Art Dealer Diaries Podcast
Episodes
Bob Kapoun: Owner, The Rainbow Man - Epi. 76, with Host Dr. Mark Sublette
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Kapoun, the owner of the historic Shop of the Rainbow Man in Santa Fe New Mexico, discusses the factors that led him down the path of dealing in N...
Chris Selser: Antique Native Arts Dealer - Epi. 75, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Long-time Native American art dealer Chris Selser sits down with Dr. Mark Sublette during Indian Market in Santa Fe to reflect on 50 years of being in...
Scott Hale: Southwest Art Appraiser - Epi. 74, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Appraiser and author Scott Hale sits down with our host Dr. Mark Sublette to discuss his background in education and cinema, becoming a curator of pri...
Jim Jeter (Part 2): Saltillo Sarape Expert & Native Art Dealer - Epi. 73, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Jeter Native American dealer shares his amazing life story of forgery, war and redemption in the second episode of a two-part interview with Dr. M...
Jim Jeter (Part 1): Saltillo Sarape Expert & Native Art Dealer - Epi 72. Host Dr. Mark Sublette
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Well respected antique Indian Arts dealer Jim Jeter tells the story of his love of Native American art and Hispanic weavings. The son of a well-known ...
Michael Ettema: Santa Fe Art Appraiser - Epi. 71, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ettema, a former museum director for the Henry Ford Museum and Desert Caballeros Museum in Wickenburg shares his journey from training at Wint...
Michael McKissick: Native Arts Dealer - Epi. 70, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dallas based trader Michael McKissick sits down with host Mark Sublette during the Antique American Indian Art Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This epis...
Michael Haskell: Spanish Colonial Furniture Expert - Epi. 69, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Haskell Indian Art and Spanish Colonial furniture dealer discuss his life story of how he got interested in the field fifty years ago, he&apos...
Tad Anderman: Native Arts Dealer - Epi. 68, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tad Anderman shares his life story of growing up in the Southwest and his love of Indian Art. How he turns his passion for looking at Native America...
Jeff Hengesbaugh: Historian & Native Art Trader - Epi. 67, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Historian Jeff Hengesbaugh sits down with host Mark Sublette to discuss recreating his journey of being a current-day mountain man and fur trader into...
Jan Musial: Native American Art Dealer - Epi.66, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Musial sits down with host Dr. Mark Sublette to discuss his love of Native American Art and how he became a dealer in the Indian art trade. Jan go...
Kim Martindale: International Art Show Producer - Epi. 65, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Martindale, producer of such art shows as the LA Art Show and the Objects of Art and Antique Native American Show in Santa Fe sits down with our...
Kevin Kehoe: Artist & Creative Director - Epi. 64, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Kevin Kehoe discusses life growing up in New England and how his professional journey led him through Boston, Providence, Utah, Seattle, San Fr...
Baron Wolman: Photographer for Rolling Stone, Woodstock - Epi. 63, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrate Woodstock's 50th anniversary with legendary Rolling Stone and Rock n' Roll photographer Baron Wolman in this intimate interview wi...
Steve Friesen: Buffalo Bill Expert - Epi. 62, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Historian and Museum director Steve Friesen takes a detour from his appearance at the Western Writers Association to drop by the Medicine Man Gallery ...
Tim Yazzie: San Felipe Silversmith - Epi. 61, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Yazzie stops by the Medicine Man Gallery studio to discuss his upbringing in New Mexico and the journey that led him to Tucson, Arizona where he l...
Bob Boze Bell: Editor-in-Chief, True West Magazine - Epi. 60, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Editor of True West Magazine shares his life story and his love for history and western art since he was a kid. His amazing ride from radio ...
Michael Bradford: Native American Art Dealer - Epi. 59, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Native American antique art dealer Michael Bradford travels to Tucson, Arizona to sit down with host Mark Sublette and talk about his experiences trav...
