State Of The Art

It's a 50th Episode Celebration!Listen in while host Andrew Herman chats with former host and founder of the the State of the Art, Ethan Appleby about the future of the podcast. You'll hear an update on the vision of the podcast, some of the new rebranding of State of the Art, and what Ethan and Andrew have been up to in their personal lives, too!Cover art by Graydon Speace

A look back with former host & founder Ethan Appleby featuring the sound bites from 2017, his thoughts on 2017 art trends and his predictions for 2018. Was he spot on?

Feral Horses is a relatively new online platform which, in 2017, launched a radical approach to democratizing art ownership. In response to the high cost of contemporary "fine art" and the subsequent alienation of potential collectors and patrons, Feral Horses proposes communal ownership of single artworks, essentially allowing users to purchase portions of the pieces they love for a fraction of the whole's price. In this episode we speak with Francesco Bellanca, CEO & Co-Founder of Feral Horses, about how the platform works, how it benefits artists and patrons, how Feral's wild team distinguishes between the democratization of ownership versus investment and, ultimately, if such a distinction should matter.-About Francesco Bellanca-Francesco Bellanca is the CEO and co-founder of the art and tech startup Feral Horses, he has a background in Data Science, holding an MA from King’s College on Big Data in culture and society, and project management. He is part of the new generation of art entrepreneurs and is an enthusiastic defender of transparency and inclusion in the art market. His vision is to heal the broken interaction between people and art and he is building a platform that uses art co-ownership as a tool to do so.-About Feral Horses-Feral Horses is an online trading platform enabling users to acquire and sell shares of artworks for investment purposes. Feral Horses aims at providing a very comprehensive service that brings both liquidity and transparency and facilitates access to the benefits of art in a responsible and sustainable way. The brand has three diverse targets: art enthusiasts, professional traders, and curious achievers. The company operates within the contemporary art investment field, which is overly elitist and underdeveloped. Therefore, the naming had to express the business vision of freeing art investment. The outcome of this reflection is "Feral Horses".Learn more about Feral Horses hereTweet them @FeralHorsesFollow them @FeralHorses

We were introduced to the fascinating work of Gabriel Barcia-Colombo when we stumbled across his TedTalk "Capturing memories in video art" in which Gabe discussed his memorialization of friends via virtual and cellular means. His piece, Animalia Chordata, reads like a cabinet of curiosity displaying people trapped in glass jars, individuals who seemingly respond to one's presence; others are a little less humorous and a tad unsettling, like his DNA Vending machine which grants patrons the opportunity to purchase actual DNA samples. In all of his projects, Gabe explores and plays with capturing memories, the role of technology in society, the virtual and physical identities we create across platforms, and so much more.In this episode, we speak with Gabe about his mixed-media, interactive work, his personal trajectory from cinema to digital art, his projects with Soethby', the reception and role of tech art in the art world, and the future of art and ownership.-About Gabriel Barcia-Colombo-Gabriel Barcia-Colombo is a mixed media artist whose work focuses on collections, memorialization and the act of leaving one's digital imprint for the next generation. His work takes the form of video sculptures, immersive performances, large scale projections and vending machines that sell human DNA. His work plays upon this modern exigency in our culture to chronicle, preserve and wax nostalgic, an idea which Barcia-Colombo renders visually by “collecting” human portraits on video.Gabriel was commissioned to be the first digital artist to show work at the New Fulton Terminal Stop with the MTA Arts & Design program in New York City. His work has been featured in the Volta, Scope, and Art Mrkt art fairs, Victoria & Albert Museum as well as Grand Central Terminal and the New York Public Library. He recently received an Art and Technology grant from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where he created "The Hereafter Institute," a company that questions the future of death rituals and memorials and their relationship to technology. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gabriel served as a member of the artist advisory board at the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as the education committee member at the Museum of Art and Design. In 2012 Gabriel gave a TED talk entitled "Capturing Memories in Video Art," and in 2014 he gave another entitled "My DNA Vending Machine" and was awarded a Senior TED fellowship. In 2016 Gabe founded Bunker.nyc a pop up gallery showcasing emerging art made with technology. Bunker became the first pop up digital art gallery to open in the Sotheby's Auction House in New York Summer 2017. Gabe is a New York Foundation for the Arts grant awardee and faculty member at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.You can learn more about Gabriel Barcia-Colombo hereFollow Gabe @gabebcTweet him @gabebcCover art by Graydon Speace

From 1967 to 1971, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) ran a revolutionary program which facilitated the partnering of emerging artists with tech and science companies of the time. Among the roster of artists who participated in the first iteration of LACMA's Art + Tech program are Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and James Turrell. Today, LACMA's Art + Tech Lab (est. in 2013) continues this spirit of cross-disciplinary collaboration, funding artist-led projects that wouldn't be achievable without the financial and advisory support offered through the Lab. In this episode, we speak with Joel Ferree, Art + Technology Lab Program Director, about the history of the Lab, the various projects and partnerships that have are offered, and LACMA's commitment to providing the time, space and resources to make possible these creative projects.-About LACMA's Art + Tech Lab-Inspired by the spirit of LACMA's original Art and Technology program (1967-1971), which paired artists with technology companies in Southern California, the Art + Technology Lab at LACMA supports artist experiments with emerging technology. Through our sponsors, the Lab provides grants, in-kind support, and facilities at the museum to develop new artist projects. To date, 20 artists from around the world, including Ghana, Ireland, Korea, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Switzerland, have received awards through the Art + Technology Lab.Learn more about the Art + Tech Lab hereCover art by Graydon Speace

Often times when we think of the convergence of fashion and tech, our minds go to fashionable wears and accessories that compliment or facilitate our mobile technology; in other words, wearable tech. But the Fashion Innovation Agency (FIA) at London College of Fashion asks student designers to think beyond how tech can be fashionable, and ask how tech can revolutionize and further empower how we experience the world of fashion.In this episode, we speak with Matthew Drinkwater, head of FIA, about the diverse projects he and his students are pursuing, from using augmented and virtual reality to offer new ways of experiencing the runway, to how tech can facilitate the consumer experience.-About Matthew Drinkwater-Head of Fashion Innovation Agency (FIA) at London College of Fashion (LCF)Matthew works at the crossroads of Fashion, Retail and Tech to head up LCF’s Fashion Innovation Agency; Partnering the most exciting designer talent in London with the very latest fashion-tech to create ground-breaking brand collaborations and consultancies across the fashion, retail, lifestyle, cultural and digital industries.Matthew delivered the world’s first digital skirt for Nokia, wireless charging clothing for Microsoft, a 3D-printed bionic arm to help celebrate the launch of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and what Forbes described as ‘the first example of truly beautiful wearable tech’ for Disney. He was named in the 100 most influential in the world of Wearable Technology, amongst the ‘Top 15 people in UK tech’ by BBC3 and as a ‘fashion-tech trailblazer changing the course of retail’ by Drapers.Tweet him @drinkmatt-About the Fashion Innovation Agency-The Fashion Innovation Agency (FIA) are experts in working with emerging technologies to help designers and brands change the way they make, sell or show their collections. FIA has delivered ground-breaking and award winning projects in wearable technology, AR/VR and Blockchain, and is currently working on major developments within Nanotechnology, IoT and Robotics.Learn more hereCover art by Graydon Speace

Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) connects artists and engineers to create innovative solutions for humanity's challenges. Together, artists and technologists at E.A.T. actualize projects that truly seem like science-fiction, often exploring human communication, including empathy and emotion transfer, and always aiming to break beyond the limitations of today’s technology. In this episode, we speak with Domhnaill Hernon, Head of E.A.T. at Nokia Bell Labs about Bell Labs legacy of innovation, the current projects under production, and the program's dedication to expand the role of the artist in contemporary society.-About Domhnaill Hernon-Domhnaill Hernon is Head of Experiments in Arts and Technology (E.A.T.) at Nokia Bell Labs. He graduated with a B.Eng in Aeronautical Engineering, a Ph.D in fundamental fluid mechanics from the University of Limerick and an Executive M.B.A. from Dublin City University, Ireland. He is passionate about turning research/ideas into reality and exploring the bounds of creativity to push the limits of technology. Domhnaill was previously responsible for turning Bell Labs disruptive research assets into proto-solutions that could be tested at scale in the market, and he established new methods to overcome the “Innovation Valley of Death”. He is currently responsible for Bell Labs global activities in E.A.T. where he collaborates with the artistic and creative community to push the limits of technology to solve the greatest human need challenges.Learn more about Domhnaill hereFollow him @hernon.domhnaillTweet him @DHernonBellLabs-About Nokia Bell Labs-Nokia Bell Labs is a global collective of the world's brightest minds, creating the network of the future. Bell Labs has a legacy of developing game-changing technology with eight Nobel Prizes in physics and many other scientific accolades. Today, Bell Labs researchers are focused on new ways of compressing and sharing data while developing disruptive innovations for the next phase of human existence. Learn more about Nokia Bell Labs hereFollow them @BellLabsNokiaTweet them @BellLabs-About Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T)-Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T) program was founded in 1967 by Bell Labs engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer, and artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman and was a seminal event in the fusion of art and technology. E.A.T launched with the bringing together of ten New York artists with 30 engineers and scientists from the company. The project? To create collaborative performances that incorporated aspects of art and new technology.Today, Nokia Bell Labs E.A.T continues to connect artists and engineers to build-out innovative solutions exploring human communication, including empathy and emotion transfer, and to push beyond the limitations of today’s technology. Nokia Bell Labs E.A.T’s projects expand the role of the artist in contemporary society by bringing them directly into the fold within a large technology company.Learn more here

