Ep. 198 Lauren Tresp – Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Southwest Contemporary Magazine

About this episode

Wes and Todd interview Lauren Tresp about her journey and insights into the art world and magazine publishing.

This week, Wes and Todd talk with Lauren Tresp, Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Southwest Contemporary Magazine. Lauren discusses her background and education, moving to Santa Fe, working in galleries, spirituality and religion, artificial intelligence, art criticism and writing, critical thinking, The Magazine and the genesis of Southwest Contemporary, challenges and costs of running a magazine, membership and it’s perks, workshops, readership, Southwest Contemporary’s mission, sta...

People in this episode

Hosts: Wes Brown, Todd Pierson

Guest: Lauren Tresp

Topics covered

• art criticism
• magazine publishing
• art and spirituality
• artificial intelligence
• critical thinking

Keywords

• Southwest Contemporary
• magazine
• art
• criticism
• AI
• Santa Fe
• workshops
• membership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southwest Contemporary Magazine

Places: Santa Fe

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