BRAHM TO GO Season 2- Aspen Golann
Presenting BRAHM TO GO, the podcast that brings art and history to you through artist interviews, oral histories, and scholarly lectures.
Welcome to season 2 of our podcast. This season we will meet a group of artists who have spent their lives working with wood.
Wood is one of the most versatile of materials. It can be malleable or rigid, light or dark, smooth or rough, young or old. Artists carve, cut, sand, sculpt, bend, bind, and burn it.
Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina features a diverse selection of work, ranging from wooden furniture to sculpture, as well as a variety of types of wood and techniques used to create these contemporary works. Exhibiting artists come from across the state of North Carolina and include Roger Atkins, Derrick Beasley, Kim & Paul Fuelling, Mark Gardner, Aspen Golann, Craig Kassan, Jim Oleson, Brent Skidmore, Bob Trotman, Anthony Ulinski, Joël Urruty, Zak Weinberg, and Erik Wolken. Works in the exhibition explore concepts of functionality, texture, color, form, space, humanity, belief, and technology. These artists “branch out” to create work out of wood in unique ways, expanding the possibilities within this familiar medium.
Our programs and outreach director, Willard Watson, sat down with wood artist, Aspen Golann, to learn more about her background and artistic process.
This interview is part of an Artist interview series we are conducting with exhibiting artists in our exhibit Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina.
For more information about Aspen, visit her website www.aspengolann.com
For more information about BRAHM's exhibition, Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina visit: blowingrockmuseum.org/see/branching-out
Learn more about Aspen by visiting their website:
BRAHM TO GO is made possible by support from listeners like you. Branching out Works in Wood from North Carolina was made possible with support from
Lee Rocamora & John Thompson
Carol Dabbs
Barbara Laughlin
Monkee's of Blowing Rock
Suzanne & Dayn McBee
BRAHM to go is produced by Willard Watson, with support from Ma'ako Shiratori and music by Melissa Edd.
Image Credit: Aspen Golann (Penland, NC). "Draped Cabinet (detail,)" 2019. Mahogany, hand enameled glass, handmade brass hardware. Courtesy of the artist.