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ArtistOnTheGo — Our 2025 Journeys With Artists
Every journey begins with a pull—the feeling that something meaningful is waiting beyond the familiar.
For our 2025 travels, that pull led us across borders, landscapes, and cultures, following artists not to stages or sets, but to the places where their lives and work truly unfold. With suitcases packed and cameras ready, Alan and I set out knowing that what we were entering was never just travel. It was an invitation into studios, homes, coastlines, forests, cities, and communities shaped by creativity.
At Vivid Arts Television, travel is not a backdrop—it is part of the story. We move slowly, listening to each place before the camera ever rolls. While every journey is carefully researched and thoughtfully planned, none of our productions are scripted. What unfolds in front of the lens is real, spontaneous, and alive in the moment.
Alan and I direct together—Alan shaping the visual language through the camera, and me guiding the narrative through conversation, interviews, and intuition. I ask questions, listen deeply, and help artists share what feels most true to them. The road sets the rhythm. The artist sets the pace.
Our cameras do not simply capture images. They follow footsteps, pauses, laughter, music, and breath.
Every artist we visited offered us more than access to their work. They welcomed us into their worlds—and in doing so, reminded us why authenticity still matters.
Sydnei Smith Jordan
New Jersey: Sydnei SmithJordan
Belonging, Held in Conversation
In Cape May, with Sydnei Smith Jordan, something extraordinary unfolded without planning. As we filmed and talked, her community gathered organically—friends, supporters, fellow creatives arriving simply because they felt called.
As I guided the conversation and Alan filmed the quiet interactions, we realized we were witnessing something rare: a living ecosystem of care. Art here was not isolated—it was relational. Sydnei’s work lives because it is rooted in truth, and truth invites people to stand close.
New York City: Irina Howard
Quiet Strength, Spoken Aloud
Irina Howard welcomed us into her world with tenderness and honesty. Our conversations moved fluidly between art, motherhood, memory, and endurance.
As I guided the interview, I felt the depth of her strength—not loud, not performative, but steady. Alan’s camera mirrored that stillness. Irina reminded us that gentleness, when chosen again and again, becomes one of the most powerful forces an artist can embody.
Irina Howard
Cleo Mitchell
South Carolina: Cleo Mitchell
Joy, Land, and Laughter
With Cleo Mitchell, the land became part of the dialogue. The landscapes were vast, grounding, alive. Nature was not scenery—it was a collaborator in her work and in our conversation.
And then came joy.
As we filmed, I showed Cleo how to dance Merengue. We danced, laughed, and moved freely. That unscripted moment—movement, rhythm, shared laughter—became one of the most honest scenes we’ve ever created. It reminded us that environmental care and joy are not opposites. Celebration is part of stewardship.
New Mexico: Shan Ogdemli
Listening as Direction
New Mexico slowed everything—including how we worked. With Shan Ogdemli, even the interviews felt ceremonial.
She was hosting an open studio during our visit, and watching people encounter her work in real time was quietly powerful. Visitors arrived curious and often left in silence, visibly moved. It became clear that her art is not meant to be rushed—it asks for presence.
As I guided the conversation, I asked fewer questions and listened longer. Alan adjusted the camera’s rhythm to match the stillness. Shan’s work did not ask to be explained—only honored. The desert reminded us that sometimes the most meaningful direction is knowing when to step back and let meaning arrive on its own.
Shan Ogdemli
Jane Gottlieb
Santa Barbara, California: Jane Gottlieb
Color as a Way of Being
Filming Jane Gottlieb was like stepping inside color itself. Our conversations flowed through intuition, joy, and creative freedom.
As I guided the dialogue and Alan followed the light, it became clear that Jane’s art is not confined to canvas. Joy is her method. Color is her language. The film did not need to impose meaning—it needed to let delight speak.
Northern California: Phil Dynan & Anastasia Nelson
Creation as Collaboration
In the countryside of Northern California, Phil Dynan and Anastasia Nelson welcomed us into a shared creative world shaped by trust, perception, and play.
Their studio is located within their animal sanctuary, where art and life flow together naturally. Between conversations and filming, we interacted with their donkey, played with kittens, and moved through a space where care, creativity, and daily living are inseparable.
Their work emerges through constant dialogue—not parallel practices, but a living collaboration. As co-directors, Alan and I followed that rhythm, allowing relationship to guide structure rather than forcing form. They reminded us that collaboration is not compromise. It is expansion.
