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Vidya Games

Vidya Games S1E4

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We’re talking video games as an artform all their own, with special guest, Artist – Dillon Baldwin!

In the Episode:

  • Video games are full of art & creativity
  • Dillon’s Gamertag art!
  • Simple game play and beautiful art in indie games, like Limbo, Braid & the Bridge
  • Mainstream games with creative stories and visuals like Bioshock & Fallout
  • Minecraft! The video game that is basically an art medium
  • Favorite gaming memories

 

Dead Alive

Bad Movie Banter: Dead Alive S1E4

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This week the girls discuss the fan-voted cult classic movie “Dead Alive”… chaos ensues!

In the Episode:

  • Movie discussion
  • Grayson Gallery show
  • Jess won awards!

 

A Little Lowbrow

A Little Lowbrow S1E3

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Is Lowbrow art the equivalent of fart jokes in the art world? Or is it a bold new vision that needs to be recognized? We are discussing the genre as a whole, as well as the new wave of Appalachian artists who are making the style all their own!

In the Episode:

  • What is lowbrow art?
  • Well known lowbrow artists
  • Lowbrow music
  • Local artists who fall under the lowbrow style, but make it their own
  • We discuss our art show “Radical Appalachia”

 

Home Fired Folklore

Home Fried Folklore S1E2

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Growing up in Appalachia, storytelling was a major part of our childhood. It has been an important part of our culture for generations! In this episode we are sharing some of our favorite stories; folklore, paranormal, and some are even personal experience.

In the Episode:

  • Storytelling as an art
  • Stories shared with us from family
  • Stories we experienced ourselves

 

Weird Appalachia Folk Art

Folk Art: Treasure or Crap? S1E1

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Hello, world! The Weird Appalachia girls are kicking this party off with an interesting discussion about Folk Art. Is it fabulous, or is it trash?

In the Episode:

  • Folk art: love it or hate it?
  • Defining Folk Art
  • Discussing folk artists we like & styles that we dislike
  • Sandeep Shinde and his cult following
  • Does mass production of the same folk art devalue it’s worth?
  • Are crafts being mistaken for art/folk art