Episode Summary: We brought some finesse into the gallery for our last full-length episode for Season One. Haddy talked pop culture, from Bruno Mars to 80s hip-hop and DJs, showing how finesse illuminates generational shifts in aesthetic culture. Yassi talks about the preciseness of finesse in painting on the world’s smallest canvas: a grain of rice. As always, we end with a provocation, this one asks you to dig into the role of art in your family history.

Gabby Roney is a scenic artist from Kansas City who is currently studying at the University of Kansas City Missouri (UMKC)’s Conservatory for her MFA in Design and Technology. Her studies include hand and digital drafting, dry and wet media rendering techniques, life drawing, scenic art, property construction and construction. She is navigating a practice of live theatre during a pandemic. She previously spent two years as Drury University’s Technical Director building and paint charging shows. Her favorite part of the job was mentoring students to tool proficiency.

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Provocation (#artifpodcast):

Who in your circle of family or close friends has purchased art or made their own creation? Ask them about why they chose to make it or purchase it. Did they make it during a certain season in life? What do they love most about it? This project encourages you to raid your parent’s basement or old files to find it. It could be any size of any medium. Now for extra credit, re-create it.

Show Notes

Cardi B Wap

Brechtian

1980s hip hop dance moves

Uptown Funk

Bruno Mars “Finesse” feat. Cardi B

Sampling

Rice Writing

Topkapi Palace

Taj Mahal on Rice

Killing Commendatore

Las Vegas hotel art

Vectorworks

CAD

John Davis Caroll

Socially Distant Site Specific Theatre

Sleep No More

PSi

Coterie’s Electric Poe

Lining stick