Michael Collier: Gallery Owner & Framing Expert - Epi. 58, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Expert framer and art dealer Michael Collier stops by Medicine Man Gallery to discuss his personal journey through the art world. Michael shares his...
Leonardo Drew: New York Based Mixed-Media Artist - Epi. 57, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Highly regarded New York artist, Leonardo Drew discusses his latest work 'Navajo' and how he became an artist growing up in the projects. ...
Johnny D. Boggs: Award-Winning Author - Epi. 56, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny D. Boggs shares his life story as an aspiring sportswriter and newspaper editor before finding his true calling as an author of historic fictio...
Otto Rigan: Contemporary Sculptor - Epi. 55, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Santa Fe, Italy, San Francisco, Phoenix, Central California, all are stops along the way for the modern sculptor. Otton Rigan explains shaping tons ...
Mark & Murray Arrowsmith: Native American Art Traders - Epi 54, host Dr. Mark Sublette
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Murray Arrowsmith, sons of the remarkable and influential trader Santa Fe Indian Art Trader Rex Arrowsmith, reflect on their father’s lasti...
James Woodside: New England Artist & Art Teacher - Epi. 53, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Woodside painted a series of landscapes in Antartica upon receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation. Mark Sublette saw them in an i...
Virginia Couse Leavitt: Museum Founder & Taos Art Expert - Epi. 52, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
E. I. Couse's granddaughter Virginia Couse Leavitt discusses her recent release of E.I. Couse's biography, her life in Taos, and how she has...
Seth Hopkins: Executive Director/Curator, Booth Museum - Epi. 51, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Hopkins Executive Director of the Booth Museum shares his life story of becoming a Museum curator and executive director for a major western muse...
Jeff Bursey: Artwork Display Engineer & Creative Being- Epi. 50, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The creative force of nature, Jeff Bursey, discusses his interests in art and all things associated with his world. Jeff discusses how he deals with...
Bille Hougart: Native American Jewelry Hallmark Expert - Epi. 49, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the reasons I started a podcast was to try to capture voices that I thought would be lost in the future that relate to our profession. A distin...
Andrew Smith: Historic Photography Dealer - Epi. 48, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Smith discusses growing up in Santa Fe and how his interest in anthropology lead to being fascinated with imagery and the history of the Southw...
Wes Cowan: Auction House Owner & Television Personality - Epi. 47, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wes Cowan is an anthropologist, auctioneer, and appraiser of antiques. He is an owner of Cowan's Auctions, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cowan is a l...
John Moyers: Western Oil Painter - Epi. 46, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Western Artist John Moyers, discusses his life growing up in New Mexico and how the Southwest influenced his early collecting and artwork. John Moyers...
Terri Kelly Moyers: Western Oil Painter - Epi. 45, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Terri Kelly Moyers cannot recall a time when she didn't want to be anything other than an artist. She drew animals as a child, and consistently d...
Tony Abeyta: Navajo Painter - Epi. 44, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Abeyta acclaimed Native American artist who grew up in Gallup New Mexico, his father a traditional Navajo, WWII code talker and artist Narcisco, ...
Stephen C. Datz: Colorado Landscape Artist - Epi. 43, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Landscape artist Stephen Datz discusses his life story of growing up in Colorado and his struggles to become an artist, the son of a philatelic dealer...
Ted Trotta: Native American Art Dealer/Expert - Epi. 42, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Trotta shares his experience working as a specialist in Antique Indian Art for PBS's Antique Roadshow. Ted Trotta early life with the Vietn...
Billy Schenck: Pop Western Artist - Epi. 41, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Billy Schenck worked at Andy Warhol's Factory in 1966 after Kansas City Art Institute becoming a Pop artist. Schenk the artist is also a...
Paige Williams: Author of "The Dinosaur Artist" & New Yorker Writer - Epi. 40 Host Dr. Mark Sublette
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paige Williams, New Yorker Magazine staff writer, discusses her new book "The Dinosaur Artist" her in-depth 7-year odyssey uncovering the ...
