Welcome back to the MOSAIC OF ART!

I hope you've had a great summer. This first 1-hour broadcast episode of the fall season (Sunday, November 7, 3-4pm EST featured a potpourri of interviews from recent months (see descriptions below). Meanwhile, if you look around the new Mosaic of Art site (especially among the 5 Minute Takeouts and the Recent Events, you'll find voices and slideshows that you can enjoy any time. Be sure to note the October AIMC conference in Greece).

MIKE KUROKAWA, Circle Painting

On this Sunday's episode, MIKE KUROKAWA in San Francisco speaks about a therapeutic group painting session - with a guest appearance from cousin PAUL FISHMAN.

sleeper, Smother: what to wear

We have an interview with director BROOK DORSCH, of Dorsch Gallery, speaking about the recent Bubble Raft exhibition.

DAVE and MARTA DUNN at Dorsch Gallery

MARTA and DAVID DUNN talk about their faves at Dorsch Gallery during the show's opening night.

GUADALUPE RAMOS CHRISTIANSEN

GUADALUPE RAMOS CHRISTIANSEN describes her commissioned sculpture of Santa Caterina de Alejanria for an Equadorean hospital, done under the auspices and guidance of TONY LOPEZ STUDIO in Miami.

Inner Artist Night in Wynwood Arts District

PABLO RICATTI talks about the delights of orchestrating a public painting event in Wynwood and helping people get over their resistence to taking the plunge.

NATHAN SAWAYA Exhibition at Hollywood Art & Culture Center

JEFFREY RUSNAK,  of Hollywood Art and Culture Center gives the development director's perspective on this popular exhibition and the facility's exhibition policy. However, due to time constraints, this interview and the one following will be aired in the future and bundled with a conversation with a member of the HACC curatorial staff..

MAURICIO GARCON and his family make their own Lego artworks, inspired by the NATHAN SAWAYA show.

HELEN BODYCOMB, Cyclops

HELEN BODYCOMB relates recent activities and seasonal plans that juxtapose Japanese Manga, a "Blancmange" collaboration with an  antique dealer -- a fellow Australian -- and a national memorial public art work.

Hope you can tune in for this new round of Sunday broadcast shows. If not, no worries; they will be archived at www.blogtalkradio.com/mosaicofart, which is also the place to tune in on Sunday. If you arrive a little early and sign in, you'll be able to join the chat room. You can also scroll down to the bottom of the page there for two slide shows.

Upcoming episodes will feature the next phase of LAUREL TRUE's community mural in Jacmel, Haiti; exploration of the Miami Art Museum's inner workings through interviews with staff and exhibiting artists; ERICA BEHRENS will provide an administrator's insight into public art, joined by SAMM KUNCE, whom Erica teamed with FRANZ MEYER of MUNICH to collaborate on a massive mosaic project in the NYC subway system. NAOMI WILZIG, founder of WEAM, will share an erotic art collector's perspective. Soon it will be time for Art Basel Miami Beach/Design Miami/Photo Miami, Scope and the other fairs that crowd the winter calendar. Tune in for broadcasts that exploit these arts events that are both local and international.

Welcome back, and please feel free to share this note with your friends! Or just invite them to MosaicOfArt.com; everything's hooked up there.

George

SLIDE SHOW(S) BELOW ARE RELATED TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 th BROADCAST.