Art Actuel is a podcast by Jack LeSieur, Director and Curator at the Downing Museum in Bowling Green, KY. Listen for interviews with artists working in the southcentral Kentucky region.
Art Actuel
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Art Actuel is a podcast by Jack LeSieur, Director and Curator at the Downing Museum in Bowling Green, KY. Listen for interviews with artists working in the southcentral Kentucky region.
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August 23, 2022
Matte Stephens and Vivienne Strauss
<p>Vivienne Strauss and Matte Stephens are an artist duo who live and work in Bowling Green, KY with their three cats and three dogs. She has been a full-time artist since 2008. While not formally trained, she has a background in philosophy, is an avid reader, cinephile, and nature lover. Unable to confine her expressions to a single medium, Strauss works in oils, watercolors, paper and glue, needle and thread, digital photography, and the typed word.</p> <p>She sells worldwide, and has shown in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA, Tokyo, Japan, Manchester, UK, Portsmouth, NH, Peterborough, NH, Groton, MA, New York, NY, and Nashville, TN. Her work has been featured in/on: The Observer/Guardian, Spirituality & Health Magazine, Home & Garden, House Beautiful/Turkey, Uppercase Magazine, NightBlock Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Brainpickings, Northern Woods Magazine, Collage Memory Game (produced in Germany for museum gift shops), Indie Craft by Jo Waterhouse, Edgy Cute by Harry Sailor, Design Sponge, SF Girl by Bay, Craft Magazine, Martha Stewart, The Weight of Love by Rusudan Rukhadze, Croque Monsieur by Ray Parnac, Femmes Contre Nature by Lea Godard, Kronkel’s by Simon Carmiggelt, The Great Escape-Andy Bilinski (musician), and Little Birds, big adventures. Some of her notable patrons include: the International Center of Photography, Vogue Photography Tim Walker, Director/Producer/Comedian/Writer Judd Apatow, Actress Lesley Mann, Actress Toni Collette,<br> and the Mindy Project.</p> <p>When Matte is not painting, he enjoys playing Ping-pong, watching a good film, and hiking in the lovely Kentucky woods. Matte has been a painter of pictures his entire adult life and has never had a job that he has left his house for. He was worked with galleries and companies all over the world, including Tiffany and CO, American Express, Herman Miller, Kids Can Press, Uppercase Magazine, Jonathan Adler, Oxford University Press, ABC, IBM, The Oxford American, Sunset Magazine, The Boston Globe, Die Weltwoche, NPR, Chronicle Books, Disney, Editions Alto, Velocity Art and Design, Woodmanstern, Modern Twist, The Andez Hotel, Ipop, Marian Health, Hambly & Wolley, Tony Chi, Grand Hyatt, Penguin Random House, Penelope Francis, Go Coffee Go, Gibbs Smith, Urban Outfitters, Spirituality and Health, and Scholastic, just to name a few!</p> <p>You can see more of Vivienne and Matte's work at <a href="//viviennestrauss.com" target="_blank">viviennestrauss.com</a> and <a href="//mattestephens.net" target="_blank">mattestephens.net</a> or on their instagrams, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/viv_strauss/" target="_blank">viv_strauss</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matte_stephens/" target="_blank">matte_stephens</a></p> <p>Featured at the Downing Museum until September 30 are Vivienne's work, <a href="https://www.viviennestrauss.com/product/octopus-oenophile-original-oil-painting" target="_blank">Octopus Oenephile</a> and Matte's <a href="https://www.mattestephens.net/product/first-period-american-house-original-gouache-painting" target="_blank">Post Apocalyptic First Period American House </a></p> <p><br></p>
June 21, 2022
Andrew Peña
<p>Andrew Peña is a photographer living in Bowling Green, KY. Spending time growing up between Kentucky and California, Andrew's work reflects his passion for travel, exploration, and experimentation. His exhibition, Nightlionn, is open at the Downing Museum through June 9, 2022.</p> <p>For more information about Andrew's work, please check out:</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/nightlionn/</p> <p>Pictured: <strong>Aftermath</strong>, 2021, Andrew Peña, digital photography</p> <p><strong>This episode was produced by Jack LeSIeur at the Downing Museum at Baker Arboretum, operated by the Jerry E. Baker Foundation, Inc.</strong></p>
July 31, 2021
Winifred Forrester
<p>Charles Forrester was the master of the visual pun and comes to life through his legacy-sculptures, paintings and drawings, and journals. He was especially adept at working with the human figure, creating abstracted figurative forms in materials ranging from welded steel to laminated-plywood. His engineering prowess is reflected in his kinetic sphere sculptures and wire suspension works. His artwork captured startlingly realistic details, yet his works are highly stylized-often twisted into sly visual puzzles and riddles.</p> <p>As a university professor for 30 years in England and Kentucky, with roots in New York and the Pacific Northwest, he directly impacted generations of sculptors and artists. Forrester grew up in New York City and received his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oregon in 1960. He taught sculpture at the University of Salford in England and Western Kentucky University, where he was a long-time beloved professor. Forrester also maintained a studio in the artists’ haven of eclectic East Nashville for the last 12 years of his life.</p> <p>“As children, my brother and I always knew our family was different from others. We lived a bohemian lifestyle fueled by creativity and frugality. Our father, Charles Forrester, built the family’s furniture using plywood and black paint, while sculpture was stacked all over the house and yard. We moved frequently and for a time, we lived on a boat in Union Bay, Seattle and spent summers living at lookout fire stations in the Northwester wilderness. Over the years, our family frequently traveled to foreign countries living in cheap pensions while our father found inspiration for his creativity in their architecture and culture.”</p> <p>-Winifred Forrester-</p> <p>More information about Charles Forrester and his work can be found at: <a href="http://charlesforrester.com/">https://www.charlesforrester.com/</a></p> <p>Join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary film, <strong>A Line Unbroken: The Charles Forrester Story</strong> will be held at the Capitol Arts Center on September 16, at 6 PM. A discussion will be held afterwards with the artist’s daughter, Winifred Forrester; WKU Art Historian, Guy Jordon; and former student and sculptor, Russ Faxon. The documentary has a fully illustrated companion art book, <strong>A Mind in Motion: The Art of Charles H. Forrester</strong>, published in 2020. With insight from art historians and contemporary artists, the film and art book explore his compelling life story and six decades of artwork. This showing is presented by Folly Industries, The Warren County Public Library, and the Downing Museum. You may reserve your free tickets <a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ei9yhdsu7fc89a72&oseq=&c=&ch=">HERE</a>.</p> <p><strong>This episode was produced by Jack LeSIeur at the Downing Museum at Baker Arboretum, operated by the Jerry E. Baker Foundation, Inc.</strong></p>
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