Jon French: Forensic Psychologist & Native Arts Collector - Ep. 39, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Art collector and forensic psychologist Jon French, Ph.D. shares his love of fine art and ethnographic art. Jon takes on his life's journey hangi...
Mark Winter (Part 2): Toadlena Trading Post Proprietor - Epi. 38, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of Mark Winter's interview. Mark discusses how his life turned in a way he never expected when he started to collect Two Grey Hills rugs u...
Mark Winter (Part 1): Toadlena Trading Post Proprietor - Epi. 37, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Winter Native American Art Dealer tells his stories of how he fell into selling Native American art while making leather work in 1969. His firs...
Victoria Roberts: Assemblage Artist - Epi. 36, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Roberts, Los Angeles native and New Mexico transplant, stops by to discuss her life and art including working for the musician Steven Stills ...
Dennis Ziemienski: Fine Artist & Illustrator - Epi. 35, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
World renown illustrator Dennis Ziemienski discusses his distinguished career as an illustrator and fine art painter. Growing up in San Francisco Ziem...
Francis Livingston: Fine Artist & Illustrator - Epi. 34 Host Dr. Mark Sublette
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Western born artist, Francis Livingston was one of the top ranks of American illustrators, including the book cover for "Dances with Wolves"...
Brian Lebel: Western Art Dealer - Epi. 33 Host Dr. Mark Sublette
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Lebel has been in the western art business since opening his Old West Antique gallery in Cody, Wyoming over 30 years ago. His childhood was spen...
Charles King: Gallery Owner & Pueblo Pottery Expert - Epi. 32, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Native American Art dealer Charles King shares his life story of growing up in a pottery dealer's household and his love for Pueblo pottery. In...
John Krena: Native Arts Dealer - Epi. 31 Host Dr. Mark Sublette
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
John Krena shares his life story of going from working in the steel mills of West Virgina for six year,s to becoming a world-renowned dealer in Native...
Dana Busch: Jewelry Designer & Psychologist - Epi. 30, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jewelry designer and former psychologist Dana Busch shares her story of getting five degrees in the health care field including a Ph.D. in psychology ...
Eric Bowman: Western Artist - Epi. 29, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Native Californian Eric Bowman shares his love of art and his story of working as a comic illustrator, motorcycle illustrator, and New York illustra...
Jeff Aeling: Landscape Painter - Epi. 28, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kansas Art Institute graduate Jeff Aeling shares his circuitous road from musician, to theatrical stage construction, to finding his love of painting....
Duane Maktima: Hopi/Laguna Jeweler - Epi 27, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Duane Maktima shares his stories of growing up in two worlds one of the Hopi and the other at Laguna Pueblo and the difficulties of trying to fit into...
Marlowe Katoney: Contemporary Navajo Weaver - Epi. 26, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning artist Marlowe Katoney discusses his life and how he learned to weave Navajo rugs from his grandmother who worked in a traditional Gan...
Lynette Jennings: Artist & Television Personality - Epi. 25, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lynette Jennings produced, directed and starred in her own design show by the same name on the Discovery for 18 years, blazing a path for all the show...
Art Hittner: Art Collector - Epi. 24, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How one art collector becomes completely engrossed with collecting and how it affects his life and understanding of what it means to be an art collect...
Fred Fellows: Cowboy Artist of America - Epi. 23, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fred Fellows the longest active member of the Cowboy Artist of America of fifty years shares his story of saddle maker, cowboy, illustrator to a profe...
Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows: Western Sculptor - Epi. 22 Host Dr. Mark Sublette
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Copenhaver-Fellows shares her life stories of growing up in rural Idaho at the top of a mountain and the obstacles she faced to become a world...
Bob Gallegos: Native American Art Dealer - Epi. 21, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New Mexican Bob Gallegos shares his 40 plus years buying and selling in the antique Antique Native American business. From first buying reproduction a...
Natalie Linn: Native American Basket Expert - Epi. 20, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Indian basket expert Natalie Linn discusses her life experience and passion for Native American baskets. How she left teaching to buy and sell India...
