Art and Other Stories
Art and Other Stories
Triptych Arts
Art and Other Stories is a podcast dedicated to sharing regional art practices via storytelling told by the artists themselves. Whether emerging or internationally known, the invited artists will either reveal a personal anecdote related to the city where they are based or were born, share a piece of local history, or simply reflect on a popular local myth, explaining how these stories shape and inform their artistic processes.
EPI 8.6: Nancy Paredes
Queens-based artist Nancy Paredes and host Jacqueline Kok do a deep dive into the concepts and layered meanings of home, family, diaspora, and longing for a place that you've never been to.
Jul 29, 2023
30 min
EPI 8.5: Charlotte Woolf
Artist and educator, Charlotte Woolf, joins host Jacqueline Kok to share an intimate story about her father's final words and how that has shaped her practice.
Jun 24, 2023
29 min
EPI 8.4: Beatrice Glow
Host Jacqueline Kok and Beatrice Glow sit down together to think through questions of land ownership and its intersection with positionality in this rich episode.
May 27, 2023
42 min
EPI 8.3: KS Brewer
Jacqueline Kok sits with research-based, interdisciplinary artist KS Brewer to expound upon the layered meanings behind the statement "I can't breathe" and how that has informed and shaped KS' thinking and artistic practice.
May 11, 2023
27 min
EPI 8.2: Matías Alvial
For our second Pollinate-partnered episode, we have Matías Alvial, a New York-based multimedia artist, community organizer, and activist originally from Santiago, Chile. Together with Jacqueline, Matías shares with us what human connection means to him and how it drives his artistic practice.
Mar 30, 2023
33 min
EPI 8.1: Juliette Hayt
Back in full force! Kicking off New Year with our new partner, NYC-arts organization, Pollinate, we are happy to share that our first episode features Juliette Hayt. Our regular host, Jacqueline Kok, chats with Juliette about what painting means to her, particularly as an art therapist. Happy listening and welcome back! 
Jan 28, 2023
23 min
EPI 7.2: Sa'dia Rehman
Artist Sa'dia Rehman joins Jacqueline for the second episode of our NYC Pt. 2 series to share their thoughts and reflections on notions of identity, home, and space.
Jun 6, 2021
45 min
EPI 7.1: Michael Cavayero
Curator Amanda Lee takes us back to New York City for our next trio of episodes. Kicking off this series, artist Michael Cavayero joins Amanda to talk about his journey from a Long Island New Yorker to a Beijing-based scholar in Buddhist texts and arts.
May 30, 2021
38 min
EPI 6.3: Ellen Thesleff
For the third and final episode of the Helsinki series, curators Amanda Lee and Jacqueline Kok sit down together to talk about the extraordinary life of Ellen Thesleff and her contributions to Finnish art history.
May 28, 2021
31 min
EPI 6.2: Outi Martikainen
Helsinki-based textile artist Outi Martikainen joins us to chat about growing up in the Jyväskylä Workers' Club building when it was a city theatre in the '70s, and how architecture and theatre have come to play such important roles in her life.
May 9, 2021
30 min
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