x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Down to a Fine Art

Join Izzy and Anna, two slightly overwhelmed Falmouth Uni Fine Art graduates, as they try to understand the world of art. With the help of an occasional guest, they cover everything from technical advice to creative pressures, offering some honesty, transparency and reassurance for others in similar positions. Along the way they touch on deep time, capitalism, social media, vampirism, their favourite artists (Rachel Sussman 4eva), and throw in some fun science vibes for good measure. Both artists

arts

All Episodes

00:50:22

Let's workshop this

Down to a Fine Art ·

2024/04/13

Today, Izzy and Anna chat about workshops. What makes a good one? What is their purpose? How do you design a workshop? Join them as they consider the answers to these questions by revisiting their past favourites. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa.

en

00:51:15

Happy three years!!

Down to a Fine Art ·

2024/03/23

This episode Izzy and Anna celebrate the podcast’s third anniversary with visits from the ghosts of podcast past, present, and future (i.e. they talk about the podcast over the years and think about where it’s going). They’re also doing a call-out for guests so get in contact (@downtoafineart.podcast on Instagram) if you’d like to be involved. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa.

en

01:04:09

Can rocks do things?

Down to a Fine Art ·

2024/03/02

So…rocks. Let’s talk about them. (Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa)

en

00:54:50

Is your ego your amigo?

Down to a Fine Art ·

2024/02/10

This episode comes to you two months late (oops) and is all about ego in art. Inspired by a chat in Gabrielle Teaney’s episode, Izzy and Anna have some burning questions. Is ego/confidence helpful, or even essential, to being an artist? Is making something you know you can make well egotistical? Is ego tied to commercial success? Are ‘successful’ artists actually as riddled with imposter syndrome as the rest of us? Is ego even bad?! Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at

en

00:57:00

Adventures in the Upworld

Down to a Fine Art ·

2024/01/20

It’s the first episode of 2024 and to mark the occasion Izzy and Anna interview Liv Gravil – painter, printmaker, and poet. Returning to Daisy Laing Gallery, they discuss the themes of Liv’s solo show ‘The Upworld’ including caves, mining, other-worldly spaces, anxious landscapes, the atomic priesthood, and the transitory space between the up and the down. The film referenced is ‘Into Eternity’ by Michael Madsen and the artists mentioned are Trevor Paglen, Suzanne Treister, Lawren Harris, and

en

01:05:52

Good intentions

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/12/30

Happy (nearly) new year’s! To celebrate the imminent arrival of 2024, Izzy and Anna settle down for their annual episode of new year’s reflection and resolution assessment. They look back at the resolutions they set at the beginning of 2023 and see how many of them they’ve forgotten (spoiler: most of them) and decide what they would like to set as resolutions, or perhaps intentions, for the year ahead. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at

en

00:52:59

A revelation in B&Q

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/12/09

In a further exciting turn of events, this week Izzy and Anna do their third ever live episode! They return to Daisy Laing Gallery in Penzance, this time to interview artist Max Whetter about his solo show ‘Made of sugar are ee?’. Sitting amongst Max’s work, they learn about his creative process, his mentoring with artist Andrew Litten, and the inspiration behind his wonderful titles (e.g. ‘The loud bugger with the beard’). They also invent the art-craft-trade spectrum and give a brief shoutout to

en

01:01:25

What would Barbara do?

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/11/18

In another exciting turn of events, this week Izzy and Anna do their second ever live episode! Joined by stone carver Elle Brown at Daisy Laing Gallery in Penzance, they discuss Elle’s inaugural solo show ‘Forme Féminine’. They explore a wide range of topics including the physical impact of stone carving, symposiums, the ethics around touching sculptures, Elle’s creative process, and the historical context of being a woman sculpting female forms. Elle’s work can be seen on Instagram @ellebrownartist

en

00:52:23

Buckets of raindrop thoughts

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/10/28

This week Izzy and Anna introduce a new segment of the podcast: the leopard seal segment (this is not permanent nor, in fact, that relevant to the episode). Moving swiftly on, they then spend the rest of the episode talking about their journals. How do they use them? Are they online or in-person? Are they a place for full sentences, drawing, or chaotic word circling that won’t ever make sense to them again? They apologise for how many page turning sounds there are in this episode. Music: Ketsa,

en

00:41:52

Painting the way

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/10/07

It’s another guest episode and this time Izzy and Anna are joined by Gabrielle Teaney – a multi-talented artist with a rich background. Over the years Gabrielle has studied photography, portraiture, painting, and art history, as well as working as a doula and running art classes and nature workshops. They discuss Gabrielle’s recent solo show, the impact of different environments on her paintings, turning the unfamiliar into the familiar, and when you should butter a cat’s foot. Gabrielle’s work can

