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Tatiana Veneruso (L) and Vivian Liddell (R) recording at Trio Gallery.

Artist, curator, and general badass, Tatiana Veneruso sits down with Peachy Keen in her new Athens, Georgia art space, The Trio Gallery. We walk through the soon-to-be-opened space, and chat about the experiences that led her to this exciting venture. Along the way we discuss student loans, One Shot paints, the not-so-feminist practice of moving to Athens for a boy, and the cultural significance and deep philosophical meaning behind the Golden Girls.

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Just Dropped! Episode 32 - JESSICA R. SMITH—OVERSHOT Peachy Keen met up with artist Jessica R. Smith ( @domesticelement ) at her home studio in Savannah, GA (pre-shelter-in-place!), where she is a professor of fibers at the Savannah College of Art & Design. Smith is the is the co-author with Susan Falls of the recently released book “Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond.” (Listen to this episode for a 50% discount code to purchase their book from @ugapress !) We talked about her childhood spent between Alaska and Pennsylvania, her family’s history in the Florida panhandle, and how a formative backpacking trip around the world with a friend led to a deeper appreciation of the use of textiles to create narratives. She explains how her artistic practice and research have evolved from an initial interest in painting and printmaking to a focus on performance and installations—starting with wallpaper and moving into fabrics. By playing as a designer and creating subtly subversive wallpapers that referenced historical designs (think 80s suburban angst meets Waverly prints), she became a designer—starting her own business and then licensing her designs to Studio Printworks. We discuss how her 12-year-relationship with SCAD colleague and professor of anthropology Susan Falls has produced multiple collaborations, culminating in their current book project, Overshot. Smith gives us the lowdown on their research process as a team and some of the surprising finds they made as they explored the history, presentation, context, and materiality of woven “overshot” coverlets. Image 1: Undulating Lovelace. Detail of a framed work in the studio. Jessica R. Smith. Woven, linen and pine paper yarn. 2017. Image 2: Vivian Liddell and Jessica R. Smith in Smith’s Studio.

Got my highlighter out doing some episode prep! Looking forward to talking to Jessica R. Smith for Episode 32. Smith is a SCAD professor of fibers and co-author with Susan Falls of “Overshot.” Weaving friends, y’all are definitely going to want to check out their book and this episode! 🧵 💕 The subtitle of the book sums it up as “The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond.” This an advanced copy cuz I’ve got friends at UGA Press 🍑🤓📚— but you can pre-order your copy now on the @ugapress website and shouldn’t have to wait too long—the release date is listed as March 1st. - - Unrelated, but check out my new coffee mug from Athens GA potter @wormwoodandhoneypottery 🐢🖤🤍🤎

New Episode, just dropped! 31 - SONYA YONG JAMES—PHANTOM THREADS / FEBRUARY 5, 2020 Peachy Keen met up with artist Sonya Yong James ( @sonyayongjames ) on the occasion of her massive installation “Phantom Threads” as part of the PROJECT exhibition curated by Scott Ingram at the Temporary Art Center in Atlanta. (Thanks to our podcasting friends from Brainfuzz Podcast for lending us the use of their swank dedicated podcasting room on site!) We talked about our shared position as women/artists growing up in the 1970s/80s (shoulder pads did come up), her formative years in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and how she’s navigated labels as they pertain both to her art and her identity. She explains how the Gwisin of Korean folklore are related to her PROJECT piece, her path to working with such diverse materials as bedsheets and horsehair after having been initially trained as a printmaker and gives us the lowdown on managing a thriving studio practice that involves everything from supervising assistants to fear-free scissor lift operation.

Met up with Sonya Yong James (@sonyayongjames ) at TAC’s PROJECT exhibition( @temporaryartcenter ) today to discuss her life and work for Episode 31 🎤🎧🍑🤓 This is a small detail of her large scale installation currently on view there. Thanks to our podcast friends @brainfuzzpodcast for setting us up in their on-site podcasting room— with soundproofing and an “on air” light and everything! So fancy 🤓 This exhibition is killer— but... it’s only temporary! Hope y’all get a chance to check it out before it closes on December 29th...

30 - COLLEEN MERRILL—MIRRORING AND SELF-AFFIRMATION THROUGH ART /DECEMBER 15, 2019 Peachy Keen met up with artist Colleen Merrill (@colleentoutantmerrill ) on day three of SECAC 2019 and got into the nitty gritty of the psychology behind her conference presentation titled “Mirroring: Affirming the Self as Parent, Artist, and Academic”—discussing both Rozsika Parker and Donald Winnicott’s theories. We note the lack of men at parenting-related SECAC sessions and the importance of having men in the room when discussing parenting and career roles. But first, we talk about how she got sucked into the college town vortex of Lexington, Kentucky post grad school, seduced by its many charms—including the rich local craft community and cheap, easy access to an inspiring selection of found textiles. She paints a picture of how the local customs (like painted gourds for bird houses) have influenced her practice. She describes how her time at Residency Unlimited in Brooklyn made her realize how immense and popular textiles have become in the contemporary art scene, and we debate the extent of fiber-based mediums’ integration into the sometimes off-putting world of fine art. We also discuss parenthood and its relationship to her practice as an artist and her career as an academic. As a professor at a community college, Merrill explains how her initial naivety of her school’s policies on student parents worked in her favor as she works to build a more inclusive and supportive learning environment for her students with young children. Image from Colleen Merrill’s series “Pecking Order.” Installation view at The Living Arts & Sciences Center in Lexington, KY. Photo by Dana Rogers. ( @danascamera )

29 - NAOMI FALK—THINKING IN MOTION AND EMBRACING THE UNCOMFORTABLE Episode 29 with Naomi Falk ( @invisiblesculpture ) is now live! Have a listen and then go check out her work in the South Carolina Biennial at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia ( @701cca )—opening TONIGHT November 13th from 7-9PM. _ _ Peachy Keen met up with artist Naomi Falk in a boardroom at the Chattanoogan Hotel during the recent SECAC ( @secacart ) conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After briefly discussing some of the points that Falk made in her conference session on limits in the studio art classroom, we continued to talk about some of the challenges and joys of pushing students in our own classrooms, the long slog to a permanent teaching position in the arts, working collaboratively, and her experiences at artist residencies throughout the US and abroad. - Originally from Michigan, Falk currently lives and works in South Carolina. We discussed how geography has affected her art practice—from a heightened awareness of climate change living in an area affected by hurricanes and frequent flooding, to her use of indigo, an important crop in the state during the eighteenth century. 📸 Image courtesy Naomi Falk: Detail of Flow (or Flood), a prototype for a large installation using indigo dye.

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