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

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

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

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0:00.0	Welcome to getting curious, I'm Jonathan Venice, and every week I sit down for a 40 minute conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:10.0	On today's episode, I'm joined by the artist and writer Adrian Nieves,
0:14.4	where I ask her, how did you become such an amazing artist?
0:21.3	Welcome to getting curious, this is Jonathan Van Ness. I am beyond excited to welcome our
0:26.8	guests this week, but I do just have to like set the stage. This is a guest who I
0:31.2	discovered on Instagram and I became instantly obsessed to the point where like I actually have chills on my thighs and my triceps when I just said that when I was thinking about when I discovered this stunning artist.
0:44.4	She is a creator, she's an artist, she is also the founder of the Tissera Arts Collective and
0:50.4	Abstractions magazine, which I'm obsessed with.
0:53.2	Welcome to the podcast, Adrian Niebes, how are you?
0:57.3	Good, hi, thank you for having me.
1:00.4	Thank you for making time for us now.
1:02.0	I want to just, we are, we have so much to dive into it.
1:04.5	I just want people to visualize.
1:05.7	Don't close your eyes if you're driving,
1:07.7	but if you're not driving listening to this, you can.
1:10.4	But if you can imagine that room that I sit in when I do getting curious and there's this like pink couch and there's this stunning work of art behind the couch
1:20.0	The artist who made that painting is literally who you're about to be listening to
1:24.6	Adrian how are you? I'm well first I'm just feeling very very touched by that lovely introduction and I'm also I mean it got to be honest I'm a little
1:38.8	just excited and happy and just feeling really good energy so I'm a little like I want to move I want to jump around I want to dance
1:49.0	But I'm just I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to get to like talk with you and you know just we
1:56.5	get to talk about art. I love talking about art. I am newer to art.
2:02.8	Like I've always liked art, but I never thought I would live in a world
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