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Dona McAdams has been making photographs for over forty years. We talk about where art has taken her: the stages of Performance Space in the 80’s and 90’s, Coney Island assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, small mountain communities in Appalachia, dairy farms in New England, and on the backstretch of thoroughbred racetracks. Dona’s reverence for her subjects and appetite for collaboration is remarkable. And she’s a goat farmer! All that and more. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Dona Ann McAdams Performative Acts at Bennington Museum Culture Wars with Dona Ann McAdams and John Killacky on YouTube

Wayfarers was an artist-run gallery and studio space open from 2011 until 2020. I sit down with founder George Ferrandi and former member artist Cynthia Reynolds to talk about its legacy and the fate of scrappy spaces like itself in post-pandemic cities. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes George Ferrandi Cynthia Reynolds Wayfarers Ejecta Projects Video documentation of what we create may save us, the final Wayfarers member exhibition, at Ejecta Projects

Catherine Haggarty’s exhibition, An Echo’s Glyph, closes at Massey Klein this Saturday. Check it out in a way that feels safe to you. Wholesome, Covid-safe dialogue with Catherine Haggarty about painting, drawing, teaching, and the show on this episode. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Catherine Haggarty

Julia Trotta’s film, Forget to be Afraid: A Portrait of Linda Nochlin, is in postproduction. We talk about the shape of the project and what it was like to have Linda Nochlin as your grandma. Happy holidays! Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Forget to be Afraid: A Portrait of Linda Nochlin Blank Forms  

Episode 50 of the podcast is here and it’s with artist, arts administrator, and legislator John Killacky. Feeling bogged down by existential malaise? Listener, this episode is for you. And that’s because John Killacky is fucking inspiration. We talk about the Culture Wars, pandemics, the role that taste plays in institutional programming, and more. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes John Killacky

Artist Hilary Doyle’s recent paintings at Taymour Grahne depict mothers in a post-apocalyptic Metropolis. (Super relatable). We talk about those and NYC Crit Club, the artist-run school she co-founded with future guest Catharine Haggerty. All this squeezed into the length of her newborn Theo’s nap. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Hilary Doyle Metrapolis exhibition at Taymour Grahne Worcester Mass, the great White Flight from Brooklyn Babies, Theo, sleep Paintings within paintings NYC Crit Club

Artist Charlotte Hallberg makes geomorphic, abstract paintings that trick and delight the eye. She is represented by Hesse Flatow in New York City. We talk about Charlotte’s travels to the Netherlands to study paint and pigment and her recent move to Prattsville New York. Also, a plea to current students. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Charlotte Hallberg

Painter and performer Rufus Tureen was a child actor and survived. We talk about his path from acting to painting and how changes our sense of priorities. Plus, another dispatch from the fourth trimester vortex. Show Notes Rufus Tureen Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Theater Director Aoife Spillane-Hinks left The United States for Ireland after graduating from college. Since then, she has directed a range of productions in both places, founded Then This Theatre, and is currently an associate artist with PICT Classic Theater. Titillated by all things Irish after watching Normal People? This episode’s for you. And, Amy sends her best wishes from inside the black hole of early motherhood. Show Notes Then This Theatre Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Artist Rubens Ghenov and I talk about everything: coming to America from Brazil as a kid, The Spiritual in art, skateboarding, Korean screen painting…it’s non-linear and you’ll thank us for it.  Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.   Show Notes Rubens Ghenov

Artist George Rush paints his way through the trials and tribulations of addiction, parenting, an unexpected move to the Midwest. Also a professor of art at Ohio State University, George and Amy kvetch: teaching- what do we do now? Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Jaqueline Cedar does it all: paints, curates, collaborates…we talk finding what to paint (recently, her couch) and setting up a gallery in her Brooklyn apartment. Show Notes Jaqueline Cedar Good Naked Gallery Good Naked Gallery Instagram   Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Zeb’s path to becoming an artist is punctuated by situations miraculous and Kafka-esque. No wonder his drawings and videos explore similar themes. And, quarantine dispatch #2 from home. Show Notes Zebadiah Keneally Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Rachel Domm says “no” to the 9-5, “yes” to pastels and co-operatively run galleries. Plus, my first social distancing dispatch.  Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Rachel Domm NYC Georgia/The South Printed Matter Art Book Fairs Being an Illustrator Productivity Quitting Jobs Working Remotely Agnes Martin Eva Hesse Georgia O'Keeffe Johannes Vanderbeek at Zach Feuer Oil pastels Ceramics Graphite Carbohydrates Pasta Shapes Essex Flowers Cooperative Art Spaces MFA programs Studio Visits Critique

Emily Nemens is editor-in-chief of the Paris Review. Her debut novel, The Cactus League, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this past February. I met Emily my sophomore year of college in a painting class.  All this and lots of diversions on this week’s episode. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Emily Nemens   The Cactus League

Ana Cardoso calls me from Lisbon to talk about painting, babies, and what’s weird about the American approach to critique. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Ana Cardoso  

Artist Morgan Blair knows her way around a Savers. All her cool thrifting tips, plus some talk about painting, puzzles, Seinfeld, Worcester Mass, and Paul Simon in this episode. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Morgan Blair Seinfeld Puzzles Paul Simon’s Graceland Click bait articles Comedy KAWS Post Analog Painting The Hole Printmaking with Louis Buhl  

Fearless and prolific artist and residency director Leah Guadagnoli joined me to talk about her artwork, her life in the Hudson Valley, and starting a residency out of her live-work space. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Leah Guadagnoli Maple Terrace Artist Residency and Mentorship Program Tilleard Projects Jillian Steinhauer, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week", The New York Times Flutter Experience Soft Violence, Asya Geisberg Gallery

Dr. Craig Richard and Melinda Lauw discuss their respective ASMR related projects in two excerpted interviews. Consider these a “teaser” for Amy’s ASMR project for Untitled Art Fair’s podcast. 

Artist and politician Amy Khoshbin and I talk for a long, long time about her early experiences working with Laurie Anderson, her upcoming show, experiencing death and loss, and her run for city council in 2021. Content warning: Death and dying. Some listeners may wish to skip the second half of the podcast from around 1 hour 05 minutes. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Show Notes Amy Khoshbin Bahai Faith The fearless Amy Khoshbin! City Council 2021 in District 38 Solo show GHOSTS at project for empty space about Dad’s death Synergy Engaging people with gun violence talk while they get a tattoo What is the opposite of a weapon? Ursula K Le Guin First tools that humans used were containers Being containers for one another Slacker moment Fallow Time Austin, Texas Sierra Nevada College, MFA Low Res Russell Dudley Julia Schwadron NYU MFA in Convergent Media Laurie Anderson, Delusion Sandy Stone Hal Hartley Red Burns Karen Finley Jillian Steinhauer The Yes Men Death A Pressing Conference at Spring/Break Art Fair Political meditations District 38 Carlos Menchaca I am Adobe video Jessica Gardner, cinematographer