MICHAEL KLEIN on SUGGESTED DONATION PODCAST

We sat down at the Salmagundi Club with our friend, the tremendously talented 
Michael Klein to talk about his roots in smal-town North Dakota, his life in small-town 
Argentina, his video magazine, Instructional Documentary, his faith and, of course, 
his outstanding paintings. You can view his paintings, or purchase his
excellent instructional videos through his website
 
As always, a huge thanks to the Salmagundi Club in NYC for hosting us, and to Jay Braun 
for the backbreaking task of making us sound good. 
We hope you enjoy this latest installment of the Suggested Donation Podcast! 

You can find the podcast streaming on Soundcloud, Suggested Donation Podcast website, or for download in the iTunes Store.

Now Available for Streaming or Download: The Great Anthony Waichulis

We had the great fortune of sitting down with Anthony Waichulis and had a fun and engaging conversation about his work, teaching, and art in general. Our discussion references some of Anthony's paintings. Here are a few; "The Voyage", "Treasures", and "The Chase"

As always you can download the podcast from the iTunes Store, or through the apple podcast app by searching "Podcast - Suggested Donation"or from our website

COMING SOON

awesome discussion with the great Anthony Waichulis! Looking forward to releasing this one in the coming weeks. Check out Anthony's work on the Ani Waichulis website.

Suggested Donation welcomes Vincent Desiderio

Vincent Desiderio is one of the leading figurative painters of our time. His work is featured in collections including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guggenheim Museum, The Walker Art Center among many others. He is a senior critic at the New York Academy of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Vincent has a reputation as one of the leading intellects in figurative art, and he did not disappoint. We are honored to have him join us on Suggested Donation, at the Salmangundi Club in New York City for a fascinating conversation about his work and his deep love for art history, film and philosophy. The conversation was fun and hugely informative. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 

You can see more of Vincent's paintings at Marlborough Gallery



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Suggested Donation sits down with George O'Hanlon of Natural Pigments and Rublev Paints

We are joined by George O'Hanlon from Natural Pigments for an in depth geek-out on artist's materials. George walks us through his view on the state of the artist's materials business, and the differences in what we are using now versus what artists of the past used.  George is very thoughtful and knowledgeable - to learn more you can sign up for his "Best Practices" lecture, which Tony had just completed before we sat down for the recording. Tony also tests Ted on his materials awareness.  Check out George's great line of artist materials and more info on his site. Enjoy!

http://www.naturalpigments.com/ 

Please check out the episode at the iTunes Store, or stream from the Suggested Donation Podcast Website

In Conversation with Jacob Collins

We are back and very proud to present our latest installment, a conversation with artist Jacob Collins.

Jacob is a seminal force in the realist movement. He has taught and mentored countless artists, and inspired many more through his beautiful painting.  His commissions include a Supreme Court Justice, a U.S. President, and his “Eastholm Project” which was a conduit to the formation of the Hudson River Fellowship. He has been featured in numerous interviews and articles, including a profile in "The New Yorker." In the late nineties, he founded the Water Street Atelier and has been at the center of the Atelier Movement ever since, now through the Grand Central Academy. We are excited to bring you a conversation with a teacher, mentor and close friend to both of us.

As always, you can find the podcast on our website or look up "Suggested Donation" in the iTunes store.

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We are proud to be featured in the "New & Noteworthy"section of the Arts Podcasts on iTunes!!!
If you haven't listened yet, please check out the Suggested Donation Podcast. We will have a new episode released soon.

Patricia Watwood on Suggested Donation!

We sit down with artist Patricia Watwood and discuss her show "Venus Apocalypse," her influences, education and her perspective as a female artist. The conversation went long, so we divided it into two downloads. You can see more of Patricia's work on her WEBSITE

The new episode can be heard on the SUGGESTED DONATION WEBSITE

or, as always, can be downloaded on iTunes. To have the latest episode delivered to you as soon as it is released, please subscribe to Suggested Donation on iTunes.

Patricia Watwood, "Venus Awakes" from her show, "Venus Apocalypse"

We also discussed Manet's "Olympia" wondering what it would look like if it were painted by a female artist.

Suggested Donation Podcast welcomes artist Graydon Parrish

We are very excited to share our conversation with artist Graydon Parrish on the latest Suggested Donation Podcast. You can download the episode from iTunes, or stream on our website:

Suggested Donation Podcast

Graydon is a leader in the Atelier Movement, art historian who co-wrote the Charles Bargue and 

Jean Léon Gérôme "Drawing Course," instructor, and most importantly a tremendous artist. Below are

a couple of his paintings, including the massive "The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy", which can be seen at the New Britain Museum of Art.

and lastly, we discuss one of Graydon's favorite artists and greatest inspirations, Bouguereau. Below is a detail of "Nymphs and Satyr", which Graydon calls a "perfect painting".

Suggested Donation is a podcast devoted to the arts in all forms. Hosted by two contemporary painters, 

the conversations provide an insight into the creative mind. By speaking with both traditional and 

non-traditional artists and craftsmen, curators and restorers, we create a dialog through which we discover 

common ground across disciplines and spaces united by a love of and deep devotion to skill. We aim to 

alter the very landscape of the contemporary art world one conversation at a time. Our first podcast features 

a conversation between Edward Minoff and Tony Curanaj in which we introduce ourselves and our podcast, 

and discuss our sordid past.

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Check out the first installment of the 

Suggested Donation Podcast

featuring a conversation with

Edward (Ted) Minoff, Tony Curanaj

with sound engineer

Jay Braun

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The official website is up: http://www.suggesteddonationpodcast.com/