Fresh Art International

Series produced by Cathy Byrd

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Curator Cathy Byrd hosts the Fresh Art International podcast featuring conversations with contemporary artists, curators, architects, and filmmakers from the center and fringe of art scenes around the world.

Fresh Art International with curator Cathy Byrd features more than 200 episodes recorded with artists, curators, architects, and filmmakers from around the world. Professionally scripted and edited, episodes range in length from 8 to 20 minutes. Subscribe to this signature audio podcast on FreshArtInternational.com, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Android, I Heart Radio, and SoundCloud.


209 Pieces

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Caption: Valerie Cassel Oliver
In Houston, Cathy Byrd meets Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver at the Contemporary Arts Museum to tour Valerie’s latest exhibition project: Radi...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 12:35
Caption: Adam Schreiber
Cathy Byrd meets Chicago-based artist Adam Schreiber in Austin to talk about his photographs of contemporary art from the Linda Pace Collection, Sa...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 12:10
Caption: The MacDowell Colony, Medal Day 2012
Cathy Byrd recorded this Fresh Talk episode when she visited The MacDowell Colony, a highly regarded New Hampshire retreat for artists, writers and...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 12:33
Caption: Rashid Novaire
In Amsterdam, Cathy Byrd meets Dutch novelist Rashid Novaire, of Moroccan and Dutch descent. The writer's heritage is embedded in his imagination.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
Caption: Agnes Meyer-Brandis and her Moon Geese experiment, Credit: © Agnes Meyer-Brandis, VG-Bildkunst 2012
In Berlin, Cathy Byrd meets German artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis to talk about how Agnes fuses pure science and creativity to explore the zone between...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 21:57
Caption: ArtPace San Antonio
This episode features participants selected by curator Sarah Lewis for the International Artist in Residence Program at Artpace San Antonio: Leslie...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 30:34
Caption: Joyce Scott, Credit: Goya Contemporary
In Baltimore, Joyce Scott, a venerated visual and performing artist talks with Cathy Byrd about the art scene in Baltimore, her hometown, and descr...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 12:25
Caption: Dr. Rhee's Food Lab, Credit: Kate Hers
In Cathy Byrd's Skype conversation with Kate Hers, a Korean-born video artist based in Berlin, Kate describes the German art scene and talks about ...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 14:34
Caption: Janet Biggs, Vanishing Point, Credit: Janet Biggs
In Tampa, FL, Cathy Byrd meets with New York-based video artist Janet Biggs to talk about how her artmaking has become an extreme sport.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:30
Caption: Jefferson Pinder, Invisible Man, Credit: Jefferson Pinder
In Chicago, Cathy meets video performance artist Jefferson Pinder to learn about how his fascination with Houdini and street theater led to his liv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 15:23
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In this episode, Paris-based artist Frédéric Nauczyciel talks to Cathy Byrd on Skype about an elusive subculture that he explored in Baltimore, Was...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 09:25
Caption: Ira Kip
In Brooklyn, theater director Ira Kip talks to Cathy Byrd about her new play "She'Baltimore" and the raw space between medical politics and domesti...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: Danny Simmons
In his Brooklyn home, activist artist Danny Simmons talks to Cathy Byrd about the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, co...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 16:51
Caption: Kesha Bruce, Credit: Courtesy the artist
Artist, curator, art consultant and Fresh Rx contributor, Kesha Bruce talks to Cathy Byrd about her creative platforms and offers advice to artists.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: Martí Guixé , Credit: Imagekontainer/Knölke
In Barcelona, Ex-Designer Martí Guixé talks to Cathy Byrd about his concepts for Camper pop-up shops, food design and work as a recreational activi...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 37:20
Caption: artist Voluspa Jarpa, Credit: Cathy Byrd
On location in Madrid, Cathy Byrd shares her first encounter with Spain's annual contemporary art fair, ARCO Madrid, conversing with Suzanne Rietd...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 13:02
Caption: Khadijah Queen
On Skype, Cathy Byrd talks to poet Khadijah Queen about her creative practice and shares poems from her latest book, "Black Peculiar."

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 15:03
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In a seaside village outside Lisbon, Portugal, Cathy Byrd talks with German artist Regina Frank about "The Artist is Present," a project she's been...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 17:14
Caption: Tara Gentile
Via Skype, Cathy Byrd connects with professional consultant Tara Gentile to talk about what it takes for Creatives to thrive in the new economy.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 14:55
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In Marfa, Cathy Byrd meets with filmmakers Jennifer Lane and David Hollander to learn more about CineMarfa, a film festival they founded last year.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 12:14