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Mooooooving
toward
Ecuador
 Painter
Brandon Smith
talks about his work, its impact on Ecuador, Ecuador's impact on him, and cows...always cows.


www.brandoncsmith.com

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detail of Man with a Tower
by Brandon C. Smith

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 tonic's Kopana chats with
QX.net Nude 2010's
Boris Zakic and Kurt Gohde
about this year's exhibit.




Photographer
Eric Overacker talks with tonic's Kopana about staying "old school" in the digital age.



  



 

 artist John Lackey is riding a music wave that's taking him places




 
Award winning Washington Post photographer, Lexington native, and ex-mathematics teacher Jahi Chikwendui stopped by the tonic studios to talk to his old classmate Kopana. This warm spirited, inspirational man is not to be missed!



jahichikwendui.com

 
 Photographer and ethnographer Candacy Taylor stopped by the tonic studios to discuss life as a waitress and her book
Counter Culture



catch Candacy at Joseph-Beth Booksellers October 20th, 2009 at 7pm or online at taylormadeculture.com



http://www.stuckincustoms.com/

Be sure to check out Trey's
HDR Tutorial

Photographer and blogger
Trey Ratcliff talks with tonic's Kopana about a pioneering new photographic technique that strives to capture subjects the way the mind remembers them



Artist Christine Kuhn dropped by to talk to tonic's Kopana about her work, her background, her day-job, and her ability to  cause controversy without really trying - and we love her for it!



 
If you like what Christine has to say and want to hear more, fear not - the extended play version is available!
 





WITNESS
Visionary LeTonia Jones with Witness participants Santana Berry and Alice Underwood drop by the tonic studios to tell us about the program, its success, and its future



Allison Kaiser and LeTonia Jones dropped by the tonic studios to tell Kopana about the changes they've help bring to Lexington's oldest art organization,
Lexington Art League





http://www.lexingtonartleague.org/

Artist Jill Plaisted talks to tonic's Kopana about the journey from painting to printmaking plus learning and teaching along the way



http://www.jillplaisted.com/
See Jill's website for complete class listings or schedule a private session
  
Artist Bruce Burris talks to tonic's Kopana about turning his art into something meaningful with Latitude, Minds Wide Open, and EL and F Gallery Small Projects Accelerator




EL&F

Latitude

Burris w/ Latitude partner Crystal Bader

Photographer Dean Hill talks to tonic's Kopana about the playground in his back yard; Eastern Kentucky and Appalachia. A fascinating man with an eye for the sublime beauty that's often overlooked - it's an interview not to be missed.


Kentucky's best kept secret

Photographer Tread talks to tonic's Kopana about his love of toy cameras and his willingness to be a kid with them



gotreadgo.com		  
 
Ryan Vicini from the Kentucky chapter of HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth) dropped by the tonic studios to talk about their 2008 community service project
Artists and Youth Create Community Together

For more information about the project and the organization visit: kyhoby.googlepages.com
KENTUCKY IS FAMOUS FOR HORSES...
AND PHOTOGRAPHERS!

 
Photographer of the Year Jahi Chikwendiu with Kenyan primary school students - 2003

Over the years, Lexington native Jahi Chikwendiu has more than once made a name for himself as a photographer. This year is no different - he's been named Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers Association's Eyes of History 2008 competition juried by National Geographic magazine. He also took first place honors in the Picture Story/Feature and Portfolio categories as well as second place in the Picture Story/News category.

Chikwendui got his start at the Lexington Herald-Leader before landing his current gig with The Washington Post.  See his winning portfolio and other WHNPA winners at whnpa.org. Plus, read more about him at kentucky.com

 
From "Singles" in Chikwendiu's Portfolio


 
Photo: http://www.mylalaland.com/
 R.I.P. Polaroid Instant Film

Another Icon of artistic outlet dies as the digital wave continues to consumes everything in its path. Polaroid claims film stock will be available through 2009. Doubtful as Instant enthusiasts gobble the prize like the last Thanksgiving roll. 70 years wasn't long enough.


 
Photographer and Archivist
Deirdre Scaggs
Hear what this smart, funny, chair-dancing Kentucky artist had to say to tonic's Kopana about the link between her career as UK's University Archivist and her art

Music: The Decemberists The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning
from The Crane Wife
 
 Tomislav Torjanac is the Croatian artist who won the honor to illustrate Life of Pi. Listen as he and author Yann Martel talk about their unique collaboration.
This interview is accessible under
Literary Arts SEE Yann Martel
Music: Robert Plant Ship of Fools; Lyle Lovett If I Had a Boat;
Richard "Groove" Holmes Groove's Groove; Keb Mo God Tryin' to Get Your Attention

 
Ed Adler is a Beat artist and the author of Departed Angels: Jack Kerouac - The Lost Paintings. He talks with tonic's Kopana about the book, the 50 year Beat "reunion" he organized with friend Allen Ginsberg, and much, much more.  Adler's personal insights on The Movement is a Beat enthusiast's dream. After all, he was there!

If you'd like to hear more of the interview with Ed Adler
click here for part 1 - and here for part 2

www.edadler.com
John and Yoko: A New York Love Story


The soon-to-be-released work of photographer Allen Tannenbaum captures the final days of John Lennon. Tannenbaum, while photographing John and Yoko in Central park, asked to tag along to the video shoot for Double Fantasy - Lennon's  last recording. 150 never before seen photographs from that and the days that  followed Lennon's death are included. 

Read more about this at NPR or SoHoBlues.com

Pam Oldfield Meade has created a distinct and identifying style with mixed media. Her work is realistic in a refreshingly abstract manner yet they remain noticeably rooted in a place; her family farm in Eastern Kentucky.
    

Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis spoke with tonic's Dr. Greg Davis about the debut of his irreverent strip in the Lexington Herald-Leader earlier this year. Pastis' dark humor is often sandwiched between lighter fare from older artists, including some that he lampoons in his own strip.
              

    Read Pearls Before Swine

How do you create a world inside a few square panels?

 
That's what tonic's Dr. Greg Davis asked
award-winning comic strip artist Brooke McEldowney,
creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and Pigborn.
Extreme Sculpture

Rising out of Nebraska's sandy plain comes a vintage American car lot...of sorts.
It's called Carhenge; an exact replica of England's ancient Stonehenge. This year marks its 20th anniversary as a tourist haven.

Hear more about it on  NPR
  


50% potter ; 50% anthropologist
100% COOL - That's Joe Molinaro!

Ceramist and educator, Joe Molinaro, talks to tonic's Kopana about his love affair with Ecuador, its people and their art. Molinaro's honest insights are worth every minute of this 2 part webisode.    people.eku.edu/molinaroj
                                  
 Molinaro on art & Partners         Molinaro on art & Ecuador

(SEE: Cinema for Joe's commentary on his role as Ecuadoran cultural guide for National Geographic)
Mooooooving toward Ecuador
 Painter Brandon Smith talks about his work, its impact on Ecuador, Ecuador's impact on him, and cows...always cows.


http://www.brandoncsmith.com/


In this digital age artist Joel Feldman's spin on
an older photographic technique is a breath of fresh air
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