Art Smitten - The Podcast

In this episode, host Jessica spoke with the Director and CEO of ACMI about this year's Walt Disney Winter Masterpiece Exhibition, The Magic of Animation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Art Smitten host Alice spoke with the Library Coordinator of the Melbourne Art Library about how it started and its mission to make art books more accessible to those who want to read them.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Art Smitten Bites, Imogen & Tyler spoke with an ensemble member of the all-female percussion group Drummer Queens about their new show at the Melbourne Comedy Theatre!  We spoke about how the drums are an empowering instrument, rehearsing during COVID and how the idea for the show came about.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with the founder of the Melbourne circus group Dummies Corp on their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, Dumdectives in Cirque Noir and their journey into becoming a circus performer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Viv & Sim as they interview Joanne Samuel, the Director of 'The Legend of Five'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Viv & Sim interview Lauren Esposito, the lead actress of 'The Legend of Five', to talk about the film & her journey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another one bites the dust as Ben and Tom rejoice and rejoin back on Art Smitten Wednesdays. They talk about the virtual world of art, where are people getting their inspiration from, talk to Tom Parry on the telephone about the Raspberry Film Awards and have an interview with Jeremy Leopando about his new single, Ice Cream. 

Ben and Tom cover all things Supanova Comic Con, as well as chatting about all the latest in comedy, progressive art and sculptures. We take a look at what's in the box, listen to a spooky preview of Dracula's Guests and have two interviews with Chloe Towan from Scary Goats Tour and a live in studio performance with Michael Dunstan.

In this week's action-packed episode of Art Smitten, contributor Emily gives her thoughts and insights of the recent NGV Japanese Modernism Exhibition, Dem enters an art competition and everybody tries to guess what's in Tom's box. You can find the episode from All The Best broadcast at http://allthebestradio.com/ You can also find out more about The Glam Gizmo at http://syn.org.au/show/the-glam-gizmo/

Whilst Dem mysteriously disappears for the week, Tom and Ben are left to their devices to hold the reigns tight and sturdy at Art Smitten HQ! They discuss all things physical media in art, whether collecting is an art in itself and even experience some mayhem on staircases!

Ben, Dem and Tom are back for another ripper roaring episode of Art Smitten Wednesdays as they discuss the re-emergence of public art, what arts events Melbourne has to offer after dark and the deeper journey behind artists and relationships with their artworks.  There was also an insightful interview with Prarthana Kanagaratnam from Mawaheb from Beautiful People, who are a Dubai-based art studio for adults with special needs. You can find out more at https://mawaheb-dubai.com/ You can find out about Friday Night at NGV at https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/program-series/friday-nights/ You can read the review for Nocturnal at Melbourne Museum at https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/things-to-do/nocturnal

The first episode of Art Smitten Wednesdays was jam packed to the brim with a myriad of artistic content this week! We spoke with Annette Shun Wah who gave us an insight to Double Delicious, a show all about culinary experience and the influence particular dishes has played in the lives of performers, media personalities and cooking instructors. It is on at the  Melbourne Abbotsford Convent (27 Feb - 1 Mar, 2020).  Tickets are on sale now via the Asia TOPA and Abbotsford Convent websites. We also talked with Jennifer Piper about their play That Time Everything Went Well and We Were Totally Fine, as apart of Midsumma Festival.  They are performing on Friday 7th February at The Bowery Theatre, and tickets can be located at https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/that-time-everything-went-well-and-we-were-totally-fine/  We also covered a review of NGV's latest exhibition, Crossing Lines, covering the works of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, which is showing until 13th April 2020.  More informatio

Our next instalment of SYNarios takes us to the stars, as Marcy invites Tom, Connor and Viv in a spaceship that's bound towards a new world (if you're wondering what it's name is, it's [REDACTED]). On the spaceship, introverted but levelheaded owl scientist Telos (played by Tom) and TV talk show host and Broadway wannabe Paulie Peacock (played by Viv), must survive a one-way trip to a new world, with the cruel and evil Ms. Trunchbull knockoff Fania (played by Connor). Will everyone make it alive to the new world? Are there stowaways hiding under our crews' noses/beaks? Is there a couch with real Italian leather stuck somewhere on the spaceship? Find out right now in this exciting new (and third) instalment of SYNarios! SYNarios is a Dungeons and Dragons, Choose Your Own Adventure blend of fun storytelling and roleplaying mayhem, without all the complicated mechanics tabletop role playing games like D and D usually have. Each SYNario has a different scenario, and different characters, but choices within each S

