Robert King (Choctaw) is a ceramic artist and owner-director of Duende Gallery in Galisteo. Over the course of the last four years he has transitioned from working as a physician in Oklahoma to working as a full-time artist in the high desert of New Mexico. His vessels are built on a wheel, and by hand primarily from clays and minerals he collects on the lands near his home. His ceramic practice is largely self-taught and informed from his own research and experimentation. He talks about his process, his journey, his methods, and his inspirations with host Matthew Chase-Daniel.

Raised in Los Angeles, Shayla Blatchford came to New Mexico to attend the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and ended up staying in Santa Fe. From her base here she has spent years exploring her heritage on the Navajo Nation and working as an artist and activist addressing the implications of the historical and ongoing issues presented by Uranium mining on the Navajo Nation through her Anti-Uranium Mapping Project. She talks with host Matthew Chase-Daniel about this journey and the meaning of this work, for her and for our part of the country, and how it this can carry meaning throughout the world.

Tony Abeyta and Chiara Giovando talk about the desire to collect things, including art; the exhibition up now at Santa Fe Institute of Contemporary Art of selections from Tony’s collections; What ICA is, and what its role can be in Santa Fe; and the roles of artists to help others see and serve their communities.