In this episode we speak with artist and medical professional, Dorothee Chabas, about her work as a neuroesthetician. With 25 years of medical experience under her belt, Dorothee uses neuroscience to explore and understand aesthetic experiences at the brain level. Why do certain colors attract us? What is it about art that moves us? What is going on when artists create artworks and how do viewers process them? These are the questions Dorothee's work as a neuroesthetician aims to answer and learn more about.-About Dorothee Chabas-Dorothee is a French-American painter and MD PhD (neurologist) based out of San Francisco. She shares her time between painting and neuroesthetics.Dorothee has been drawing all her life. She practiced live model painting more formally in the nineties at the Ateliers des Beaux Arts de la Mairie de Paris, France, and then at the Sharon Art Studio, San Francisco, CA. More recently, she spent three years painting and drawing full time at the San Francisco Studio School.Dorothee has practiced Neurology for many years, first in Paris, then at the University of California, San Francisco, where she co-founded the Regional Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center. Her research work on multiple sclerosis performed at Stanford University and UCSF has been internationally recognized. Learn more here

András Szántó's consulting foundation assists with all aspects of building museums, cultural organizations, commercial brands, foundations, and educational institutions worldwide, at any point of their conception. From launching concepts from the ground up, to implementing new programming and marketing initiatives, Szántó's expertise in the industry has enabled several projects across the world with collaborators such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Absolut, Art Basel, BMW, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.In this episode, we discuss Szántó's background in sociology which allowed him to closely study the dynamics of the art world in the 1980s, his mentorship under art critic and philosopher, Arthur Danto--who famously coined the term "art world"--and his perspective on demystifying the arts. -About András Szántó-András Szántó, Ph.D. is writer, researcher, and consultant in the fields of art, media, and philanthropy. He is the former director of the National Arts Journalism Program and the NEA Arts Journalism Institute at Columbia University, a regular moderator of the Art Basel Conversations series, and oversees the annual Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Learn more about András Szántó hereFollow him @andrasszanto

We continue our discussion with speakers from CODAME's Art + Tech Festival, ARTOBOTS, held at The Midway in June. Part 2 features one-on-one, on-site conversations with robotics professor Amy LaViers, technologist and performer, Catie Cuan, and NPR correspondent, Laura Sydell.In this episode, collaborators Amy LaViers and Catie Cuan from the Robotics, Automation, Dance (RAD) Lab at the University of Illinois discuss their research on incorporating natural movement into robots, how dance plays a role in this study, and their performance piece, Time to Compile. We conclude the episode with an amazing conversation with NPR Digital Culture correspondent, Laura Sydell, who shares insight on how and why artists and criminals will shape the future of technology.Thank you CODAME for inviting us to cover this awesome event, and a special shoutout to Vanessa Chang, CODAME curator, for personally extending the invitation to us. You can listen to our interview with Vanessa Chang here.-About Amy LaViers-Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering — University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAmy develops high-level abstractions for expressive robotic systems and study human-machine interaction. She lead two interdisciplinary teams toward this end: her research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab, and her start up, AE Machines. Amy is also passionate about teaching engineers to write and roboticists to dance and about bringing artists into the design of technology. This work applies to manufacturing, national defense, personal robots, entertainment, engineering education, somatic practices, and art -- to name a few!Tweet her @alaviers Learn more about Amy here-About Catie Cuan-Catie Cuan is an artist and technologist based out of Brooklyn. As a performer she has worked with the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lisa Bielawa/KCET, Katherine Helen Fisher, Clare Cook, NY Fashion Week, and CATAPULT Entertainment, as well as Broadway choreographer Peggy Hickey. Her own choreography has been presented at venues and festivals such as the Actors Fund Arts Center, DanceNOW Raw, the Brooklyn Dance Festival, Zellerbach (Berkeley), NY Theater Barn, New York Musical Festival, and The Tank, where she won the inaugural XYZNYC Choreography Competition. Her passion for technology is evidenced by her previous work experience at Google/YouTube and Bain & Company before joining Color + Information, a digital creative agency, as Vice President. She is currently a digital consultant and avid VR researcher. She graduated with High Honors from UC Berkeley with a dual degree in Business Administration and Dance and was a visiting student at the University of Oxford, New College.Catie Cuan is also a 2018 TED Resident and ThoughtWorks Arts Resident.Learn more about Catie hereFollow Catie @itscatie-About Laura Sydell-Laura Sydell fell in love with the intimate storytelling qualities of radio, which combined her passion for theatre and writing with her addiction to news. Over her career she has covered politics, arts, media, religion, and entrepreneurship. Currently Sydell is the Digital Culture Correspondent for NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and NPR.org.Sydell's work focuses on the ways in which technology is transforming our culture and how we live. For example, she reported on robotic orchestras and independent musicians who find the Internet is a better friend than a record label as well as ways technology is changing human relationships.Tweet her @SydellLearn more about her interest in artists & criminals here-About CODAME-Sparked by the network of creative coders, designers, and artists that Bruno Fonzi and Jordan Gray knew from around the world, CODAME was founded to celebrate their passion for art and technology. The CODAME brand of immersive, engaging, and out of the ordinary experiences was coined at the inaugural CODAME ART+TECH Festival in 2010 on a foggy rooftop in downtown San Francisco. CODAME builds ART+TECH projects and nonprofit events to inspire through experience.Follow them @codameTweet them @codameLearn more here

State of the Art Podcast was invited to attend and speak with participants in CODAME's Art + Tech Festival, ARTOBOTS at The Midway earlier this month. Part 1 features one-on-one on-site conversations with artists Alexander Reben and Meredith Tromble on art and AI. We conclude the episode with a fascinating conversation with UC Berkeley artist and professor, Ken Goldberg, on the "uncanny valley."Thank you CODAME for inviting us to cover this awesome event, and a special shoutout to Vanessa Chang, CODAME curator, for personally extending the invitation to us. You can listen to our interview with Vanessa Chang here.-About Alexander Reben-Alexander Reben is an artist and roboticist who explores humanity through the lens of art and technology. His work probes the inherently human nature of the artificial. Using tools such as artificial philosophy, synthetic psychology, perceptual manipulation and technological magic, he brings to light our inseparable evolutionary entanglement to invention which has unarguably shaped our way of being. This is done to not only help understand who we are, but to consider who we will become in our continued codevelopment with our artificial creations.Projects referred to in this episode: Boxie, Headgasmatron, and Pulse MachineLearn more at http://areben.com/-About Meredith Tromble-Meredith Tromble is a multimedia artist, writer, performer, and teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute. Learn more about Meredith at http://meredithtromble.net/-About Ken Goldberg-Ken Goldberg is an artist, inventor, and UC Berkeley Professor focusing on robotics. He was appointed the William S. Floyd Jr Distinguished Chair in Engineering and serves as Chair of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department. He has secondary appointments in EECS, Art Practice, the School of Information, and Radiation Oncology at the UCSF Medical School. Ken is Director of the CITRIS "People and Robots" Initiative and the UC Berkeley AUTOLAB where he and his students pursue research in machine learning for robotics and automation in warehouses, homes, and operating rooms. Ken developed the first provably complete algorithms for part feeding and part fixturing and the first robot on the Internet. Despite agonizingly slow progress, he persists in trying to make robots less clumsy. He has over 250 peer-reviewed publications and 8 U.S. Patents. He co-founded and served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Ken's artwork has appeared in 70 exhibits including the Whitney Biennial and films he has co-written have been selected for Sundance and nominated for an Emmy Award. Ken was awarded the NSF PECASE (Presidential Faculty Fellowship) from President Bill Clinton in 1995, elected IEEE Fellow in 2005 and selected by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for the George Saridis Leadership Award in 2016. He lives in the Bay Area and is madly in love with his wife, filmmaker and Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain, and their two daughters. Tweet him @Ken_Goldberg-About CODAME-Sparked by the network of creative coders, designers, and artists that Bruno Fonzi and Jordan Gray knew from around the world, CODAME was founded to celebrate their passion for art and technology. The CODAME brand of immersive, engaging, and out of the ordinary experiences was coined at the inaugural CODAME ART+TECH Festival in 2010 on a foggy rooftop in downtown San Francisco. CODAME builds ART+TECH projects and nonprofit events to inspire through experience.Follow them @codameTweet them @codameLearn more here-About ARTOBOTS-June 4-7, 2018 @ The Midway, San FranciscoThe annual CODAME ART+TECH Festival is a four-day conference with workshops, talks and nightlife events with immersive, engaging, out of the ordinary experiences. The festival features gallery installations, screenings, and performances.This year’s ART+TECH Festival, codenamed #ARTOBOTS, examines the sphere of robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. Through art, discussion, play and performance, CODAME probes these potentials.

