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>>> THIS TIME ON BROAD & HIGH, MEET A PRINTMAKER WHO SHARES HER NUANCED PERSPECTIVE.

LEARN ABOUT COLLECTIBLE WORK FOR FREEDOMS AND SOCIETAL CONSTRAINTS.

EXPLORE THE ART OF WEB, CREATION AND HEAR THE UNIQUE SOUNDS OF A LOCAL BAND.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON BROAD & HIGH.

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>>> WELCOME TO BROAD & HIGH.

I'M YOUR HOST, TREND FOR.

CHRISTINE IS AN ARTIST WHO FOCUSES HER PRACTICE ON PRINTMAKING.

I'M TRYING FOR.

THIS OFTEN DEPICTS ORDER AND DISORDER IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

CHOOSES HER CURRENT WORK WHICH USES WINDOWS AND STRUCTURES WHICH DEPICTS SHARED AND PRIVATE SPACES.

>> AS AN ARTIST, I CONSIDER MYSELF A MAKER.

MAKING THINGS.

EVEN WHEN I'M NOT IN THE STUDIO, AND PATCHING JEANS OR MAKING A CARD TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY.

I NEVER JUST NOT WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND WANT TO WORK WITH FOR ME, THAT IS HOW I CONNECT TO PEOPLE AND THINK ABOUT MY ROLE IN THE WORLD.

THAT IS THE MULTIMEDIA ARTIST.

>> I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH IMAGERY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

THE ARTWORK STARTED AFTER EXPERIENCE CLEANING ANOTHER PERSON'S HOME.

I WAS IN THEIR SPACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT WAS IN CARING FOR THEM THROUGH CARING FOR THEIR SPACE AND SEEING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT JUST CAME OUT IN THE WORK.

I EXPLORED OTHER MOTIFS.

AT THIS POINT, I WAS READY TO DO MORE OF A DEEP DIVE IN THE STUDIO .

>> FIRST, YOU GET A NEW IDENTITY.

THE NEXT, YOU GIVE YOURSELF AWAY THAT IS ABOUT THE SAME TIME I STARTED WORKING AT PHOENIX RISING PRINTMAKING.

I FOUND A VERY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THERE AND OTHER ARTIST MOMS WHO JUST UNDERSTOOD WHERE I WAS AT AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.

AND IT WAS A NATURAL SINKING OF IMAGERY AND PRACTICALITY OF WORKING IN A PRINTMAKING STUDIO.

PRINTMAKING BY ITS NATURE, REPETITION IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

YOU CAN DO A LOT OF PREPARATION AT HOME WITH THE PRINTING ASPECT.

THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS AT A PRINTSHOP.

BETWEEN THE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AND THEN I WAS IN MY SAME SPACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT MADE SENSE TO USE THIS IMAGERY TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE.

BECAUSE I INCLUDE COLLAGE WITH PRINTMAKING, IT ALLOWS ME TO WORK AT MY HOME STUDIO AND AT PHOENIX.

AND NOT BE TOO RIGID ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THERE IS A COMPOST PART OF IT WHERE I WILL WORK ON SOMETHING AND MAYBE THROW IT IN THE BIN OF CREATIVE COMPOST AND THEN I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING I CAN PULL OUT AND RESPOND TO AS WELL.

THAT IS A WAY THAT I KNOW THAT I CONTINUE TO REUSE MATERIALS.

AND IT ALSO RELATES TO THE WAY I PREPARED TO PRINT.

I'M CURRENTLY WORKING A LOT WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS, A.K.A., TRASH.

I FEEL THAT JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS NATURAL AS AN ARTIST TO SEE MY EVERYDAY WORLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, I FEEL LIKE WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO REACH SO FAR WITH MATERIALS.

USE A PERSPECTIVE WITH MATERIALS.

WITH THAT SAID, I WORK WITH HIGH END FINE ART PAPER AND INK AND I'M NOT MAKING TRASH.

IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

ANOTHER REASON I LIKE TO WORK WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS, AND THEY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO, I WORK WITH STUDENTS AND THINK A LOT OF ENERGY ABOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS, IS BECAUSE YOU OWE IT NOTHING.

I FEEL LIKE YOU PSYCHOLOGICALLY JUST FEEL THE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT .

WITH THE COLLAGE, YOU JUST CUT IT OFF IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

THIS ALLOWS YOU TO BE PRESENT AND NOT BE SO TIED TO A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE WAY OF WORKING.

I THINK THAT IS AN ARTIST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR FOR INSPIRATION.

SEEING YOUR EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN ARTIST REALLY BRINGS THEM TO LIFE AND THEY ARE A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING AT HOME WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IS NOT UNIQUE TO ME AT ALL.

AND WITH COVID, JUST BEING AT HOME PERIOD.

AND KIND OF WHAT AN INTERIOR SPACE MEANS.

>> BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

AND JUST SEEING THE METAPHOR OF A WINDOW IS A TIMELESS METAPHOR.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WORK TWO DIMENSIONALLY.

IT IS A WAY OF FRAMING THINGS.

AND INTERNAL SPACE.

SO IT IS A LOT OF STRAIGHTFORWARD OVERLAP.

ALSO THE METAPHOR GIRL WORLD VIEWS IT.

IN MY WORK, I WANT TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD TO MANIPULATE WHERE THE VIEWER FEELS WHETHER THEY ARE ON THE IN LOOKING OUT OR ON OUT LOOKING HOW OFTEN POOREST THAT IS AND HOW IT RELATES TO COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE RELATE TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE.

FOR ME, IT'S NOT AN ANSWERABLE QUESTION.

I HAVE NOT FOUND THAT TO BE THE CASE.

>> I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.

I FEEL THAT MUCH MORE ENGAGED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHEN I WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE ARE FRIENDS OF MINE.

OR THE HOUSE, IF I DON'T KNOW WHO LIVES THERE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PRETTY TIGHTKNIT.

AND SO THAT INFLUENCES THE WAY I THINK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS.

AS A PERSON OF FAITH, I ALSO THINK ABOUT IT CONCEPTUALLY AND BROADLY AND MUCH MORE BROADLY THAN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR ME OR THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME OR HAVE A SIMILAR PERSPECTIVE.

FOR ME AND MY WORK, IT IS A WAY FOR ME TO BE CURIOUS.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE COME TO A PLACE WHERE I HAVE ANSWERS.

I THINK WE ARE AT A PLACE CULTURALLY WITH SO MANY TECTONIC SHIFTS.

THE IDEA THAT I COULDN'T ANSWER A NEIGHBOR, THE NATURE OF THAT IS REALLY RICH CREATIVELY.

THAT IS KIND OF MY WORK AND THE DIRECTION I'M GOING IN.

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>> TO SEE MORE OF CHRISTINE'S WORK, FIND HER ONLINE AND CHRISTINEABBOTT.COM.

>> IN A COUNTRY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT DECIDES WHO CAN BE AN ARTIST, TWO MEN HAVE OPENED THEIR HOME TO ARTISTS WITH THE SPACE TO BE CREATIVE.

ART GROUP PROJECT CUBA IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF CUBAN ART AND OUTSIDER ART.

THIS GIVES YOU LOOK AT THEIR HOME STUDIO AND GALLERY AND FOLLOWS THEM DURING THE RECENT VISIT TO COLUMBUS.

[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ].

>> THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF HIGH POTENTIAL .

AND WORKING BY THEMSELVES FOR MANY YEARS.

AND WITHOUT ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

EVEN THEIR FAMILY DID NOT KNOW THAT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS HARD.

>> THAT WAS THE INITIAL STEP TO START CREATING THIS AND HELPING TO SUPPORT THESE ARTISTS .

>> WE STARTED WORKING .

AND TO BE WITH THESE PEOPLE.

