[Contemporary Realism] On today's First Look of the next issue of American Art Collector (Episode 303), co-publisher Adolfo Castillo chats with managing editor Sarah Gianelli about all the content in the December 2024 issue. Highlights include features on Joe Fig and Carol Maine, a look at the special section Figurative Art and also many other previews happening from coast to coast. Today's episode is sponsored by American Art Collector. Learn more at americanartcollector.com.

[Western Art] On this episode of First Look (Episode 304), co-publisher Adolfo Castillo chats with executive editor Michael Clawson about the December issue of Western Art Collector. Michael will fill listeners in on all of the content in the issue, including features on painters Alice Leese and Dennis Ziemienski, and special sections Art of the Cowboy, Winter Scenes and the annual Western Holiday Gift Guide. In addition, they also talk about all the shows and openings happening in the Western art world from coast to coast. This episode is sponsored by Western Art Collector magazine. Learn more about the magazine at westernartcollector.com.

[Native American Art] Joining us from Santa Fe, New Mexico, are two guests for today's episode: Hopi carver Mavasta Honyouti and Wheelwright Museum curator Will Riding In. They will be talking about Mavasta's new exhibition at the Wheelwright, which opening in October 2024. The exhibition features 16 carved wooden low-relief panels depicting the life of Mavasta's grandfather, who grew up in a Native American boarding school where his culture and traditions were stripped from him before he was able to return to his family and his home. The exhibition, Carved Stories, will be turned into a children's book, which will release in November 2024. To learn more about this show and other great Native American shows, visit nativeamericanartmagazine.com.