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ArtStorming

Lili Pierrepont

Ever wonder what makes really creative people tick? Where do their ideas come from? What keeps them energized? What kinds of things get in their way? In each episode of ArtStorming, we’ll explore how new ideas come to life, and how the most creative among us stare down a blank canvas or reach into the void and create something new.Host Lili Pierrepont takes us on a journey of discovery; inviting us to ponder what drives and sustains the creative spark within each individual.With great appreciation

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20:24

Legacy Is A Lifestyle - Season Finale Solo Episode -...

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2026/10/04

Send us Fan Mail Closure is supposed to feel like a click, a deep exhale, a final tidy bow. We finish Season 2, and Host Lili Pierrepont tells the truth: the click never came. After 24 conversations about loss, memorial art, and creative ways to commemorate the people we love, she expected relief. What she felt instead was exposure, anxiety, and a surprising wave of grief that reminded her how complicated remembrance really is. In this episode, Lili walks us through what this season unearthe...

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61:38

Your Ancestors Have Entered the Studio: Freeing Your...

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2026/09/20

Send us Fan Mail You are not starting with a blank canvas, even if it looks that way from the outside. Legacy begins before you, in the land you are born on, the family system you arrive into, and the stories your body and nervous system may still be carrying on someone else’s behalf. We sit down with Lexi Soulios, a systemic constellation facilitator and Art Bridge executive board member, to talk about lineage, inheritance, and ancestral healing and why so many of our “personal” strug...

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64:30

What If Mystery Is A Kind Of Memory? - BC Smith (S2:E24)

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2026/09/06

Send us Fan Mail Strip away the parlor tricks, dim the lights, and let sound do something it usually is not allowed to do. We’re in Santa Fe with composer and magician B.C. Smith inside Phasmagorica, an immersive seance experiment where 13 guests gather around a table, choose “trigger items,” and step into a carefully designed mystery that lives in the liminal space between belief and disbelief. No mediums, no holograms, no cheap scares. The unsettling part is how personal it can feel. ArtSto...

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57:48

How To Avoid Turning Your Art Into An Estate Hot...

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2026/08/23

Send us Fan Mail Your art collection can be a source of joy for decades or a source of conflict the moment you are gone. We sit down with Sonja Moro (Los Angeles) and Michael Duffy (Atlanta) from Bank of America’s Art Services Group to talk about the intersection of passion, high finance, and the surprisingly delicate art of letting go. ArtStorming is thrilled to announce our official partnership with Zeitgeist Dance Theatre and Francisco Gella Dance Works! Like us, they believe in pushing cr...

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56:23

Rothko Chapel and the Art of Healing-Abdullah Antepli...

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2026/08/09

Send us Fan Mail Something is breaking in how we talk to each other, and yelling louder is not fixing it. Lili Pierrepont sits down with Abdullah Antepli, the newly appointed president of Houston’s Rothko Chapel, to explore a different approach: art as a sanctuary for slowing down, telling the truth about our past, and rebuilding trust across deep divides. ArtStorming is thrilled to announce our official partnership with Zeitgeist Dance Theatre and Francisco Gella Dance Works! Like us, they b...

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56:14

The Modern Elder Mindset - Chip Conley (S2:E21)

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2026/07/26

Send us Fan Mail Midlife isn’t just a number, it’s the moment your life asks for a new operating system. We sit down with Chip Conley, founder of Modern Elder Academy, boutique hotel pioneer, and early Airbnb mentor, to talk about what happens when success stops feeling satisfying and the future suddenly feels urgent. Chip shares the chain of events that pushed him into reinvention, including loss, burnout, and a near-death flatline experience that delivered one blunt message: slow down. ArtS...

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59:24

A Cloud in the Ground and Other Beautifully Weird...

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2026/07/12

Send us Fan Mail What would it change if we treated death as part of our creative life instead of a topic we avoid until we have no choice? I sit down with Los Angeles 3D artist and sculptor Daniel Wheeler for a candid, funny, and deeply tender conversation about memorial art, funerary sculpture, and the ways physical objects can help us carry grief without shrinking our lives. ArtStorming is thrilled to announce our official partnership with Zeitgeist Dance Theatre and Francisco Gella Dance ...

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46:59

When Legacy Gets Personal: Art, Archives, And...

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2026/06/28

Send us Fan Mail A chance connection at Yale cracks open a hidden family history and turns legacy into something immediate, unsettling, and real. We talk with interdisciplinary artist Nikesha Breeze about building monuments, reclaiming erased stories, and using grief rituals to transform what history leaves in our bodies. ArtStorming is thrilled to announce our official partnership with Zeitgeist Dance Theatre and Francisco Gella Dance Works! Like us, they believe in pushing creative bo...

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54:14

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Joanna Ebenstein

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2026/06/14

Send us Fan Mail Most of us are taught to treat death like a distant problem for “someday” and then we wonder why it feels so terrifying when it finally shows up. I’m joined by Joanna Ebenstein, the founder of Morbid Anatomy, to challenge that reflex and to reclaim death as a subject that can be met with dignity, curiosity, and even beauty. Joanna Ebenstein: https://www.morbidanatomy.org https://www.morbidanatomy.org/grand-tour-archive/p/muerte-en-mexico-san-luis-potosi https://www.morbidana...

