BONUS:  Today we sit down with Nicole Alger, a classically trained realist painter & draftsman creating in a post-classical world, but a world that still honors craft & skills-based art.   She graduated from The Florence Academy of Art.

Learn more at her website:  www.nicolealgerpainting.com

Contact Nicole about her artwork

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Inside this episode we cover:

• Her family of origin
• Rejection immunity for artists
• Social media, avante garde & shortcuts
• Her time spent in Florence
• The vision for a healthy cultural society 

Next Week: Tom Dreesen, Comedian
Week of July 1st:  Joyce Brand, Author & Citizen of one of Titus Gebel's new "Free Cities" in Honduras

**Week of July 8th:  NEW CITY SERIES**

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Music Credits: INTRO: Loyalty - Philip Ayers | OUTRO: Grasshopper's Dance - Etienne Roussel