Ep: 50 Sarah Schmerler - A Story Worth Telling
Ep: 50 - Sarah Schmerler - A Story Worth Telling
This episode was one of the last in-person interviews recorded before the pandemic hit. Hosts Marshall Jones and Sophia Kayafas enjoy a rich dialogue with Sarah Schmerler who is a journalist, art critic for the New York Times and art educator for 26 years. Schmerler is a gifted story teller whose creative insights offered us an intimate slice of conversation that was not only entertaining but also educational. Have a pen and paper ready for an interview packed full of ideas on teaching and understanding the art process from an educator’s perspective.
Show Notes
00.00 Intro
1:00 I’m a Spice
1:30 Teaching as Unveiling
10:00 Writing a Thesis- The Work, The Process the Practice
12:00 Teaching -The Sacred Partnership
25:25 What makes a Great Painting?
26:00 "The Crucifixion and Last Judgment diptych," Jan van Eyck
35:00 Dad Ruined Star Wars
37:00 The Story Worth Telling
40:00 It’s in the Attempt
47:00 The Maker, The Audience, The Review
55:00 Why is Context Important?
1:03:00 The Process- Writing about Art
1:05:00 Parameters, Working with Restraint
1:09:00 Alchemy, We Write into Meaning!
1:10:00 Break, Donation Requests! - add link to Website
1:11:00 Family of Teachers
1:15:00 Professor Schmerler
1:21:00 The Art of Teaching
1:25:00 Drawing Major at Pratt
1:29:00 What not to do
1:35:00 Reading is invisible, Writing is Invisible
1:37:00 Pictorial Marker- The Word and its Meaning
1:48:00 Drawing of Ben
1:53:00 Peopletechture
1:57:00 Perception, Understanding, Discernment
1:58:00 Measuring the Impact of the Painting
2:00:00 Wrapping Up, A Good Deep Question Requires Time
2:10:00 Just go along with it! The Critic’s All-Star Game
2:11:00 “It’s Good Kitch," Thomas Kinkade
2:13:00 “An Ad for Excedrin," Max Ginsburg
2:15:00 “Queezy Neoclassicism," Odd Nerdrum
2:17:00 “Two Pears Talking," Euan Uglow
2:19:00 “I am not sure how pleasurable/violating this is," Helen Beard
2:21:00 “Anger and Contention," Clyfford Still
2:23:00 “Is She a Chair too? ," Philip Pearlstein
2:27:00 “Tweeny Tombescence," Lisa Yuskavage
2:30:00 Summary & Signing off
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Images from The Critic’s All-Star Game
“It’s Good Kitch”
Painting by Thomas Kinkade
“An Ad for Excedrin”
Painting by Max Ginsburg
“Queezy Neoclassicism”
Painting by Odd Nerdrum
“Two Pears Talking”
Painting by Euan Uglow
“I am not sure how pleasurable/violating this is”
Painting by Helen Beard
“Anger and Contention”
Painting by Clyfford Elmer Still
“Is She a Chair too?”
Painting by Philip Pearlstein
“Tweeny Tombesence”
Painting by Lisa Yuskavage