THE Southcoast Artists Index
PODCASTS
Offering listeners up close and personal conversations with the artists, supporters, and cultural impresarios of our creative community.
Listen to the artists talk about their work, backgrounds, passions, dreams, and accomplishments. Also featured are those work in or manage the creative community’s economy, promotion, and cultural agenda.
Podcast Episode 175: Alyssa Botelho
Welcome, Alyssa Botelho a writer, director, producer, and actor. She was born and raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Her passion for unearthing...
Podcast Episode 174: Troy Henriksen
Welcome, Troy Henriksen, a New Bedford native, is a self-taught visual artist, writer, and musician who has been living and working successfully in...
Podcast Episode 173: Ethan de Aguiar
Welcome, Ethan de Aguiar, who self-describes as a self-proclaimed artrepreneur. He is a New Bedford native and an experienced filmmaker. Ethan de...
Podcast Episode 172: Paul Bielatowicz
Welcome, Paul Bielatowicz, born in Burnley, Lancashire, England. As a child, he was obsessed with gymnastics, but around the age of 7, he began...
Podcast Episode 171: Eric Baylies
Welcome, Eric Baylies of the Baylies Band, a local music performer who's been associated with Bad Motherfucker, Temple Of Bon Matin, Club Math, Free...
Podcast Episode 170: Donna Gagnon
Welcome, Donna Gagnon, Artist, and Painter, AKA, Donna Sylvia Gagnon, who as a child was always interested in drawing, so much so that her parents...
Podcast Episode 169: Sarah Athanas
Welcome, Sarah Athanas, the Co-Founder and Chief Community Builder at Groundwork. Sarah grew up on Cape Cod and studied Art as an undergrad at the...
Podcast Episode 168: Allie Copeland
Welcome, Allie Copeland, AKA Alexandra Copeland, the Art Curator for the New Bedford Free Public Library. Allie grew up in northeast Connecticut and...
Podcast Episode 167: Hendrick Hernandez
Welcome, Hendrick Hernandez, AKA Hendrick Hernandez-Resto a Latinx creative who was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and raised in New Bedford,...
Podcast Episode 166: Seth Rainville
Welcome, Seth Rainville, who was once an aspiring painter and printmaker turned ceramicist. Seth John Rainville came from a family of creatives. His...
Podcast Episode 165: Donna Dodson
Welcome, Donna Dodson, a sculptor and a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. But wait, there's more!...
Podcast Episode 164: Marina Dawn Wells
Welcome, Marina Wells, They/Them, who joined the New Bedford Whaling Museum for a two-year Photography Fellowship in the Fall of 2022. She holds a...
Podcast Episode 163: Sarah Mulvey
Welcome, Sarah Jane Mulvey, a poet, writer, and editor working a full-time job in the non-profit arts world. She received a Bachelor of Arts in...
Podcast Episode 162: Sheila Oliveira
Welcome, Sheila Oliveira who earned her Bachelor's & Master's in Studio Art from the Department of Graphic Design at the University of...
Podcast Episode 161: Albertus van Beest
Welcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 161! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and...
Podcast Episode 160: Immuter
Welcome, Immuter, an American indie band from South Coast Massachusetts that fuses elements of classic rock with the sound of influential modern...
Podcast Episode 159: Roger Kizik
Welcome, Roger Kizik, to In-Focus Podcast Number 159. Painter Roger Kizik was born in Boston and raised in Medford, Massachusetts. He was in the US...
Podcast Episode 158: Taylor Hickey
Welcome, Taylor Hickey, to In-Focus Podcast Number 158. Taylor is an interdisciplinary visual artist. She is primarily a printmaker, bookmaker, and...
Podcast Episode 157: Mark Furtado
Welcome, Mark Furtado who was born and raised in New Bedford and, "surrounded by art". Mark went to Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational...
Podcast Episode 156: Stephen D. Rogers
Welcome, Stephen D. Rogers, to In-Focus Podcast Number 156. Stephen is our first published mystery writer! His current book is Shot to Death. His...
Podcast Episode 155: William C. Kennedy
Welcome, William Collin Kennedy, to In-Focus Podcast Number 155. We first spoke with him on In-Focus Podcast Number 119. Since then, William has...
Podcast Episode 154: David Reis
Welcome, Mr. David Domingo Reis, AKA - Dave Reis who, among other his accomplishments, spent nearly 26 years as a Jazz radio show host. That's...
Podcast Episode 153: Kayla Conner
Welcome, Kayla Conner, AKA Kayla Conchinha Conner (the Little Seer Shell). She is a watercolor artist, tarot reader, and lifelong resident of New...
Podcast Episode 152: Charles Henry Gifford
Welcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 152! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and...
Podcast Episode 151: Wendy Hall
Welcome, Wendy Ann Hall, AKA Wendy Hall, the Executive Producer for New Bedford Festival Theatre and who has also produced The Best of Times, The...
Podcast Episode 150: Lindsay Compton
Welcome, Lindsay Compton, Supervisory Park Ranger and Visitor Experience & Community Engagement Volunteer Coordinator at the New Bedford Whaling...
Podcast Episode 149: Neenah Cruz
Welcome, Neenah Cruz, AKA Miss Neenah. She is a dancer, choreographer, and the founder/director of the New Bedford Performing Arts Center. Miss...
Podcast Episode 148: Mercy Bell
Welcome, Mercedes Bell, a queer Filipino American folk singer-songwriter better known as Mercy Bell. Her writing and experience span multiple...
Podcast Episode 147: Kate Frazer Rego – LGBTQ+
Welcome, Kate Frazer Rego, an artist, and educator living in the South Coast of Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts,...
Podcast Episode 146: Robert Swain Gifford
Welcome, Kyle DeCicco-Carey to In-Focus Podcast Number 146! Kyle is the Library Director at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and...