Today’s English lesson episode is about how Street Art can end up in a Gallery. I’m specifically going to talk a little about a video I watched about the Urban Nation Gallery in Berlin.You can find the video I’m talking about in today’s episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGzwWzeL0m4I’ve spoken about this gallery before on the podcast. But first, l ... Show More
Oct 2022
Free English Class! Topic: Art! 🖼️🎨🖌️
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a lot about art, but I do know all of the English words and phrases that you will learn in this lesson. The world of art is amazing. I've always admired people who can sketch, paint, or make sculptures. I certainly don&a ... Show More
24m 33s
Sep 2024
Modern Toichographology (MURALS & STREET ART) with Conrad Benner
Murals! Frescos! Graffiti! Street art! Philadelphia is the birthplace of graffiti and the mural capital of the world so we sit down with city historian, journalist, curator, and Toichographologist Conrad Benner to chat about public vs. private art, cultural movements, commissione ... Show More
1h 19m
Mar 2025
Field Trip: Activism Art Panel Recorded at WonderCon
Exactly the inspiration you need. Exactly the perfect time. Pass it on to anyone who loves art and/or speaking up. I went to Comic-Con’s little sister, WonderCon, to moderate a panel on protest art with expert Carol Wells, the founder of the Center for the Study of Political Grap ... Show More
35m 6s
May 2022
Episode 107, ‘The Ethics of Art’ with Daisy Dixon (Part I - Immoral Art)
Introduction Art is created by people, but people are fallible. When the art we love is tainted by the brush of an artist’s biography, we must ask whether the shift in our aesthetic experience is reasonable. One might also wonder whether artworks can do wrong in and of themselves ... Show More
48m 42s
Apr 2025
812 - Should We Look, Watch, or See
What should I do this weekend? Go see the cherry blossoms, or watch a movie? Or maybe I should go to the museum and look at their collection of modern art. There’s so much to see, watch and look at these days, isn’t there?
See, watch, and look are one of those sets of words that ... Show More
7m 26s