Vince Kadlubek pioneered the creative force that is Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe artist collective dedicated to building interactive and immersive experiences to transport visitors of all ages into fantastic realms ripe for exploration. In this episode we speak with Vince about how Meow Wolf achieve its impressive level of success, what Meow Wolf's ethos is, and where/how he sees tech is enabling the arts.-About Vince Kadlubek-Vince Kadlubek is the Co-founder and CEO of Meow Wolf, an arts collective that has transformed into a remarkable, award winning arts production company. After leading Meow Wolf to win the inaugural startup competition from Creative Startups Vince created the business plan for Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return. In the last year he has started 3 new thriving businesses. He is the chair of the Santa Fe, New Mexico planning commission. Vince is a native of Santa Fe and is deeply committed to supporting local growth as well as bringing unique, indescribable, immersive art experiences to the world. His unorthodox approach to business has helped pave the way to Meow Wolf’s unprecedented success.Follow Vince @VinceKadlubekTweet him @VinceKadlubek-About Meow Wolf-Meow Wolf creates immersive, interactive experiences to transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration. The group’s first permanent installation, launched in March 2016 with support from Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin, showcases the THEA Award-winning House of Eternal Return, where guests discover a multidimensional mystery house with secret passages, portals to magical worlds, climbing apparatus, and surreal, maximalist & mesmerizing art exhibits along with a children’s learning center, top ten in the U.S. music venue and cafe area.The company is composed of nearly 200 artists across all disciplines including architecture, sculpture, painting, photography and video production, virtual and augmented reality, music and audio engineering, narrative writing, costuming and performance, and more. Basically everything.Follow Meow Wolf @meow_wolfTweet them @MeowWolf

Everyone is familiar with MIT and the university's reputation as a serious force in the world of science, tech, and research, but how many are aware of MIT's legacy in the arts? Did you know that MIT's founder had envisioned incorporating the arts from the very beginning?In this episode we speak with Leila Kinney and Evan Ziporyn of MIT's Center for Art, Science, and Technology (CAST) about MIT's culture of creativity and exploration, the institution's mission to humanize science and tech, and the exciting projects that have emerged from CAST, like Tomás Saraceno's Arachnid Orchestra.-About Leila Kinney-Leila W. Kinney is the Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), working with Associate Provost Philip S. Khoury, the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P), the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), the Creative Arts Council, the Council for the Arts at MIT, the MIT List Visual Arts Center, and the MIT Museum, to advance the arts at MIT in the areas of strategic planning, cross-school collaborations, communications and resource development.Kinney is an art historian with experience in both SA+P, where she was on the faculty in the History, Theory and Criticism section of the Department of Architecture (HTC) and SHASS, where she taught in the Program in Women’s Studies and in Comparative Media Studies. She specializes in modern art, with an emphasis on media in transition, arts institutions and artists’ engagement with mass culture. She is a member of the Executive Committee of a2ru (Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities) and of the Advisory Committees of the Catalyst Collaborative at MIT, the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the MIT Museum.-About Evan Ziporyn-Evan Ziporyn makes music at the crossroads between genres and cultures, and between East and West. He studied at the Eastman School of Music, Yale University, and UC Berkeley with Joseph Schwantner, Martin Bresnick, and Gerard Grisey. He first traveled to Bali in 1981, studying with Madé Lebah, Colin McPhee’s 1930s musical informant. He returned on a Fulbright in 1987.Earlier that year, he performed a clarinet solo at the First Bang on a Can Marathon in New York. His involvement with Bang on a Can continued for twenty five years. In 1992, he co-founded the Bang on a Can All-stars (Musical America’s 2005 Ensemble of the Year), with whom he toured the globe and premiered over one hundred commissioned works, collaborating with Nik Bartsch, Iva Bittova, Don Byron, Ornette Coleman, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Thurston Moore, Terry Riley, and Tan Dun. He co-produced their seminal 1996 recording of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports,” as well as their most recent CD, “Big Beautiful Dark & Scary” (2012).Ziporyn joined the MIT faculty in 1990, founding Gamelan Galak Tika in 1993, and beginning a series of groundbreaking compositions for gamelan & Western instruments. These include three evening-length works, 2001’s “ShadowBang,” 2004’s “Oedipus Rex” (Robert Woodruff, director), and 2009’s “A House in Bali,” an opera which joins Western singers with Balinese traditional performers, and the Bang on a Can All-stars with a full gamelan. It received its world premiere in Bali that summer and its New York premiere at BAM Next Wave in October 2010.As a clarinetist, Ziporyn recorded the definitive version of Steve Reich’s multi-clarinet “New York Counterpoint” in 1996, sharing in that ensemble’s Grammy in 1998. In 2001, his solo clarinet CD, “This is Not A Clarinet,” made Top Ten lists across the country. His compositions have been commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road, Kronos Quartet, American Composers Orchestra, Maya Beiser, So Percussion, Wu Man, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, with whom he recorded his most recent CD, “Big Grenadilla/Mumbai” (2012). His honors include awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2011); The Herb Alpert Foundation (2011); USA Artists Walker Fellowship (2007); MIT’s Gyorgy Kepes Prize (2006); the American Academy of Arts and Letters Goddard Lieberson Fellowship (2004); as well as commissions from Meet the Composer/Commissioning Music USA and the Rockefeller MAP Fund. Recordings of his works have been been released on Cantaloupe, Sony Classical, New Albion, New World, Koch, Naxos, Innova, and CRI.He is Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT. He also serves as Head of Music and Theater Arts, and in 2012 was appointed inaugural Director of MIT’s Center for Art Science & Technology. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with Christine Southworth, and has two children, Leonardo (19) and Ava (12).-About MIT CAST-The MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) creates new opportunities for art, science and technology to thrive as interrelated, mutually informing modes of exploration, knowledge and discovery. CAST’s multidisciplinary platform presents performing and visual arts programs, suppor

The Museu do Amanhã, or The Museum of Tomorrow, looks like something that emerged from the unexplored depths of the ocean to grace the sunny shores of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. Housed inside is an extraordinary overview of our history, from the cosmos and emergence of Earth to our present day and a variety of "tomorrows" as influenced by humans impact on the planet. The Museum uses digital media, art, tech, and data to create narratives that guide visitors on a powerful and informative journey though the ages and into the future, all the while addressing the need for change if humankind is to avoid extinction. In this episode we speak with the Museum's Exhibitions Manager, Leonardo Menezes about how and why The Museum of Tomorrow "combines the accuracy of science with the expressiveness of art" in its presentation, what their mission is, and where they see the future is headed.-About The Museu do Amanhã (The Museum of Tomorrow)-A new icon of the modernization of Rio de Janeiro’s harbor, the Museum of Tomorrow was born in the Praça Mauá as a science museum meant to explore, imagine, and conceive all the possibilities for constructing the future. An experimental museum, where the content is presented through a narrative that combines the accuracy of science with the expressiveness of art, using technology as a support in interactive environments and audiovisual and gaming facilities created from scientific studies conducted by experts and data released all over the world.Designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the building - whose organic shapes were inspired by the bromeliads of the Botanic Garden of the city - occupies an area of 15 thousand square meters, surrounded by reflecting pools, gardens, a bike lane, and a leisure area, all adding up to 34.6 thousand square meters of the Píer Mauá.The Museum of Tomorrow is an initiative of the administration of the city of Rio de Janeiro, conceived and carried out along the Roberto Marinho Foundation, an institution associated with the Grupo Globo, and has the Santander bank as its main sponsor. It also has the support of Shell, the administration of the state of Rio de Janeiro (through the Environment Office), and the Federal Government (through FINEP, the Projects and Studies Financing). The institution is part of a museum network supported by the Local Cultural Office. The IDG (Institute of Development and Management), a cultural non-profit, is responsible for the administration of the museum.Like them on FacebookTweet them @museudoamanhaFollow them @museudoamanha

