25 JUN 2024 · Colleen Laffey is a camera operator whose credits include: Love is Blind, World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji, American Grit, Capture, Master Chef, Jersey Shore, The Bachelorette, Kings of Pain, Are You The One, and MotoMaidens. She has, she says, become obsessed with photography, it’s her drug of choice and gets in her flow state when she’s shooting. Colleen was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1960, the oldest of three children—she has a brother, Marty, and sister Maureen. Her mother, Dale was a homemaker, and her father Marty a bank loan officer. Colleen’s childhood was largely spent outdoors and when it came time to graduate from High School she chose to attend the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where she graduated with an Associate Degree in Photography.  From there she began working in outdoor recreation as a still photographer, a river guide, video kayaker, ski instructor and ski patrol. She worked 4 years at WVPB, and chance opportunity to run camera on a large show changed the course of her career, and at the age of 44 she settled into the unscripted TV industry becoming a sought-after camera operator. Colleen lives in Fayetteville, WV, in a house she designed, and in her spare time she can be found mountain biking or whitewater kayaking. Colleen’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1837418/ Instagram @cococam https://www.instagram.com/cococam/   Colleen’s playlist: Talking Heads, A Naive Melody Restless, James McMurtry Counting Stars, One Republic I Don’t Know, Lisa Hannigan  Some favorite female artists in visual arts: Annie Lebowitz, photographer Ellen Kuras. cinematographer Zaha Hadid, architect  Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: mailto:hollowellstudios@gmail.com

18 JUN 2024 · This week the Belarusian soft pastel artist Tanya Avchinnikova. Tanya’s love of water and its translucency is the focal point and inspiration for her art. She says: ‘I specialize in seascapes and landscapes – places where you can feel a deep unity with nature, and trying to capture the illusion of presence.’  Tanya was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1988. Her mother Elena is a nurse and she has a brother, Anton.  Tanya studied music and began performing as a pianist from an early age so it was only natural that she would pursue a career in music. Tanya studied music at the Belorussian State Academy of Music and earned her Post Graduate degree in Performance at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire (Ekaterinburg) in Russia. She spent two years in China teaching piano at the Nanchang Normal University in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.  In 2006, Tanya moved to the UK and earned her Masters Degree at the Royal Birmingham Conservatorie.  She currently works as a ballet pianist at the Performers College, which is part of BIMM University. She lives in Birmingham, England with her husband, the classical pianist Roman Kosyakov. Tanya is a Member of The Pastel Society and a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America.   Tanya’s website: https://tanyaavchinnikovaart.co.uk/ Instagram: tanyaavchinnikovaart  Tanya’s favorite female artists: Mary Cassatt Michele Ashby Amy Webber Olivia Dunn Reisha Perlmutter Tanya’s playlist: Radiohead (or solo Thom Yorke projects) Kiasmos (or tracks by Olafur Arnalds) Puscifer (or The Perfect Circle) Tomas Dvorak (or his project Floex) Boards of Canada Aphex Twin Ulrich Schnauss Jon Hopkins    Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

11 JUN 2024 · This week the Vietnamese photographer and author Ngoc Minh Ngo. Ngoc was born in Vietnam in 1963 and grew up during the Vietnam War. Her father, Chau Minh Ngo, was a colonel in the South Vietnam Army and her mother Phi Truong became a nurse's aide after raising eight children. Ngoc was the sixth child—she has four sisters and three brothers. Despite enduring a brutal war, Ngoc describes her childhood as enchanting and beautiful. Her parents did all they could to protect their family and offer some normalcy to those troubling times by spending time on the beach. At the age of 12, shortly before the end of the war in 1975, the family were evacuated to the US and settled in Sacramento, California where, with the help of sponsors, they began a new life. Ngoc described herself as a very shy and