Art as Experience: Podcasts

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Art as Experience is an hour-long conversation between Tom Xenakis and Sheila Blake after their visit to an exhibition, serving as a guide for taking a longer look at art.

Album Cover Art, II

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Tom Xenakis talks with DJ Clyde Ensslin and album cover artist, Richard Bangham, about contemporary album covers.

Air date: Nov 17, 2018

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on December 3, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

Bill Traylor: Self-taught Artist Between Worlds, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on November 5, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

The Art of Nomads

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Kilims of Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century nomads of Anatolia,
at the Textile Museum of Washington DC.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on October 22, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

The Glenstone Museum

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Sheila Blake and Tom Xenakis explore the newly expanded exhibition space and landscaping at the Glenstone Museum, in Potomac Maryland. They discuss one couple’s generosity in sharing their collection of contemporary art in a new museum.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts and tagged #glenstonemuseum on October 8, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

The Artist’s Voice: Sean Scully and Richard Tuttle

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How do artists find their unique voices? Sheila and Tom discuss this topic, and explore the visuao oices of two contemporary artist, Sean Scully ad Richard Tuttle.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on September 23, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

Sites Unseen: Trevor Paglen

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Trevor Paglen is a geographer and an artist. He has launched on an investigation to reveal the hidden infrastructure of worldwide systems that are meant to be secret. His show “Sites Unseen” is at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on September 9, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

Album Covers

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We discuss the art form of album covers – from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on August 26, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

A Sense of Humor in Visual Art

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Sheila and Tom visit the new exhibit at the National Gallery: “Sense of Humor”,
through Jan 06, 2019.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on August 13, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia

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Sheila and Tom Explore the new exhibit at the Phillips Gallery in Washington DC, and discuss the history of Aboriginal Art, Dreamtime, Songlines, and much else.

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This entry was posted in Podcasts on July 31, 2018 by Sheila Blake.

Plein Air Painting

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Tom and Sheila discuss Plein Air Painting: its history, the great paintings in the National Gallery of At, and the techniques and materials that you can use.