A’Driane Nieves's guest appearances

A’Driane Nieves

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Artist/Mother Podcast

The Create! Podcast

Heather Kirtland

Marissa Huber

Danielle Krysa

Jamie Smith

Laci Mosley

Meredith Broussard

Bernie Sanders

Meghan Trainor

Christian Siriano

Amanda Seales

Katie Couric

Amy Stewart

Gabrielle Union

Phoebe Robinson

Reese Witherspoon

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We read your Instagram comments. We saw your clamoring for more information on the stunning painting behind Jonathan’s couch—and the artist behind the work. This week, we’re satisfying your curiosity (and ours!) with a conversation between Jonathan and the abstract expressionist painter and writer A’Driane Nieves. A’Driane shares how she developed her art practice, why she’s partial to acrylic paints and massive canvases, what she sees as a more equitable art world, and so much more. A’Driane Nieves is an interdisciplinary abstract artist, speaker, writer, and the founder of the Tessera Arts Collective and Abstractions Magazine. On Instagram, you can follow A’Driane @adrianenieves_art; Tessera Arts Collective @tesseraartscollective; and Abstractions Magazine @abstractionsmag. For more of A’Driane’s work, make sure to check out www.addyeb.com.Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN.Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com.Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com.Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com.Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read your Instagram comments. We saw your clamoring for more information on the stunning painting behind Jonathan’s couch—and the artist behind the work. This week, we’re satisfying your curiosity (and ours!) with a conversation between Jonathan and the abstract expressionist painter and writer A’Driane Nieves. A’Driane shares how she developed her art practice, why she’s partial to acrylic paints and massive canvases, what she sees as a more equitable art world, and so much more. A’Driane Nieves is an interdisciplinary abstract artist, speaker, writer, and the founder of the Tessera Arts Collective and Abstractions Magazine. On Instagram, you can follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adrianenieves_art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A’Driane</a> @adrianenieves_art; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tesseraartscollective/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tessera Arts Collective</a> @tesseraartscollective; and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abstractionsmag/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abstractions Magazine</a> @abstractionsmag. For more of A’Driane’s work, make sure to check out <a href="http://www.addyeb.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.addyeb.com</a>.Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/curiouswithjvn/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/curiouswithjvn?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @CuriousWithJVN.Transcripts for each episode are available at <a href="https://www.jonathanvanness.com/getting-curious-transcripts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JonathanVanNess.com</a>.Check out Getting Curious merch at <a href="https://www.podswag.com/collections/getting-curious-with-jonathan-van-ness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PodSwag.com</a>.Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to <a href="http://www.thequincat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheQuinCat.com</a>.Jonathan is on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jvn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jvn?ref_src=twsrc*5Egoogle*7Ctwcamp*5Eserp*7Ctwgr*5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.vanness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

How Did You Become Such An Amazing Artist? with A’Driane Nieves

Join Kat and A’Driane Nieves as they chat about creating your own space in the art world, building a community, learning essential lessons and persevering when things get hard. A’Driane Nieves is a USAF disabled veteran, multi-disciplinary abstract artist, activist, and speaker with a heart for serving others and social good. She is a mental health advocate living with bipolar disorder and runs an online platform and mental health support group for women of color called Tessera Collective. In 2018, she opened Tessera Arts Collective, an arts nonprofit serving women-identifying &amp; non-binary abstract artists of color in the Greater Philadelphia area and beyond that currently operates a storefront studio &amp; gallery space in North Philly. She believes that creating and viewing visual art that addresses difficult topics can serve as a catalyst for personal growth &amp; social change, while also empowering WOC artists to speak their truths. She pushes womxn to transform the brokenness in their lives into power and beauty, and works to amplify the voices and experiences of those marked as Other in society. A’Driane lives in New Jersey with her husband and three boys.

Join Kat and A’Driane Nieves as they chat about creating your own space in the art world, building a community, learning essential lessons and persevering when things get hard. A’Driane Nieves is a USAF disabled veteran, multi-disciplinary abstract artist, activist, and speaker with a heart for serving others and social good. She is a mental health advocate living with bipolar disorder and runs an online platform and mental health support group for women of color called Tessera Collective. In 2018, she opened Tessera Arts Collective, an arts nonprofit serving women-identifying &amp; non-binary abstract artists of color in the Greater Philadelphia area and beyond that currently operates a storefront studio &amp; gallery space in North Philly. She believes that creating and viewing visual art that addresses difficult topics can serve as a catalyst for personal growth &amp; social change, while also empowering WOC artists to speak their truths. She pushes womxn to transform the brokenness in their lives into power and beauty, and works to amplify the voices and experiences of those marked as Other in society. A’Driane lives in New Jersey with her husband and three boys.