In addition to being a curator at CODAME, a community of innovators shaping the future through playful launches of art and tech projects, Vanessa Chang lectures at California College of the Arts and holds a PhD in “Modern Thought and Literature” from Stanford University. In this episode, Vanessa shares her background and interest in art and tech, insights into the projects CODAME is involved in, addresses the importance of play in art, and questions the general perception of what "tech" is. She also shares some sneakpeaks into CODAME's upcoming art and tech festival ARTOBOTS, opening June 4, 2018 at The Midway, 900 Marin St, San Francisco.Follow Vanessa @allsfairinvanessy-About CODAME-Sparked by the network of creative coders, designers, and artists that Bruno Fonzi and Jordan Gray knew from around the world, CODAME was founded to celebrate their passion for art and technology. The CODAME brand of immersive, engaging, and out of the ordinary experiences was coined at the inaugural CODAME ART+TECH Festival in 2010 on a foggy rooftop in downtown San Francisco. CODAME builds ART+TECH projects and nonprofit events to inspire through experience.Follow them @codameTweet them @codameLearn more hereCODAME ART + TECH FESTIVAL: ARTOBOTS | June 4-7, 2018 @ The Midway, San FranciscoThe annual CODAME ART+TECH Festival is a four-day conference with workshops, talks and nightlife events with immersive, engaging, out of the ordinary experiences. The festival features gallery installations, screenings, and performances.This year’s ART+TECH Festival, codenamed #ARTOBOTS, examines the sphere of robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. Through art, discussion, play and performance, CODAME probes these potentials.Cover Art by Graydon Speace

In a city where the tension between artists and techies is palpable, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has pushed exhibitions, programs and projects that bridge the two spheres, like their inventive video series ARTIST CRIBS, their seamless museum app, and their experimental PlaySFMOMA initiative. Erica Gangsei, head of Interpretive Media at SFMOMA and a working artist in her own right, shares her thoughts on tech's place in the museum and the "art world" at large.-About Erica Gangsei-As Head of Interpretive Media at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Erica Gangsei leads a team of multimedia storytellers to create award winning digital resources such as audio tours, video interviews with artists, in-museum interpretive gallery spaces, games, and the podcast Raw Material. As a multidisciplinary artist, she is heavily involved in the Bay Area arts community, and has volunteered her time for organizations such as the Lab, Root Division, Headlands Center for the Arts and Adobe Books. Erica also has a passionate interest in games, and is the founder of the museum's PlaySFMOMA initiative, which presents pop-up arcades, game jams, lectures, workshops, and a game designer-in-residence series. She studied Philosophy and Fine Arts and Amherst College and Sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute.Follow Erica @ericagangseiTweet her @ericagangseiCover Art by Graydon Speace

Nancy Cahill creates intensely fragmented forms pulsing with momentum that threaten to explode of their paper confines. Well, her creations did just that earlier this year when she partnered with a developer to create her augmented reality app, 4th Wall, which allows users to place her VR drawings within their own environment, anytime, anywhere. The app also allows users to virtually visit her LA studio, and to experience an AR hologram of her discussing the conceptual underpinnings of her work. In this episode, we talk with Nancy about her journey from "traditional" art mediums to VR and AR projects, the disconnect between the art and tech worlds, and where she sees virtual reality is headed.-About Nancy Baker Cahill-Nancy Baker Cahill is a multi-disciplinary artist and founder of 4th Wall, a free Augmented Reality (AR) app which allows users to place art in 360 degrees anywhere in the world. She received her B.A. from Williams College. From 2010-2012 she initiated and led a collaborative art project at Homeboy Industries called “Exit Wounds.” Works from this project were exhibited throughout Los Angeles as part of the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM)’s “Folk Art Everywhere” program. In 2015 she designed and led a collage workshop with homeless individuals under the aegis of a CAFAM grant. She is also the recipient of an ARC Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation and will be a featured TEDx speaker in September 2018 in Pasadena.Solo exhibition highlights include the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Ochi Projects, her Virtual Reality (VR) public art project on the IF (Innovation Foundation) sponsored Sunset Digital Billboards, and a VR/AR event at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) in April 2018. She has been profiled by Forbes Magazine, Fast Company, The Smithsonian Magazine, The Art Newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, KCET’s award-winning “Artbound” series, Aesthetica, Good Magazine, LA Magazine, LA Weekly, Peripheral Vision Arts and on several podcasts, including Feminist Crush and State of the Art. She served for years as a member of the Hollywood Public Art Advisory Board, is a member of the Pasadena Art Alliance, an Advisory Board member of Fulcrum Arts and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at LACE.Follow Nancy @nancybakercahill or @4thwallappLearn more about Nancy here

What happens when you quantify art? Can breaking down art into data and stats help create a better collection and smarter collectors? Jason Bailey, self-identified artist turned analytics nerd, is the founder of the Artnome blog and creator of a massive online database of the world's best known artists which he says is “moneyball for art”, which he believes will revolutionize the way we engage with, understand, and purchase art.-About Jason Bailey-Jason is mission driven to use technology and data to improve the world's art historical record and to improve opportunities for artists from historically underserved or marginalized groups. He has an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. You can read more about Artnome here and catch Jason's podcast on blockchain art and cryptocurrency at Dank Rares.For our international and globetrotting listeners, be sure to checkout Jason's panel discussion, "Blockchain in the Art World – Digital Art", at Christie's Art + Tech Summit, July 17, 2018.-About Artnome-Artnome explores art through data.Artnome is the blog of Jason Bailey, an art nerd building the world's largest analytical database of known works across our most important artists. Think Zillow / Moneyball for art and artists.  Follow @artnome on Instagram or Twitter

Earlier this year, Google's Art & Culture app went viral for their selfie-matching tool which allowed users to discover their likeness in paintings across art institutions from around the world. In this episode, we chat with Suhair Kahn, project manager at Google Arts & Culture, where a team of creative engineers and cultural enthusiasts are making it their mission to connect everyone, everywhere with cultural content. Suhair shares why Google is invested in arts and culture, what the thinking was behind their selfie-project, how the Arts & Culture team uses tech to create engaging content, and gives insight into future projects they're currently working on and excited about.-About Suhair Khan-Suhair Khan is a culturally diverse globetrotter having grown up between Milan, London and South Asia. She is the lead on Google Arts & Culture projects and collaborations in multiple countries, including the UK, Australia, Indonesia, and Korea. Suhair works primarily out of Google's London Office.Tweet her @SuhairKFollow her @SuhairK-About Google Arts & Culture-Google Arts & Culture is a sector of Google's Cultural Institute, initiatives that emerged from Google's 20% project in which Googlers dedicate 20% of their time to programs that aren’t core to their role. The key goal of the Cultural Institute is to make the world's important art and cultural materials accessible to everyone, everywhere by preserving it for the future, online.Twitter @googleartsInsta @googleartscultureFacebook

We sat down with Hadi Eldebek, founder and CEO of Grantpa, a website that connects artists, dancers, musicians, and other creatives with grant money worldwide. A musician himself, Hadi wondered how many people apply for grants versus how many receive them, and, after canvasing among his friends and relatives, he learned that the majority did not even bother to apply because of the time investment and intimidation factor of submitting an application.In this episode, Hadi discusses how Grantpa works for grant-seekers to make the application process as simple and time-saving as possible, what it’s like being a TED resident, and why the idea that “artists must be poor” is an expectation he is working towards breaking.- About GrantPA -GrantPA is a discoverability platform that matches individuals and organizations with grants they are eligible for. GrantPA saves you time by matching you with the grants relevant to you. Learn more about Grantpa here.

Julia Kaganskiy, Director of New Museum’s multidisciplinary development program, NEW INC, has had a fascinating journey into the world of art and tech with a number of amazing stops along the way. Her ambitions led her from a childhood dream of becoming an arts and culture editor, to a dream job that unifies all her interests in one melting pot bubbling with creative thinkers and innovators. In this episode, Julia shares how experiences as diverse as heading VICE's Creators Project to transforming the landscape of Coachella (before art was a given there), perfectly positioned her at the intersection of art and tech and informed her leadership at NEW INC. Julia also delves into the value of creative thinking in tech, what artists bring to the table as divergent thinkers, and how NEW INC is putting the training artists receive to use in innovative ways outside of the traditional artist studio.- About NEW INC -NEW INC gives creative practitioners the tools they need to build sustainable practices and launch projects that impact, promote, and amplify culture by exploring new ideas at the intersection of art, technology, and design.

