Art Unknown Podcast

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "Art is the food of our souls." - Isabel Hülya Ergül What more can be said about the angelic vocals of our Episode 60 guest?! Isabel Hülya Ergül has lived a life of music from a very young age. She is classically trained as an choir singer and has progressed to become a powerful director of Antalya, Türkiye's own Choro Canzonetta; an international group of ameteur signers who love music and sing in multiple languages. I was extremely blessed to be a part of this group and perform in two conce...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "Music, when it's done the right way... people can come together. Feel that energy. Feel that vibe." - Afro Preachah When your ancestors several generations back are men of the cloth, it would be natural and almost expected for you to preach the word of god as well. But then you find music. James Porter III grew up in the church, sung gospel and loved creating music. A child of the 80's he also fell in love with hip-hop. Fast-forward and we now have Afro Preachah, spreading his own gospel and preaching the truth...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "[Art is] a way of expression. It's something we need as human beings." - Sofia Zolezzi Chilean visual artist Sofia Zolezzi has had a lifetime to prepare for her relatively new art career. From studying art at a young age to playing around in the art realm for most of her upbringing, she took a left turn somewhere along the way to become an engineer, then a mother and a teacher. But she was left unsatisfied in her engineering and even teaching career and with the support and encouragement of her husband, decided in 2020...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "Art can really touch a person. It's very available for those who want to enjoy it." - Janet Dossigny With this episode of the Art Unknown Podcast we bring you yet another artist who had a full life and career BEFORE she became an artist... of sorts. Janet Dossigny is a well traveled, deeply spiritual creative who spent part of her adult life in the painting business. House painting that is. Though not traditionally thought of an artistic endeavor, painting houses taught her much about the use of brushes and application processes which has...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "Art elevates our lives everywhere." - Laura Viola Preciado A career as a full-time mom only lasts until the kids are grown and out of the house. This presents a perfect opportunity to embrace a new calling and explore a second passion. Laura Viola Preciado did just that. She went back to school with designs on being a nurse practitioner, but somewhere along the way, she found her inner artist. With coaxing from respected teachers and incredible support from her husband, Laura embarked on her journey to art school. After her studies she moved...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "You have to live every single day to the fullest because you don't know when you are going to leave." - Suzanne Frazier When life presents opportunities, it is the most aware among us that seize and create. After a lifetime of service and leadership in multiple industries, Suzanne Frazier rediscovered her artistic roots. A few classes in art led to a full blown fine art degree- 20 years after she finished college the first time. With a huge shift in her life, Suzanne embraced her artistic calling and went on to perfect what she...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "Don't be afraid to be yourself." - Dr. John Bacon Our Episode 54 guest is proof positive that we can transition from one successful career to another. With a fruitful medical practice as an orthopedic surgeon, John Bacon really had no reason to become an artist. But while on vacation and at the urging of his wife, they took a painting class together and he found a love for putting paint to canvas. He decided to pursue life as an artist as he was heading toward retirement from medicine. Making the wise choice to take a c...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "In our own way, every human being is creating their own masterpiece of themselves." - Heidi Luerra Though most of the Art Unknown Podcast interviews are with artists, every once in a while it becomes necessary to tap into the mind of an art influencer; to get deeper insights into the business side of art. However, to call Heidi Luerra just an influencer is a discredit to her artistic nature. Her humble beginnings in the fashion world led to a vision of creating something so unique in the arts, it is not surprising that oth...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "One should always believe in what he or she can create." - Murat Germen For many of the world's best artists, life didn't start out with dreams of art. Murat Germen walked a similar path. His degree in architecture and city planning left him feeling constricted and boxed in. Instead of stifling his creativity, he allowed his artistic side to flourish, leading him to his life's passion... photography. Ever the artist, and not wasting the years of study, Germen infuses his architectural sensibility in much of his work, in documenting the cities he finds him...

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Spotify | Email | RSS "Find whatever stokes your inner fire and pursue it." - Monalicious When music permeates one's soul, there is little they can do other than let it out. Our Episode 51 guest, Monalicious has embraced their musical gifts from an early age, knowing that music and art would be the focus of their life. As a non-binary artist, Mona realizes their influence and impact on others trying to find identity in a strange, mixed-up world. As a business person, Mona has founded Free Music 4 Free People, expanding from live shows to video and music production. Their wor...