reserved child but that did not hinder her development. She found her own way to the University of California, Berkeley where she earned a BA followed by a Masters of Landscape Design at Columbia University. After spending some time traveling to Japan and Europe Ngoc made her way to New York with a view to working in painting restoration. But after a chance encounter while working on a feature film she discovered her true passion was to be photography, so she learned black & white photography and developing. Ngoc's images have been published The World of Interiors, T Magazine, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Cabana, and House & Garden UK. She is also the author of five books: Bringing Nature Home: Floral Arrangements Inspired by Nature; In Bloom: Creating and Living with Flowers, and Eden Revisited: A Garden in Northern Morocco, The House of a Lifetime, and New York Green. She is currently working on a new book entitled Roses in the Garden inspired by her father’s death. She has, she says, always been independent and self-contained, paving her own way as a refugee and re-imaging her life as a reflection through the beauty of the images she creates.  Ngoc and her husband, the photographer Julian Wass, live in New York. They have a daughter Lily who works in public health and is also a poet.   Ngoc’s website: https://www.ngocminhngo.com/ Instagram: @minh_ngoc  https://www.instagram.com/minh_ngoc   Ngoc’s playlist: "The Rip by Portishead (I love Beth Gibbons, both with Portishead and her solo work) The Spoils by Massive Attack with Hope Sandoval (I'm a fan of both Hope Sandoval and Massive Attack)  Wildfires by Sault (A song about George Floyd that happens to be very catchy) Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez (Poignant song about her relationship with Bob Dylan) Purple Rain by Prince (bog fan of Prince for his fearless originality and incomparable talent) Halo by Ane Brun (Ane Brun is brilliant at reinterpreting other people's song in her inimitable way) Hope We Meet Again by Brit Marling (I love her folksy songs) La Rua Madureira (I love this French interpretation of an iconic bossa nova song) Paradis Perdu by Christine and the Queens (I love the way she combines one of the favorite songs of my childhood with a Kanye song and makes it completely her own)."   Ngoc’s favorite female artists: Agnes Martin Anni Albers Ruth Asawa Hilma af Klint Kiki Smith  Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: https://gmail.com

4 JUN 2024 · Arkansas native, Paulette Pearson, is a colored pencil artist who captures whimsy and humor in her drawings. She creates work that she says ‘reflects a unique blend of artistic skill and storytelling,’ and has an eye for detail that harmonizes with originality, authenticity and depth.  Paulette was born in Big Bear, California in 1982, the oldest of three children to Ben, an engineer and business/property owner, and her mother Paulette, an artist. She grew up on her family’s ranch in Arkansas and as a child, her New Orleans grandmother encouraged her artistic interests as she quietly amused herself not knowing that one day she would become a professional artist. It was journalism and the law that would initially appeal as a career; Paulette earned her BA in English from Lyon College, her MA in Journalism and a JD—both from the University of Arkansas, before spending over a decade as a magazine editor—first in Arkansas and later in Texas, covering luxury interior design and architecture. Paulette met her husband Rich in law school, and after spending time in Washington, DC, the couple moved to Dallas, TX where Paulette most recently served as the Texas editor for Luxe Interiors + Design magazine. Once commissions started to come in and stores picked up her work, she knew she could become the full-time artist she dreamt of being so she decided to take the plunge and return to the art that she loved. Paulette recently held her first exhibition in Austin, TX. By combining realism with imaginative elements, she says: ‘ I invite the audience to embark on a journey of discovery, where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur, and where every pencil stroke tells a story.’   https://paulettepearson.com/ Instagram: @paulettepearsonstudio  https://www.instagram.com/paulettepearsonstudio/   Paulette’s Playlist -The Beatles – My favorite band of all time. I especially love Yesterday, In My Life, Let it Be, Blackbird, Get Back… -Ella Fitzgerald – It’s A Lovely Day Today, Dream A Little Dream, etc. -Louis Armstrong – La Vie En Rose, Cheek to Cheek, What a Wonderful World, etc. -Pomplamoose – Les Champs-Elysées, Sympathique -Something’s Gotta Give movie soundtrack (Astrud Gilberto - Summer Samba (So Nice), Coralie Clement - Samba de mon Coeur qui bat) -Nat King Cole – Unforgettable, Smile -Billie Holiday – Blue Moon, I’ll Be Seeing You Paulette’s favorite female artists Jamie Beck Bella McGoldrick Inslee Ferris Katie Rodgers CJ Hendry Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

