Filmmaker Leslie Tai’s How To Have an American Baby is streaming on PBS through March 10, 2024. The POV documentary is an intimate look at the shadow economy that caters to Chinese parents who travel to the US to give birth for citizenship. W

EPISODE 61: Planting Willow with Mary Lauren Fraser

Nov 1st, 2023 1h 36m

This episode is an enlightening conversation with basket weaver and green burial expert Mary Lauren Fraser. Content warning: Mary weaves urns and coffins. We talk a lot about death and dying in this episode. Show Notes Mary Lauren Fraser Bask

EPISODE 59: Navigating Survival with Erin M. Riley

Sep 20th, 2022 1h 30m

Erin M. Riley makes narrative, painterly weavings that give voice to complex stories of domestic abuse and intimacy. We talk trauma, healing, self-splintering, and weaving. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsle

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MINI EPISODE with NYC Crit Club

Aug 3rd, 2022 42m 19s

NYC Crit Club is a misleading name for the collaborative learning program that Catherine Haggarty and Hilary Doyle founded five years ago. A) You can take classes with them from anywhere in the world B) it's super inclusive (affordable!)- less

EPISODE 58: Sleep Training with Didier William

May 31st, 2022 1h 46m

Didier and I talk Miami, Haiti, immigrant experiences, concepts of home, and painting (of course). Also: how to not sleep train a baby. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Instagram and Fac

EPISODE 57: Accessorizing Theory with Gaby Collins-Fernandez

Feb 16th, 2022 1h 37m

At the beginning of the pandemic artist, critic, and co-editor of Precog magazine Gaby Collins-Fernandez gave a lecture to an empty room at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. It was about The Baroque and it was brilliant. That lecture,

EPISODE 56: Tending To Wounds with Estefania Puerta

Feb 2nd, 2022 1h 53m

Colombia born artist Este Puerta went to Catholic school in Boston, performed on the streets of Argentina, and unravels the term “Vermonter.” Wounds, wombs, and other wonders in this episode. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. Subs

EPISODE 43: Drawing on the Walls with Jaqueline Cedar

Dec 18th, 2021 1h 27m

If I could listen to a podcast and sing The Wheels On the Bus at the same time, I would listen to this week’s re-release of my conversation with Jackie Cedar, painter and founder of Good Work Gallery. I recorded it with her during the pandemic,

EPISODE 24: Banjo Camp with Cassandra Jenkins Rerelease

Nov 27th, 2021 1h 30m

Happy holiday week. My gift to you: three things you can do to feel less “meh” about your holiday break. 1) Donate to the Institute of American Indian Arts, a college and research center in Santa Fe devoted to supporting indigenous American

EPISODE 23: Digging with Tracy Molis

Nov 18th, 2021 1h 30m

I think it was early 2019 that I went to see Tracy Molis’ last show at Kai Matsumiya. There were two types of paintings on view: paintings of artifacts inspired by an archaeological drawing class she was teaching at Columbia, and then paintings

EPISODE 37: Country Life with Leah Guadagnoli

Nov 10th, 2021 1h 36m

Today’s re-release is episode 37 with Leah Guadagnoli whose show Love Lies Bleeding ends November 13th at Hollis Taggart in Chelsea. Wonderful early Judy Chicago vibes going on there. Check it out. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show.

EPISODE 16: Which Hole? with Colleen Asper

Nov 1st, 2021 2h 36m

Let’s celebrate Colleen Asper! I curated Performing Pictures Workshop at Pari Passu Gallery with Colleen’s work as a conceptual and physical anchor. On Sunday 31 October she debuted Echo, a collaboration with artist Julie Harting, and performan

EPISODE 46: Hopping the Pond with Aoife Spillane-Hinks

Oct 25th, 2021 2h

Today’s re-release: this one’s exciting because it corresponds with some content that you can stream from the comfort of your own home: Aoife Spillane Hink’s film opera A Thing I Cannot Name is streaming online today for World Opera Day. Irish-

