Shockoe Artspeak

Wesley Taylor is a print maker, graphic designer, musician, animator, educator, mentor, and curator. He roots his practice in performance and social justice. His work combines, oscillates between, and blurs these different disciplines. His work is multi-disciplinary as well as anti-disciplinary. Taylor’s individual practice is inextricably linked to his collective practice, yet his collective practice ...

On this week’s episode, we speak with Ryan Lauterio, Shockoe Artspace’s Director and Curator. Ryan is currently on faculty at VCUarts in Richmond, Virginia. Ryan received his B.A and M.A in Studio Art at CSU, Sacramento and his M.F.A in Painting and Printmaking from VCU. Ryan has been a part of VCUarts’ Art Foundation program ...

On this episode, we speak with Shockoe Artspace’s Design and Communications Director, Dr. Garreth Blackwell. Blackwell teaches in the Virginia Commonwealth School of the Arts Center for the Creative Economy (CCE) where his courses focus on professional practice and entrepreneurship. The CCE is an interdisciplinary unit within VCUarts that focuses on modes of thinking, innovation, ...

On this episode we speak with Will Connally, whose art practice encompasses photography, fiction writing, set design, and installation. He recently conducted a residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, and was awarded a Fellowship from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Connally received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently teaches at ...

In today’s episode we discuss the past, present and future of Shockoe Artspace. In 2011 we started Shockoe Artspace to support artists in every way possible – not just by showing their work, but also by developing deep relationships as they navigated their careers. By 2016 we established Shockoe Artspace as a 501c3 nonprofit and ...

Lana Waldrep-Appl (b.1985 Fort Worth, Texas) is an artist who lives and works just outside of Austin, Texas. She is a self-confessed introvert and lover of paint. Her work highlights quiet and anonymous spaces and the complexity of simple things. Lana received her MFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 and her BFA ...

In this episode we speak with Chinonyeelu Uchechi Amobi, who is known professionally as Chino Amobi. As a polymath, Amobi combines art, painting, design, music, and film with a rich assemblage of styles and voices. Amobi is a co-founder of the independent record label NON Worldwide and creative director of EROICA. In 2016 he released the EP Airport ...

In this episode we speak with Virginia-based artist Nikki Painter about her large-scale solo exhibition Shape Shifting. Painter earned her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and her MFA in Studio Art from American University. Painter has participated in recent shows at the Huntington Museum of Art, and at the Daegu Arts Center in ...