28 MAY 2024 · Visual storyteller Flash Rosenberg, is a self described 'Attention Span for Hire' who photographs, draws, writes and talks as a performer. Flash was the pioneering artist in residence for ‘LIVE from the New York Public Library’ for seven years, capturing live-drawings of literary discussions in real-time to create panels and animated summaries known as “Conversation Portraits Flash was born in Mt. Vernon, NY; one of three children—she has a younger brother and sister— to Marilyn, an early childhood educator, and David, a chemical engineer and rocket scientist. Her family moved to Delaware when she was four years old. Flash attended the University of Delaware where she graduated with a BS in Graphic Design as a Dean’s Scholar in Visual Communication. In 2011, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts. Her animations have been commissioned for Broadway shows. Her Main Stage stories for ‘The Moth’ have been broadcast nationally on NPR. “FlashThink Cartoons” were a weekly, online feature on the Conde Nast site, Archetypes.com. Flash has had an elaborate and original teaching career, specializing in provocative approaches to art, including workshops in Visual Humor, and a Perception Studies class conducted entirely in the NYC subways for Cooper Union. She lives in Harlem, NY.   Websites: http://flashrosenberg.com/ https://www.archetypes.com/flash-rosenberg (http://www.nypl.org/live/conversation-portraits Instagram: @flashrosenberg https://www.instagram.com/flashrosenberg/   Flash’s playlist: https://open.spotify.com/track/5jgFfDIR6FR0gvlA56Nakr - The Beatles https://open.spotify.com/track/1OhhPZVSm2Y0Q7y5Zf9zrR - Raymond Scott https://open.spotify.com/track/5NGtFXVpXSvwunEIGeviY3 - Erik Satie https://open.spotify.com/album/5EatIo50si8CoN3ARke59W- Thom Ze https://open.spotify.com/track/04KTF78FFg8sOHC1BADqbY- Nelly https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GVBp7QyHckoOg7rYkLvrA- Parliament Funkadelic https://open.spotify.com/artist/1nyQBzKgZ2hBLr7PnyV7cI - Strawberry Alarm Clock https://open.spotify.com/track/4RGxUjaCmVtD30pIhtEi7w - Donovan https://open.spotify.com/track/54H5tHuZPQK3Aq5oto2HVS- Harry Belafante https://open.spotify.com/track/44IX8SM0fEWApOGlhUGAFc - Yello https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZoO7ItKetZwvVLq9MRSzw - Jess Korman https://open.spotify.com/track/3NW1YMA8kfNVTzGJCGBS8m- Joni Mitchell https://open.spotify.com/track/6grFWYpLQul3nAHjzzPKT8 - Neil Young https://open.spotify.com/track/6zeE5tKyr8Nu882DQhhSQI - Kansas https://open.spotify.com/track/5Lsg8jlCoTyxRch9LvJo3E - Queen https://open.spotify.com/track/5bg1GtXTNoVM2Nzv4ORAKP - Peter Gabriel https://open.spotify.com/artist/2AsusXITU8P25dlRNhcAbG - Gotye https://open.spotify.com/search/You%2520Don't%2520Have%2520to%2520Cry%2520-%2520Crosby,%2520Stills%2520&%2520Nash- Crosby, Stills & Nash https://open.spotify.com/artist/7jocoSCuCtpCxCI6IbP8ye - Digital Underground https://open.spotify.com/track/03UrZgTINDqvnUMbbIMhql - PSY https://open.spotify.com/track/0w6kuQOr4jP1w9Kon0Yv4j?autoplay=true- Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn https://open.spotify.com/track/4f3hGEjA7BnujnDYz7gHZ6 - Morcheeba https://open.spotify.com/track/7CZdd0S4WTktuiiARS8pY4 - Kraftwerk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5tUqXf513c - Blue Man Group http://open.spotify.com/track/6Q6YqGj1Ku1CUGHWSFwSHY - Chicago https://open.spotify.com/track/1k8PPreKWL6VOCMStcJq9r - BETTY https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TcYeHEK9sBtv7xPbKhzHz - Chumbawamba https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RdwBSPQiwcmiDo9kixcl8- Daftpunk https://open.spotify.com/track/60nZcImufyMA1MKQY3dcCH - Daftpunk https://open.spotify.com/track/0LSLM0zuWRkEYemF7JcfEE - Daftpunk https://open.spotify.com/track/5rb9QrpfcKFHM1EUbSIurX - Usher https://open.spotify.com/track/0mwbc2AqVHIziVGg3syEI9(Club Mix) - Enur (featuring Natasja https://open.spotify.com/artist/085pc2PYOi8bGKj0PNjekA - will.i.am (with Britney Spears) https://open.spotify.com/track/4Hff1IjRbLGeLgFgxvHflk - Gorillaz https://open.spotify.com/track/7yMiX7n9SBvadzox8T5jzT - Gorillaz https://open.spotify.com/artist/5hqB3Fxgin9YGYa0mIGf1G- Laurie Anderson https://open.spotify.com/track/4H1ttBCmT7cqvGJLqfHbED- Soul Coughing/Michael Doughty https://open.spotify.com/album/6JHowYqtDso2k1ji5H7vUy https://open.spotify.com/album/3dkhiGkmy3c2M0zQNOHfml https://open.spotify.com/track/3YKptz29AsOlm7WAVnztBh- Seal https://open.spotify.com/track/6IBBIAfwhrouVmgjycQLNE - Ini Kamoze   Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: https://gmail.com

21 MAY 2024 · This week the figurative painter Lisa Golightly whose work revolves around memory and how snapshots shape and influence change. Lisa was born in Eugene, OR in 1974—one of two children; she has an older brother— to parents Frank, an accountant, and Patty, a teacher. Her father was also an amateur painter and sculptor who guided Lisa’s introduction to art. She was also a keen rider and enjoyed showing hunter-jumper.  Lisa’s early academic interest was photography and she graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor in Fine Arts leaning towards a career in photography. It was after she married her husband, John, that she turned her attention back to art and progressed to becoming a professional artist. Lisa works exclusively in her studio and shows her work at several galleries, including Billis Williams Los Angeles, CA., George Billis Gallery, NYC/CT, Maya Froedman Gallery Jackson Hole, WY, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT and the Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle, WA. She lives in Portland, OR with her family and two dogs. Lisa on Instagram: @lisagolightlyart https://www.instagram.com/lisagolightlyart  https://www.lisagolightlyart.com/ Lisa’s playlist: Pixies-Hey Pixies-U Mass Pixies- Monkey Gone to Heaven The Stone Roses- Don't Stop Arcade Fire- Neighborhood (tunnels) Arcade Fire- Wake UP The Verve- Velvet Morning The Temper Trap- Summer's Almost Gone M83- Midnight City Blur- The Universal Radiohead- Thinking About You Radiohead-Let Down   Lisa’s favorite female artists: Kathryn Lynch Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Cayce Zavaglia Erin Lawlor Lois Dodd Boo Saville Kaye Donachie Rose Wylie https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fkathrynlynchartstudio&e=AT0lDxKxTIwYQ83q0nl0NsTBi0xmLLE_Izgkht1Ljidk-GIRgUpLv0sqj2QnGu_veqNNVxDZU3oHLx4ZEQ2ZRHu6yYSCz-CW0yqz Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: https://gmail.com

14 MAY 2024 · My guest this week is the National Geographic explorer and award-winning wildlife film-maker, photographer, presenter & founder of Bambee Studios, Aishwarya Sridhar. Aishwarya was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India in 1997, the only child to parents Sridhar Ranganathan and Rani Sridhar. Her father is a chartered accountant and her mother an advertising professional. Both her parents help Aishwarya with the business aspects of her film studio and have been instrumental in introducing her to wildlife and conservation from an early age. She has always been passionate about protecting the natural environment, climate change and the impact on India’s wildlife. Although career pathways for women in filmmaking in India are limited, Aishwarya created her own opportunities beginning in college at Pillai College of Arts, Science and Commerce where she studied Mass Media. Her first two films were picked up by DD National and National Geographic WILD respectively, and it wasn’t long before the awards came her way for her conservation work, including the Sanctuary Asia Young Naturalist Award,,which she won at age 15, The Princess Diana Award for Young Change Makers aged 9-25, the Woman Icon Award, and the International Inspirational Women's Award. In 2020, she became the first Indian woman to win at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.  