Artist Emor’s ArtShop: Index
(10A.M.-12 P.M. EST)
“Artist Emor’s ArtShop”, a live web interview Series hosted by William Askew (Artist Emor).
Inviting guest from various creative and diverse industries, to explore their roles, experiences and accomplishments.
Ep. 12 Kyru Wik, Sticks and Stones Gaming
A Content Creator driven by passion for commercial media. Kyru Wik is a voice of the ages, a rhyme slayer, Audio Engineer and video editor. Kyru leads Sticks and Stones gaming with reviews and insight on battling the hardships of life. On this Episode we are going to discuss how he finds these uncommon indie games to review, what his favorite genres are and how post process and scheduled drops are organized.
Ep. 11 Brandon “Dame” Williams with the 55MediaGroup
From health groups to musical celebrities with massive musical gatherings, Brandon “Dame” Williams has blurred the line between creativity and marketing services. Dame is the owner and a lead service provider of 55Media Group. A marketing service group that provides integrated innovative techniques that allows businesses to better connect and convert their patrons by deep, meaningful, and impactful way. Dame is going share what makes him tick as the individual, and how those unique attributes makes his company thrive in this new age of advertising and marketing on this episode of “Artist Emor’s ArtShop”.
Ep. 10 B-Light, Thunderous Applause
Arnaud “B-Light” Edjamian, a first responder who lives a double life as a music producer, realtor, entertainer, and entrepreneur. B-Light has a drive for success is match only by his lyrical prowess. B-Light is a recording artist who has achieved his dream of being a full-time self-made man, and is helping other creatives, craftsman and people in his community hone in to achieve their’s. He is sharing his coming of success story and the struggles of adversity he faced along the way; and how he acquired all of the tools and resources to overcome and prosper on this episode of “Artist Emor’s ArtShop”.
Ep.9 Prelo White, the BACo. Bandit
Prelo White, owner and CEO of Brooklyn Artistry & Company. Abbreviated as “BACo.”, it is a diverse and Inclusive E-commerce hub for artist. as an art Enthusiast, content creators, and patrons with a unique flare, Prelo is taking her turn in the chair on this weeks episode of “Artist Emor’s ArtShop”. Discussing how a business owner maneuvers through the world of e-commerce. Some of our discussion points will include how events and meetings have changed. How this nearly decade long company started and where it will go. Also exploring the passion that allowed Prelo to be a supporting rock for so many artist in the communities around her. why Prelo finds it important to have a strong presence in the use of her art and designs like the “BACo. Bandits”, and how they became the focus of her apparel.
Ep. 8 Ms. Brown, Synnamon Brown
It is a pleasure to interview my friend and colleague, Synnamon Brown; Artist, Teacher, Cosplayer, and Gamer. Synnamon is a New York native and has some of the best and most stylized art I have ever seen. Drawing inspirations from her personal history with the city, her admiration of the 90’s, the pop high contrast colors used in classic Marvel comics and the perspectives found in designs of the 80’s and beyond. Her one fatal flaw is her love for “Tekken”… in which she isn’t so skilled at. We are going to discuss all of the plus and negatives of conventions, the love-hate relationship of New York’s art scene, the power of friendship and “Sailor Moon”!
Ep. 7: Scott McClendon, McClendon Work
This weeks guest on Artist Emor’s ArtShop is Scott McClendon. Scott has opened up his work shop, McClendon Works. Using mason/carpentry skills to define furniture and housewares. Based in Texas, Scott is excited to share his story on how he gained the skill, confidence and imagination to create some of his works.
Ep. 6: Michele R. Leslie, to stream to Paint
Painter and streamer from SWFL, she has a way around color and subject management. This weeks guest is Michele R. Leslie. After supporting the art/gaming community around her, she Michele is currently finding her voice in the field of the arts. Both bold and heartfelt, Michele follows a classic style of painting mixed in with digital media, and streaming the process through and through. It is easy to become entranced by her style and work flow.Focused on minuet details, Michele’s paintings engross the viewer into hypnotic fashion. Even to go as far as to encourage me into a series of landscapes, this is Micheles first time making prints for a series hosted at the giftshop (linked here).
Ep. 5: Amanda Fasciano
(Life After Series)
This weeks interview was with author, Amanda Fasciano, held on Saturday, Jan 23. A great deal of fun was had by all. We spoke on board games, content creators, writing a series of novels, the difficulties of producing/editing/marketing one’s own body of work, and some experiences that shaped her writing style (urban horror).
Ep 4: LJ Ugarte and
FireCreek Ent.
I had the pleasure of having LJ Ugarte of Firecreek Entertainment. While I was completing a portrait of him, we spoke about the importance of integrity, the need for community, and how bad behavior can ruin opportunities. Firecreek Entertainment is a multi-award winning production company based in South Florida; creating shorts, feature length movies, providing gaffers, cinematographers, production staff and everything in between. While running all of this, he remains humble yet worthy. Dropping a great deal of insight on how to maneuver through the channels and how to expand those networks, the do’s and don’t of being unionized…. and spreading positivity through a few good laughs.
Ep 3: Who Is John D. Contradiction?
Our guest this week was John D. Contradiction producer, lyricist and content creator. During the interview, he dropped wonderful gems on breathing emotion into art and music and how to develop marketing strategies. While staying humble and helpful, yet being confident and taking hold of responsibilities, John knows to accept situations we cannot change. He told a few tear-jerking personal accounts and the origin stories of several groups like Not Ya Manz and Sticks and Stones Games. Carrying this generational curse of cynicism into a business model, he would turn it into a much more helpful and positive process.
Ep. 2 V2 Emuche Nwaigwe, contemporary art director
Emuche Nwaigwe, a Nigerian- American art director with a bacholor’s in art and design, and masters in business. Emuche works have been featured in gallery shows, conventions, editorial pieces, clothing, trinkets, magazines and comics, murals and advertisement. with a passion for up lifting the community around him, Emuche has built a long list of contact and befriended so many creatives. During our session we are going to rehash how Emuche has gotten to this point of his career and what direction is it moving towards.
Ep 1 (v.2): Caleb Line, The Toy Maker
Episode 1 of “Artist Emor’s Art Shop” features Caleb Line, a brilliant Junior Designer and Engineer. Caleb has worked on the Wintergatan Marble Machine as a designer and consultant for its various parts. Caleb has a background teaching 3D printing and design, DIY tech, splicing and more! The LightSaber to the left, he made that… He would solder electronics together before he was old enough to drive.