Live From AHA! – AUGUST 2025

Live From AHA! – AUGUST 2025

This is the August AHA! episode of our continuing series of podcasts from Play Arcade, co-hosted by our podcast partner and friend, Adam Katz. Our guests included Max Wickemeyer, The Artists Index's new volunteer development director, and Kat Knutsen (Episode 73,...

Podcast Episode 214: ADRIAN TIO

Podcast Episode 214: ADRIAN TIO

Welcome, Adrian R. Tió, a former Professor of Fine Arts in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was also a former dean at the College. Tió received his fine arts training from Temple University (BA ‘74), the...

Podcast Episode 213: ZARLA LUDIN

Podcast Episode 213: ZARLA LUDIN

Welcome, Zarla Ludin, a design strategist, product enthusiast, and sometime artist. Her career has focused on helping businesses—such as Sonos, Amazon, and iRobot—connect their creative teams with clear narratives and organizational goals. Zarla has also partnered...

Podcast Episode 212: LARA HARRINGTON

Podcast Episode 212: LARA HARRINGTON

 Welcome, Lara Lourenco Harrington, AKA Lara Harrington, a re-emerging artist and supporter of the arts in the South Coast. She is the daughter of immigrants from Terceira and Faial, "two of the most beautiful islands in the Azores." Her journey to connect more deeply...

Live From AHA! – JULY 2025

Live From AHA! – JULY 2025

This is the July AHA! episode - our eleventh - in our continuing series of livestream podcasts from Play Arcade co-hosted by our podcast partner and friend Adam Katz. We invited Max Wickemeyer, The Artists Index's new volunteer development director, and Kat Knutsen...

Podcast Episode 211: JIMI BLACKSHEEP

Podcast Episode 211: JIMI BLACKSHEEP

Welcome, Jimi Blacksheep, AKA James A. Bourne, musical artist. His mantra: sounding good and looking good. His alter ego, his stage persona, is Jimi Blacksheep, and his life has been a musical journey. Now in his 60s, this transplanted New Bedford, Massachusetts,...

Podcast Episode 210: Jeff ‘Pixel’ Palmer

Podcast Episode 210: Jeff ‘Pixel’ Palmer

Welcome, Jeff 'Pixel' Palmer, a block and screen printing artist with deep New England roots, is currently based in Marion, Massachusetts. His artistic style is heavily supported by his years in the field of graphic design production. Jeff or Pixel has extensive...

IN-FOCUS ARTICLE: Kimberly Ward, Writer

IN-FOCUS ARTICLE: Kimberly Ward, Writer

Written by: Scott Bishop Some trips take you from one place to another. For first-time author Kimberly Ward, the 7,000 nautical mile, two-year trip that she, her husband, and their 10-year-old daughter took from Mattapoisett to Grenada ushered them from their old life...