Mark Blackburn: Native Arts & Coin Dealer - Epi. 19, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tribal Art Dealer Mark Blackburn shares his life as one of the most successful coin dealers starting at 14 years old trading and buying some of the wo...
Jerry Freund: Historian & Former TMC Executive - Epi. 18, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Native American Art Collector and Historian Jerry Freund shares his life experiences as an avid collector and student of Native American culture. Grow...
John Molloy: New York Gallery Owner & Native American Art Expert - Epi. 17, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Molloy the president of ATADA discusses the future of the Antique Tribal Arts Dealer Association and how it pertains to collecting early Native A...
Barry Walsh: Hopi Kachina Expert - Epi. 16, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Buffalo Barry, Hopi Kachina expert, and Mental health expert discusses the kachina culture of the Hopi including how to determine a genuine Kachina do...
Barry Friedman: Comedy Writer & Trade Blanket Expert - Epi. 15, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Comedy writer Barry Friedman shares stories of his days as a cub writer for the New Times to a well-known writer in the comedy world and his interacti...
Wolfgang & Gabby Irle: Owners, Sacred Stone Gallery - Epi. 14, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wolfgang and Gabby Irle share their international perspective on Native American Art and the importance of Indian Art in their lives. From Deutschland...
Robert Sommers: Owner, Blue Heron Gallery - Epi 13, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An extremely challenging childhood and the chance encounter with a Navajo Sandpainting in Gallup lead Robert Sommers down the road to Native arts whic...
Terry Etherton: Owner, Etherton Gallery - Epi.12 Host Dr. Mark Sublette
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Etherton explains how a move from San Francisco to Tucson Arizona changed the trajectory of his life to becoming a leader in twentieth-century p...
John Morris: 1969 Woodstock Promoter - Epi. 11, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Morris shares his experience of being in his twenties booking The Who, Grateful Dead and The Doors and managing Woodstock in 1969. How the expect...
Joshua Rose: National Art Magazine Editor - Epi. 10, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Rose editor of American Art Collector, Fine Art Collector, Western Art Collector and Native American Magazine discuss how as a student in Wales...
Howard Post: Celebrated Artist & Rodeo Champion - Epi. 9, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Post discuss how his third-grade Tucson art teacher submitting a drawing to the newspaper propelled him in the direction to become one of the t...
David Adler: Art & Antique Dealer - Epi. 8, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Adler takes us on his lifelong journey of buying and selling antiques and art. From working as a gopher in an auction house to owning a premier ...
Mel Smothers: Fine Artist - Epi. 7, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mel Smothers, a successful New York City artist, shares his experiences finding his unique voice as an artist during a midlife change of careers. Ment...
Moira Geoffrion: Artist & Educator - Epi. 6, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Moria Geoffrion, has exhibited in more than 200 museums and galleries in the United States,European countries, Australia, and Russia. Moria received h...
Julie Sasse: Chief Curator, Tucson Museum of Art - Epi. 5, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Sasse discusses her journey ascending the ranks of the art world, traveling from her Illinois roots to Arizona in pursuit of her dream of being ...
Larry Cansler: Recording Artist & Composer - Epi. 4, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Cansler is world renowned composer who enjoyed a long career in the Hollywood studios. Larry is an Emmy award nominated composer, arranger, cond...
David Wasserman: Antique Hunter - Epi. 3, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Wasserman is a full-time picker, making a living by his wits. You'll find him zigzagging from coast to coast--from Brimfield Antique show t...
Shonto Begay: Native American Artist - Epi. 2, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shonto Begay shares his experiences of being a Native American growing up on the Navajo Nation and the art he has produced over the last thirty years....
Terry Schurmeier: Director, Cowboys & Indians Antiques, Inc. - Epi. 1, Host Dr. Mark Sublette
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From Los Angles to Tokyo to Albuquerque. Mark Sublette interviews Terry Schurmeier about the Antique Indian art world and how its changed over the las...