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60:21

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Patricia Watts

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2026/05/31

Send us Fan Mail A studio full of work can be a treasure or a ticking time bomb, depending on what happens next. We sit down with Patricia Watts, a curator, appraiser, and advisor, to talk about the behind-the-scenes reality of artist legacy planning and art estate management: the choices that decide whether decades of paintings and objects become a visible legacy or a private burden families cannot sort. I want to take another minute to remind you listeners that ArtStorming is a listener-sup...

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59:34

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Pen La Farge

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2026/05/17

Send us Fan Mail Santa Fe can feel like a beautiful postcard, but what happens when the postcard replaces the place? We sit down with writer and historian Pen La Farge to treat “legacy” the way it shows up in real life: not as a name on a building, but as the culture a community protects, forgets, or hands forward. I want to take another minute to remind you listeners that ArtStorming is a listener-supported non-profit, and we need your help to keep the conversation going. Every dollar goes ...

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62:14

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Heide Hatry

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2026/05/03

Send us Fan Mail A portrait usually freezes a moment, but what happens when the portrait is made from the life itself? We sit down with artist Heide Hatry, whose work transforms cremation ashes into hauntingly realistic faces using beeswax, encaustic layering, and a level of precision that borders on devotional. She walks us through the moment grief cracked her open, the shock of seeing what “ashes” actually are, and the painstaking early method of sorting bone fragments by tone and placing t...

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60:45

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Michael Scott

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2026/04/19

Send us Fan Mail A painting can be more than an image. It can be a witness, a prayer, and a record of what someone leaves behind. We’re in Santa Fe with nationally acclaimed artist Michael Scott, standing in front of a five-by-five canvas he carried for seven years after the loss of his mother: a boat filled with flames gliding through a marsh at night, smoke rising like calligraphy, a dove and a crow holding opposite truths about spirit and the here-and-now. I want to take another minute to...

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62:08

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Harry Weil

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2026/04/05

Send us Fan Mail A cemetery can be a punchline, a sanctuary, a history lesson, and a living arts venue all at once, if we let it. I’m joined by Harry Weil, vice president of education and public programs at Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery, to talk about how a place built for the dead is quietly becoming one of New York City’s most surprising spaces for culture, community, and honest conversations about mortality. I want to take another minute to remind you listeners that ArtStorming ...

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57:17

ArtStorming: The Art of Remembrance: Concetta Abbate

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2026/03/22

Send us Fan Mail What if a violin could steady a room full of grief and turn it into a space for deep remembering? We sit down with Concetta Abbate—violinist, composer, and death doula—to explore how music moves beyond entertainment to become ritual, care, and legacy. From the first notes she learned as a child with a visual impairment to the ceremonies she now shapes for families, Concetta shows how sound can hold stories when words fall short. I want to take another minute to remind you li...

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60:41

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: André Is An Idiot

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2026/03/10

Send a text Mortality doesn’t have to be a closed door. We sit down with director Tony Benna and producer Stelio Kitrilakis to unpack “Andre Is An Idiot,” the award-winning documentary that turns a terminal diagnosis into a riotous, deeply human portrait of intention, family, and art. What starts as an unthinkable pitch—make a comedy about stage four cancer—becomes a blueprint for living boldly and leaving a legacy that feels handmade. I want to take another minute to remind you listen...

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63:14

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Francisco Gella

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2026/03/08

Send a text What does legacy feel like when you can hear it in the music, touch it in a ribbon, and watch it breathe across a stage? We sit down with choreographer and educator Francisco Gella, artistic director of Zeitgeist Dance Theater, to unpack how a 42-minute work about Chimayó weaving—aptly titled Lineage—became a living tapestry of ancestry, grit, and community. From building a human-scale loom to threading K-pop on pointe into a memory of a grandfather, Francisco reveals how research...

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58:08

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Deb Todd Wheeler

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2026/02/22

Send a text What if a walk through the woods could hold your grief and hand it back as something living? We sit down with artist Deb Todd Wheeler to explore Radio Silence, a geolocated audio walk at Brookline’s Lost Pond that folds field recordings, original songs, and quiet conversation into a moving ritual of remembrance. I want to take another minute to remind you listeners that ArtStorming is a listener-supported non-profit, and we need your help to keep the conversation going. Every dol...

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62:44

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: Mallory McDuff

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2026/02/08

Send us a text If you’ve ever wondered how to align legacy with love for the earth and art infusing every step, this conversation offers a clear starting point and a lot of heart. We sit down with environmental educator and author Mallory McDuff to explore how end-of-life choices—green burial, aquamation, and human composting—can reflect our values, save money, and restore land. I want to take another minute to remind you listeners that ArtStorming is a listener-supported non-profit, and we ...

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58:51

ArtStorming the Art of Remembrance: D. Matthew Smith

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2026/01/25

Send us a text In this episode we explore how photography shapes memory, culture, and legacy with visual effects veteran Matthew Smith, tracing a line from 19th‑century spirit photos to AI deepfakes. The camera doesn’t capture truth; it curates stories, and we can choose how to author ours. I want to take another minute to remind you listeners that ArtStorming is a listener-supported non-profit, and we need your help to keep the conversation going. Every dollar goes directly into progr...

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