Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Nono Flores, a local illustrator.

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Kristen Baird, the founder and designer behind Kristen Baird Jewelry.

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Phil Musen, a local artist and Owner/Executive Director of Cute Tomatoes Gallery.

Phil Musen b.1985 Boston, MA relocated to Savannah, GA to complete a BFA in Painting from SCAD. He likes cats. You can catch him painting in Forsyth Park or working in Cute Tomatoes Gallery.

Cute Tomatoes is located at 218 E 41st Street, open 1PM-5PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays, as well as the 1st Friday of each month.

The next exhibition, "Capture/Drift" features new work by Dana Richardson and Adrienne Berkland. The opening is next Friday, December 5th from 6PM-8PM.

*The word he was searching for at the end of our chat was benevolent. We need more benevolent investors in the arts and civics spaces. It used to be more common & it's disappearing.*

See his work here:

https://www.philmusen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cutetomatoes/

Check out his gallery here:

https://www.instagram.com/cute_tomatoes_gallery/

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Chuck Carbia, a local fine artist, performance artist (entertainment artist), college professor, and musician.

Stanton first encountered Carbia more than a decade ago through Glitter Chariot, an indescribable collective (band, performance art, entertainment art, confusion spectacle) that explores complex relationships and emotions.

Click this link to change your life:

https://www.glitterchariot.com/

Carbia plays traditional Latin jazz with the band Tocamos Mas, based on music produced by his father and uncle under the "The Carbia Trio", pioneers of the Latin music scene in New York, Miami, and Puerto Rico in the 1950s and 1960s.

Learn more here:

https://www.tocamosmas.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tocamosmas

Carbia also plays with local anonymous surf grunge rock band Donna Savage. Their latest album, Take It, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube.

Donna Savage will be playing at the Dairy Daze Festival on this Saturday, November 15th. This will be the festival's 3rd year. Doors open at 11AM. Tickets are only $30.52 & can be purchased online through The 912 Group.

This year the event benefits I is We Incorporated, a local non-profit organization that works to support at-risk youth through mentorship, counseling, and skill-building workshops, with a focus on reducing violence and promoting positive choices.

Learn more here:

https://cscarbia.wixsite.com/donnasavage

https://www.instagram.com/donnasavageband/

Event information and tickets here:

https://the912group.squarespace.com/

Learn more about Chuck Carbia here:

https://www.chuckcarbia.com/

https://www.instagram.com/onemoday

Check out his amazing wife Kelly Boehmer's work here:

https://www.kellyboehmer.com/

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Heather L. Young, a local artist based out of Richmond Hill that sells under the name Fly Young Studio online. She does contemporary oil paintings as well as traditional pen & ink drawings, drawing inspiration from her coastal southern heritage and love for moss-draped live oak trees. She's a board member with Arts on the Coast, & a contributing arts writer for Reflections Magazine. You can find her work in ShopSCAD downtown, and Arts on the Coast Gallery in Richmond Hill, among others.

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with Jeanette McCune, the Executive Director of Cleo the Project Space, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit arts organization, located at 915 B Montgomery St., Savannah, Georgia. The space is open on Saturdays from 12-5PM, or by appointment.

Join Kate Stanton Melendez for an interview with soft sculpture artist, performance artist, and college professor Kelly Boehmer.

Kelly has exhibited and performed her work nationally and internationally in over 175 exhibitions including shows in Baltimore, Dallas, Miami, New York City, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, San Juan, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She received her BFA in Studio Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA in Studio Art at the University of South Florida.

She is a member of the performance art band, Glitter Chariot.

Kelly is a Professor of Foundations Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design, in Savannah, GA.

Boehmer's soft sculptures combine tragic humor with a celebration of the hidden beauty found within anxiety. Her creatures serve as metaphors for personal struggles with anxiety and aging. She finds humor in her attempts to become "comfortable in my own skin" and to navigate these challenges, particularly with social anxiety.

Though the imagery may appear grotesque, with flayed and molting forms, these creatures represent growth, transformation, and positive change. She uses glittery sheer fabrics and vivid faux fur, to contrast difficult emotions with inviting textures. This creates a tension between attraction and repulsion, softening the rawness of the subject matter and making it more approachable for the viewer.

Many of her works draw inspiration from iconic pieces in art history, such as the Unicorn Tapestries, the Laocoön Group, Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, and The Arnolfini Portrait. Her aggressive hand-sewing technique is similar to an expressive line in drawing.

A key element of the process involves repurposing materials from previous sculptures, cutting them up after an exhibition and combining them with upcycled taxidermy. This gives the materials a “second life,” creating a layered history of growth and change embedded within the pieces themselves.

Check out Kelly's work here:

https://www.kellyboehmer.com/

Kelly Boehmer (@kelly.boehmer) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://www.instagram.com/kelly.boehmer/?hl=en

Buy Kelly's work from Cindy Lisica Gallery in the Atlanta Art Fair:

https://artcloud.market/show/cindy-liscia-gallery-atlanta-art-fair

See her husband Chuck Carbia's work here:

https://www.chuckcarbia.com/

Join Kate for an interview with Lisa D. Watson, an artist, gardener, and activist.

Lisa D. Watson (b.1967) grew up in Northeast Ohio where she spent many days in the wooded forest behind her childhood home. The day the bulldozers flattened the forest to a suburb was the day she found her lifelong mission; tell the stories of the voiceless species of the natural world.

Watson received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio. Since her academic studies, she has used salvaged objects as her medium.

Through her art and garden designs, Watson strives to find balance between urbanization and conservation. Her company, Plan it Green Design, LLC, provides homeowners with creative and sustainable design solutions, emphasizing the use of native plant species. Currently she is collaborating with The Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance, The Longleaf Alliance, and the Georgia Native Plant Society.

After receiving a Certificate of Interior Design in Chatsworth, California, Lisa moved to Savannah, Georgia and works out of her studio and native garden. I was lucky enough to be able to visit and chat.

Check out Lisa here:

https://www.art-ldw.com/

https://www.instagram.com/art.ldw/

https://www.facebook.com/planitgreendesign/

Theme song by Jose Ray, an artist, DJ, & friend of the show!