“Is Art for Everyone?”, a discussion about how tech is disrupting the traditional art world model originally recorded live at The Battery in San Francisco on April 11th, 2018.Our panelists include Erica Gangsei, head of Interpretive Media @SFMoma, Jen Bekman, Founder of 20x200, and Andrew Herman, founder of French Girls & MiniCanvas.These guest speakers offer a comprehensive and insightful overview of what “art for everyone” means, how tech is democratizing the arts, and what accessibility barriers artists and collectors face today. Together they answer questions like, how has technology democratized the art world? What roadblocks have they seen in their diverse fields? And, is “art for everyone” a concept that has or can be embraced by all?

Scott Belsky is like Batman: he’s not the hero we deserve, but he’s the one that we need. Creatives can be unorganized and idealistic. They tend to not be the most business oriented people. Scott has spent his entire career creating and improving tools, frameworks, and infrastructures that help make ideas happen. His work helps creators treat themselves more like businesses, and makes creative people and tools accessible to more businesses. His work is maybe best epitomized in the founding mission of Behance: connecting the best creative talent to the best opportunities.This episode is nourishment for your creative soul.- About Scott Belsky -Scott Belsky is an executive, entrepreneur, author, and investor (and all-around product obsessive). He currently serves as Adobe's Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud. Scott's passion is to make the creative world more productive, connected, and adaptive to new technologies. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006, and served as CEO until Adobe acquired Behance in 2012. Millions of people use Behance to display their portfolios, as well as track and find top talent across the creative industries. After Behance's acquisition, Scott helped reboot Adobe's mobile product strategy and led Behance until 2016, when he spent a few years as an investor and advisor to multiple businesses. Alongside his role at Adobe, Scott is a Venture Partner at Benchmark - a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, an early-stage investor, and is co-founder and Executive Chairman of Prefer, a referrals platform that empowers the careers of independent professionals (aka "Soloists").You can follow Scott on Twitter or Instagram @scottbelsky.- About Vango Studio -Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

Before exiting her own start up (Art Remba) to co-found and become CEO of Absolut Art, Nahema Mehta did stints working for the Supreme Court, Merrill Lynch, and Sotheby’s. Her cross disciplinary life makes her the perfect person to run Absolut Art, a company dedicated to becoming the place people go to buy art, that also happens to be the little brother of that well known vodka company. In today’s episode Nahema and Ethan talk about Absolut’s incredible 30 year history supporting artists, why it’s important to tell artists’ stories, and how to create a seamless art experience, from discovery to display.- About Nahema Mehta -As co-founder and CEO of Absolut Art, Nahema spends every day bridging the gap between artists creating and people collecting by refining art buying through patented design. As a philanthropist, she works with passionate humans to empower over 100,000 young girls through education and healthcare.She's lived and worked across 4 continents and benefited from an interdisciplinary career path, having worked for Chief Justice Roberts, Merrill Lynch, and Sotheby’s before founding and exiting her own startup, Art Remba.She shares learnings along the way at conferences like Fast Company's 2017 Most Creative Minds and Innovate46 at the NASDAQ. - About Absolut Art -At Absolut Art, our goal is to inspire more people to live with contemporary art. We get that the scene can be intimidating, but we’re not. We personally trek across the globe with respected curators to scout trailblazing artists that are loved by locals and collected by museums like MoMA. Then we bring their incredible work straight to your walls - signed, numbered and professionally framed. Simple.- About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

