Welcome to Episode 10 of Sharpest Knives Podcast! This episode is the finale of Season 1 of this project and represents the culmination of a year’s worth of work. Thank you for listening and I hope you’ve enjoyed this first season!Episode 10 is Maris’s...

Welcome to Sharpest Knives podcast episode 9!This episode is with Baylee Engberg, and is the first episode of Sharpest Knives where the focus isn't art and arts organizations, but is culture - specifically coffee culture in Seattle and along the west...

Episode 8 is here!Andrés Arteaga, MFA, was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended Seattle University for both undergrad and graduate studies. He was a Jesuit from 2012-2015 where he taught art and social justice while studying philosophy, dance and...

Curator Ellen McGivern is Maris’s guest on Episode 7 of Sharpest Knives!Ellen and Maris talk about rituals in art making processes, how connecting with other humans through art can remedy feeling bummed out, why you should show up for artists and go see...

Episode 6: choreographer and durational performance artist, Alice Gosti. Alice has a solo-show coming up Nov 1-17th at ACT Theatre called Where is home - birds of passage. The show is a 3 hour come and go durational performance examining Alice’s...

In Episode 5, Maris hosts Art Activist and Seattle treasure, Sara Porkalob!Sara is a Seattle based Arts Activist  who specializes in theater work. You may have seen the first two plays of her Dragon Cycle trilogy centering around telling the story of...

Episode 4: Listen to Maris and Kaitlin McCarthy, Editor of SeattleDances, talk about the importance of talking about art, distinguishing between work you’re good at and work you actually like doing, and the joy of feeling uncomfortable. SeattleDances...

Episode 3 is Maris’s conversation with Colleen Borst, who is the Development Manager at Velocity Dance Center. At the time of the interview, Colleen was also the Interim Managing Director at Velocity, and since then, Velocity has hired Catherine Nueva Espana as their new Executive Director.Colleen is an experienced fundraising and development professional and print production artist with over 20 years of working in nonprofit organizations experience. She has worked at Seattle University and the PETA Foundation. Colleen is also a fundraising consultant, freelance print production artist, and Tarot card slinger. She can be found at ColleenBorstConsulting.com. She holds an MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University. Maris and Colleen talk about making space for art, how to talk to multiple groups of people at once, Colleen shares what to avoid when talking to people who might give your organization money, and why everybody should watch the Great British Baking Show. A note: This episode was recorded at Maris’s apartment, and Maris’s dog, Finn, makes a few appearances. There are a couple points where you can hear Finn panting or bumping the table. Follow along or become a supporter of Sharpest Knives at www.Patreon.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFind Sharpest Knives on Facebook.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFollow @SharpestKnivesPodcast on InstagramEmail any suggestions or questions for future guests to [email protected] Knives is partially supported by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.

In this episode of Sharpest Knives, Maris talks to Shannon Welles. Shannon is a fine art photographer, she has a collaborative organization called Hypha that deals with permaculture, urban building, herbalism, and Pacific Northwest Native plants. Shannon has worked at The Showbox Theatre in downtown Seattle for 17 years, and most recently is the founder of an organization called Friends of the Showbox in Seattle.In their conversation Shannon and Maris talk about The Showbox Theatre and Friends of the Showbox, the ecology of cities, the importance of historic places and building sustainable networks. Save the Showbox Portrait ProjectFollow along or become a supporter of Sharpest Knives at www.Patreon.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFind Sharpest Knives on Facebook.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFollow @SharpestKnivesPodcast on InstagramEmail any suggestions or questions for future guests to [email protected] Knives is partially supported by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.

Episode 1 has arrived!In this episode, Maris Antolin sits down with Dustyn Addington, the Program Director at Humanities Washington. Dustyn leads the Think & Drink and Speakers Bureau programs, which aim to expand the humanities outside of the classroom and into the lives of all Washingtonians through provocative and enriching public conversations. Having received his Master’s in philosophy, he is now a PhD candidate at the University of Washington. Dustyn taught philosophy at the college level for eight years and also served as an instructor for the UW Center for Philosophy for Children.Dustyn is the co-host of local philosophy podcast, No Narrow Thing, with Whitney Johnson. Dustyn and Maris talk about asking children about philosophy, The Trolley Problem, how to run a panel of smart people held in a bar, implicit bias, and Seattle traffic.Follow along or become a supporter of Sharpest Knives at www.Patreon.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFind Sharpest Knives on Facebook.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFollow @SharpestKnivesPodcast on InstagramEmail any suggestions or questions for future guests to [email protected] Knives is partially supported by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.