Aishwarya also became the youngest conservation storyteller from India to join the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) as an Emerging League Fellow. Her work has been telecast on leading networks like National Geographic WILD, Discovery, Arte, KBS, NHK, Love Nature and BBC Earth and her images have been published worldwide in newspapers and magazines, such as BBC Wildlife, The Guardian, and Times of India. Aishwarya is currently working on.a documentary about a leopard, Rana, in the Jhalana Leopard Reserve.   Ash’s website: https://www.aishwaryasridhar.com/ Instagram: Chikoo_wild https://www.instagram.com/chikoo_wild/ Ash’s Playlist: Taylor Swift Michael Jackson Hindi Bollywood Soundtracks    Ash’s favorite female artists: Beverly Joubert Shannon Wild Vanessa Berlowitz Rathika Ramaswamy Alia Bhatt Priyanka Chopra Kartiki Gonsalves Guneet Monga  Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

7 MAY 2024 · This week the Fine Artist, Michele Usibelli, whose work ranges from landscapes and animals to still life and figurative art. A Washington State native Michele was born in Seattle in 1962 then spent time in Utah and Alaska before returning to Edmonds, WA where she divides her time with another studio in Montana. Michele is the eldest of three children—she has two brothers—to John Hampson (d) a former navy serviceman and realtor, and mother Carol who was a home-maker, pianist and seamstress. Michele’s childhood was spent mostly outdoors and playing sport. She was she says something of a tomboy, and she also followed in her mother’s footsteps by playing the piano and sewing. Michele’s interest in fine drawing led her to study architecture at the University of Washington and pursue corporate architecture. She also worked as Director of Marketing for the National Park Service, which involved extensive traveling. It was while she was on a business trip to Denali, AK that she met her husband, and after raising her three children—Nathan, Jacqueline and Angelina, that Michele returned to her love of art. Aside from painting most of the week, she also teaches workshops. Michele has won numerous awards, including the Silver Medal Award at the prestigious Salmagundi Club, NYC and the UCI Institute and Museum of California Art Award. Her work is in the permanent collection at the University of Alaska Fairbanks/Museum of the North the Brinton Museum/Wyoming, and her painting "First Light, Pioneer Mill Smokestack", was acquired by the State of Hawaii for their permanent collection. Michele lives in Edmonds, Washington State with her husband Mitch.   Michele’s website: https://www.micheleusibelli.com/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micheleusibelliart/   Michele’s playlist: One Eskimo - Kandi, Amazing Amos Lee-Windows Are Rolled Down Lord Huron - The Night We Met Two Feet - Winter Alt J - U&ME BORNS - God Save Our Young Blood Dennis Loyd - Nevermind Absofacto - Dissolve Moby - Love of Strings BORNS - Man Two Feet - Quick Musical Doodles Sir Sly - High Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate   Michele’s favorite female artists: Susan Woolgar Kellie Weeks Abigail Gutting Ingrid Christensen Wendy Conklin/Upholstery Annie Leibovitz Mary Cassatt (d) Berthe Morisot (d)    Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

30 APR 2024 · This week the Russian born felt-maker Elena Bondar who has established a second career as an artist in her adopted country of Finland. Elena taught herself the art of wool and felt-making, and since 2010 she has been crafting bespoke wool paintings, infusing them, she says, with the strategic planning, self-reliance, and dedication to excellence honed during her athletic career. Elena was born in the Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg, Russia in 1981—one of two children—she has an older brother, Andrey, to parents Svetlana Moskovskikh, a technology engineer, and Yuri Moskovskikh, a chemical engineer. She spent a happy childhood learning crafts from her mother and grandmother before attending the School of Art in Novouralsk for eight years. She then turned to sports at the Secondary School for Olympic Reserves, Ekaterinburg as a Specialist in Physical Education and Sports from 1999-2002 followed by the Ekaterinburg State Institute of Education for Physical Education Teaching from 2002-2007.  