Fresh Art International

Cathy Byrd shares her first encounter with Spain's annual contemporary art fair, ARCO Madrid 2012. Conversations: Suzanne Rietdijk,curator, ZINGERpresents, Amsterdam;Voluspa Jarapa, artist, Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago; and Anna Pahissa, owner/director, múltiplos, Barcelona Sounds: Fernando Gutierrez +.tape., Rapsodia; Jonathan Harker + Donna Conlon: Tapitapultas; Karl Holmqvist: Old News; Laia Estruch: Jingle Sound Editor: Leo Madriz Photos: Cathy Byrd

Ex-Designer Martí Guixé talks to Cathy Byrd about his concepts for Camper pop-up shops, food design and work as a recreational activity.  Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz  Photos: Imagekontainer/Knölke, except where noted.  Music: Rechenzentrum, the John Peel Session

Artist, curator, art consultant and Fresh Rx contributor, Kesha Bruce talks to Cathy Byrd about her creative platforms and offers advice to artists.  Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz Photos: Kesha Bruce  Music: Slim Harpo

Danny Simmons, a high profile Brooklyn-based artist, shares the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, collecting and, most of all, philanthropy.  Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz Photos: Mark Blackshear

In this episode, theater director Ira Kip talks about the raw space between medical politics and domestic violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual community. The celebration of her new play She'Baltimore begins with a February 14, 2012 benefit at the LOFTheatre in Baltimore to raise funds for a local charity assisting young women who are victims of domestic violence. The play  premieres on February 17, at the LOFT. Sound Editor: Ira Kip Photos Courtesy Ira Kip

In this episode, Paris-based artist Frédéric Nauczyciel describes an elusive subculture that he explored in Baltimore, Washington DC and New York City, and introduces his new photo series: Men In Heels.  Sound Editor: Ira Kip  Photos: Fred Nauczyciel  Music: DDM!, Legendary

In this episode, Chicago-based video performance artist Jefferson Pinder explains the importance of physical exertion in his work. Hear how his fascination with Houdini and street theater led to his new live performance series: The Escape Artist. Jefferson makes his first appearance as the Escape Artist at 8:05pm, Sunday, December 4, 2011, in Salisbury, Maryland. The premiere performance commemorates the death of Matthew Williams, who was confined to a straightjacket when he was lynched in front of the Wicomico courthouse on December 4, 1931.  Sound Editor: Ira Kip Photos Courtesy Jefferson Pinder

New York-based video artist Janet Biggs makes an extreme sport of her creative expression. In this conversation, Janet considers the psychological and physical challenges behind the video projects on view in No Limit, her current mid-career survey organized by the Tampa Museum of Art. The exhibition runs from October 8, 2011 through January 8, 2012. Sound Editor: Jeff T. Byrd Photos Courtesy Janet Biggs and Cathy Byrd

In this episode of Art Talk, Kate Hers, a Korean-born video artist based in Berlin, describes the German art scene and explains how she raised funds through Kickstarter for Dr. Rhee's Kimtschi Shop. The artist and her partner, physicist Hanjo Rhee, will trade their special version of Korea’s national treasure for cultural artifacts from the shop's customers from November 19 to 25, 2011, at Das Gift, in Berlin. Sound Editor: Ira Kip Photos: Kate Hers

William Pope.L, a performance artist and interventionist based in Chicago and Lewiston, Maine, presented a magic lantern show titled Blink for Prospect.2 New Orleans, the 2011 U.S. Biennial. For his project, the artist composed a film from more than a thousand images donated by the people of New Orleans.  Sound Editor: Jeff T. Byrd Photos: Cathy Byrd

This fall, Joyce Scott, a venerated visual and performing artist based in Baltimore, Maryland, is participating in Prospect.2, New Orleans, a biennial of international contemporary art. Joyce considers the state of art in her home town and talks about her Prospect.2 projects. Performing at Cafe Istanbul on Saturday, October 22, she will tell the story of Miss V, a worldly incarnation of Saint Veronica, who is frustrated by the chasm between men and women in the 21st century. Sound Editor: Ira Kip  Photos courtesy Goya Contemporary  Music: Joyce Scott