Tough on Art
Tough on Art is hosted by Jen Tough, an art dealer based in Santa Fe, NM and founder of the Artist Alliance. This podcast was created with emerging, re-emerging, and mid-career artists in mind. We focus on all things contemporary art, through down to earth interviews and straight forward conversations. Our mission is to make the often opaque and exclusive art world more transparent and a little less daunting.
Episodes
33 episodes
Art Heals: Natalie Dadamio
Today I chat with abstract expressionist painter Natalie Dadamio, who has a very special view on art, art making, and the business of art. We discuss a lot about how art and spirituality intermingle, can heal, and the power of vulnerability and...
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Episode 33
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1:13:11
Laura Klopfenstein: Science Meets Art
Jen talks with Austin based artist Laura Klopfenstein, discussing what it's like to work full time in the science world, be a mom, and create her strange and beautiful pieces (often that contain teeth!). Laura creates collages and paintings tha...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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49:33
Top Ten Mistakes Artists Make
Today Jen Tough dives into the most common mistakes artists make and gives a variety of simple solutions and helpful advice on how to avoid them. The top mistakes are:1. Out of date website2. Confusing online name identification...
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Episode 31
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37:41
The Magical Musical World of Gina Tuzzi
Today my guest is Gina Tuzzi, one of my favorite artists (and humans). Gina lives in Blue Lake, California and teaches art at Humboldt State University. Gina was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, has an MFA from Mills College in...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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38:33
Q&A: How to Get an Art Gallery
In this episode, Jen Tough answers questions from artists about how to get art galleries. Unscripted and off the cuff!Sign up for Jen's April 24th live workshop (via Zoom), "The Tough Method for Getting Galleries". You'll have a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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42:04
Over the Rainbow: Marie Cameron
On today’s show, I’ll be speaking to Marie Cameron. Marie Iis a realist painter and mixed media assemblage artist living and working in Los Gatos, California. Her work ranges from large scale realist paintings with images from the natural world...
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Episode 28
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36:11
An Aerial Perspective: Color Field Artist Laurie Blessen
Laurie Blessen lives in San Francisco and focuses on minimalist, color-field monotypes. Her works are bright and bold, with rectangular or square fields bumping against each other while intermingling with more delicate textures and pattern. Rem...
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Episode 27
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39:37
Gallerist Q&A 9
Unscripted and "off the cuff Tough" for episode 9 of Gallerist Q&A!Questions include:Making prints, and does it devalue workPricing on websitesHow to get a galleryBest online places to sellAre online shows...
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Episode 26
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28:42
Little Fires from OH to EU to HI: Ellen Dieter
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Ellen Dieter’s interest in art began at an early age. After graduating high school, she began traveling in between studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cooper School of Art. llen settled in Paris...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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41:08
Shooting, Planting and Wrapping: Liz Steketee
Today Jen does another artist interview with Bay Area artist Liz Steketee. We discuss moving to California from the midwest, how her photography has evolved over time, motherhood, exhaustion and how to keep going with your work, how mothers who...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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58:10
Coffee with a Therapist: Getting Over Selfie Dread
All artists know the importance of showing their artwork. But what about showing themselves? Ask most artists, and you'll get.... "ugh". Today Jen talks with therapist and artist Dr. Dee Tivenan, EdD, MFT about the anxiety of showing up...
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Episode 23
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1:05:29
Making Humorous/Horrific Art: Karl X Hauser
Bay Area artist Karl X Hauser joins Jen for a conversation about his long career in art. Karl creates narrative drawings and sculptures that are quirky, playful but also a little dark. His characters spring from his imagination, and seem to be ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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55:44
Bay Area to Yale to Italy and Back Again: A Chat with Miriam Hitchcock
Miriam Hitchcock is a California based artist, mother and teacher, who has had a fascinating and prestigious career that has taken her from San Francisco, to Yale to Italy and back again. We dig into the "boys club" that was present in the east...
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Episode 21
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40:37
Midwest Goodness: A Chat with Artist Tom Owen
Artist Tom Owen joins gallerist Jen Tough for a fun and casual conversation about his life and work. Tom is part of the roster of Jen Tough Gallery. Tom and Jen met five years ago when he responded to a call for entry for a show called Guilty P...
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Episode 20
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41:58
The Importance of Community: Artists Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
Take away some great tips from two seasoned artists who are also married and run a thriving art business. It's a casual conversation (pre-pandemic) with artists Diane Williams and Chuck Potter, who are some of the hardest working artists we kno...
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Episode 21
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1:14:56
Three Secrets to Achieving Gallery Representation
One of the most common questions artists have is about achieving gallery representation. In this episode, I present three ways to improve your chances of representation: research, connection and understanding the actual mechanics of selling art...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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29:17
Gallerist Q&A Part 8
Discussing the ideas behind emerging and re-emerging artists, older artists and marketing, painting the edges of your painting, concern about too many creative directions, online sales, and switching gears in your art making. Visit...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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36:43
This May Not Work
How many times a day do artists think this to themselves? This thought happens on the micro (with each new change to a piece of work) as well as on the macro (a whole career). In this shorty episode, Jen talks unscripted abo...
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Episode 18
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14:45
On Being Different
"Different is better than better". Author and all around deep thinking marketer and branding expert Sally Hogshead coined this term. She argues that "different is better than better" because better is transient. But what ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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17:20
Portraits in a Pandemic with Maya Stein
Today I talk with Writer and artist Maya Stein, who just published a new book The Poser: 38 Portraits Reimagined. In it she documents how she transcended the pandemic isolation by re-creating contemporary portraits as part of the “muse...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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44:14
Off the Cuff Tough - Jen Reads Questions from Artists
Welcome to an unrehearsed Q&A where Jen read a variety of artist questions and answers them totally freeform. That means a few mistakes, lots of "umms" and a bit of swearing mixed in. You can ask your own question by visitin...
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29:03
Art Fair Advantage
Jen Tough will discuss exhibiting at art fairs for artists. The world is opening up, so now is the time to get prepared to exhibit at an art fair! Topics covered include: which fairs to exhibit at, planning and buying your booth, packing list, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:00:26
Making Moola - Erika Rier
A Colorful Trajectory: Artist Erika RierIn this episode, part one of our Making Moola series, Jen talks to Portland artist Erika Rier about how she entered the art world through hard work, a few bi-...
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Episode 15
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50:27
Dealing with Rejection
Dealing with rejection after rejection for artists can be demoralizing and depressing and sometimes can even cause an artist to lose all hope and stop creating altogether. In this podcast, I'm going to break down this process and discuss ways t...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:00:46