The Oriel podcast brings you the stories of the dynamic, inspired, thoughtful, sometimes difficult and challenging lives of the women artists of today, in their own voices, through conversation with host Andrea Bacigalupo. It is a platform for women artists of all ages and stages and it contributes to the historical record and archive of the lives of these artists.

As an artist herself, Andrea was inspired by something Judy Chicago said at Stanford University when speaking about her work and the utter lack of representation of women artists throughout art history. It is time to illuminate that blindspot with the actual voices of women artists. It is time to build an archive for current, future, and past artists. It is time to provide access and understanding to artists who are seeking that knowledge.

In architecture an oriel is a window that pushes out from a building and is supported underneath. This archive in the form of a podcast will lift up the stories and work of women artists in an attempt to close the gap a little more with each episode.