In addition to music and art school Elena also participated in sports such as volleyball and track and field. However, it wasn’t until she was16, with encouragement from her new coach, that she started taking sports seriously. Elena subsequently began a professional career, which led to becoming the 2009 European Rogaining Champion. She also competed in the 2009 World Ski-Orienteering Championships in Rusutsu, Japan, and Adventure Racing World Series in South Africa, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey. After retiring from pro sports, Elena moved to Finland where she met her partner Ville Rissanen, and decided to revisit her interest in art. She attended the JEDU Vocational Education Centre, Piippola from 2015 - 2017 earning a Bachelor of Arts and Crafts degree. And she is currently undergoing specialized vocational education specializing in industrial arts and design in Jyväskylä. As well as crafting her wool and felt-making, Elena teaches the art in person and online both in Finnish and English. She lives in Palonurmi, Finland with her family and three dogs. Elena;s website: https://woolrealm.com/  Instagram: @ellunhuopa  Elena’s playlist: - INOSSI (Somewhere) - Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon) - 50 Cent (Candy Shop) - Simon & Garfunkel (the Sound of Silence) - Guano Apes (Big in Japan) Elena’s favorite female artists in visual arts: - Feltmaker Marjolein Dallinga - Fingerpainter Iris Scott - Ceramist Heather Knight - Ceramicist Iris Apfel Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: https://gmail.com

23 APR 2024 · This week the portraiture, mixed-media artist Diana Bittar whose large canvases convey bold, uninhibited figures reflecting the artist’s new found confidence and expression. ‘I am constantly fascinated by faces, and how the personalities and thoughts of each individual inspire me to form delicate relationships with each canvas’, she explains. Diana was born in London in 1974, the middle of three children—she has an older sister and younger brother. Her father Doraid is Syrian and her mother Helen, a Czech, who met while studying mechanical engineering in Prague. Diana was born during her parents’ visit to London for her father who needed medical attention following the loss of a leg when the oil refinery at which he was working in Syria was targeted during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The family returned to Prague until 1980 when they moved to Syria. From the age of two, when her mother first gave her crayons, Diana has shown a natural talent for the fine details of her art. By the age of 17, despite being an introvert, she was receiving her first commissions. Meanwhile, following a chance encounter in the pool, Diana proved to be a natural swimmer and would go on to win national championships. But it was her passion for art that would eventually decide her career path. She chose to major in Visual Communications and Graphic Design at the Fine Art University in Damascus, graduating in 1995. Shortly after, she met her Syrian husband, Tarek, an orthopedic surgeon, and followed him back to California. Diana took a break from her art to raise her three sons. When she returned to her easel she changed her focus from landscapes to what she describes as Abstract Realism in Portraiture. She lives in Granada Hills, Los Angeles where she has held a number of shows in the area.   Diana Bittar Website: https://www.dianabittar.art/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/diana_bittar_art/ Diana's playlist: The Weather Report Lettuce The Blackyards Alfa Mist Otis McDonald Herbie Hancock Miles Davis Ron Carter Pat Metheny "I mainly listen to instrumental, like fusion Jazz or old traditional Arabic music. Also love old school rap and hip hop. At times my heart craves 80s music every now and then." - Diana   Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Follow @theaartpodcast on Instagram AART on Facebook Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

6 JAN 2016 · Record breaking offshore sailor Dee Caffari MBE launches The Sailing Show with a stellar line up of sportswomen. She caught up with Stacey Jackson and Katie Spithill during the Extreme Sailing Series in Sydney;  and with Lizzy Foreman  and Nikki Curwen fresh from the Mini Transat race. Endurance Swimmer Anna Wardley tells us what motivates her and what lies ahead, and British Powerboat Race Shelley Jory-Leigh @shelleyjory talks about her comeback after a terrifying accident. Host: Dee Caffari For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1500+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. We are ranked in the top 2% more of than 2.69 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.