Connected.

About Connected.

The arts community is diverse, vibrant, and vital. Connected is a podcast where the directors of Side Street Studio Arts have conversations with members of the local, regional, and national arts community discussing their work, trends in the arts, life, and how despite our differences we are all Connected. Join us each Wednesday for a new episode. Interviews may contain adult language and themes.

Publisher

Side Street Studio Arts

Category

arts · arts · arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Jan 2021

Latest episode

25 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

80 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Mar 2026

   Connected. 059- Oddball Art Labs

   Exhibition Coordinator Andrew Vo interviews Mike Rende and Kimberly Wildner from Oddball Art Labs about the upcoming April exhibit, Exquisite Corpse which is also a fundraiser for Side Street Studio Arts new 62 South Grove building. Along with that, we talk about their organization and the local art scene.

2. 

   3 Dec 2025

   Connected. 058- Christian Campos

   Andrew Vo, exhibition coordinator at Side Street Studio Arts, interviews Christian Campos. He curated the show, I Am the Sun which was on display during the month of November. The show exhibits a collection of twelve artists. In this interview, we discuss with Christian about how this exhibit came to be, his art practice and the current trends of art in politics and AI.

3. 

   3 Sept 2025

   Connected. 057- Laurie Peters

   Exhibition coordinator Andrew Vo interviews Laurie Peters. Laurie Peters is a mixed media artist in Elgin who also self publishes "Drawing Near Art", a print portfolio magazine that focuses on creative inspiration and transforms environment through garden design and mosaics. Laurie had a show back in August; "Courting the unknown". Andrew talks to her about how the show came together and discusses the themes of self reflection and nature that embody Laurie's art practice.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

32,927

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

39

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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