Drawing South

Y'all! This was such a great conversation with Wesley Hall @pizzadadcomic on instagram and @mikewindyart Turns out they have a lot of folks in common from @apsuartdesign His practical and artistic advice is downright professorial and we hope you give it a listen!!!tile art-Pizzadadcomic still from IG video#pizzadadcomic #wesleyhallart #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #mikewindypodcast #artpodcast

@mikewindyart and @paulbehnkepaintings recently had a great conversation about his long winding road to his current studio practice. We stop along the way to talk about relevance, "The conversation", grief, and the importance of community. We hope you will give it a listen#paulbehnkeart #drawingsouth #drawingsouthpodcast #mikewindypodcastTile Art- "The Mummy" 2025 from Paul's IG

@mikewindyart and @thejasonmoran had a great conversation about Jazz, Art, Teaching, and Skateboarding. If as Jason says The Gonz is Charlie Parker then who is @rodneymullen ? He talks about the joy and calling of teaching and playing with former students(is there such as thing as former) like @sullivanfortnerjr the night before!We talk about his collaborations with Joan Jonas @broadcove and #adrianpiper and more. Whether you're an art nerd or a jazz nerd or a combination of both we hope you give it a listen and join us as warriors as creatives in this world that needs us all more than ever. #jasonmoran #drawingsouth #drawingsouthpodcast #mikewindypodcastTile art: Install photo of Drawings in Jason Moran "Black Stars: Writing in the Dark" https://massmoca.org/event/jason-moran-black-stars-writing-in-the-dark/

@mikewindyart and @omaribooker sat down for a nice dinner and conversation last week. They talked about how that met through a @childdefender1973 funded project when mikewindy was teaching at Maplewood High School. They have stayed in touch for over a decade and this conversation highlights that friendship, mentorship, and respect of each other as artists in the Nashville Art Ecosystem and beyond as Omari's exhibiting all of the United States including his great exhibit currently @elephantgallery We hope you give it a listen. #omaribookerartist #drawingsouth #drawingsouthpodcastTile Art: "Be" from Omari's IG and recently exhibited @centerforartandadvocacy in Brooklyn

For almost a year @mikewindyart and @mandyrogershorton_studio had studios next to each other @arcadearts. This allow for many conversations about art, music, parenting, teaching, and art. We recently found the time post residency to have a nice long chat and uncovered a very interesting connection about our grad school experiences. We talk about her practice and how she is slowly becoming more and more comfortable in it and a whole lot more. We hope you will give it a listen.#drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #mandyrogershorton #mikewindypodcast

@mikewindyart and @devindrake_ sat down at TSU's Center for Arts and Social Practice for a long overdue conversation.Over three hours we covered a lot of ground. Taking consistent time to recharge, how to appropriately price your work, the positive power of social media, and so much more.We hope you will give it a listen. If you don't yet know Devin's please dive in!Episode Tile: Ratlin' 'Round from his IG and currently on view @juliamartingallery exhibit COWBOY KITCHEN curated by @hand.wings

@mikewindyart and @dylanccamp had a nice loooooong chat recently at the Center for Arts and Social Practice at Tennessee State University. We talked about Instagram as a tool, her time in NY as a fashion model, her recent breakthrough in her work, letting more and more of her authentic self be seen, and how Nashville does have a cultural district, it's called North Nashville. @dunsonart who walked by a few times during the episode used to have the longest episode at 3:14minutes but alas it is now Dylan's crown at 3:15minutes. We hope you will give it a listen #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #dylancampart #mikewindypodcast #artpodcast

@mikewindyart and Dr. @lisawilliamsonart had a PROPER long chat. We had connected WAY back through @numberincmagazine but this time we got to dive into her journey through undergrad, grad, and PHD programs, her recent ARCTIC CIRCLE residency, and the founding of the @shapeshifter_art_school We cover a lot of ground over almost 3 hours but WHEW...we hope you give it a listen and please dive into her work #lisawilliamsonart #drawingsouth #drawingsouthpodcast #artpodcast #shapeshifterartschool #mikewindypodcastTile art: photo by Lisa from her Instagram page

@mikewindyart and @ken.coomer recently had a nice long chat at his Cartoon Moon Recording studio. We talked about his allergy to becoming a dinosaur in his professional life and how that is rooted in his deep curiosity and love for music and his obsession with recording studios and the process of recording records. We hope you will give this conversation a listen and please dive into Ken's body of work at kencoomermusic.com #kencoomermusic #kencoomer #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #anodyne #mikewindypodcastTile Art: portrait from Ken's website

@mikewindyart met up with @robbyhecht at @coopgallery to talk about writing songs, the beauty and grit in his singing voice, what people mean when they say Nashville is a ten year town, and how to get better at archiving what we are both up to in the world. We hope you give it a listen, and we hope you will check him out @americanafest Friday September 12th at 9pm @citywinerynshTile art- Poster from @americanafest and Robby's IG#robbyhecht #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #mikewindypodcast #americanafest #musicpodcast

