Ashley Longshore

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Pop artist Ashley Longshore joins Rhett in this episode to talk about growing up in Alabama, discovering her path and how she approaches the business side of being an artist. Ashley and Rhett talk about the things that inspire their work, and how to handle the fear and anxiety that comes with living a creative life. Ashley Longshore is a New Orleans-based, self taught artist. She has built an empire in the art world and challenges the traditional business model of art galleries. As a powerhouse artist and pioneer in social media marketing, she has exploded into a global brand and uses her platform to encourage positivity and authenticity. Longshore aspires to “Have a career like Andy Warhol and leave a legacy like Peggy Guggenheim.” Upcoming episodes of Wheels Off include musician David Wax, composer/playwright Masi Asare, author Lily Brooks-Dalton, and more. Revisit Season One of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted by Rhett Miller. Produced by Rhett Miller, Kirsten Cluthe, and Nick Ruffini. Editing by Justin Thomas (Revoice Media). Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:05.1	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:20.6	Ashley Longshore is a force of nature.
0:25.9	She's got the energy of seven suns, and she's just as bright and shining.
0:36.6	She is, man, I can't say enough about Ashley Longshore as an
0:44.1	inspiring person, artist, creator, human. She transcends any title I might try to put on her. She's known as a visual artist,
1:00.6	as a painter. She's written a couple of nonfiction books. She collaborates with all sorts of
1:08.1	big Bergdorf and Vuv-Cliko and Gucci.
1:15.0	And she's just, she is something, all right.
1:19.7	She's incredible.
1:20.5	I'm so glad that I got to speak with her for this wheels off series of conversations that I somehow wound up hosting.
1:31.2	I don't know how I backed into making this weird little show and not having these crazy
1:37.2	conversations, but I'm so glad I did. Anyway, I know that you're going to enjoy this unless you hate foul language, which is an insane thing to call language.
1:49.7	It's not foul.
1:51.2	But there are a lot of F bombs and a lot of just, you know, I guess, I guess I just, you know, don't play this conversation for your kindergartener.
2:01.2	Or do. You know what? The play this conversation for your kindergartner. Or do.
2:01.9	You know what?
2:02.8	The world is filled with F-bombs.
2:04.8	They're going to hear them eventually.
2:08.6	Anyway, I'm really grateful to Ashley for sitting down with me.
2:12.4	Actually, I don't think she ever sat down.
2:14.0	I don't think she ever sits down.
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