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Episode 78: Travis Schlaht
Dec 18, 2025
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Episode 77: Michael Grimaldi
Mar 28, 2025
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| 12/18/25 |  Episode 78: Travis Schlaht | Ted and Tony sit down with their dear friend and brilliant painter Travis Schlaht to talk Paris adventures, father-son art collaborations, NCAA basketball memories, and the inspiration fueling his latest body of work. | — | ||||||
| 3/28/25 |  Episode 77: Michael Grimaldi | We are honored to have been included in another Drawing Discourse at UNC Asheville. We are joined this year by Michael Grimaldi, who returns for his second appearance on Suggested Donation Podcast. A lot has changed since his first visit, and while the flying cars and colonies on Europa haven’t panned out, Grimaldi is as insightful and inspiring as ever. Thanks to Tamie Beldue at UNC Asheville for organizing this one! | — | ||||||
| 2/17/25 |  Episode 76: Mike Marino | We’re thrilled to present a new episode of Suggested Donation Podcast, featuring Oscar-nominated special effects maestro Mike Marino! Join us as we explore Mike’s journey into the world of special makeup effects, the enduring impact of practical effects, and the inspirations that shaped his career. We also dive into his incredible work on HBO’s The Penguin and his Oscar-nominated makeup design for A Different Man. Mike has worked with some of Hollywood’s most visionary filmmakers and biggest stars, including Martin Scorsese, Darren Aronofsky, Eddie Murphy, Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Will Smith, John Travolta, and many more. Don’t miss this deep dive into the art of transformation and storytelling through makeup effects. Tune in and be inspired! | — | ||||||
| 1/8/25 |  Episode 75: Michael Klein | Ted and Tony have a conversation with Michael Klein, artist and Director of the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art in New Salem, Massachusetts. They discuss Michael's new responsibilities as director and curator of the collection, his teaching role, and an exciting painting competition that the museum will host, which is open to the public. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/24 |  Episode 74: Simon Liu | Tony and Ted hang out with legendary painting support craftsman and guru Simon Liu. When it comes to stretched canvas, there is only one person to talk to. We are grateful to Simon for sitting down and recording with us. Simon set us straight on how to properly stretch a canvas and talked shop about all fine painting supports. He backs all of this information up with unassailable logic built on a foundation of a few variables. Super fun conversation - we learned a lot and hope you will too. | — | ||||||
| 12/4/24 |  Episode 73: Greg 'CRAOLA' Simkins | The Suggested Donation Podcast is back with all-new episodes! Our first guest is the incredibly talented artist Greg "Craola" Simkins. In this episode, we discuss Greg’s early influences and inspirations, including his experiences in the Southern California graffiti scene. He also shares insights into his creative process, which enables him to produce amazing paintings. We’re sure you’ll enjoy this fantastic episode! | — | ||||||
| 4/4/24 |  Episode 72: Christopher Gallego | In collaboration with UNC Asheville’s 15th Annual Drawing Discourse, we sat down with the great artist, Christopher Gallego. We had a wide ranging conversation that centered on but not limited to drawing. Chris is incredibly knowledgeable and generous with sharing his ideas and experience. We are excited to share this episode with you all. Thanks to Chris, UNC Asheville, and Tamie Beldue! We hope you enjoy it! | — | ||||||
| 4/13/23 | Episode 71: Patricia Watwood | We sit down with our dear friend, Artist, and Author Patricia Watwood and chat about her excellent new book, “ The Path Of Drawing. Lessons for Everyday Creativity and Mindfulness”. The book Introduces a practice to enhance mental and spiritual well-being to enrich one’s life through drawing and creativity. A beautiful and thoughtful book and we enjoyed talking to Patty about it. | — | ||||||
| 2/16/23 |  Episode 70: Robert Bodem | Suggested Donation is back with celebrated sculptor and Athens Sculpture Atelier Director Robert Bodem. We discuss Rob’s approach, called “Drawing in Space” which he developed as the Director of Sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art and has continued to refine in Athens. He has a book coming soon that covers his approach for anyone unable to study in person with him. Rob discusses his journey from abstract to figurative sculptor and how this informed his process and perspective on working from life from the figure. Rob is a great friend and we hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did. | — | ||||||
| 1/23/23 | Episode 69: Sigal Tsabari | In collaboration with UNC Asheville’s 14th Annual Drawing Discourse, we recorded with Israeli artist Sigal Tsabari. While our conversation focused on drawing, Sigal has a profound way of thinking and talking about art in general that we are excited to share. Thanks to Sigal, UNC Asheville, and Tamie Beldue! We hope you enjoy it! | — | ||||||
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| 9/7/22 |  Episode 68: Carl Dobsky | The Suggested Donation crew sits down and has a lively chat with the talented California-based narrative artist and friend Carl Dobsky about his work. Definitely a fun one for us. Thanks to the fine folks at Trekell Artist Supply for the support as always. https://www.trekell.com | — | ||||||