@mikewindyart and @shaecamardo sat down recently in her exhibit @rand0m_sampl3 space in @arcadearts as part of summer programming with local Nashville galleries. They talked about making installations, taking photos, her living in Germany, getting better at archiving our own art practices, and her only ever being able to be herself. We hope you give it a listen.Tile Art: photo of Shae in "A Room of One's Own" by mikewindy#shaecamardo #mikewindypodcast #drawingsouth #drawingsouthpodcast #artpodcast #randomsample

@mikewindy and @parthenoncity sat down recently @coopgallery to discuss her first year at Otis, settling into LA,her excitement about the Design program, music, how awesome Nashville is, and a whole lot more. We hope you'll give it a listen.Tile Art: hand printed shirt from Parthenon City IG#qwynngarrett #design #drawingsouth #drawingsouthpodcast #mikewindypodcast #artpodcast

@mikewindyart and @q1moon met through reading @i_am_here_too____ 's novel "How to Raise an Art Star" we recently recorded a conversation about teaching, meeting your heroes, and her upcoming semester in Columbia's MFA painting program. We hope you will give it a listen. #beckymoon #mikewindypodcast #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #artpodcastTile Art: Going...going...gone! from www.beckymoon.art

@mikewindy and @traphousedominatrix recently met at their dining room table for a long-overdue conversation about art and skating. It's hard to know what to say other than this is one of my favorite conversations I have ever had. I can't wait to have more and we hope you give it a listen, #fathersonpodcast #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #mikewindypodcastTile Art: Portrait of JFM by @hmbrougham

@mikewindyart recently met up @citywinerynsh for what he thought was a conversation with @jonlangfordoffical to talk art and music. He's been paying attention to Jon's visual art since the late 90's and recently talked with @jimsherraden (who vouched for me with Jon!) about their incredible collaborative work. True to the spirit of @mekons_official Jon asked "do you want to have the whole band?, it would be better that way" Thanks to Tom, Rico, Susie, Dave, Steve, Sally, and Jon for your generosity of spirit in discussing a lifetime of making, their GREAT new record "Horror", lore, legacy, and a whole lot more! Huge thanks to @b.m.b.pop who helped set up this conversation we all hope you give it a listen and look out for them in a city near you in any of their creative capacities!#themekons #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #artpodcast #mikewindypodcast@void_artists @fire_records @susiehoneymanviolin @jonlangfordoffical @ericobellis @d_a_t_68 @sgodk1665Tile Art: Band Photo from their official Instagram Horror Tour promotion

@mikewindyart and @thekillatapes had a nice long conversation @coopgallery about Joe's seminal skate video The Last of the Mohicans, skate lore, connecting with the next generation of skate videographers, how skaters see cities differently than everyone else, and a whole lot more. We hope you give our conversation a listen.#drawingsouthpodcast #artpodcast #skateboarding #joeperrin #santacruzskateboardsTile Art: Still from @santacruzskateboards video of @emangrizzle1 from Joe's IG page

@mikewindyart and @atticussarmstrong had a great conversation @coopgallery about Atticuss's creative practice that includes playing in bands, filmmaking, skating, and promoting shows. We talk a lot about art having to come from within to be suastainable. Atticus is 14 and this conversation might be the proof of concept for this podcast as much as any other episode that has been recorded. We hope you give it a listen and that you start keeping an ear and eye out for what Atticuss is up to in and around Nashville. #drawingsouthpodcast #mikewindypodcast #atticussarmstrong #drawingsouth #drummingsouthTile Art: portrait of Atticus by @silastucker_

@mikewindyart and @vvorkshop.art had a great conversation recently about serving a community of artists through Netvvrk, pros and cons of using AI, her own time as an artist, being hopeful through action(and because of data), and believing that as corny as it sounds ART MATTERS!!! We hope you give it a listen #netvvrk #paddyjohnson #artpodcast #drawingsouthpodcast #drawingsouth #mikewindypodcastTile Art: from IG pinned photo of where Paddy wants you to start diving into her content

A few weeks back @mikewindyart sat down @coopgallery with @dash.on.reflections in his Presence exhibition. We talked basketball, art, being in the flow, continually becoming, and making tough choices about what he feels allowed to photograph and what photographs he misses. We hope you give it a listen #drawingsouthpodcast #dashawnlewisphotography #drawingsouth #artpodcast #coopgallery #mikewindypodcast

@mikewindyart and @mistergabelee met up @arcadearts and had a great chat about leaning into your own strengths vs. comparing them to others, how he made the transition to being on the road full-time, and he plays a killer version of a new song "American Idols" in the episode!!! #mistergabelee #gabelee #americana #countrymusic #singersongwriter #drawingsouthpodcast #cayamo #drawingsouth #mikewindypodcastTile Art photo by the great @emmadelevante