{"id":23770,"date":"2015-10-23T22:17:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T05:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=23770"},"modified":"2015-10-24T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T18:08:34","slug":"a-nod-to-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/23\/a-nod-to-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;a nod to creativity&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo1.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo1\" width=\"584\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3885145\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/chelleko\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Kohanzo<\/a>\u00a0is a huge lover of art, which works out quite well because she also happens to be the Managing Director at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Land of Nod<\/a>\u00a0in Chicago. Yes, she has an amazing eye and is ALWAYS\u00a0on the hunt for\u00a0talented artists to bring into the Nod family\u00a0<em>{hint hint}<\/em>.\u00a0Listen right up there under the red canoe, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>. As you\u2019re listening, take a\u00a0look at the things\u00a0we talked about in the order that we talked about them. The f<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">irst thing Michelle and I\u00a0have in common&#8230; our love of weaving, and the work of\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/maryannemoodie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maryanne Moodie<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">{ps. how gorgeous is this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/untitled-by-maryanne-moodie\/s517934\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0piece<\/a>?}<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/untitled-by-maryanne-moodie\/s517934\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo2.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo2\" width=\"584\" height=\"1156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo2-152x300.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo2-517x1024.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Whoa.<\/em> So good.\u00a0Boy, I wish I could do that&#8230; one day!\u00a0Next up, an amazingly\u00a0gorgeous shoot that Michelle arranged\u00a0with\u00a0LA based photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanievovas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Vovas<\/a>\u00a0for The Land of Nod. Here is a peek at the\u00a0work\u00a0that came out of that magical weekend at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wandawega.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Wandawega<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo6.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo6\" width=\"584\" height=\"1842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo6-95x300.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo6-325x1024.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous! And yes, those few final shots were a little bit special&#8230; it&#8217;s\u00a0Michelle and her daughter Emily! They got all glammed up,\u00a0hopped in a canoe, and Stephanie shot these beauties\u00a0<em>{including the lead image in the post&#8230; which might be my favorite}<\/em>.\u00a0In fact I even included the image of Emily in the camper in a\u00a0show that I curated at the <a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordgallery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bedford Gallery<\/a> in 2014. Up next, I asked Michelle about a few of her favorite artists:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo3.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo3\" width=\"584\" height=\"2161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo3-81x300.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo3-277x1024.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soft sculpture by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamarmogendorff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tamar Mogendorff <\/a>\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashleygoldberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Goldberg<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/emilyjeffords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Jeffords<\/a> \/ Me. Yep, those jars are two of my hand-cut collages that Nod commissioned for the Spring 2016 collection?! If<em> you<\/em> want to get <em>your<\/em> work in front of Michelle, listen to her tips on the podcast, and then send your submission straight to her inbox <em>{for real}<\/em>. michelle@landofnod.com \u00a0&#8230; good luck!<\/p>\n<p>And finally, she told me about her trip to Laos and the work of this amazing woman,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laotextiles.com\/contact.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Carol Cassidy<\/a>\u00a0<em>{the link she mentioned was wrong, but the link here is right.}\u00a0<\/em>Here&#8217;s her studio, and some silk weaving in action:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo4.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo4\" width=\"584\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo4-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Such a great story&#8230; empowering women through art\/craft. So inspiring. So,\u00a0I could stop right there, but I feel like I should cap the post off with a few more of Stephanie&#8217;s Wes Anderson-esque shots of Michelle and Emily:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo5.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo5\" width=\"584\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love!\u00a0But wait, there&#8217;s more&#8230; speaking of Wes Anderson, look what I found on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/chelleko\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle&#8217;s Instagram feed<\/a>. This\u00a0is Michelle, her husband, and their kids. <em>Beyond<\/em> fantastic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo7.jpg\" alt=\"michellekohanzo7\" width=\"584\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/michellekohanzo7-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ha! So good!\u00a0Alright, NOW I&#8217;ll say thanks to Michelle, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting this episode, and of course to you for listening. There will be more art for your ear next weekend. Bye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Kohanzo\u00a0is a huge lover of art, which works out quite well because she also happens to be the Managing Director at The Land of Nod\u00a0in Chicago. Yes, she has an amazing eye and is ALWAYS\u00a0on the hunt for\u00a0talented artists to bring into the Nod family\u00a0{hint hint}.\u00a0Listen right up there under the red canoe, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,8,43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23770"}],"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=23770"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23806,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23770\/revisions\/23806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}