In episode one, I speak with Elizabeth Amento. In her work, Elizabeth explores relationships, between people, between colors, and the play between both. At the time of our interview, in November 2018, Elizabeth was working full-time in an accounting firm in San Francisco, making her work in the evenings and on the weekends. Elizabeth has since quit her day job in San Francisco and moved to New York, where she’s already signed up for a woodshop basics course at Brooklyn’s Makeville Studio. Look for a bonus episode with Elizabeth in summer 2019.
Elizabeth was born in Boston, MA, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She returned to the East Coast to attend Boston College for Studio Art and Psychology, Brandeis University for a Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University for her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Elizabeth’s work has been exhibited in Mighty Tieton Gallery, Washington, Baton Rouge Gallery, Louisiana, Arena 1 Gallery, California, Modified Arts, Arizona, Melvin Gallery, Florida, Boston Young Contemporaries, Massachusetts, among others. Her work is featured in Index Book’s Cut out for Collage. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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In the interview, Elizabeth paraphrases Bay Area career coach Marty Nemko, host of a podcast about, well, work.
For more information about Elizabeth and her work, please visit her website and Instagram, where you can see new sketches for future sculptures.
As always, podcast music is provided by Mr. Neat Beats.
Lennon Michelle Wolcott Hernandez - a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works in graduate admissions.
Laura Torres - a bonus ep after she quit her day job!
Elizabeth Amento - follow-up episode after moving from SF to NYC.
Mike Rothfeld - a Sculptor and Arts Administrator living and working in Oakland & San Francisco
Nicole Kita - a NorCal Artist who works as an Educator and Advocate for Artists with Developmental Disabilities
Em Meine - an Oakland-based Artist who works in Art & Design Higher Ed
Gabriel Martinez - a Berkeley-based Visual Designer
A Bonus Episode with Christopher Thomas Ford about the Post-Bac Program at SMFA
Christopher Thomas Ford - A Long Beach Artist & Museum Preparator's Assistant
Bonus Ep with Janine Biunno - The MLS vs MFA Degrees
Janine Biunno - A Brooklyn-based Artist & Archivist
Helena Hsieh - A Los Angeles area Artist and Educator
Lisa Jonas Taylor - A San Francisco-based artist who works in art & design higher education
Laura Torres, interdisciplinary artist, tightwire performer, and nonprofit fundraiser
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