In this second instalment of SYNarios on Art Smitten, Marcy takes Connor and Sharni, whose characters are an unholy fusion of Marvel's Wolverine and Devil May Cry's Dante (who is a wolf...also named Dante), and a young sword-swinging apprentice named Lana respectively, through a zombie apocalypse. Which quickly becomes a race against time, as Dante and Lana must find the cure to their newly acquired zombie infection, before they succumb to their infection, and become shambling corpses themselves.  SYNarios is a Dungeons and Dragons, Choose Your Own Adventure blend of fun storytelling and roleplaying mayhem, without all the complicated mechanics tabletop role playing games like D and D usually have. Each SYNario has a different scenario, and different characters, but choices within each SYNario are at the mercy of probability (aka a 20 sided D20 die). Expect lots of fun, and whimsical chaos, as each player improv their way through each SYNario, bouncing off each other, the Game Master (GM), and the scenar

Marcy plays a new game with Connor and Sharni they conceived when wanting to make roleplaying games more accessible for everyone, SYNarios! In this first instalment, Darling Dashingwood the complete trickster of a bard (played by Connor) and Snuffles, the talking chess-playing dog (played by Sharni) must go into a supermarket, to purchase an whole assortment of things: milk, cookies, bread, and of course, chewing gum. And of course, chaos ensues from there.  SYNarios is a Dungeons and Dragons, Choose Your Own Adventure blend of fun storytelling and roleplaying mayhem, without all of the complicated mechanics tabletop role playing games like DnD usually have. Each SYNario has a different scenario, and different characters, but choices within each SYNario are at the mercy of probability (aka a 20 sided D20 die). Expect lots of fun, and whimsical chaos, as each player improv their way through each SYNario, bouncing off each other, the Game Master (GM), and the scenario itself! Originally broadcast on Sunday

Liam, Christian, Marcie and Tom put forward their favourite musicians, albums and songs from the past ten years, discussing the likes of Rhianna, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Mark Ronson and more.Segment originally aired Wednesday, December 11th 2019. Produced by Tom Parry.

Liam, Christian, Marcie and Tom are joined over-the-phone by one of favourite contributors from 2019, Charlie to discuss the greatest movies of past ten years, including Boyhood, Django Unchained, The Handmaiden, Inside Out, and Spider-Man: Homecoming.Segment originally aired Wednesday, December 11th 2019. Produced by TOm Parry.

Christian, Liam, Marcie and Tom talk about their favourite television programmes from the past ten years, including Bates Motel, Breaking Bad, Steven Universe and BoJack Horseman, to name but a few.Segment originally aired Wednesday, December 11th 2019. Produced by Tom Parry.

Marcie and Connor interview Michelle Swan, director of two plays at Chapel off Chapel: Five Minutes to Midnight and Raoul Wallenberg Saved Me, two plays written by award-winning playwright Niel Cole, and which tell the personal journeys of two people who survived the Holocaust, offering a different take on the hallowing experience.  You can still catch this show and book tickets via this link here. https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/five-minutes-to-midnight-double-bill/ Originally broadcast on Sunday December 1st. Produced and edited by Marcie Di Bartolomeo. Image courtesy of Chapel off Chapel

Christian and Monisha are joined over-the-phone by curator Diane Soumilas about Glen Eira City Council Gallery's latest exhibition Stories in Clay, featuring the pottery of renowned Australian artist Arthur Boyd.Stories in Clay will be displayed until Sunday, December 15th. More information can be found on the official Glen Eira City Council website.Segment originally aired Wednesday, December 4th. Produced by Tom Parry; image courtesy of Glen Eira City Council.