Hastings Contemporary starts of 2020 with new exhibitions and in this episode of the podcast, gallery director Liz Gilmore talks about the three exhibitions .

Earthly Delites is a solo show by Anne Ryan. The Age of Turmoil is a painting exhibition with works by Edward Burra, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Spencer. The Studio at 4am is a group show with 8 artists curated by Anne Ryan

Ryan Stanier answers questions from listeners and covers topics including the investment of taking part, what to do before the fair and how artists are selected.

Gita Joshi talks to Ryan Stanier the founder of The Other Art Fair. The artists fair started in 2011 in London and how hosts fairs in 12 cities around the world.

Sarah Jane Moon is my guest on this episode of the podcast. She talks about her move from New Zealand to Japan to London and taking a short course in life drawing that started her career as an artist. She talks about her work as a portrait painter and managing commissions with her own work and her art business.

The designer-maker’s favourite photographer, Yeshen Venema is my guest on this episode of the podcast. He talks about preparing for a professional photo shoot so that you can get your art and products looking their best.

Rebecca Wilson is the head curator at Saatchi Art and with her team reviews every submission to one of the worlds largest online galleries. In this episode she talks about the various aspects of her work and what goes on behind the scenes to support artists.

Desha Peacock is the founder of Sweet Spot Style and in this episode of the podcast she talks about working with artists, designers and stylists and helping them grow their businesses. We go on to talk about the power of the email list in your business and Desha shares some valuable tips.

I talk to artist and sculptor Alasdair Thomson about his career as a stone carver. We talk about his atelier training and how his art history background informs his work, and we go on to discuss how the artist how eschews galleries in favour of seeking his own commissions directly.

The second Coventry BIennial opens in October 2019. In this episode I talk to the Artistic Director, Ryan Hughes about how the Biennial started and how he has been preparing for the event this Autumn

LA based artist Alexandra Dillon talks about her career and her work on this episode of the podcast. She talks about how she came to paint on hardware such as shovels, paintbrushes and saws. And continues to discuss being in a state of flow when she is painting and managing that with the practicalities of being an independent artist.

Roy Tyrson returns to the podcast to talk about the next fair taking place 3-6 October 2019 at the Truman Brewery.

He talks about the growth of the fair, the plans for the coming year as well as the opportunities that an artists fair offers artists including selling directly and meeting their audience including gallerists, curators and press, often jumpstarting the careers of those who have limited exhibiting experience.

I met up with Liz Gilmore, the director of the Hastings Contemporary to talk about the new gallery on Hastings seafront, the transition from the Jerwood foundation to an independent gallery and the plans for its’ future. We discussed the fabulous new exhibitions as well which run til October 2019

For this episode of the podcast, I met up with Kaia Charles and Jemima Burrill - the curators at the Greenwich Peninsula site which includes the Now Gallery, to talk about their work commissioning art for the gallery and the public spaces on the estate.

Sarah Hamilton is my guest and she talks about the impact of Just a Card - a campaign that encourages people to buy from independent makers, artists, designers, shops and galleries. We discuss the poster campaign on London Underground, in association with Funding Circle, how she secured sitters for her posters from the world of stage and screen and working with a sponsor.

Lori Cuisinier is a New York based artist who trained in painting and now works across various media including photography and performance. In this episode of the podcast she talks about her body of work called Death Love and Everything Else, which is inspired by Catullus’s Poem 64.

Sara Shakeel is a digital artist who has moved into sculpture and brings her first solo show to the Now Gallery at Greenwich Peninsula, London. Ahead of the exhibition, The Great Supper, Sara and I talked about her journey into the art world. We talk about happiness, social media, her quote ‘every picture heals a part of me and I hope it heals a part of you too’ and her successes as an artist that travels the world and is courted by major brands.

Anne Claire Fleer is an artist whose work is around body positivity and female empowerment. She paints her clients with body paint to blend in with her abstract paintings. Her work attracts women who have body image issues and gives them the confidence to celebrate their bodies. Fleer talks about her work and experience of different art fairs, and her plans for the year ahead.

Charlie Levine is the curator behind the ITV Creates project. The project invites a different artist each week to produce the tv channels’ ident which is broadcast between television programs.

In this episode she talks about how the project came about, working with the artists, the recording schedule and working with stakeholders in a major corporation.

I talk to Lauren Baker in this episode of the podcast. We talk about her journey into art, working with different materials such as crystals, gold and neon, and her work which brings together ancient spiritual wisdoms with research based science.

Caroline Jane Harris is my guest on this episode of the podcast. She talks about her exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery in Wandsworth, London, titled A Three Dimensional Sky.

She talks about using printmaking techniques in her art work, images as physical objects, reducing images to bit map files and then rebuilding them into the art works, and her recent fellowship.