en

00:38:36

The father, the son, and the holy lichen

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/09/16

In a first for the podcast, Izzy and Anna experience a technical glitch – that glitch being they lose half of their recording (RIP). But at least the remaining half is packed full of lichen-y goodness. Anna talks about her recent research into lichen, Izzy eats some chocolate fingers, and then they discuss how to bring scientific research into artistic practice. The artworks Anna mentions are 'Kinnomic Botany' and 'Making a Name' by Iman Datoo. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available

en

00:50:42

Booktalk

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/08/26

It’s episode 60 – time to talk about books! Izzy and Anna compare their reading habits whilst talking about the great fiction/nonfiction divide, the benefits of book clubs, and how to start reading more. This episode is sadly not sponsored by Goodreads but could be sponsored by Steve Blease (who they discover might be the gateway drug to Robert Macfarlane). Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa.

en

01:05:07

Interview with a Professional Art Person™

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/08/05

In this week’s episode, Izzy and Anna are joined by professional art person and creative cheerleader Meg Fatharly. Join them for a whistlestop tour covering Meg’s artistic beginnings, the pressures of full-time artistry, teaching as practice, the importance of quitting, and anchor words. There’s also a pep talk for all the artists out there. To see Meg’s work, check out her Instagram @printcessmeg. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa

en

00:58:08

Are you sitting comfortably?

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/07/15

Despite a chaotic start, Izzy and Anna manage to pull off a pretty coherent and insightful episode talking about the concept of comfort zones. They discuss the benefits and drawbacks of leaving your comfort zone, the desire for familiarity, being pressured into your uncomfort zone, and how to healthily push yourself. We also learn that Izzy acts as the bowling rails of this podcast. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa

en

00:52:55

Panic at the jobcentre

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/06/24

Now that they’re a year on from finishing university, Izzy and Anna decide it’s a good time to reflect on the similarities and differences between graduate life and student life. They give a rundown of their current jobs and discuss whether their chaotic schedules as Fine Art students prepared them well for their current working lives. There’s a cheeky plug for the Tate Collective Producers and, as usual, a healthy sprinkling of graduate panic throughout. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train

en

01:01:53

Primordial ponds

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/06/03

(CW: brief discussions of OCD) This week, Izzy and Anna start a book club! Well, sort of. Unlike a conventional book club, they’re bringing different books to the table and unpacking some of their favourite quotes. Izzy’s reading from ‘Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet’ by Anna Tsing, Nils Bubandt, Heather Swanson, and Elaine Gan, and Anna has chosen ‘Entangled Life’ by Merlin Sheldrake. If you’re interested in mushrooms, the Anthropocene, or being a hill then this is the episode for you. Music:

en

00:49:32

Kevin McCloud fanclub

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/05/13

In this episode Izzy and Anna are joined by Sophia Heath-Rochna – part 1 architectural assistant and Kevin McCloud’s biggest fan. In pursuit of finding out what it means to be an architect, they discuss a typical day in the role, the highs and lows of LinkedIn, socially conscious architecture and B Corps, as well as providing some advice for incoming architecture students and spending a ridiculously long amount of time deciding whether a flip-flop is a shoe. Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night

en

00:46:23

Proud parents (of an exhibition)

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/04/22

It’s time to get reflective as this week Izzy and Anna look back on their recent group show, ‘The Unsteady Now’. They re-live the rollercoaster of preparing, curating, and hanging the exhibition, as well as assessing if they’ve got better at private view-ing since their degree show (spoiler alert: they have). A big shoutout to all other members of the Cultivator Graduate Start-Up Programme 2022 (and Field Notes) – after all, the real treasure is the friends made along the way. Music: Ketsa, Still

en

00:37:50

Down to a Fine Art goes live

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/04/01

In an exciting turn of events, this week’s episode was recorded at Tate St Ives! As part of the gallery’s U Studio festival, Izzy and Anna had the opportunity to bring Down to a Fine Art to a live audience for the very first time. Join them as they discuss the trials and tribulations of being an emerging artist in Cornwall and take questions from the crowd. Thank you to the Tate Collective Producers and Tate St Ives for making this happen :) Music: Ketsa, Still Room On The Night Train available at

en

00:58:11

Happy two years!!

Down to a Fine Art ·

2023/03/11

It’s the podcast’s two year anniversary! As working adults, Izzy and Anna have decided not to get drunk this year, but instead to reminisce about their very first episode. Join them to see how their answers differ and if they’ve changed: how have their practices developed? Do they still have the same artistic insecurities? Are they better equipped when it comes to ‘art knowledge’? There’s also a tense segment on notebook usage that threatens the future of their friendship. Music: Ketsa, Still Room

en

91 results

Similar Podcasts

Podcast Patapoe

0d0a

Diaries: From the Housing Projects to Power

Mia Z. Edwards

九霄电台

九霄电台

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host

The Magnus Archives

Rusty Quill