This episode was one of the last in-person interviews recorded before the pandemic hit. Hosts Marshall Jones and Sophia Kayafas enjoy a rich dialogue with Sarah Schmerler who is a journalist, art critic for the New York Times and art educator for 26 years. Schmerler is a gifted story teller whose creative insights offered us an intimate slice of conversation that was not only entertaining but also educational. Have a pen and paper ready for an interview packed full of ideas on teaching and understanding the art process from an educator’s perspective.
Show Notes00.00 Intro
1:00 I’m a Spice
1:30 Teaching as Unveiling
10:00 Writing a Thesis- The Work, The Process the Practice12:00 Teaching -The Sacred Partnership
25:25 What makes a Great Painting?
26:00 "The Crucifixion and Last Judgment diptych," Jan van Eyck
35:00 Dad Ruined Star Wars
37:00 The Story Worth Telling
40:00 It’s in the Attempt
47:00 The Maker, The Audience, The Review
55:00 Why is Context Important?
1:03:00 The Process- Writing about Art
1:05:00 Parameters, Working with Restraint
1:09:00 Alchemy, We Write into Meaning!
1:10:00 Break, Donation Requests! - add link to Website
1:11:00 Family of Teachers
1:15:00 Professor Schmerler
1:21:00 The Art of Teaching
1:25:00 Drawing Major at Pratt
1:29:00 What not to do
1:35:00 Reading is invisible, Writing is Invisible
1:37:00 Pictorial Marker- The Word and its Meaning
1:48:00 Drawing of Ben
1:53:00 Peopletechture
1:57:00 Perception, Understanding, Discernment
1:58:00 Measuring the Impact of the Painting
2:00:00 Wrapping Up, A Good Deep Question Requires Time
2:10:00 Just go along with it! The Critic’s All-Star Game
2:11:00 “It’s Good Kitch," Thomas Kinkade
2:13:00 “An Ad for Excedrin," Max Ginsburg
2:15:00 “Queezy Neoclassicism," Odd Nerdrum
2:17:00 “Two Pears Talking," Euan Uglow
2:19:00 “I am not sure how pleasurable/violating this is," Helen Beard
2:21:00 “Anger and Contention," Clyfford Still
2:23:00 “Is She a Chair too? ," Philip Pearlstein
2:27:00 “Tweeny Tombescence," Lisa Yuskavage
2:30:00 Summary & Signing off Sarah Schmerler's websitehttps://theschmerler.tumblr.com/</
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