ABOUT
The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored arts organization, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com
4 days ago
4 days ago
Welcome to the conservation lab! Kim and Patricia bring on two art conservators from the Getty Research Institute, Melissa Huddleston and Elyse Driscoll, to discuss their paths to becoming conservators, the excitements and challenges of conservation work, and some of their favorite objects in the Getty's collection. Melissa and Elyse offer fascinating insight into the intricacies of the art conservation field and the exiting projects they're working on now.
Mentions:
The Getty Museum;
The Getty Research Institute;
Fluxus;
The Brooklyn Museum;
The Waitresses;
Anne Gauldin;
Andrea Bowers;
Barbara T. Smith;
Pietro Rigolo;
Elisar von Kupffer;
Robert Mapplethorpe;
Brian Tripp;
The Getty Conservation Institute;
The Studio Museum;
Mavis Pusey;
Ed Ruscha;
Robert Rauschenberg.
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
We're off to New York! Patricia takes us inside the 2025 College Art Association conference in New York City. Patricia and guest interviewees bring listeners through the experience of being at a conference centered around scholarship and teaching in the visual arts. Providing history, a summary of some of this year's speakers, and artist interviews, this episode brings us back to the central theme of netweaving in the current moment.
Mentions:
College Art Association;
Taína Caragol;
Pat Badani;
Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia;
Saidiya Hartman;
Christina Sharpe;
Ruo Jia;
Pavel Kunysz;
Maria Fernandez Pello;
Ana Mendieta;
Jacqueline Loss;
Sheryl Oring;
Marina Zurkow;
Snow Yunxue Fu;
Melanie Nguyen;
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer;
Michelle V. Moncrieffe;
Quipucamayocs;
Khipu/Quipu.
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Welcome to LA Art Week 2025! Kim gives Patricia a rundown of her experience attending Frieze LA and Felix Art Fair. Including interview clips from surprise guests, our hosts break down the emotional landscape of this year's fairs. Offering thoughts on the relevance of the art fair model and where people from different art world backgrounds fit into the fair ecosystem, Kim, Patricia, and guests talk about approaching the 2025 LA art fairs as a site of netweaving and connection.
Mentions:
John McWhorter, “How ‘Woke’ Became the ‘Woke Right’ (and Why It Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone)" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/opinion/the-long-strange-trail-of-woke.html;
Felix Art Fair;
Frieze LA Art Fair;
Gramercy International Art Fair;
Chateau Marmont;
Dependent Art Fair;
Post-Fair;
wHY Architecture;
Yayoi Shionoiri;
Sarah Conley Odenkirk;
Powerhouse Arts, NY;
ArtConverge;
Christina Valentine;
ArtCenter College of Design;
College Art Association;
Mary Leigh Cherry;
Cherryworks;
Julia Colavita.
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
We welcome our first guest to The Art Equation! Los Angeles-based artist Lisa Diane Wedgeworth talks about the power of saying YES, her new suite of prints, and reorienting her practice after a life shift. In our conversation, we explore the challenges artists face in navigating their public personas as well as the fear and catharsis of change.
Mentions:
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, https://www.lisadianewedgeworth.com
Jordana Moore Saggese, Driskell Center University of Maryland
Beyte Saar, Artist
Alexandra Grant, Artist
Samantha Thomas, Artist
Heather Harmon, Curator
Anat Egbi Gallery
Olivia Booth, Artist
June Edmunds, Artist
Conversations About Abstractions, https://www.youtube.com/@conversationsaboutabstrati653
Serio Press Fine Art Editions
Steven Y. Wong, Curator
Alma Thomas, Artist and art teacher
Howardena Pindell, Artist and Curator
Frank Bowling, Artist
Fred Eversley, Artist
McArthur Binion, Artist
Mark Bradford, Artist
"Once Overlooked, Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due," Megan O'Grady, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/t-magazine/black-abstract-painters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Kim and Patricia sit down to talk about how artists and arts professionals use technology, and to what ends. We trace a line from the Sony Portapak to avant-garde film movements, feminist film theory to artists taking ownership of their archives, exhibition modeling, AI, cybernetics, and more. What effect does our tech use have on art itself, and society at large?
This episode is the first in an ongoing series centered on the theme of Art & Technology.
As a note to our listeners, this episode discusses the January 2025 LA Fires and their effects on artists and art workers.
References:
Riddles of the Sphinx (Laura Mulvey)
Cyberfeminism Index (Mindy Seu)
In Mourning and In Rage (Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz)
The Cybernetic Hypothesis (Tiqqun)
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
How do you use your time? Kim and Patricia discuss daily routines, how artists and writers get into "the zone," studio habits, gallery exhibition planning, and navigating artist/curator conversations about the technicalities of putting on an art show. Join us to learn about the inner workings of studio practice, the work of research, and some contemporary artists' relationship to process. [Recorded December 2024]
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
What inspired an art historian from Cuba and an artist from Chicago to start a behind-the-scenes podcast about the art world? Listen and find out! Our hosts sit down to chat about the origins of the podcast and share a bit about themselves. Hear their backgrounds and the story of how Now Be Here began. A great episode for first-time listeners and a teaser of what's to come. [Recorded November 2024]
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
The Art Equation is a podcast from Now Be Here, where art historian and curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda and contemporary artist Kim Schoenstadt talk with artists, writers, curators, registrars, archivists, and more, about everything that goes into pulling off an exhibition and being part of the art world. Now Be Here is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, hosting a visual directory of women and nonbinary artists to develop opportunities and promote their work to wider audiences. www.nowbehereart.com