I WORKED FOR A LONG TIME.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE PROFESSIONAL WORK.

UNTIL WE STARTED RECEIVING THE HELP TO DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

THAT CHANGES.

WE ALSO SEE HOW THEY DEVELOP ALL THE TIME.

TO SEE THAT PEOPLE GIVE THEM MORE SUPPORT AFTER THEY ARE HERE .

THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT PEOPLE GIVE THAT TO THEM .

PEOPLE, AND GIVE THAT SUPPORT EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT WORK CHANGE THEIR LIFE.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ].

[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] .

>> ALSO, IF WE TAKE OUR OWN PERSONAL INTEREST SOMETIMES AND GIVE ALL OF OUR ENERGY AND RESOURCES, EVEN OUR PERSONAL RESOURCES , AND NO PEOPLE NEEDED FOR SUPPORT.

AND AND SOME MOMENTS, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS WITH THE PEOPLE WE HELP.

AND PEOPLE WITH COMPLEXITIES.

>> AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

AND IN MANY CASES, VERY EMOTIONAL.

YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE .

ASSOCIATE THESE PEOPLE AND THESE FAMILIES, VERY COMPLEX LIFE.

AND MOST OF THE TIME, FAMILIES DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT PLACES FOR THEM TO WORK OR SOCIALIZE.

AND THEY DON'T EVEN MEET OF THE PEOPLE LIKE THEMSELVES.

SO THEY CAN THEY CAN SHARE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND HELP THEM IN A BETTER WAY.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ART PROJECT CUBA, VISIT THE WEBSITE.

>> IN THE NEXT SEGMENT, WE MEET ARTIST JOSIAH MACARTHUR ALSO KNOWN AS THE ART MESSIAH .

HE STARTED DRAWING AT A YOUNG AGE BUT ENDED UP GOING INTO ENGINEERING.

THE TEAM MET UP WITH HIM IN HIS HOME STUDIO.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS WORK.

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>> THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.

TO LIVE WITH MYSELF WITH DIGITAL BACK AND FORTH.

THERE IS NEVER ANY STOPPING POINT .

YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE IT OR ADD AND SUBTRACT.

BUT FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO GO ABOUT IT IT.

>> I USE THE ENGINEERING ASPECT TO GET MORE DETAIL WITH MY CREATIVE PROCESS.

WE NEED TO ENGINEERING, IT IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING SYSTEMS.

SO I KIND OF TAKE THE PROCESS OF BREAKING THINGS DOWN INTO MULTIPLE STEPS AND HAVING A VERY DETAILED APPROACH TO MY ARTWORK.

FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF HOW THE CONCEPT WORKS.

SO COMING UP WITH AN IDEA AND TAKING THE IDEA .

I'M THINKING ABOUT, WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OR THE PURPOSE OF WHAT I'M DRAWING?

THERE IS A LOT OF WRITING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

I DON'T JUST ALWAYS SIT DOWN AND START DRAWING.

I WILL DO A LOT OF WRITING.

IT IS LIKE THIS SO I CAN IT IS A LOT OF CRITICAL THOUGHT FROM ENGINEERING COMING INTO THE ARTWORK.

>> I GOT THE IDEA , COMBINING ENGINEERING WITH ART.

WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH ENGINEERING SCHOOL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT , HOW CAN I KIND OF BLEND MY EXPERIENCE GOING TO ENGINEERING AND WHAT I'M LEARNING AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN WITH MY PASSION FOR DRAWING ?

AND I KIND OF FELT A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP MISSING IN EDUCATION WHERE I DIDN'T FEEL AS IF I COULD BE IS HANDS-ON AND INVOLVED AS I WANTED TO BE.

BRINGING THIS TO LIFE WAS ME KIND OF WONDERING AND PONDERING , HOW CAN I EXPLORE THE REALM OF ENGINEERING A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONALLY AND A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH?

I STARTED WORKING WITH THIS CONCEPT OF, MECHANICS.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF MECHANICS.

