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ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Author: Isaac Mann

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ARTMATTERS is an intimate, bi-weekly podcast featuring in-studio conversations between host Isaac Mann and professional
artists from around the world. Now in its second season with over 55 episodes, the show has become a vital resource for the
contemporary art community, exploring everything from technical practices and daily studio insights to career advice, creative
blocks, and the emotional realities of making art.


Host Isaac Mann brings both the perspective of a working artist and the curiosity of a thoughtful interviewer to each conversation,
creating a space where artists can discuss not just their techniques and influences, but also the vulnerable aspects of creative life-
hope, depression, expectation, success, and failure. 


Whether exploring technical processes, relationship dynamics, or tips for a healthier practice, ARTMATTERS offers
both emerging and established artists a rare glimpse into the real experiences behind successful creative careers.

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#84 with By Spruce

#84 with By Spruce

2026-10-2201:06:43

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists My guest today is Hazel, the founder of By Spruce, a New York-based knitwear brand. She is largely self-taught and learned her craft through YouTube videos, experimentation, and trial and error. I joined Hazel in her studio to talk about how, since launching in December 2024, she has been developing her own designs and building a business around her love of knitting, crochet, and sewing. We cover knitting machines, sewing patterns, and yarn,...
#83 with Matthew Miller

#83 with Matthew Miller

2026-10-0801:27:05

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists My guest today is the painter Matthew Miller, a Brooklyn-based artist who has exhibited in New York and abroad. He received his BA from Messiah College in 2004 and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2008, where he was awarded a postgraduate fellowship. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, and Two Coats of Paint, among others. I joined Matthew in his studio last month to talk about side paintings, oddb...
#82 with Greg Burak

#82 with Greg Burak

2026-08-2701:21:16

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is painter Greg Burak. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Greg received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Painting from Indiana University. His most recent solo exhibition was at March Gallery in New York, with previous solo exhibitions at Fortnight Institute. His work has appeared in group exhibitions at Turn Gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, and 303 Gallery. He lives and works in Queens, New York. N...
#81 with Beldan Sezen

#81 with Beldan Sezen

2026-08-1301:24:45

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists My guest today is painter and artist book maker Beldan Sezen, a Turkish-European artist based in New York and Amsterdam. Her paintings, held in private collections internationally, are built through a process of layered, gestural abstraction — response and revision until the composition resolves. Her painting practice sits alongside a long-running practice in artist books, which are held in the permanent collections of the Getty Research Ins...
Welcome back to a very special episode of ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. This BONUS mini episode celebrates Episode #80 of the Pod - and features a very special guest. The youngest one in ARTMATTERS history, in fact. Before we begin, I want to take a moment to say thank you. To everyone who's listened, shared the show, supported on Patreon, and to all the artists and friends who kept telling me to keep going over these past four years. Because projects like this are funny. They do...
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