{"id":22589,"date":"2015-06-26T23:23:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T06:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2015-06-26T23:31:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T06:31:52","slug":"girls-are-my-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/26\/girls-are-my-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;girls are my vocabulary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost.jpg\" alt=\"amandapost\" width=\"584\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3640989\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s episode is an interview with\u00a0American ceramicist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amandamichellesmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Smith<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">From blowing things up in the kiln to balancing art and motherhood, Amanda seems to handle all of it with a Zen-like ease.\u00a0<\/span>You can listen right up there, or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>. Here is what we covered, in the order that we covered it. First up, I was so thrilled to have Amanda&#8217;s work in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/17\/bedford-show-a-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\">show that I curated<\/a> last winter at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bedfordgallery.org\/default.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Bedford Gallery<\/a>\u00a0in California. That group of women is\u00a0getting an up-close look at three of Amanda&#8217;s pieces:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost31.jpg\" alt=\"amandapost3\" width=\"584\" height=\"1649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost31.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost31-106x300.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost31-363x1024.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ooh, and this piece, titled &#8220;Pi\u00f1ata&#8221;, was on the title wall. Note the red &#8216;sold&#8217; dot! <em>{The lovely images of\u00a0the gallery were taken by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drifterandthegypsy.com\/the-jealous-curator-at-the-bedford-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Micaela Hoo<\/a>}. <\/em>Moving along to a few of the pieces that I specifically asked Amanda about&#8230; &#8220;Hummer\u00a0Procession&#8221;\u00a0and &#8220;Hot Punch&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost11.jpg\" alt=\"amandapost1\" width=\"584\" height=\"2324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost11.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost11-257x1024.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and just a few more of my favorites because I can&#8217;t not share them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost2.jpg\" alt=\"amandapost2\" width=\"584\" height=\"2617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost2-67x300.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unicorn! Love. We also gave a little plug to her wonderful, supportive, and also super talented husband, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caseyjexsmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casey Jex Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost4.jpg\" alt=\"amandapost4\" width=\"584\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost4-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And according to the &#8216;speed round&#8217;,\u00a0if she could have a\u00a0coffee date with anyone it would be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/contributors\/ira-glass\" target=\"_blank\">Ira Glass<\/a>. Um, I want an invite to that! Here&#8217;s Ira with Tavi Gevinson of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rookiemag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rookie<\/a> <em>{in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10000872396390443855804577601272035235102\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>}<\/em>&#8230; hopefully they won&#8217;t mind if Amanda and I join them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost5.jpg\" alt=\"amandapost5\" width=\"584\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/amandapost5-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s a wrap! Thank you to Amanda for taking time away from her baby, her four year old, and the studio to talk to me for half an hour&#8230;\u00a0and thank you so much to all of you for listening! The next episode will be up next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s episode is an interview with\u00a0American ceramicist\u00a0Amanda Smith.\u00a0From blowing things up in the kiln to balancing art and motherhood, Amanda seems to handle all of it with a Zen-like ease.\u00a0You can listen right up there, or you can subscribe on iTunes. Here is what we covered, in the order that we covered it. First up, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,176,3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22589"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22619,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions\/22619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}