{"id":34977,"date":"2019-11-22T21:47:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=34977"},"modified":"2019-11-23T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:28:23","slug":"ask-martha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ask martha&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34986\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12145925\/height\/26\/theme\/standard-mini\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Ahhh,\u00a0<\/em>one of my very first art crushes&#8230; Philadelphia based artist, illustrator and teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/cargocollective.com\/martharich\">Martha Rich<\/a>! Today&#8217;s we&#8217;re diving into,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Ask Martha &#8211; it&#8217;s like Dear Abby but not at all like Dear Abby.&#8221;<\/em> Basically I invented this segment because I <em>looooove<\/em> asking Martha questions. Her answers are usually hilarious, she\u2019s super smart, AND she has a really inspiring attitude when it comes to life. You\u2019ll see what I mean when I ask her the questions that you guys sent in. Yep, I asked my Instagram crowd to send in some questions, and you did! I picked 5 or 6 of them \u2013 some serious, some silly and then I followed the whole thing up with a bunch of really dumb trivia questions, because listening to Martha answer trivia is hilarious. You&#8217;re welcome. You can listen right up there under &#8220;log head&#8221;<em> (aka the photo I took of Martha while our show was being installed in Joshua Tree a few weeks ago)<\/em>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>. <em>ps. My intro is all about creating your own <strong>visual vocabulary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>First up, a couple of quick snap shots from the opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heythereprojects.com\/copy-of-what-have-i-begun\"><em>&#8220;Crush It&#8221;<\/em><\/a>, a group show at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heythere_projects\/\">Hey There Projects in Joshua Tree<\/a> featuring Martha, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webbartgallery.com\/bruce-lee\">Bruce Lee<\/a> (far right), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daniellekrysaart\/\">me<\/a>! <em>ps. The show is up until December 13, 2019:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34987\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha2-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Double doink&#8221;<\/em>. Yeah, I&#8217;m not sure what&#8217;s happening here, but it made me laugh so I threw it in! That&#8217;s me and Martha with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronsmithart.com\/\">Aaron Smith<\/a> (left) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mark_todd\/\">Mark Todd<\/a> (right), the founders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heythere_projects\/\">Hey There<\/a>, both of whom are fabulous artists and teachers at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artcenter.edu\/\">ArtCenter<\/a> in Pasadena. Hm, maybe the &#8220;double doink&#8221; is for all the name dropping I just did! Ok, moving on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a little taste of the work Martha&#8217;s being doing lately, and yes, I love it all:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34988\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha3-227x1024.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donna Did It. Hahahaha! Oooh, and all of that pink FURY up there is a perfect lead into this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34989\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha4-82x300.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha4-279x1024.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YES! Martha&#8217;s new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/titles\/the-furious-notebook.html\"><em>&#8220;The Furious Notebook&#8221;<\/em><\/a>, perfect for &#8220;releasing your rage&#8221; and &#8220;chilling the heck out&#8221;. I held this furious little beauty in my hands when we were together last week, and not only is it filled with Martha Rich fantastic-ness, it&#8217;s also very helpful in the current political climate. Blarg. Anyway, let&#8217;s not dwell on that. Here&#8217;s a peek at the mural Martha is finishing up on Monday at the airport in Philadelphia:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34990\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha5-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Um, hello &#8220;selfie-opportunity&#8221; while waiting for your flight! I like the blue guy and his yellow beard. I hope he finds his missing dipping sauce. ???<em> (This is why I love her)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m sure you were interested in this part of our conversation.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueq.com\/\">BlueQ<\/a> and Martha have been working together for a few years now, turning her artwork into bags, coin purses, socks, oven mitts, and <strong>PASSIVE INCOME<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34991\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"4423\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So. Good. <em>ps. I buy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueq.com\/shop\/item\/330-productId.125848231.html\">&#8220;Random Crap&#8221;<\/a> bag for people all the time. Hilarious, because it&#8217;s true.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Next, this is the fabulous artist Martha named as one of her faves, and the woman she&#8217;d love to have paint her portrait. California based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/georgannedeen.com\/\">Georganne Deen<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34992\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha7-70x300.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha7-240x1024.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh my word, love love love! Okay, well now I <em>need<\/em> to see what <em>&#8220;Martha Rich by Georganne Deen&#8221;<\/em> would look like.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, because she brought up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theendyuccavalley\/\">pineapple glasses<\/a>, I have a perfect excuse to pop this beauty into the post as the final image:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/ask-martha\/martha8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34993\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/martha8-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Luv ya, mean it.<\/em> Seriously, I&#8217;m so glad my art crush from eleven years ago turned into a really wonderful friendship with an incredible woman. Thanks so much to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martharich63\/\">Martha<\/a> for answering all of my questions \u2013 even the dumb trivia about cow graffiti in Texas; Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thriveartstudio.com\/?utm_campaign=Sponsorship%20-%20Art%20For%20Your%20Ear&amp;utm_source=Art%20For%20Your%20Ear&amp;utm_medium=podcast\">THRIVE<\/a> for being such a fantastic partner; and of course, thank YOU for listening. There will <em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> actually be a new art for your ear next weekend. Saturday November 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0marks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/02\/dad\/\">the one year anniversary of losing my dad<\/a>, and I\u2019ve decided to give myself the weekend to just be still. I&#8217;ll be back the following weekend though with <a href=\"https:\/\/cargocollective.com\/ewatson\">Esther Pearl Watson<\/a>, and she&#8217;s bringing a whole bunch of weird &#8216;n wonderful stories from art history. See you then ~ Danielle<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Links from my intro:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Artists-Way-25th-Anniversary\/dp\/0143129252\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=artist%27s+way&amp;qid=1574489007&amp;sr=8-1\">The Artist&#8217;s Way, book<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/cute-and-poisonous\/\">Kirstin Lamb, Episode no. 54<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/21\/m-is-for-mysterious\/\">Meghan Hildebrand, Episode no. 97<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/12\/see-you-through-it\/\">Mando Marie, Episode no. 100<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Martha&#8217;s current show at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webbartgallery.com\/martha-rich\">Webb Gallery<\/a>, TX (up until mid Dec)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahhh,\u00a0one of my very first art crushes&#8230; Philadelphia based artist, illustrator and teacher Martha Rich! Today&#8217;s we&#8217;re diving into,\u00a0&#8220;Ask Martha &#8211; it&#8217;s like Dear Abby but not at all like Dear Abby.&#8221; Basically I invented this segment because I looooove asking Martha questions. 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