We're excited to bring your our Art and Tech panel, originally recorded live from the podcast stage at SXSW March 15, 2018. Our panelists were Erica Gangsei, head of Interpretive Media @SFMoma, Nahema Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO of Absolut Art, and (State of the Art Alumni) Andrew Herman, founder of French Girls & MiniCanvas. Our panelists got on like three peas in a pod and tackled some of the major questions we try to answer here at State of the Art. Questions like, how has technology democratized the art world? Has has the maturation of the art ecosystem changed the experience of buying art? And what's more important, sexy work, or un-sexy work?-About Erica Gangsei-Erica Gangsei, is Manager of Interpretive Media in the Education department at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She researches, writes and co-produces educational multimedia materials such as audio tours, artist video interviews, podcasts, kiosk-based and online interactive features, and onsite educational spaces. Most recently, she curated ArtGameLab, an exhibition at SFMOMA of crowd-sourced game prototypes. Her professional research interests include crowd-sourced and assignment-based artwork, alternate reality games, institutional critique, and avant-garde culture as an engine of broader social and political change. She is also a sculptor, performer, conceptual artist and stop-motion animator, and have exhibited widely in the Bay Area and nationally. She is active in the Bay Area independent art community and recently concluded a term as co-President of Board of Directors of the Lab, an interdisciplinary experimental non-profit art space in San Francisco’s Mission district. I studied Philosophy and Fine Arts at Amherst College and Sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute.-About Nahema Mehta-As cofounder and CEO of Absolut Art, Nahema spends every day bridging the gap between artists creating and people collecting by refining art buying through patented design. As a philanthropist, she work with passionate humans to empower over 100,000 young girls through education and healthcare. She's lived and worked across 4 continents and benefited from an interdisciplinary career path, having worked for Chief Justice Roberts, Merrill Lynch, and Sotheby’s before founding and exiting her own startup, Art Remba. She shares learnings along the way at conferences like Fast Company's 2017 Most Creative Minds and Innovate46 at the NASDAQ.-About Andrew Herman-Andrew Herman is co-founder of the mobile app French Girls. Now located in San Francisco, Andrew was a mechanical engineer by training from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He grew up an avid guitar enthusiast and closet art fan. In 2014, he launched Easyl, a marketplace for original art which then transpired into French girls, an app that enables users to discover and create digital art inspired by photos from the community. He is now responsible for technical oversight of the app.Find Andrew on Twitter and Instagram.  - About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In Jonathan T.D.Neil’s decades long career, he’s been an art critic, an art educator, an art consultant, an art historian, and even an architect. His diverse background makes him uniquely suited to comment on macro trends in the art world, and lead him to start a brand new interdisciplinary MA in Art Business, and Information Systems and Technology at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Los Angeles; where he is the Director, and Head of Global Business Development. In today’s episode, he and Ethan chat about what makes Sotheby’s different from other art schools, what his hopes are for graduates of his new MA program, and where he sees the art world going in the near future.- About Jonathan T.D. Neil -Jonathan T. D. Neil is head of Global Business Development for Sotheby’s Institute of Art and founding Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art – Los Angeles, a partnership with Claremont Graduate University, the Getty Leadership Institute, the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and CGU’s School of Arts and Humanities. He also serves as Associate Editor for  ArtReview magazine.From 2011-2015 he was editor of the Held Essays on Visual Art for The Brooklyn Rail, and from 2008 until 2014 he was Executive Editor at The Drawing Center in New York. In 2005 he co-founded Boyd Level LLC, a private curatorial firm and consultancy that specializes in contemporary art.Jonathan has a PhD in 20th-century Art History from Columbia University and a B.Arch from Cornell University. He has taught courses on modern and contemporary art and architectural history, the international art market, critical writing, critical theory, and the history of photography at Columbia University, Parsons The New School for Design, and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York. He is a member of the New York Chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).Jonathan can be contacted directly at [email protected]. You can follow him on Twitter or Instagram @jtdneil.- About Sotheby’s Institute of Art -Evolving from a small connoisseurship program begun by Sotheby's Auction House in 1969 Sotheby's Institute is now the leader in art business education and object based learning.- About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In this episode Ethan chats with Christina Steinbrecher-Pfant, artistic director, of Viennacontemporary art fair. They touch on the hackathon hosted by Viennacontemporary and other art groups and startups as well as the future of tech at art fairs and how Viennacontemporary tries to help their attendees.ViennacontemporaryViennacontemporary is an international fair for contemporary art in Vienna, Austria. Since 2015, it takes place annually in the fourth week of September at the Marx Halle, located in St. Marx, a part of Vienna's third district. Besides its focus on Central- and Eastern Europe viennacontemporary presents international and Austrian galleries showcasing young and established contemporary artists.You can find them at www.viennacontemporary.at/en/ or @vc_artfair on instagram and twitter.About Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Moenen Erbuer has founded not one, but two art tech startups. In this episode he shares his uncommon views about the art world: how it works, who it caters to, and if it is capable of change. He also shares what might be in store for the future for PRNCPL.About Moenen ErbuerMoenen is the co-founder of Curiator.com and PRNCPL. He is a visual designer, born and raised in Brussels, with extensive experience in the research, design and development of interfaces for a variety of products ranging from financial trading software to commercial web applications. Before starting Curiator, Moenen worked at AKQA, a digital innovation agency, where he was the creative lead on the Google account, and worked on a wide variety of clients like Lego, Coca-Cola, Thomson Reuters and Cinemax.About PRNCPLPRNCPL is a new technology platform for the art industry. The primary focus of PRNCPL is to help art fairs manage their data, and to create the best possible digital experience for its galleries, collectors and visitors.PRNCPL is mostly a back-office platform only accessible to the art fair team, but during Art Düsseldorf in November 2017, we’ll be launching an important first public-facing extension of our platform. Find them at www.prncpl.comAbout Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Everybody knows Ello; but few people understand the roller coaster ride that brought Ello into the public eye and then took it back to the art world. In this episode Ethan talks with Ello Co-Founder and CEO, Todd Berger, about the turns Ello took over the course of its development, what the Ello community looks like now, and what is in store for the future of Ello. About Todd BergerTodd Berger is a cofounder and the CEO of Ello, The Creators Network. He has spent the past 19 years practicing contemporary graphic design, conceptual art and brand strategy. Along with his business partner, Lucian, their design studio, Berger & Föhr is internationally recognized and they have extensively exhibited and published around the world.About ElloEllo is The Creators Network, a publishing and collaboration platform connecting and supporting a global community of artists. Founded in 2013 by a collection of artists & designers, Ello re-imagines the future of creative work by providing a contemporary forum and virtual workplace for artists, brands, agencies, publishers, and their fans. Find them at Ello.coAbout Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Send Me SFMOMA is the perfect storm of genius in art and tech. It makes exploring art fun, interesting, and accessible. In this episode, Ethan talks with Jay Mollica, creative technologist at SFMOMA, about how the app came to be, what the response was, and what's next. About Jay MollicaJay Mollica joined SFMOMA in July of 2015. As the museum's Creative Technologist, he pursues innovative and experimental digital initiatives while also maintaining and extending wonderful existing projects such as Open Space. One of his goals is to bring SFMOMA's collection to the public in new and perhaps unexpected ways, this manifests itself in projects like the viral texting service Send Me SFMOMA.About Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Art can save lives. And for both Brandolon Barnett and Messay Derebe art did save their lives. And art brought them together. Now they want to bring art to everyone by making it accessible and affordable to dip your toes into the art world. Hence goARTful was born. This startup allows individuals or companies to rent art from local artists and switch out the art as much as they want. Brandolon Barnett, co-Founder and co-CEOBrandolon has a love for music and the arts that comes from his time as a performer, his love of anime and photography, and graduate research into the importance of the arts for economic development. Brandolon holds an MA in International Studies with a specialization in International Economics from the University of London SOAS. He brings to Artful a wide range of experience within the social enterprise and social impact space. He has successfully managed NGO programs in major US markets and on the ground in 5 countries, worked as as analytics manager for Frontstream/TRUiST, as a senior researcher with the Council on Foundations, and as a corporate social responsibility consultant with Global Impact. He has also acted as the first Director and leader of Growfund (mygrowfund.org), shepherding a $1 million seed investment in the startup and bringing the platform from 160 to thousands of potential users in its first year. Brandolon is a respected speaker on topics related to diversity in philanthropy, impact measurement, impact investing, giving trends, and social innovation. He has been invited to speak at the 2014 Conference for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management in Rome, the 2016 conference of the Association for Corporate Contributions Professionals (ACCProf), the 2016 Blackbaud Conference, 2017 SXSW, 2017 SOCAP, and other venues. He is active as a volunteer, and loves his hometown NBA team the Dallas Mavericks.Messay Derebe, co-Founder and co-CEOMessay is a passionate believer in the transformative power of the arts having seen their impact on her own life. She has committed her career to expanding access to arts for all. She is part of the Program team at the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Previous to this Messay worked and volunteer with several performing and visual arts organizations around the country in Pittsburgh, PA, Dallas, TX, and Washington, DC. This experience included work with the The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and Washington Performing Arts. Messay began her career in finance working as an auditor with Ernst & Young but left that path to pursue her true passion of supporting artists and arts organizations. Messay holds a Masters in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University. She earned her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University with majors in English Literature and Accounting. Messay also volunteers to support arts in her committee. She serves as a member of the steering committee for Emerging Arts Leaders DC and in other capacities. She is originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and calls Texas her adopted US state.About Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Patreon is a game changer for artists and creators. Their goal is to help people get paid while doing what they love. In this episode Carlos Cabrera, VP of Data Science and Operations at Patreon, talks about where Patreon started and where Patreon is going. He gives us some tips and insight on what works on Patreon and what doesn't. And he talks about the rationale behind last December's proposed fee changes, why users were so upset, and what is coming next. About Carlos CabreraCarlos is the VP of Data Science and Operations at Patreon. He himself joined Patreon in May 2015 after completing an MBA at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. His professional experience includes statistical modeling of natural catastrophe risk, management at a music technology company, and strategy consulting. He also plays the drums for Pomplamoose, the band co-founded by Patreon's CEO Jack Conte. About PatreonFor creators, Patreon is a way to get paid for creating the things you’re already creating (webcomics, videos, songs, whatevs). Fans pay a few bucks per month OR per post you release, and then you get paid every month, or every time you release something new. Learn more about becoming a creator on Patreon HERE.For patrons, Patreon is a way to join your favorite creator's community and pay them for making the stuff you love. Instead of literally throwing money at your screen (trust us, that doesn’t work), you can now pay a few bucks per month or per post that a creator makes. For example, if you pay $2 per video, and the creator releases 3 videos in February, then your card gets charged a total of $6 that month. This means the creator gets paid regularly (every time she releases something new), and you become a bonafide, real-life patron of the arts. That’s right--Imagine you, in a long frilly white wig, painted on a 10-foot canvas on the wall of a Victorian mansion. And imagine your favorite creators making a living doing what they do best… because of you.You can find Patreon on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @patreon.About Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

She is an angel investor! She is an art collector! She is a podcast host, and a blogger, and a foodie, and a mom. How does Joanne Wilson do it all? Simple. With her super powers! In this episode Joanne tells us about how she got the name 'Gotham Gal', why she collects art, what she looks for in investment opportunities, and what she thinks is the biggest business opportunity in the art world today. About Joanne WilsonJoanne got her start in retail and wholesale. During the 1990s’ dot-com boom, she worked on the media side of the technology industry. She has chaired a few nonprofits and has sat on numerous boards in a variety of fields. She has been a-stay-at-home mom, she has been a working mom. A city dweller, a suburbanite (albeit briefly!).These days she finds herself in a different career, another turn in the road. In 2007, she made her first angel investment. Since then, her portfolio has grown to include more than 90 companies. She has also focused her thesis on female entrepreneurs — a decision that is more practical than philanthropic. Women founders tend to be tenacious and thorough. They ask questions and listen. They are great leaders.Her female founder thesis led her to create The Women’s Entrepreneurs Festival. This event is an incredible combination of inspiration, information and validation. Year after year, their goal has been to create an intimate setting and a spirited agenda designed for robust conversation and purposeful connections.You can keep tabs on everything she is up to at gothamgal.com or on twitter @thegothamgal and be sure to check out her podcast Positively Gotham Gal on soundcloud. About Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Daniel Doubrovkine is currently CTO at Artsy. Daniel's experience with art is a far cry from what most of us have encountered. Growing up in the Soviet Union his father would use books to take care of the family's needs. In Daniel's life art has been his currency, his healthcare, his passion and now part of his career. In this episode, Ethan and Daniel talk about what art is going to be in the future, how artists are entrepreneurs, and how the experience around art will change.About ArtsyArtsy’s mission is to make all the world’s art accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. We are a resource for art collecting and education. Artsy features the world’s leading galleries, museum collections, foundations, artist estates, art fairs, and benefit auctions, all in one place. Our growing database of 800,000 images of art, architecture, and design by 80,000 artists spans historical, modern, and contemporary works, and includes the largest online database of contemporary art. Artsy is used by art lovers, museum-goers, patrons, collectors, students, and educators to discover, learn about, and collect art.You can find Artsy at Artsy.net and on Instagram, twitter, and facebook @artsyAbout Daniel DoubrouvkineDaniel Doubrovkine (aka dB.) is a seasoned entrepreneur, technologist, CTO at Artsy.net in New York, the largest online fine art marketplace and publication. Daniel graduated from University of Geneva in late 90s with a degree in Computer Science, and founded and sold Vestris Inc., an early stage technology start-up right after college. He joined Microsoft as Development Lead, was Director at Visible Path, then Architect and Development Manager at Application Security. Daniel is the creator and maintainer of many popular open-source projects and a lifetime artist.You can find Daniel at www.dblock.org or on twitter @dblockdotorgAbout Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Art.com is all about helping people get art they love on their walls. According to Art.com CEO Kira Wampler “blank walls are the enemy.” Kira has been at Art.com for just over a year. She brings experience from an impressive background in leadership at customer driven startups including Lyft, Trulia, and Lytro. In this episode she shares her thoughts about knowing your customer, tech adoption, trying out different kinds of art, and the future of the retail experience.About Art.comArt.com is the largest online retailer of art. Their main goal is to help people find the art they love so they can love their spaces more. They have a billion images to choose from including limited-edition prints and hand-painted originals. They also offer home accessories and framing options.For more info visit art.com or find them on facebook, twitter, and instagram @artdotcomAbout Kira WamplerKira Wampler has been CEO of Art.com for just over a year. She brings more than 20 years of marketing and product leadership experience from her previous work at Lyft, Trulia, Lytro, and Intuit. She is a self described OG social media user and her dog was recently named the most powerful puppy in tech.You can find Kira on twitter and instagram @kiraswAbout Vango StudioVango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

