The Messy Studio with Rebecca Crowell
The podcast at the intersection of art, travel, business, philosophy, and life in general.
We found 10 episodes of The Messy Studio with Rebecca Crowell with the tag “rebecca crowell”.
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Episode 122: Sell More Art Online, Interview With Dave Geada
April 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 8 secs
art, business, dave geada, marketing, rebecca crowell, sales, social media
Dave Geada, CMO at BoldBrush, teaches us how to generate more sales online by telling stories.
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Episode 121: Working with Place...While Sheltering in Place
April 18th, 2020 | 35 mins 22 secs
abstraction, art, places, quarantine, rebecca crowell
Many artists working in both realism and abstraction explore ideas or emotions through the lens of unique or moving aspects of a particular place. This place may be as close as the artist’s own backyard, but it is often more distant. At this time we are encountering many challenges in our daily lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including being unable to visit the places that motivate our creative practices. In this episode, we talk about how to continue accessing special places through memory and other references.
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Episode 120: The Creative Urge
April 12th, 2020 | 31 mins 4 secs
art, creativity, rebecca crowell
Even under difficult circumstances, humans have always had a strong urge to create, to make things that embody thought, emotion, spiritual and cultural beliefs. Those of us who work in fine art media have a drive to create even when there is no practical purpose for what we make. This urge can range from an occasional desire, to a very strong passion, an almost uncontrollable compulsion. Today we are going to explore the creative urge along with some inspiring quotes from artists of the past.
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Episode 119: Staying Focused
April 4th, 2020 | 28 mins 44 secs
art, focus, rebecca crowell, self improvement
One of the challenges of maintaining a creative practice is keeping focused in the studio; it can seem like daily life is constantly pulling us in other directions. This podcast was recorded before the COVID 19 pandemic, and for many artists, focus has become more important than ever as a way to lose ourselves in our work. Yet even if we have time to work, it can still be difficult to find a rhythm and path to follow.
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Episode 118: The Life and Work of Agnes Martin - Interview With Henry Martin
March 28th, 2020 | 39 mins 5 secs
agnes martin, art, henry martin, ireland, rebecca crowell, travel, writing
Rebecca interviews Irish writer Henry Martin about his book, Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon, discussing her life, character, and work. About this biography, museum curator Jina Brenneman wrote “No other book on Agnes Martin has been researched as thoroughly and honestly as Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon. Its sensitive and poetic nature makes it a must read for those truly interested in understanding the artist.”
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Episode 117: COVID-19 Outbreak: Coping With Isolation
March 21st, 2020 | 53 mins 35 secs
art, covid-19, isolation, learning, new mexico, personal development, quarantine, rebecca crowell, travel
When the news media first mentioned the coronavirus spreading through China, few of us in the rest of the world realized the huge impact it would have. A few months later we face quarantines and severe economic consequences, and many of us are facing isolation, boredom, and anxiety, as well as financial stress. In this episode we address how the current measures implemented to contain COVID-19 have affected our lives as artists, as well as ideas for coping in this time of uncertainty and change.
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Episode 115: Art: A Conversation With Your Viewers
March 6th, 2020 | 29 mins
art, audience, conversation, rebecca crowell, voice
Most artists would agree that their work is an attempt at communication, even if a non-verbal one. The idea of a conversation with viewers is a helpful perspective because it implies that this communication does not exist in a vacuum, going in one direction only. We use the term “personal voice” in reference to what we are trying to communicate, but we should grant a “voice” of sorts to our audience as well.
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Episode 114: Art Conservation
February 29th, 2020 | 36 mins 52 secs
art, art conservation, conservators, museums, new mexico, rebecca crowell, restoration, travel
Rebecca interviews Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor of Whitten & Proctor Fine Art Conservation. They discuss the process of art conservation and restoration, as well as their paths into the field and some of their projects with museums around the world.
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Episode 113: Inner Voices
February 22nd, 2020 | 28 mins 8 secs
advice, art, inner voices, rebecca crowell
When sorting through advice and opinions, not all of the voices influencing us are spoken by others. We also have inner voices that comment on our work. They may be insecurities that originate in past negative experiences and these can sap our creative energy. Others are rules and formulas that we've accepted without question but don't serve us well. But we can also cultivate positive inner commentary and learn to control what we tell ourselves.
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Episode 112: Surrounded By Advice
February 15th, 2020 | 29 mins 28 secs
advice, art, learning, rebecca crowell, teaching
As artists, we all want to grow and improve our own work, and we are often surrounded by the advice and opinions of other people. While some advice is helpful, it can sometimes undermine our unique, personal voice. It can be hard to sort the good advice from the bad. It is also important to realize that our own accepted opinions may need to be challenged in order for our work to advance. Unfortunately there is a lot more bad advice than good advice out there. A mentor of Ross’s once told him “if you follow the advice of 90% of the people you meet, you will end up where 90% of people end up”.