Don't Be Afraid to Take up Space | A’Driane Nieves 

It was such a joy to interview A’Driane Nieves for the podcast! Addye is a self taught, multi-disciplinary artist with a vision that builds upon the legacy of her family matriarch. Her abstract paintings navigate the experiences she has as a black woman, her traumas and triumphs, journey through healing and explore her identity from an inside-out perspective. She’s the Mama to 3 beautiful boys. We have such a great conversation about her journey with art starting from a creativity wound she experienced in middle school when a teacher discouraged her from pursuing fine art. She shares how she eventually found her way back to painting, through the suggestion of a therapist to help her through a stressful time in her life. We break down her decision not to go to art school and how an experience at an art fair helped her identify some big things about her work. She shares some great wisdom on going from the position of ‘hustling’ for her worth to creating a space that actually serves her. Addye is a visionary with a heart for community and in 2018 she founded Tessera Arts Collective, an arts nonprofit currently located in North Philadelphia where it operates a storefront studio &amp; gallery space. Tessera is her answer to the models that currently exist in the art world that aren’t serving marginalized artists, specifically black and brown female artists. She shares about the path of resistance she’s on, standing up to a culture that makes it easy for her voice and the voices of other women like her to be drown out. We have a good chat about representation, investing in living artists and she shares a few of her dreams of the future. I can’t wait for them to come true!! This is a great episode to listen to if you want to be reminded of your worth as an artist and mother. Addye is a true gem and I’m so grateful she took the time to talk with me for the podcast. The books Addye mentions:The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker Invitation to the Party by Donna Walker-Kuhne Please connect with A’Driane further on instagram at @addyeb_art or see more of her work on her website ( http://www.addyeb.com ). See more about Tessera Collective on their website (https://www.tesseracollective.com) and instagram @tesseraartscollective. The Artist/Mother podcast is created and hosted by Kaylan Buteyn. You can see more of Kaylan’s work on her website or connect with her on instagram @kaylanbuteyn    Addye in her studio, photo credit: Steven Cotton Photography    Vitreous Body: acrylic, pastel, marker on canvas, 2019    A’Driane and her son in her studio     Drive &amp; Drive 2; acrylic on canvas, 2019    Addye’s 3 sons at Tessera Arts Collective    Working on a mural project     Books at Tessera Arts Collective        Installing her mural at #StreetsDeptWalls in the Fashion District, Philadelphia, PAMural details: “Untitled”, acrylic, house paint, charcoal, marker on plywood, 8’x8′, 2019

It was such a joy to interview A’Driane Nieves for the podcast! Addye is a self taught, multi-disciplinary artist with a vision that builds upon the legacy of her family matriarch. Her abstract paintings navigate the experiences she has as a black woman, her traumas and triumphs, journey through healing and explore her identity from an inside-out perspective. She’s the Mama to 3 beautiful boys. We have such a great conversation about her journey with art starting from a creativity wound she experienced in middle school when a teacher discouraged her from pursuing fine art. She shares how she eventually found her way back to painting, through the suggestion of a therapist to help her through a stressful time in her life. We break down her decision not to go to art school and how an experience at an art fair helped her identify some big things about her work. She shares some great wisdom on going from the position of ‘hustling’ for her worth to creating a space that actually serves her. Addye is a visionary with a heart for community and in 2018 she founded Tessera Arts Collective, an arts nonprofit currently located in North Philadelphia where it operates a storefront studio &amp; gallery space. Tessera is her answer to the models that currently exist in the art world that aren’t serving marginalized artists, specifically black and brown female artists. She shares about the path of resistance she’s on, standing up to a culture that makes it easy for her voice and the voices of other women like her to be drown out. We have a good chat about representation, investing in living artists and she shares a few of her dreams of the future. I can’t wait for them to come true!! This is a great episode to listen to if you want to be reminded of your worth as an artist and mother. Addye is a true gem and I’m so grateful she took the time to talk with me for the podcast. The books Addye mentions: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Gathering-How-Meet-Matters/dp/1594634920/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BCLZZBCA9388&amp;keywords=the+art+of+gathering&amp;qid=1572228569&amp;sprefix=the+art+of+gather%2Caps%2C168&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker </a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Party-Building-Bridges-Community/dp/1559362308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invitation to the Party by Donna Walker-Kuhne </a> Please connect with A’Driane further on instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/addyeb_art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@addyeb_art</a> or see more of her work on her <a href="http://www.addyeb.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website ( http://www.addyeb.com </a>). See more about Tessera Collective on their <a href="https://www.tesseracollective.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website (https://www.tesseracollective.com</a>) and instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tesseraartscollective/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tesseraartscollective</a>. The Artist/Mother podcast is created and hosted by Kaylan Buteyn. You can see more of Kaylan’s work on her<a href="http://www.kaylancreates.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> website</a> or connect with her on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaylanbuteyn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kaylanbuteyn</a> Addye in her studio, photo credit: Steven Cotton Photography Vitreous Body: acrylic, pastel, marker on canvas, 2019 A’Driane and her son in her studio Drive &amp; Drive 2; acrylic on canvas, 2019 Addye’s 3 sons at Tessera Arts Collective Working on a mural project Books at Tessera Arts Collective Installing her mural at #StreetsDeptWalls in the Fashion District, Philadelphia, PA Mural details: “Untitled”, acrylic, house paint, charcoal, marker on plywood, 8’x8′, 2019

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