In this episode, host Ethan Appleby pulls together some of the best sound bites from 2017 and then gives his thoughts on trends from 2017 and what to expect in 2018.

Robert is one of the most revered authorities on art & tech. Verisart is a company that uses blockchain technology to certify and verify artworks online, allowing buyers to access the provenance of a piece and artists to ensure the security of their work. Ethan talks to Robert about how Verisart uses the bitcoin blockchain to tell the history of a work and where it’s been why blockchain is the best way to ensure an artwork’s authenticityAnd how he sees the role of technology in shaping the future of the art market About VerisartVerisart employs decentralized technologies to help artists certify, document, and enliven their artworks in a vibrant online community of collectors, galleries and dealers.Find out more at verisart.com or follow them on twitter @verisartAbout Robert NortonRobert Norton has spent 20 years working in ecommerce, business development and Internet startups. I enjoy building business from the ground, finding new opportunities and creating new consumer experiences. He was the CEO and Founder of Saatchi Art and Sedition prior to starting Verisart.  Before that he was at King.comFollow Robert on Twitter @verisart- About Vango -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, on Twitter @vangoart and visit www.vangoart.co

Vida is a San Francisco-based brand connecting artists with the means of production in order to create clothing and accessories adorned with the artists’ original designs. Vida CEO and Founder Umaimah Mendhro sat down with Ethan for this week’s episode to talk about using tech to disrupt the status quo, the importance of creating sustainable systems for business, fashion, and art, and the need for beautiful design. -About Vida-Vida is an online shop that allows artists to create fashion and accessories with their original designs. With over 490,000 original designs, Vida manufactures artwork-adorned pieces on demand.  CEO Umaimah Mendhro founded Vida in order to create a sustainable system for affordable fashion that benefits the textile producers, the artists, and the global environment.The production teams, often in traditionally underprivileged regions, receive literacy training, and artists are able to see their works reach a broad global audience.Find your unique accessory or that perfect last-minute gift at Vida-About Umaimah Mendhro-Umaimah Mendhro is founder of both Vida and The Dreamfly. Both of her efforts are global initiatives that connect and empower communities all over the world. A graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Business School, Umaimah grew up in rural Pakistan and originally wanted to study art. She has channeled her education and this affinity into  Find Umaimah on Twitter- About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

State of the Art interviewed “The Art World’s Patron Satan” this week, provocative art collector Stefan Simchowitz. His style of “art flipping” goes against the establishment grain, and uses tech to disrupt the art market. In this week’s episode, Stefan and Ethan discuss what artists really need, how he’s disrupting the art establishment, and the “myth of the connoisseur.”-About Stefan Simchowitz-Stefan Simchowitz is a Los Angeles-based art collector, curator and mentor for emerging artists. He has garnered a controversial reputation for both supporting and creating markets for new artists, and for exploiting and then abandoning these same artists, all while causing turmoil in the established art market. He founded Simco’s Club, a membership subscription program for discovering and investing in emerging art. He has been featured by publications including the New York Times, artnet, and Vanity Fair.Follow Stefan on Twitter @simcosclub and on instagram @stefansimchowitz and at Simco’s Club. - About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .Tags: #stefansimochowitz #simcosclub #simco #art #artandtech #sanfrancisco #fineart #gallery #artgallery #emergingart #sota #stateoftheart #screen #rotate #smartgallery #curate #collector #gallerist #patron #contemporary #contemporaryart #artmarket #artmarketplace

State of the Art interviewed “The Art World’s Patron Satan” this week, provocative art collector Stefan Simchowitz. His style of “art flipping” goes against the establishment grain, and uses tech to disrupt the art market. In this week’s episode, Stefan and Ethan discuss what artists really need, how he’s disrupting the art establishment, and the “myth of the connoisseur.”-About Stefan Simchowitz-Stefan Simchowitz is a Los Angeles-based art collector, curator and mentor for emerging artists. He has garnered a controversial reputation for both supporting and creating markets for new artists, and for exploiting and then abandoning these same artists, all while causing turmoil in the established art market. He founded Simco’s Club, a membership subscription program for discovering and investing in emerging art. He has been featured by publications including the New York Times, artnet, and Vanity Fair.Follow Stefan on Twitter @simcosclub and on instagram @stefansimchowitz and at Simco’s Club. - About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In 2014, Andrew Herman co-founded the mobile app French Girls. As the name of the app may reveal, Andrew doesn’t take himself too seriously, but is serious about the app’s ability to introduce users to art appreciation and original art. In this week’s episode, Ethan discusses the process of making the French Girls app, the path to purchasing art, the cultural shifts needed to make art as popular as music, and the importance of not taking all art too seriously with French Girls’ Andrew Herman.  -About Andrew Herman-Andrew Herman is co-founder of the mobile app French Girls. Now located in San Francisco, Andrew was a mechanical engineer by training from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He grew up an avid guitar enthusiast and closet art fan.  In 2014, he launched Easyl, a marketplace for original art which then transpired into French girls, an app that enables users to discover and create digital art inspired by photos from the community. He is now responsible for technical oversight of the app. Find Andrew on Twitter and Instagram.  -About French Girls-Inspired by the famous Titanic line, “draw me like one of your French girls,” French Girls is a mobile app that allows anybody to transform their selfie into an original work of art. Heralded as the next Snapchat, French Girls allows users to commission artists to create works of art based on the photos they upload, and provides a unique introduction art appreciation and to the world of original art.  Draw like a French Girl at their website and on the App Store- About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

Ethan Appleby sites down with Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, to delve into the custom framing industry. Framebridge saves time and their technology allows customers to personalize their framing experience. What people chose to frame reveals what they care about keeping and displaying, and in this way Framebridge is able to see cultural shifts as they occur. In this episode, State of the Art hears about why when launching a framing company Susan felt she had to go big from the beginning, how the definition of art is changing, and what advice her multifaceted experience enables her to give to burgeoning entrepreneurs. -About Framebridge-Framebridge is taking over the custom framing industry.  CEO and Founder Susan Tynan founded Framebridge in 2014 after experiencing personal frustration with framing several prints, and has since grown Framebridge to over 150 employees between their office in Georgetown and two production facilities. Built to save both time and expense, while providing a custom, personal experience, Framebridge combines the best of the online and offline framing experience. Find out more about framing your artwork at Framebridge.   -About Susan Tynan-CEO Susan Tynan founded Frambridge in 2014 after being dissatisfied with her own custom framing experience. After receiving her MBA from Harvard, Susan worked with Accenture, Living Social, TaxiMagic, and the White House under President Obama. Her multifaceted career has been characterized by inspiring resilience and self-confidence. She has been featured in publications including Business Insider and Forbes. Check out Susan Tynan on Twitter @susanrtynan   - About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .Tags: #custom #frame #framebridge #susantynan #framing #art #sota #stateoftheart #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #startup #artandtech #personalize #tech

