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Maria Moyano Creative Director, Experience Designer

Maria Moyano is a Creative Director, Experience Designer, and the Executive Producer for the Museum of Ice Cream. She specializes in producing the kind of high engagement interactive experiences that audiences and businesses crave. The creation and execution of the exhibits at the museum on a short pressure filled timeline admirable and speaks to the focus, dedication and professionalism necessary to achieve success at this level. Her ability to problem solve and evolve is both informative and inspirational.

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SHAE DETAR, by Thomas Werner for IRKmagazine

For IRKmagazine. There is a reluctant beauty to the success Shae Detar has had as an image maker in fashion and the fine arts. During our conversation a relentlessly determined artist emerges, obsessively researched, protective of her vision, and dedicated to creating with the joy of a child. It is a mix that so many aspire to as they begin their career but lose to the pitfalls of commercial clients, the machinations of the art world, and art school critics or comments in an increasingly judgmental public space. Yet Shae has not only held onto her process in this environment, she has thrived in it, turned her back on it, and returned once again to the siren’s call of her roots and the acclaim that seemingly will not let her rest.... The full article at: https://www.irkmagazine.com/post/shae-detar

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Elinor Carucci Welcome to Thomas Werner Podcast! Available on Apple, Spotify, and Google.

Today I would like to introduce you to Elinor Carucci. The breadth of Elinor’s career has been extensive, she has just published her 4th monograph Midlife by Monacelli Press, now part of Phaidon Press. Represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York her work is included in the collections of Museum of Modern Art New York, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Art, among others, and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, W, Aperture, ARTnews, and numerous other publications.

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Maria Baltazzi, Welcome to the Podcast! Available on Apple, Google, and Spotify

Today, I’d like to welcome Maria Baltazzi to the Podcast.
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When Maria graduated with her MFA from The Art Center College of Design she decided that she wanted to travel and create adventure television. She is now an Emmy award winning producer and creator of TV shows, was one of 4 Senior Producers for the first 7 seasons of Survivor, has traveled to all 7 continents, twice, and that is just the beginning. Maria is an innovator whose career is an inspiration.

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The First Movement: Erwin Olaf, by Thomas Werner for IRKmagazine

The First Movement: Erwin Olaf, by Thomas Werner for IRKmagazine. Photo by: Erwin Olaf

Drawn in by considered articulation and subjugated by beauty I am engulfed, or perhaps immobilized is a better word, by images that feel extraordinarily personal yet distant, untouchable. It is a visceral moment, much like being enveloped by a perfect rendition of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, an experience that is both sensory and intellectual.

Read the entire article at: https://www.irkmagazine.com/post/the-first-movement-erwin-olaf-by-thomas-werner

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Myriam Santos, Welcome to the Podcast! Available on Apple, Google and Spotify

Photographer and director Myriam Santos has been behind some of the most striking depictions of popular artists in the past two decades. From the latest chart-toppers to legends like David Bowie, Willie Nelson, Ozzy Osbourne, Jared Leto, Gary Clark Jr., George Clooney, and Tommy Lee, Myriam’s art offers an intimate look at the entertainment industry’s most influential figures. Her career has spanned across all the major record labels, countless publications, and numerous ad campaigns.

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