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 sixth episode of my new podcast, “FolkArtwork and Friends, with my special guest Barry Colpitts.
In the sixth episode of FolkArtwork and Friends, I am absolutely honored to talk with Nova Scotia’s own Barry Colpitts, folk artist and wood carver, who creates some of the most magnificent works of art in North America. Thanks to Audrey Sanford of Black Sheep Gallery for setting this up, I get to sit down with Barry and hear about his beginnings, including his lack of relationship to art when he was younger, his start in wood carving while working as a prison guard, some of his “racy” mermaid carvings when he was in his twenties, plus he brings his one of a kind Prayer Helment Whirligig to show off.
Plus, you can’t really talk about folk art from Nova Scotia without talking about one particular artist, so please enjoy a little deep dive into the life and work of the one and only Maud Lewis.
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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