| 4/28/22 |  Episode 67: Jay Newman | Suggested Donation is back with another sizzling hot podcast. We recorded with Jay Newman, the author of the recently released and highly acclaimed thriller Undermoney, which looks at the intersection of finance, military, and politics. Art is peppered throughout his book and we discuss the role that money plays in the art world and the role that art plays for its collectors. Jay, having spent a career in finance before beginning his first book, has a unique insight into the relationship between art and money and power and corruption all of which we explore in our conversation. We hope you enjoy this one! | — | ||||||
| 3/4/22 |  Episode 66: Amaya Gurpide | It is not an overstatement to say that Amaya Gurpide’s work has redefined the medium of drawing: Her exploration of materials expands the boundaries of what is possible for works on paper. She is the Artistic Director of the Lyme Academy and teaches online workshops independently. Her work and teaching are both widely admired and sought after and we were so honored to get the chance to record a conversation with her as part of UNC Asheville’s 13th Annual Drawing Discourse. | — | ||||||
| 1/6/22 |  Episode 65: Todd Casey | We sit down and have a great chat with artist, teacher, author of the excellent book, “The Art of Still Life”, and a friend of the show, Todd Casey. | — | ||||||
| 9/30/21 |  Episode 64: Kamille Corry | Suggested Donation sits down with the great artist and teacher Kamille Corry. We really enjoyed our time chatting about Kamille's amazing art, teaching, and living the artist lifestyle. Enjoy! | — | ||||||
| 7/9/21 |  Episode 63: Carlo Russo | The crew sits down with the celebrated artist Carlo Russo to talk about art, the methods and practices of traditional realism, still-life, teaching, and picture-making. | — | ||||||
| 4/22/21 |  Episode 62: Nicolas Uribe | We sit down with great artist Nicolas Uribe currently living in Colombia and have a great uncensored conversation about art and his philosophy of how he approaches his work. | — | ||||||
| 2/4/21 | Episode 61: Peter Van Dyck Drawing Discourse | We are proud to present a special Drawing edition of Suggested Donation Podcast, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Asheville. As part of their 12th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, we recorded a conversation with our friend and one of our favorite artists, Peter Van Dyke. The conversation focuses on drawing; both defining it and discussing how we think about it. As always, Peter is insightful and hilarious and, he is our first returning guest to record a second Suggested Donation Podcast. We want to thank Peter for joining us, Tamie Beldue from the University of North Carolina Asheville, and Trekell for their continuing support of the podcast. We hope you enjoy this special edition! | — | ||||||
| 12/17/20 | Episode 60: Suggested Donation LIVE!!! | Suggested Donation LIVE show! We have a great and lively discussion in front of an audience featuring the amazing Daniel Sprick, Patricia Watwood, Rose Frantzen, and Peter Trippi. We touch on so many important and inspiring art topics. We know you'll enjoy it. | — | ||||||
| 8/13/20 | Episode 59: Joshua Larock | Suggested Donation is back with a new episode featuring the inimitable Josh LaRock, who's been amazing us since he was a student at GCA. We get into our shared experiences and formative years as well as a peek into Josh's unique style and insight - enjoy this episode, we sure did! | — | ||||||
| 6/26/20 | Episode 58: Anthony Mastromatteo | Suggested Donation sits down with great Artist and philosopher Anthony Mastromatteo for a stimulating and thoughtful conversation. The episode was recorded way back in November at the Figurative Artist Convention Expo. We chat about Anthony’s beginnings studying mathematics at Princeton University, working for Sotheby’s, his love for philosophy and history and his journey to becoming a working fine artist. We hope you enjoy this Episode as much as we did. Stay safe and healthy. | — | ||||||
| 5/22/20 | Episode 57: Chris Prynoski | Ted, Tony and Jay have a great remote conversation with Chris Prynoski, animator, director, producer and president and founder of Titmouse. The boys reminisce about their days at MTV when they all worked together on shows like Beavis and Butthead and various other projects before Chris and his wife opening up Titmouse studios in LA that has created/produced many fan favorite shows/movies. They discuss the current state of quarantine and how it’s affecting tv and film production, early artistic influences, the business of making tv shows and movies, Titmouse’s newest project Netflix Midnight Gospel and the awesomeness of Dungeons and Dragons. Always awesome to hang with the great Chris P.. Enjoy!! | — | ||||||
| 5/8/20 | Episode 56: Zoey Frank | Ted and Tony have a great discussion with the talented painter Zoey Frank remotely. They talk about the recent change in everyone's life and how they all are dealing with the current situation, Zoey's formal education, a look into her technique, how her work has evolved over the years and the success of recent online teaching. Enjoy the chat and stay safe out there. | — | ||||||
| 4/28/20 | Episode 55: Teresa Oaxaca | We had the pleasure to sit down and chat with the talented artist Teresa Oaxaca. We find out about her journey to becoming a professional artist, studying classical painting in Italy, what inspires her unique personal style and how it influences her great paintings in this lively episode. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did. | — | ||||||
| 4/16/20 | Episode 54: Daniel Greene | We lost a legend last week, Daniel Greene. We recorded a podcast with him late last year at the FACE conference. Our condolences go out to Daniel Greene’s family, especially Wende who helped us with the recording. We hope this episode will be a welcome reminder of a sage voice to those who knew Daniel and an introduction to one of the greatest portrait painters for everyone else. | — | ||||||
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