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   S3 · E1 · 2 Mar 2024 · 50 min

   Teresa Oaxaca Returns

   Send us Fan Mail March 2, 2024 Creative Contemplation S3E1 Teresa Oaxaca Returns Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator Suzanne Lago Arthur has an engaging conversation with her friend, the classical surrealist painter, Teresa Oaxaca. In this episode, Teresa and Suzanne discuss how to best align your life so that you are engaging in your creative practice as much as possible and making a living from it. Website: teresaoaxaca.com Instagram: @teresaoaxaca X (formerly Twitter...

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   S2 · E10 · 23 Dec 2023 · 1 hr 19 min

   Stephen Copeland

   Send us Fan Mail December 22, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E10 Stephen Copeland Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator Suzanne Lago Arthur has a fascinating conversation with writer Stephen Copeland about his latest memoir, In the House of the Rising Sounds published by Resource Publications, which explores the themes of "thin spaces" and the connection between spirituality and creativity which he discovered at the famed blues venue in Charlotte, NC - the Double Door Inn.&n...

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   S2 · E9 · 14 Nov 2023 · 1 hr 15 min

   Franklin White

   Send us Fan Mail November 14, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E9 Franklin White Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator Suzanne Lago Arthur reconnects with one of her most beloved Corcoran School of Art professors, the artist Franklin White. Suzanne and Franklin have a delightful conversation about his solo show, "Franklin White, An American in Venezuela" at the American University Museum, Katzen Center in Washington DC which is currently hanging until December 10th, 2023. Web...

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   S2 · E8 · 19 Oct 2023 · 43 min

   Victoria Browning Wyeth

   Send us Fan Mail October 20, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E8 Victoria Browning Wyeth In this very special Halloween themed episode, Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator Suzanne Lago Arthur interviews Victoria Browning Wyeth, the only grandchild of the iconic American artist, Andrew Wyeth. Victoria generously discusses with Suzanne what it was like growing up in such a famous family of artists. She shares fond memories of both her grandfather Andrew and her Unc...

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   S2 · E7 · 10 Oct 2023 · 1 hr 17 min

   Daniel Shadbolt

   Send us Fan Mail October 10, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E7 Daniel Shadbolt Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur has an insightful conversation with British painter Daniel Shadbolt about his formation as an artist, his work and practice and his unending search for the subtle nuances of color and atmosphere in painting. Website: www.danielshadbolt.com Instagram: @daniel_shadbolt_painting New English Art Club: Daniel Shadbolt Bio: British painter Dan...

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   S2 · E5 · 6 Jul 2023 · 1 hr 2 min

   David Cheifetz

   Send us Fan Mail July 6, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E5 David Cheifetz Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur interviews oil painter David Nishita Cheifetz on the development of his career, the role intuition plays in his work and his embrace of and explorations in the nascent worlds of NFTs & AI. Website: davidcheifetz.com Instagram: @davidcheifetz Twitter: @davidcheifetz Bio: American painter David Nishita Cheifetz was born in the Pacific Nort...

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   S2 · E4 · 23 May 2023 · 1 hr 20 min

   Mia Bergeron

   Send us Fan Mail May 23, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E4 Mia Bergeron Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur has a delightful and deep conversation with oil painter Mia Bergeron about her classical training and her "shift" into the unique artistic style she has today. Suzanne and Mia discuss the importance of intuition in her working process, how she developed it and how you can begin to recognize it in your own work - allowing you to unlock your ...

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   S2 · E3 · 26 Apr 2023 · 2 hr

   Carrie Callaghan

   Send us Fan Mail Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur has a discussion with novelist Carrie Callaghan about her work, her development as a writer and what art and writing have in common. Twitter Instagram BIO Carrie Callaghan is a historical fiction writer living in Maryland (US) with her spouse, children, and two ridiculous cats. She is the Author of A Light of Her Own about 17th C Dutch painter, Judith Leyster and Salt the Snow set in 1930's Moscow. ...

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   S2 · E2 · 30 Mar 2023 · 1 hr 17 min

   Mel Leipzig

   Send us Fan Mail March 29, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E2 Mel Leipzig Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator Suzanne Lago Arthur interviews realist painter and living legend, Mel Leipzig about his work and training, the famous artists he's known and how the art scene has evolved during his long and productive lifetime. Website: Mel Leipzig Artist "Mel Leipzig: Everything is Painting" Documentary https://www.njpbs.org/programs/state-of-the-arts/mel-leipzig-everything-is-pa...

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    S2 · E1 · 24 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 16 min

    Jotham Malavé Maldonado

    Send us Fan Mail February 24, 2023 Creative Contemplation S2E1 Jotham Malavé Maldonado Season 2 of the Creative Contemplation podcast returns with a discussion between host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur and Puerto Rican artist Jotham Malavé Maldonado about his work, his formation as an artist and his inspirations. Jotham Malavé Maldonado studied at the School of Plastic Arts of San Juan in the Department of Painting, from which he graduated with honors (Magna Laude, 2014). Upon gr...