If you do not have a tween in your household, don’t sport a friendship bracelet or, well…just don’t care, you might have missed that Taylor Swift has added another 16 songs to her musical canon with her album that dropped last night at midnight, “Tortured Poets...
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“Democratizing Art” with Bianca Bosker
In this episode, Gavin chats with New York Times bestselling author of “Cork Dork,” Bianca Bosker, whose most recent book, “Get the Picture” is a deep dive into various aspects of the visual arts industry.
Growing Arizona’s Arts Advocacy Ecosystem
In episode 115 of Framing the Hammer, we speak with Arizona Citizens for the Arts Executive Director Patrick McWhortor and Director of Community Engagement, Sabrina Estrada.
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The Force (of the Creative Economy) Awakens
In Episode 113 of Framing the Hammer, we chat with Jason McGatlin, a Hollywood producer who worked on films such as The Adventures of TinTin, Volcano, and the Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, and (not least of all), the seventh, eighth and ninth of the Star Wars series, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker .
Are your musicians ethically sourced?
Join us as we chat with Hilary Perkins, founder of Whippoorwill Arts (www.whippoorwillarts.org) a nonprofit advocating for music and musicians that recently underwent a comprehensive report on recommended wages for working musicians. We talk about the report that makes suggested base and graduated pay for musicians of all types, stripes, and locations.
Hyperreality and Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Contemplating Arts and AI
In episode 111 of “Framing the Hammer”, we chat with artists Boris Eldagsen and Jason M. Allen about their respective approaches to, uses of, and accolades in artificial intelligence and their artworks. We foster a conversation with opposing views and find that they are actually quite aligned in their views of art and artificial intelligence, not to mention Plato’s Theory of Forms and Baudrillard’s theory of simulacra.
Within a Forest Dark: Art’s Journey into AI
It’s clear that there is a popular thread of argument that claims that AI-generated art is fundamentally different in some tangible and identifiable way from that created by humans.
And yet, science would tell us otherwise.
CULTIVATING THE CRAFTING COMMUNITY with Mx. Domestic
4A Arts recently chatted with Mathew Boudreaux, known in the online crafting world as the “Themperor of Crafting”, @mx.domestic.
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PRODUCING THE NYC FRINGE FESTIVAL
In this episode of Framing the Hammer, we speak with Elena K. Holy, founder and director of the New York International Fringe Festival as well as the 4A Arts general manager.
Indianapolis JAZZ LUMINARY Larry H. Ridley
In episode 107 of Framing the Hammer, we chat with jazz legend and 4A Arts board member, Larry H. Ridley. Born in Indianapolis, Larry found a passion for music at the age of five along with the family practice of listening to the Bell Telephone Radio Hour.
It’s 2023 – Time for a United States Secretary of Arts and Culture
In September of 2022, President Biden announced his reinstatement of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), an advisory committee focused on cultural issues, led by Executive Director Tsione Wolde-Michael, formerly the Director of the Center...
“FDR AND THE ARTSY ALPHABET SOUP OF THE WPA” with Troy Plumer
Framing the Hammer episode 106 brings us Troy Plumer, a Louisville, KY-based master’s student in history. Troy is an aficionado, though not a trained expert by his own admission, with the era around the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the Great Depression and arts funding during that period.
“ART AS AN ACT OF VANDALIZING NATURE” with Native Artist Ishkoten Dougi
In the latest episode we’re honored to chat with Indigenous artist Ishkoten Dougi. We met at the Santa Fe Indian Art Market in August.
“FINDING THEIR IKIGAI” with an art therapist for violent criminals
Enjoy this conversation with an art therapist who works with violent criminals. Her nonjudgmental compassion for her patients and artistic process bring insight into the multitude of ways art restores our humanity and helps our self-understanding.
“CHILDREN & ART” with retired English teachers Jim and Katherine Starkey
In this episode, 4A Arts executive director Gavin Lodge is reunited with his high school junior and senior English teachers, Katherine and Jim Starkey. This dynamic, married literary duo inspired their students to think deeper, write more expressively, and appreciate all things creative.
“EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST” with 4A Arts Founder Charlie Reinhart
Enjoy a tremendous conversation with the founder of 4A Arts, Charlie Reinhart. This inspirational arts leader, at the ripe young age of 91, demonstrates his fervent belief in the ability of the arts to change both entire lives and our society.
“WHY CAN’T IT BE ART?” an introduction with 4A Arts Executive Director Gavin Lodge
In this, our first episode, 4A Arts’ Executive Director explains how our official podcast got its name.