THE ARTISH PLUNGE PODCAST
Exploring The Curious Relationship Between Artists And The Other Jobs, Professions Or Experiences That Have Allowed Them To Plunge Into The Art They Create
The ARTish Plunge™ podcast explores the curious relationship between Artists and the other professions, day jobs, or past experiences that have allowed them to plunge into the art they create.
Join me, Kristy Darnell Battani, as I visit Artists from around the globe to explore how their experiences outside the art world have impacted their creative work.
The ARTish Plunge™ podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts and most other podcast platforms. But if you follow along here from the podcast cast website you get the added bonus of seeing images of the guest Artists’ work.
VALERIE CHAUSSONNET (2): sculptor + anthropologist
Continuing our conversation with metal sculptor and painter VALERIE CHAUSSONNET, we learn how Valerie’s work with the Smithsonian inspired her to take art classes. After moving to Austin, Valerie raised her children, created a French-immersion school and surrounded herself with colorful art and colorful people, all of which are reflected in the sculpture and paintings she makes today.
VALERIE CHAUSSONNET (1): sculptor + anthropologist
The ARTish Plunge podcast explores how VALERIE CHAUSSONNET, a French metal sculptor and painter who now calls Austin home, honed her sculpting skills as a way of better understanding the Inuit artifacts she was studying for the Smithsonian Institute.
CHRIS CRANE: painter + metallurgist + consultant
The ARTish Plunge podcast explores how artist CHRIS CRANE combines metallurgy skills with a photographer’s eye for composition and color. With a keen curiosity for innovation, Chris has found a satisfying “day job” working alongside scientists to solve client’s AI and cognitive computing issues that still allows time for him to develop innovative art processes to “pull” color from sheets of steel or his latest project, images from re-crystallization.
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