EPISODE 30: Cooking Yoni Eggs with Ilana Harris-Babou Rerelease

Oct 21st, 2021 1h 44m

Today’s re-release: a talk with the brilliant Ilana Harris-Babou, whose exhibition Wholesome Fun runs at Kunsthaus Hamburg through November 28th AND whose survey is at University of Chattanooga’s ICA through Nov 5th. It’s no secret I’m a huge I

EPISODE 35: Audience Participation with Amy Khoshbin Re-release

Oct 12th, 2021 2h 23m

Today we’re re-releasing Episode 35 with the singularly courageous and inspiring Amy Khoshbin! Amy’s collaboration with Jennifer Khoshbin (her sister!) and Wildcat Ebony Brown is called The Sun Seekers- an ongoing series of performances at LMCC

EPISODE 31: Caitlin MacBride Re-Release

Oct 1st, 2021 1h 46m

This week we’re re-releasing Caitlin MacBride’s episode on the occasion of her show at Heroes Gallery. The venue pairs emerging artists with established, historically significant artists that have played a role in their development. Very cool.

EPISODE 55: Building Things with Fall River MoCA

Jun 1st, 2021 1h 52m

Brittni Harvey and Harry Gould Harvey IV are the artists and minds behind Fall River MoCA, a visionary new venue that opened in Fall River last year. We talk about the project and Fall River, the coolest place you’ve never heard of. Bonus: Amy

EPISODE 54: Caught In The Act with Dona Ann McAdams

Apr 21st, 2021 2h 1m

Dona McAdams has been making photographs for over forty years. We talk about where art has taken her: the stages of Performance Space in the 80’s and 90’s, Coney Island assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, small mountain communities i

EPISODE 53: Potlucks with Wayfarers

Mar 29th, 2021 1h 41m

Wayfarers was an artist-run gallery and studio space open from 2011 until 2020. I sit down with founder George Ferrandi and former member artist Cynthia Reynolds to talk about its legacy and the fate of scrappy spaces like itself in post-pandem

EPISODE 52: In Line with Catherine Haggarty

Jan 29th, 2021 1h 33m

Catherine Haggarty’s exhibition, An Echo’s Glyph, closes at Massey Klein this Saturday. Check it out in a way that feels safe to you. Wholesome, Covid-safe dialogue with Catherine Haggarty about painting, drawing, teaching, and the show on this

EPISODE 51: Honing a Portrait with Julia Trotta

Dec 23rd, 2020 1h 42m

Julia Trotta’s film, Forget to be Afraid: A Portrait of Linda Nochlin, is in postproduction. We talk about the shape of the project and what it was like to have Linda Nochlin as your grandma. Happy holidays! Never miss an episode of The Amy Bee

EPISODE 50: In the Bardo with John Killacky

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 47m

Episode 50 of the podcast is here and it’s with artist, arts administrator, and legislator John Killacky. Feeling bogged down by existential malaise? Listener, this episode is for you. And that’s because John Killacky is fucking inspiration. We

EPISODE 49: Sleepless Nights with Hilary Doyle

Oct 6th, 2020 1h 14m

Artist Hilary Doyle’s recent paintings at Taymour Grahne depict mothers in a post-apocalyptic Metropolis. (Super relatable). We talk about those and NYC Crit Club, the artist-run school she co-founded with future guest Catharine Haggerty. All t

EPISODE 48: Mixing Purple with Charlotte Hallberg

Sep 7th, 2020 2h

Artist Charlotte Hallberg makes geomorphic, abstract paintings that trick and delight the eye. She is represented by Hesse Flatow in New York City. We talk about Charlotte’s travels to the Netherlands to study paint and pigment and her recent m

EPISODE 47: Acting Like A Man with Rufus Tureen

Aug 6th, 2020 2h 1m

Painter and performer Rufus Tureen was a child actor and survived. We talk about his path from acting to painting and how changes our sense of priorities. Plus, another dispatch from the fourth trimester vortex. Show Notes Rufus Tureen Never mi