COULD BE AN AUTO MECHANIC WHICH IS WHERE THE TERM MECHANIC COMES FROM TYPICALLY.

IN MY STORE, YOU CAN BE A MECHANIC OF ANYTHING.

WHETHER IT IS A MECHANIC OF SOUND.

AND YOU ARE CREATING ENGINEERING FOR DIFFERENT AUDIO DEVICES OR PIANOS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BUILD SOMETHING AND TO KNOW SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH?

THE TOOLS THAT YOU USE AND WHAT IT IS YOU CREATE AND EXPRESS AND BRING TO LIFE?

SO STARTING TO BRING ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND IT GOT ME REALLY EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT THE STORIES AND CHARACTERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

>> IGNITION IS ABOUT THIS KID NAMED ELIJAH.

HE IS A REBELLIOUS KID AND JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT AND ADVENTURE IN HIS BORING TOWN.

AND ONE DAY, AS HE IS SITTING IN HIS CLASSROOM, A JET BORDER DROPS A FLYER FOR AN UPCOMING COMPETITION.

AND HE THINKS THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO HAVE SOME EXCITEMENT AND ADVENTURE AND THIS AND THAT IN HIS LIFE.

SO IT IS ABOUT HIM CREATING HIS OWN JET BOARD AND ENTERING THE COMPETITION.

AND THERE IS A LOT THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THAT.

BUT THAT IS THE GIST OF IT.

>> I'M CREATING AN ENTIRE WORLD FOR THIS STORY .

AND IN DOING SO, I DO WANT TO INCORPORATE THE MUSIC SIDE OF THINGS.

I FEEL LIKE AUDIO CAN HELP DRIVE THE STORY FORWARD.

AND SO I HAVE PLAYED AND PRACTICED PIANO FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I CREATED MY OWN PEACE.

I ENJOY THE PROCESS OF THIS.

SITTING DOWN AT MY PIANO AND CREATING TUNES AND MELODIES.

IT IS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY A STEP UP A COMIC BUT IT IS MORE INTERACTIVE YOU CAN BRING IN DOING A WEB COMIC.

PEOPLE CAN CLICK WITH THE STORY AND INTERACT WITH THE DIALOGUE A LITTLE BIT.

THE MUSIC COMES IN AS WELL TO CREATE THIS MORE FULL EXPERIENCE .

>> I WANTED TO BE FREE AND AVAILABLE.

THAT IS WHY I CHOSE THIS PLATFORM.

IT ALLOWS ANYONE WITH A CELLULAR DEVICE OR A COMPUTER TO BE ABLE TO LOG ON AND ACCESS IT.

I WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY BEING ENGAGED WITH SOCIETY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, BEING ENGAGED WITH TECHNOLOGY.

I FELT LIKE THERE WAS ALWAYS A DISCONNECT FROM USING THINGS BUT NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

AS AN ENGINEER, I WANT TO PEEL BACK THE LAYERS AND ALLOW ENTRY-LEVEL AND I FEEL LIKE STORIES ARE A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING AND LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING WITHOUT FEELING TOO OVERWHELMED.

AND TO GIVE SOMEONE A NARRATIVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LEARNING.

>> TO SEE MORE OF JOSIAH'S WORK, FIND HIM ONLINE AT A IGNITION SERIES.COM.

>> WE WILL END THIS EPISODE WITH THE SOUNDS OF ALTERNATIVE POP BAND BLUE CONE.

SOPHIE, BEN, NICK VISITED THE STUDIOS AND PLAYED SOME OF THEIR UNIQUE MUSIC.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

[ SINGING ] [ SINGING ] >>> TO HEAR MORE, FIND THEM ON INSTAGRAM AT BLUE CONE MUSIC.

THAT IS OUR SHOW.

YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES .ORG AS WELL AS YOUTUBE.

FOR ALL OF US HERE ON WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL .

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!

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