Ethan met with COO Elisabeth Mouchy of Daylighted to learn how this fellow San Francisco startup is combining art and tech. Driven by the principle that art should be everywhere, Daylighted created SmartGallery, a technology that uses a screen that rotates selected artworks from an unlimited and ever-evolving gallery drawn from Daylighted’s partnerships with galleries and other art platforms. In this episode, -About Daylighted- Daylighted is an online fine art gallery founded in 2013 by Elisabeth Mouchy and Alex Cammarano and headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Driven by the principle that art should be everywhere, Daylighted created SmartGallery, a technology that uses a screen that rotates selected artworks from an unlimited and ever-evolving gallery. The artwork is pulled from partnerships with galleries, museums, local artists, and other areas of the art ecosystem. Find out more on Daylighted’s website and on Twitter @BeDaylighted. -About Elisabeth Mouchy-Daylighted Cofounder and COO Elisabeth Mouchy holds a Master of Science from ESSEC in her native France. With a focus on design and experience with international marketing and web strategy, Elisabeth seeks to bring art into people’s everyday worlds by blending it with cutting-edge technology. Follow Elisabeth on Twitter @emouchy. - About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

Entering a museum, you’re often offered a clunky audio guide. Cuseum is a museum engagement platform that is transforming this awkward experience into a mobile app you can access and personalize on your phone. Founded in 2014 by CEO Brendan Ciecko, Cuseum has been featured by platforms including The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Cuseum has been hailed as the future of museums, and is now in over 100 cultural institutions worldwide.Discover more about the future of museums at Cuseum. -About Brendan Ciecko -Brendan Ciecko is founder and CEO of Cuseum. A self-described hipster, art-lover, and museum techie, Brendan brought his design expertise and business acumen to bear on the project of transforming the way we engage with museums. Cited as one of America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs, Brendan has worked on numerous entrepreneurial projects including Ten Minute Media and serves on committees of several art institutions, namely the Boston Museum of Fine Art and Boston Center for the Arts.Follow Brendan on Twitter @brendanciecko and instagram @brendanciecko and on his personal website, http://www.brendanciecko.com.- About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

State of the Art interviewed contemporary millennial artist Shane Miller to learn more about the favorite social media platform for contemporary artists: Instagram. Shane has become one of the best-selling artists on Instagram, and the epitomizes the ways that artists all over are leveraging social media platforms to grow and develop their art business. Sites like Instagram enable artists to make direct and instantaneous connections to art lovers and potential collectors, and have completely changed the game when it comes to selling art. Ethan talked to Shane about the future of social media platforms, the changing art world and how a musician has become one of the bestselling artists on Instagram.About Shane: Shane Miller is a contemporary encaustic painter located in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally from Maryland, Shane has experimented with music and art to develop his artistic practice. With a previous career in physical therapy, Shane has dedicated himself to his art full-time since 2014. Shane has spent most days in his studio experimenting with new techniques and artistic visions, developing his complex process of layering oil and wax to create haunting landscapes. He is represented by Bennett Gallery, Mary Martin Gallery, and Beacon Estate, but now sells 40% of his art on Instagram, and has been featured by sites such as Forbes. Learn more about Shane Miller on his Instagram @shane.artistry and website https://www.shaneartistry.com- About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In this week’s episode, I sit down with Artfinder CEO Jonas Almgren. Artfinder is an online art marketplace, but it’s not to be confused with an Ebay-style shopping experience. In fact, it’s far more the Tinder of the art world. This week we dig into the future of online art sales, how artificial intelligence could be your art advisor, and how Artfinder is more of a dating site than an Ebay-style marketplace. -About Artfinder-Used by over 850,000 artists and collectors, Artfinder is an online art marketplace that enables artists to sell their original work directly to collectors. Artfinder is an international platform, with artists from over 100 countries. The platform’s mission is simple: to allow artists to make a living from their art, and to allow art lovers to enjoy works in their home according to their budget. Whether you’re buying or selling, you can find artfinder on their website https://www.artfinder.com/ and on Twitter @artfinder and Instagram @artfinder_com-About Jonas Almgren-CEO Jonas Almgren has been at the helm of Artfinder since 2012. A serial entrepreneur, he previously worked in Silicon Valley helping to scale and grow companies such as Epiphany. He is a passionate runner and art lover. Originally from Stockholm, he is now based in Cambridge, UK. Find Jonas Almgren on Twitter @JonasAlmgren - About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co

In this episode, Ethan talks to Shanna Tellerman, Founder & CEO of Modsy. Modsy is a culmination of Shanna’s background in art, design and technology: Using 3D and augmented reality (AR) renders of spaces, Modsy allows people to visualize design ideas in their own home. Ethan and Shanna talk about how she came up with the idea for Modsy, why diversity in tech is so important, and how visualization technologies open possibilities for the art & design space.  - About Modsy- At Modsy, 3D and AR technology is used to unlock the potential of visualization. Modsy allows people to visualize how things look in their own home, helping them to make design decisions while simultaneously broadening their understanding of design through stylistic recommendations.  Follow Modsy on Instagram @modsydesign and on Twitter @modsy, and visit www.modsy.com.  - About Shanna- Having graduated with a degree in Fine Arts and later becoming Partner at GV,  Shanna Tellerman is now the Founder and CEO at Modsy. At Modsy, Shanna combines her  passion for design with technology, allowing people to visualise design ideas in their own home by offering 3D and augmented reality (AR)  renders of spaces. Follow Shanna on Twitter @ShannaWP. - About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In this episode, we get past the velvet rope into the world of art auctions. As the software that’s taking auction houses online, Invaluable is white-labelling the biggest auction houses in the world. We speak with Invaluable CEO Rob Weisberg to find out how data is changing the game for new buyers, auctions growing exponentially, and being scared but doing it anyway.- About Invaluable-Recently called "one of the fastest growing e-commerce sites in the art world" by Blouin ArtInfo, Invaluable is the world's leading online marketplace for fine art, antiques and collectibles. Headquartered in Boston, Invaluable launched their online bidding platform in 2009 and has since gained over $10 billion in listed items, partnerships auction houses, and an international presence.- About Rob Weisberg- CEO Rob Weisberg has been at the helm of Invaluable since 2012. After revolutionizing the e-commerce of Domino’s pizza and Zipcar, award-winning entrepreneur Rob turned to Invaluable as a new challenge. With a focus on internet technology experience and consumer marketing, he has overseen the company’s rebranding and move toward increased online bidding.- About Vango Studio - Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms.Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In this episode, Ethan talks to Matty Mo, AKA The Most Famous Artist. If you spend any time at all on social media, you’ve probably seen one of his many creations. He’s done the ‘most instagrammable wall’, launched the ‘Museum of Fake Art’ and went viral for a project that involved him dragging a clear duffel bag filled with a million dollars of cash through an art fair. Ethan and Matty talk about how he became The Most Famous Artist, what it means for tech to ‘democratize’ the art world, and the ways in which social media has changed what it means to be an artist. - About Matty Mo / TMFA- Matty Mo, a tech entrepreneur turned artist, explores how branding and social media can influence and transform someone’s perception of an individual as an artist. As TMFA, Mo creates street art according to social media trends, and had collaborated with LA Magazine, Amazon, and CBS Television Studios. Follow Matty on Instagram @themostfamousartist, and visit www.themostfamousartist.com  . - About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .

In this episode, Ethan talks to Brian Sharples, the CEO of Twyla. Twyla creates high-quality, limited edition prints that make exclusive artwork accessible without costing you an arm and a leg. As CEO of Twyla, Brian believes in the potential of technology to transform the online art market.Ethan and Brian talk about how Twyla helps to remove the difficulty of selling art online, how they use technology to create an Apple-esque experience, and how big he thinks the market can be for the category between posters and Picasso’s. - About Twyla- At Twyla, cutting edge technology is used to scan the work of some of the most talked about artists in game, resulting in high-quality prints that do not cost a fortune. Creating limited-edition print versions of original pieces allows a greater audience to enjoy some of the best contemporary work out there, making fine art more accessible. Follow Twyla on Instagram  @Twyla and on Twitter @TwylaInc, and visit www.twyla.com .  - About Brian- Brian Sharples co-founded Twyla in 2015, a startup that collaborates with the most talked about artists to create exclusive, high quality prints. Prior to Twyla, Brian was the CEO of Homeaway, which is one of the first and largest online vacation home rental companies.  During his tenure as CEO, he drove online rentals  from 5% to 95% of the market before selling to Expedia in 2015 for 3.9B. Follow Brian on Twitter @Bryansharples.- About Vango Studio -  Vango Studio makes the entrepreneurial side of being an artist easy and efficient, saving artists an average of 4 hours per week. In addition to powering artists with an award winning marketplace, we offer artists the ability to create their own website with little to no maintenance, distribute work across platforms, and access detailed insights about their collectors and what is selling across platforms. Follow Vango on Instagram @vango and @art, and visit www.vangoart.co .