Welcome actor Earl Lee White to In-Focus Podcast Number 48.  As he self-describes: "I'm an actor. I'm a rapper. I'm a skateboarder. I'm a sponsored Teck Decker." Earl is new to the television and film industry but charging ahead full speed.  At this writing, Earl has embarked on an adventure in N.O.L.A. - New Orleans, Louisiana and is thankful for the many opportunities that have come his way and is obviously excited to see what lies ahead. Listen in on his conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier delves more into Earl’s experiences and evolution as an aspiring actor - the first on The Artists Index! Music courtesy of www.bensound.com

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Episode 48: Earl Lee White

Episode 47: Ben Martinez

Welcome editor, feature writer, newswriter, and sportsbook author Ralph Hickok to In-Focus Podcast Number 46. There have been thirty episodes since Ralph's first visit on In-Focus Podcast Number 16. In 1973, he became the copy chief at Southeastern Advertising Agency (SEA) in downtown New Bedford. Travel/tourism was a major focus of SEA.  Ralph wrote many of ads, brochures, and other materials for the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Battleship Cove, the City of New Bedford, and Bristol County. He is also a sports historian who has written a number of books about sports history and biography including the Vagabond Halfback The Saga of Johnny Blood McNally  Listen in on his conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier delves more into Ralph’s memories of the Cape Verdean and intertwined Jazz music scene of days gone by!    Music courtesy of www.bensound.com 

Episode 46: Ralph Hickok

Episode 45: Stephen Remick

Episode 44: William Perry

Episode 43: Lasse Antonsen

Episode 42: Dave Prentiss

Butch McCarthy has been a part of the musical fabric of the Southcoast since the seventies.  He’s been involved in art and music all of his life but it wasn’t until he was in his 50s that he picked up a brush and began to paint seriously. Butch works from his home studio in Downtown New Bedford. He’s shown work at Gallery X and Frying Pan Galleries on the Cape.    He works with acrylic paints on canvas and wood board. Listen in on the conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Butch about life, his musical life, and the Greater New Bedford music scene, as well as, his second passion; painting.    Music courtesy of www.bensound.com

Episode 41: Butch McCarthy

Alison Wells is a Trinidadian artist. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries and museums in the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe. Alison's work is also part of private, public, and corporate collections. She received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and her BFA from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica. Listen in on the conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Alison Wells about her life, her painting, and her gallery. Alison is the owner of Alison Wells Fine Art Studio & Gallery in New Bedford, Massachusetts where she offers art classes and workshops to kids, teens, and adults. Music courtesy of www.bensound.com

Episode 40: Allison Wells

Karen is an award-winning storyteller, teaching artist, workshop leader, and author. Since 2002 she has taught the art of storytelling to over 600 students. Karen is a contributing author to numerous publications around the world and her book, Story by Story: Creating a School Storytelling Troupe, received a 2016 Storytelling World Honor Award and a 2015 Anne Izard Storytelling Award. She produces and hosts the Story Café, a local television series, and is the recipient of the LANES Brother Blue-Ruth Hill Storytelling Award in 2009 and the 2011 National Storytelling Network’s Oracle Service and Leadership Award.   Listen in on the conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Karen Langford Chace and focuses in on how she started on her story-telling journey and continues to evolve. Music courtesy of www.bensound.com

Episode 39: Karen Langford Chase

 Artist Robert “Bob” Brodesky joins the second installation of our first topical series: THE VAN GOGH BOAT. The concept stems from Rene Riccard, American poet, actor, art critic, painter, and Southcoast native pictured here. In 1981, he penned The Radiant Child about Painter Jean Michell Basquiat which is often referred to as the seminal Artforum article.  Bob is a painter and was previously featured in In-Focus Podcast Number 5. He’s based in the Boston-area and has been painting all his life. Robert Brodesky specializes in boldly-colored, figurative painting in an expressionistic style, rendered in oils and pastels on canvas, paper, and wood. Bob likes working big – a surface big enough to allow him to be expansive, and physical. Brodesky’s work features human figures captured in a particular instant, a pivotal moment when something changes. His style – expressive and gestural – focuses on the dynamics of human relationships.   Listen in on the conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Bob Brodesky about his experiences on THE VAN GOGH BOAT and focuses the struggle most artists face. They also discuss his work in relation to his success and how he invites viewers to participate in his paintings and enter the moment, and offer their own take on the situation and where it might lead.   Music courtesy of www.bensound.com 

Episode 38: Bob Brodesky

Dancer and Art Educator, Laurie Wolfe. Laurie is also the widow Jack Wolfe (1924-2007) and his most avid promoter. Jack studied art at RISD and the MFA School in Boston. His diverse body of work includes large-scale explorations of geometry and color theory, as well as portraiture from life and political works focusing on social justice and anti-war themes. The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Laurie Wolfe about her life with her late husband and painter Jack Wolfe. Jack's legacy of his Civil Rights fueled work is featured in the Summer 2020 virtual exhibition Jack Wolfe’s Civil Rights Paintings: A Viewing in 2020 at Bridgewater State University’s Anderson Gallery features four of his major civil rights paintings from the 1960s.  This podcast episode is sponsored in part by Heavenly Spirits. music courtesy of www.bensound.com

Episdode 37: Laurie / Jack Wolfe

Episode 36: Tim McDonald

Welcome, Painter Matthew Beall an American ex-pat living in Germany to the show! Matt was born in California. He's a self-described coffee addict, golf nut, and oh yeah, painter. Matthew Beall paints abstractly.   He paints simply to paint. It is his opinion that it is totally up to the viewers to see what they see; to interpret a meaning for themselves regardless of whatever he names a painting. Matt prefers to use a limited palette. Many of his paintings are done by afterthought.  Matt says, "I believe black is a color, and black is very dominant in much of my work. I love working on paper. I am not sure if a painting is truly ever finished."   Listen in on the conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron Fortier, speaks with Matthew Beall and focuses on how he ended up in Germany and how he's continued to paint and exhibit.

Episode 35: Matthew Beall

We welcome musician Quinn Sullivan to the show! He began taking guitar lessons at age three and first gained national media attention at age six when he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I'm sure the term or label, prodigy, has been used and overused to describe this young man and by all accounts, Quinn Sullivan has had an extraordinary journey so far. Quinn, just 22 at this writing, has toured around the world, performed, and recorded with musical icons. It's no wonder he has been called one of the most gifted young guitarists in our midst today. Yet, Quinn remains humbled by the incredible experiences he has been afforded and appreciates the opportunity to pursue his passion. His goal is simple. “I want to make music with integrity and music that moves people. To me, that is the definition of success” Music Courtesty of www.bensound.com 

Episode 34: Quinn Sullivan

The Artists Index podcasts offer up close and personal conversations with the makers, performers, supporters and cultural impresarios of this remarkable creative community. Join us as we speak with and listen to the creative community’s living visual, performing and literary artists. We will also feature those seeking information on and, sharing what they have discovered about the Artists who have passed on that were a part of the creative community’s creative fabric in days gone by. The Artists Index is putting Artists in their place – in history!

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