Support the Boston Art Book Fair today! Oliver and Randi talk to Karin Goodfellow, Director of Public Art for the City of Boston.  In that role, she works with artists and other community members on the creation of public memorials, murals, sculptures, and social practice projects that reflect the diversity and cultural values of the people, ideas, histories, and futures of Boston.  In addition to over fifteen years running Boston's public art program, Karin is the Director of the Boston Art Commission, and the founding director of Boston Artists-in-Residence, a residency that has nu ..read more

Support the Boston Art Book Fair today! Pneuhaus is a Rhode Island-based art and design studio that specializes in exuberant inflatable transformations of public space. They design and create  immersive sculptures and environments to guide visitors into the universe of their senses and the joys of shared experience. Inspired by physics, biology, and craft, Pneuhaus’s work incorporates the lessons of nature in both form and function.  To kick off our second season of Weird Sounds, Oliver and Randi sat down with August Lehrecke, Co-Founder of Pneuhaus, to learn more about this unique e ..read more

Support the Boston Art Book Fair today!   Oliver and Randi sat down with Emily Isenberg, Founder and President of Isenberg Projects, to learn more about her and her team of community strategists, creatives, tastemakers, deal makers, producers and artists – all, as she describes it, “obsessed with culture and driven by insatiable curiosity.  Isenberg Projects is a creative consulting agency based in Boston that specializes in placemaking and community engagement. Founded in 2011—and officially certified as a women owned business in the State of Massachusetts in early 2020—Isenberg Pro ..read more

EPISODE 6 / Jameson Johnson, Boston Art Review Mark your calendar –  Boston Art Book Fair 2022 IN PERSON November 4-6 Boston Art Book Fair, at Boston Center for the Arts!  More info here, including exhibitor and programs lists, and link for tickets to our can’t miss Friday night, Nov 4 preview party. Support the Boston Art Book Fair today! Show notes: Oliver and Randi talk with Jameson Johnson, founder and editor-in-chief at Boston Art Review.  Like many of us in the arts, Jameson wears a variety of hats.  In addition to her tireless work for Boston Art Review, she is a wri ..read more

Support the Boston Art Book Fair today!   Oliver and Randi talk with designer, educator and publisher Kathleen Sleboda, co-founder and design director of Draw Down Books, an independent publisher and bookseller, and the primary at Gluekit.  Kathleen teaches at the University of Connecticut, Boston University, and Rhode Island School of Design, where she co-designed the course Newly Formed with her partner and frequent collaborator, Christopher Sleboda.  When: Interviewed August 11, 2022 The journey: Archivism at Yale Gluekit “Made Photographs”  Orality We talk about: T ..read more

Support the Boston Art Book Fair today! Oliver and Randi talk to Paul Soulellis, an artist and educator based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder of Queer.Archive.Work, an independent non-profit that supports artists, writers, and activists who share studio space for queer publishing. Paul is also Head of the Department of Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). When: Interviewed June 13, 2022 First: Shout out to Boston Art Book Fair #1, 2017, and to Olivia Meyer-Jennette for helping make that happen. The journey: Library of the Printed Web Paul’s 2012 print-on-deman ..read more

Oliver and Randi talk to Liza Quiñonez and Marka27 founders of Street Theory, an award-winning creative agency that activates communities, spaces, and global brands through street art, cultural placemaking, and design. Who: Street Theory (https://www.street-theory.com/), aka Liza Quiñonez and Marka27 When: Interviewed October 20, 2021 What: Murals for the Movement, Dumbo Brooklyn, fall 202 Murals for the Movement @MFA 2020 Who else: We talk about artists including– Rob “Problak” Gibbs Rob Stull Don Rimx Hoxxoh Vyal Greg LaMarche Matthew Zaremba Liza’s role as City of Boston’s Transformative Pu ..read more

Oliver and Randi talk to Danielle Abrams and Mary Ellen Strom about Rights Along the Shore, a research project, and a conceptual and collaborative exhibition that examines the history of segregated swimming sites in the United States. Exhibition: Rights Along the Shore in the Mills Gallery, at Boston Center for the Arts. April 2 —May 28, 2022. More info: https://bostonarts.org/event/rights-along-the-shore-2/ Learn more about the writers, artists, and projects discussed in this episode: Michael Patrick MacDonald (http://www.michaelpatrickmacdonald.com/) and his compelling stories about growing ..read more

In this episode, hosts Randi Hopkins and Oliver Mak talk to artist Kristin Texeira about her work, collaborations, and life. And, briefly, about sassafras. Weird Sounds is a podcast companion to the Boston Art Book Fair (Nov 4-6, 2022) presented by Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega. Resources for this episode: More about artist Kristin Texeira here. Learn about KT’s “fave art duo” Josef and Anni Albers here and here Check out Carraig-na-gCat, their artist residency in West Cork, Ireland. Images of Kristin’s Colors of Music series. The Bat-Signal Playlist: Colors of Music (thank you Ellen ..read more