buzzs...

7 months ago

1 minute

The Independent Artist Podcast

Nurturing a Gift/ Marina Terauds

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Marina Terauds (https://www.marinaterauds.com/) has always loved to draw. When she was a child, her parents would sneak her sketchpad, and while she slept, they created drawings for her to find when she awoke. She enrolled in an arts academy in 5th grade and continued her art education, earning a master's in printmaking at The Latvian Academy of Arts. She worked as a k...

1 year ago

1 hour 11 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

How I See The World/ Cali Hobgood

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Cali Hobgood (https://www.photographsbycali.com/) is a traditional photographer who uses 35mm film and develops her black-and-white images in a darkroom. She finishes her work using oil paints to add color. Her imagery reflects the sensory pictures she sees in her mind's eye that depict beautiful memories from her life. These images celebrate their essential, ordinary ...

1 year ago

1 hour 27 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

It's a Great Drug/ Su Abbott

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Settle in and get to know Su Abbott (https://www.susustudios.com/), an abstract painter currently residing in Atlanta, GA. She grew up in a military family and developed her sense of humor to adapt socially to that transient life. She even parlayed those talents into a career as a stand-up comic before she picked up a paintbrush. Su describes her entry into being a fes...

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Brick-and-Mortar/ Chris Jackson and Laura Junge

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Have you ever dreamed of opening a brick-and-mortar gallery location to offset your time on the road? Today's guests, Chris Jackson and Laura Junge (https://lleejunge.com/), did just that when they opened the Jackson Junge Gallery (https://j2gallery.com/) in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. In this conversation, they talk about how the gallery allows Laura the ...

1 year ago

1 hour 5 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Would Ya Like a Lollipop?

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Do you ever feel like that creepy, awkward person trying to "break the ice" with a potential collector? When you're off your game, you just are! In this episode, Douglas and Will deliver their take on the most recent art fair "hot topics." They discuss Memphis, being a civilian, doing a show during the week of an election, creative ways to clean your tent and mon...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

There Are No Friends At Breakdown

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Just like there is no crying in baseball, every art fair artist knows there are NO friends at breakdown. In this episode, Douglas and Will deliver their take on the most recent art fair "hot topics." They review their most recent shows, including Armonk, Cottonwood, and Bayou City. Other conversations include challenging collectors, losing a big sale, and talking...

1 year ago

58 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Just Keep Swimming!

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.When times are tough, Kina Crow https://www.instagram.com/kinacrow/ says, "Just Keep Swimming!" We welcome Kina back from season 1 as our guest cohost this week. Hear all about the fabulous Birthday party/ private showing her collectors are throwing for her in Witchita. We also talk about the Plaza Art Fair and Arts Beats and Eats. Other topics include weirdos, politic...

1 year ago

1 hour 23 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Soaking Up The Gratitude

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Making a living from our artwork comes with its unique set of challenges. For art fair artists, this involves venturing out of our solitary studios and hitting the road, searching for our audience. We risk physical and financial security, and if we can't maintain a positive attitude during adversity, that dark spiral can cycle us downward and act as a barrier to connec...

1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

I Check My Ego At The Door/ Sarah Umlauf

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.When asked about her choice to network with other show directors in order to make her show better, Sarah Umlauf says, “I’m not afraid to ask for help…….I check my ego at the door.” Sarah became the Executive Director for the St. Louis Art Fair https://www.saintlouisartfair.com/ in Clayton, MO in 2019, right before the global pandemic shut things down. In this conv...

1 year ago

1 hour 13 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Stroke of Genius

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.How are YOU handling the pressure these days? Are the struggles with road life getting in the way of your creative process? What is the right balance of studio time versus art show time for your bottom line? Are you prepared for fluctuations in buying energy due to the economy or elections? Is your baller schedule NOT so baller because the sales are off? Or are unfores...

1 year ago

53 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Beauty From Imperfection/ Carol Greiwe

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists."Perfectly imperfect" is the motto Carol Greiwe posted to her workbench as a reminder that she was given a second chance at life. After her near-fatal brain hemorrhage, followed by the theft of all her raw materials from her studio safe, Carol found the strength to rebound from these traumatic experiences. In this conversation, she describes the vulnerability of being ...

1 year ago

1 hour 21 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Defining Your Path/ Chris Dahlquist

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Are you working reactively or proactively in your art practice? Do you wear the term "starving artist" like a cape? Do you remain a sole proprietor or become an LLC? How do I begin to determine my goals and chart a path toward financial stability through multiple revenue streams? These are just some of the topics that artist and career mentor, Chris Dahlquist shares fo...

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute

The Independent Artist Podcast

Hen Peckin' Party

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.Remember those critiques in art school, where the students would start pecking at each other at the first sign of blood in an attempt to impress the professor? We look back on those comments that, perhaps, stopped us from pursuing a particular body of work.And, right now, all of us artists are under so much pressure! We discuss these various struggles we all find ourse...

1 year ago

59 minutes

The Independent Artist Podcast

Sharing Your Authentic Voice/ Clifton Henri

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.A radio show just for art fair artists! Photographer Clifton Henri (https://www.cliftonhenri.com/) describes his entry into the art show world from his background in graphic design and art management. His journey to find his voice centered around his desire to see images he didn't see growing up. He chose to flip the script on traditional themes which highlight positiv...

1 year ago

1 hour

The Independent Artist Podcast

Preserving the Mystery/ Darryl Cox

Working Artists! You are not alone! Listen to these entertaining and inspirational podcast conversations with working artists.A radio show just for art fair artists! When Darryl Cox's contorted filbert did not survive, he carried around its unique limbs for years. He carved into the branches, which ultimately led to the birth of his body of work. Darryl describes his Fusion Frames as similar materials that took a different path. He shares his unique entry into the art show world, how he made ...

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes