Artists + Travel

This episode was recorded in early May 2020 and is previously unpublished.  Artist and LGBTQ activist Daniel Dallabrida initiated his art practice in 2003 with a move to Italy to pursue his heritage's art, culture, and language. There he apprenticed at a Venetian family foundry and started his academic study of art in Florence. In 2011, Daniel received an MFA from California College of the Arts. He has been an artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, LASALLE College of the Arts, Fondazione Pistoletto, and Kala Art Institute. Daniel has presented in Milan, Rome, Florence, Oakland, Singapore, Kansas City, Aspen, and San Francisco. Daniel lives with his partner in San Francisco and Tuscany.  To contact Daniel email at  daniel@dallabrida.com http://www.dallabrida.com Daniel Dallabrida on Instagram Broadway on Demand  Daniel's Interview with Tales of a Red Clay Rambler  Anderson Ranch Arts Center 5Rhythms Dance Practice PTSD Treatment for Tibetan Monks  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Artists + Travel  Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this episode, recorded in May 2020, Thibault talks with artist Christine Lyon about completing her MFA program at the start of the pandemic. About  Christine Lyon (b. Los Angeles, CA, 1992) is a painter, printmaker, and educator residing in East Bay. Working in oil, acrylic, etching, silkscreen, and soft-sculpture, Christine explores representation and methods of figurative art, and her body’s relationship to icons of this tradition in western culture and media. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Liberal Arts with an emphasis on Art, Literature, and Social Sciences. After graduating in 2014, she worked for 4 years as an illustrator and scenic artist for live, televised, and filmed productions. She received her MFA from California College of the Arts in Spring 2020, where she worked closely with tenured faculty as a teaching assistant in the Painting and Printmaking departments. She has enjoyed contributing to community art projects, exhibitions, and private collections in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Yonkers, and New York City and looks forward to continuing and expanding upon such partnerships. For inquiries and commissions, please go to www.cargocollective.com/christinelyon Links  Christine Lyon Instagram  CCA MFA Show 2020 78/52 documentary Psycho Vertigo Her Body & Other Parties by Maria Machado Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Artists + Travel Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Instagram: @sarah_thibault Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this episode, Thibault talks with artist Xiuching Tsay.   The episode was recorded in May 2020.  Xiuching Tsay was born in Chonburi, Thailand in 1993. She graduated in 2019 with her MA from the Royal College of Art. She is currently based between the UK and Thailand.  Links Xiuching Tsay Instagram Daniel Benjamin gallery Into The Wild film Rabbit-skin glue is made of rabbits Perfume: the Story of a Murderer Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this episode, Thibault speaks with Los Angeles-based artist and educator Megan Reed.    Original airdate: May 14, 2020    Reed has an MFA in painting from California College of the Arts and was the recipient of the Graduate Painting Teaching Fellowship and Rex Ray Material Support Award. She also holds an MA from Southern Illinois University and a BFA from New York University. She was recently an artist-in-residence at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, where she created an installation as part of the campus's permanent art collection.     Links Megan Reed website Megan Reed Instagram California College of the Arts Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this interview, Thibault speaks with novelist and business owner Vanessa Fabiano based at the time of the interview in Madrid, Spain.    Original airdate, May 21, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project.  Vanessa Fabiano is the Co-Founder of the literary event series Madrid Bookie.  Vanessa is now based in Copenhagen and Bornholm, Denmark.   Links Vanessa Fabiano website Madrid Bookie website  Nordikos popsicles  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this interview, Thibault speaks with independent curator, Leslie Moody Castro, who during the filming is in residence at Casa Lu in Tepotzlan, MX along with the host.    Original airdate April 28, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project.    Leslie Moody Castro is an independent curator and writer whose practice is based on itinerancy and collaboration. She has produced, organized, and collaborated on projects in Mexico and the United States for more than a decade, and her repertoire of critical writing is also reflective of her commitment to place. She is committed to creating moments of artistic exchange and dialogue and as such is a co-founder of Unlisted Projects, an artist residency program in Austin, Texas. In 2017, she was selected as Curator and Artistic Director of the sixth edition of the Texas Biennial and was recently the first invited curator in residence at the Galveston Artist Residency. Moody Castro earned a Master's degree at The University of Texas at Austin in Museum Education with a portfolio supplement in Museum Studies in 2010, and a Bachelor's degree in Art History at DePaul University in Chicago in 2004, and has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment of Arts for her curatorial projects (2016, 2017). In addition to her firm belief that the visual arts creates moments of empathy, Moody Castro also believes that Mariachis make everything better.      Links Leslie Moody Castro's website www.lesliemoodycastro.com Casa Lü Artist Residency 2017 Texas Biennial  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this interview, Thibault speaks with Florence-based artist and professor Victoria DeBlassie and writer Connor Maley.   Original airdate: April 23, 2020 in conjunction with Minnesota Street Project.    Victoria DeBlassie is an MFA alumnus of California College of the Art's Fine Art's program, and a recipient of a Fulbright Grant and a Spacciamo Culture Grant.  Connor Maley is an MFA alumnus of California College of the Art's Writing Program and also a recipient of a Spacciamo Culture Grant. Links victoriadeblassie.com My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this interview, Thibault speaks with San Francisco-based artist, educator, and writer Danielle Lawrence.    Original airdate May 5, 2020, presented in conjunction with Minnesota Street Project.   Danielle Lawrence is a San Francisco-based artist whose work merges unconventional materials, painted imagery and 3-dimensional form to renegotiate painting’s traditional anatomy and definition. Her practice addresses the conceptual nature of hybridity by scrambling long-standing divisions and arguments between painting and sculpture, abstraction and representation and craft and fine art. Reworking painting’s physicality creates a fluid approach to its historical form, surface and materiality opening up sites of potential to explore sexuality, gender and class.    Links  Danielle Lawrence website Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

In this episode, Thibault speaks with Oakland-based artist, educator, former gallery director, and entrepreneur Elizabeth Bernstein.    Original airdate May 7, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project.   Bernstein was a visiting faculty in the photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute, and was, until its close in September 2019, the Gallery Director of Royal Nonesuch Gallery in Oakland, CA. Her photography work has been shown across the US. She is now the owner of Maker's Loft in Oakland.    Links Makers Loft in Oakland, CA  Elizabeth Bernstein's website The San Francisco Art Institute That Could Have Been by Sarah Hotchkiss  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

Thibault speaks with Charleston-based Andra Watkins, the New York Times best-selling author of “Not Without My Father.”  Original airdate: April 16, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. Andra Watkins is the author of four books and counting. Her acclaimed first novel To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis was published by Word Hermit Press on March 1, 2014. Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace is a memoir about her dysfunctional family adventure; it is a National Book Award nominee and a New York Times bestseller. Natchez Trace: Tracks in Time is a book of photography, shot during her 15-mile daily hikes on her 444-mile Natchez Trace walk. Links Andra Watkins website Andra Watkins Instagram  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault.  Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts, and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus; and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences.  Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault Website: artiststravel.space  Credits Music composed & performed by Ulysses Noë 

In this interview, Thibault speaks with Brooklyn-based artist and MFA candidate at Hunter College, Pol Morton.    Original airdate April 21, 2020 in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project.    Polwin Morton, born in Palo Alto, California, received their BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2009.  After graduation, Morton lived, painted, and exhibited in Beijing, China for four years.  They are currently an MFA candidate at Hunter College.     Links Pol Morton's website  Hunter MFA Program  Support Mental Health First Oakland, a grassroots initiative to reduce police presence in Oakland and support people experiencing a mental health crisis. Get 50% off Quickbooks Online or Quickbooks Self-Employed for the first 6 months using this special referral link: https://quickbooks.grsm.io/sarahThibault. Create and ship artist prints, custom-designed t-shirts and more using Printful. About Season 1 of the Artists + Travel podcast is an archive of previously published interviews recorded between April and May 2020. Artist and writer Sarah Thibault reached out to creative people all over the world to find out about their experiences during the early days of the COVID pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share the unique perspectives that arose from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences. Artists + Travel began as a travel blog for artists that Thibault created in 2018 as a way to document her two+ years living as a nomad and attending artist residencies abroad.  Go here to sign up for her newsletter https://sarahthibault.com/about/ Instagram: @sarah_thibault  Websites: artiststravel.space / sarahthibault.com Credits Music composed and performed by Ulysses Noë

Artists + Travel is a podcast, hosted by artist and writer Sarah Thibault, that connects listeners with artists, writers, and curators from all over the world.  After a major life upheaval. In 2018, Thibault left her home base of San Francisco to travel to artists residencies abroad. For two years, she lived out of her suitcase.  In March 2020 while attending an artist residency in Mexico, the pandemic rocked the world. In response to this phenomenon. Thibault reached out to her network of creators all over the world to hear about how they were experiencing the pandemic. The aim of the conversations was two-fold: to share unique perspectives that arise from different global responses to the spread of the virus, and to unearth the commonalities in these experiences to find out what is shared. The first season of Artists + Travel is comprised of these interviews from April and early May of 2020. They were first published in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project. The podcast is meant as an archive of these experiences as well as a jumping off point for new conversations.  Season 2 will be released with new episodes later this spring of 2021 in which Thbault talks to creative people who are bringing their light to the world. Because as Joseph Campbell says in the power of myth, the world is a wasteland. It needs your joy. Subscribe on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  Instagram: @sarah_thibault artiststravel.space sarahthibault.com