Six months and 13 episodes later we've completed our first season of Localmotive. WOW! We wanted to take some time to reflect back on this first season (and some behind-the-scenes details) before we start the new season with our new format, which will have us both doing research on a theme and presenting it to the other person. Not sure what to call that format... We'll still do interviews when the opportunity strikes (pitch us!), but we're trying something new. Our first theme is "Salt Lake lore," and I have no idea how she's going to interpret it, but I've got something fun up my sleeve. We ..read more

Today we speak to Amy Jorgensen and Darren Jones, creators of Critical Ground hosted at Granary Arts. Critical Ground is a gathering of curators, artists, art writers, and community builders. The hope of this event is to have open conversation about art criticism and community on common ground ..read more

Join us on a conversation about art history in SLC! Learn about the origins and 100-year history of UMOCA as well as the iconic SLC Pepper Mural by Jann Haworth ..read more

Clover Mills is a poet and collage artist carving a refuge out of a hostile planet. Clover discusses their recent showing at Sister SLC's Radical Joy show, shares their experiences as a growing artist and even gives some tips to first-time collagers. Follow Clover on Instagram @interprismatic and on Twitch at twitch.tv/cactusclo ..read more

We're back! For each episode of season two, we'll pick a theme and each find a story relating to it, then report our findings to each other (and you!). To kick off the season, we present essential Salt Lake lore, the kind of stuff you'd only know about after living here a while or during a particular time. Remember when Oingo Boingo used to play special Halloween shows in Salt Lake? How many times have you seen "the wizard" strolling by Liberty Park? Join us as we dig through SLC's weird history in season two of Localmotive: An Arts and Culture Podcast ..read more

Utah Valley University Museum of Art's opening exhibit, The Art of Belonging explores themes of belonging in community and culture. Today we talk to the curators and organizers of the exhibit as well as interview one of the featured artists Maruch Santíz Gómez who we speak to about her upcoming artist talk on August 8 at the UVUMOA. This episode is translated in Spanish and English ..read more

Today we meet with multimedia artist Reza Safavi! Safavi explores the intersection between art and technology through code, video, sound, drawing, sculpture, analog and digital devices as well as elements of the natural world to create interactive experiences. We talk to Reza about current and past projects, the meaning of science within art, and how art plays into environmental storytelling ..read more

What a more perfect way to wrap up the art-focused Season 1 with an overview of an immersive, collaborative, educational, and stimulating arts event such as Granary Art's Critical Ground. Walk through the one-and-a-half day event with us and let us share with you what we learned ..read more

What is it like doing comedy in Utah? Who are the jokes for? And how does comedy make shifts within a conservative culture? Today we cover these topics and more with comedian, actress, DJ, artist, AND MORE, Brook Neilson. Follow her at @conceptualmilf on Instagram to stay informed with her upcoming events ..read more

During this episode we talk to the Roots Art Kollective about what it means to be three independent artists with different disciplines who work as a group, how murals highlight underrepresented communities, what the logistics of professional mural work looks like and the role murals take within a growing city, aka gentrification ..read more