folkartwork

It’s the first Friday of the month, and there are two things you should be doing: going to Mainframe Studio’s first Friday event and listening to the fifth episode of my new podcast, “FolkArtwork and Friends, with my special guest Esteban Whiteside.

In the fifth episode of FolkArtwork and Friends, self-taught artist Esteban Whiteside joins on a beautiful sunny morning to talk about how growing up, he was turned off from artwork because he could never draw realistically. After his dreams of playing professional basketball were dashed (I can relate), it was the free time he had while bartending and working as a security guard in one of his favorite museum collections that convinced him he could make art. After years of hustling and finding his calling, years later, he’s still making some of the most poignant and powerful artwork in the contemporary art world. 

Plus, a look into the life and work of self-taught artist Steve Ashby, an artist who was brought to my attention thanks to Esteban, who didn’t start carving wood and making art well into his 60’s.

And you can catch me at this month’s “First Friday” event at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines, with the wonderful Ashley Mary as she opens her studio doors to me and self-taught artist Reneesha Mccoy and Canadian folk artist Jackie Bradshaw to sell some art.

Episodes will come out every first Friday of the month, on your favorite podcast player — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and with video on YouTube. Like, subscribe, share, and keep coming back for more. Thanks so much!

Watch the latest epsiodes of “FolkArtwork and Friends” here.

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