Phil Dynan & Anastasia Nelson
Bruce Schuettinger
Maryland: Bruce Schuettinger
Craft, Memory, and Conservation
Bruce Schuettinger’s workshop felt like a sanctuary. As I guided our conversation, we spoke about materials, legacy, and responsibility. Alan’s camera moved slowly across rare woods, stones, and functional fine art furniture—each piece carrying history and reverence.
Bruce’s commitment to conservation and honoring antique materials was mesmerizing. His work is not about trend, but continuity—about preserving meaning through craft. The film became a meditation on respect: for materials, for time, for what we choose to carry forward.
Austria: Elke Schmölzer
Devotion in Motion
In Austria, Elke Schmölzer was creating, exhibiting, and demonstrating live—all at once. Our interview unfolded in motion.
She is also a musician. We sang together, laughed, and shared sound freely. Art and music dissolved into one continuous act of presence. The camera held not performance, but devotion made visible.
Elke Schmölzer
Carina Ehlers
Sweden: Carina Ehlers
Stillness, Song, and the Forest
In Sweden, time softened. With Carina Ehlers, we meditated, walked through the woods, and listened as she and her daughter sang—voices carried gently by the forest.
Guiding this film meant knowing when not to speak. Alan filmed with restraint. The forest carried the story. This was not documentation—it was reverence.
Switzerland: Heinz Marzohl
Conversation, Creation, and Communion
In Switzerland, Heinz Marzohl welcomed us into his gallery and creative sanctuary with humility and warmth. Our conversation moved through philosophy, intuition, and the discipline of a lifetime devoted to art.
Then, without planning, Heinz picked up his guitar. I sang Ocean Rose. He was among the very first people to hear that song. There was no audience—only shared presence. Alan filmed quietly, reverently. Mastery here was not performance. It was communion.
Heinz Marzohl
Despina Kyriacou
United Kingdom Coast: Despina Kyriacou
Where the Tides Lead
Our time with Despina Kyriacou along the UK coast was unforgettable. As the tides receded, they revealed caves along the shoreline, allowing us to walk into spaces usually claimed by the sea.
We filmed Despina as she captured her fine art photography in real time—working intuitively with light, stone, and the shifting boundary between ocean and land. Her work does not attempt to control nature—it meets it, trusting the moment as it unfolds.
Devon, United Kingdom: Christophe Spazjdel
Art as Exchange
At the Devon Open Studios with Christophe Spazjdel, conversation expanded beyond one artist.
Doors opened. Ideas circulated. Artists met one another openly. The film became a network of voices, reminding us that creativity thrives through exchange.
Christophe Spazjdel
Monika Bendner
Germany: Monika Bendner
Vision, Process, and Recognition
In Germany, Monika Bendner welcomed us with warmth, generosity, and openness.
She invited me into her creative process, showing me how she builds her intricate digital works—layer by layer, with precision, intuition, and deep emotional intention. Watching her create in real time revealed the quiet intensity behind her art.
When I arrived, she had prepared a small, deeply touching surprise: a single white rose and a printed flyer featuring the cover of Ocean Rose, set to be released the following week. That gesture—offered in advance—felt like recognition and support from one artist to another. Alan filmed gently, allowing the moment to remain sincere and deeply human.
Germany: Josef Weidner
Integrity as Creative Force
With Josef Weidner, our conversation centered on process, discipline, and care.
Guiding this film meant honoring restraint. Integrity here was not dramatic—it was lived.
Josef Weidner
Shu-ya Hsu with Viviana Puello.
Taipei, Taiwan: Shu-ya Hsu
Shared Discovery
Taipei changed us. Shu-ya Hsu welcomed us with extraordinary generosity, guiding us through her city, her culture, and her artistic world.
As I asked questions and listened, and Alan filmed with quiet attentiveness, we felt ourselves falling in love with Taiwan—the rhythm, the warmth, the openness of the place. It left such a deep impression that we are returning in 2026.
One of the most moving moments came when Shu-ya invited us to her church. We listened as she sang in the choir alongside her husband, surrounded by voices lifted in harmony. It was not a performance, but a moment of devotion—faith, art, and community meeting gently in one space.
Toronto: Pat Gagic
Return, Resilience, and Rhythm
Returning to Pat Gagic after a deeply challenging year carried immense meaning.
As we filmed and spoke, Pat shared not only her visual work but her music as well. Listening to her play the drums—feeling rhythm move through her—was powerful and grounding. The sound session we shared became art as vibration and renewal. Pat reminded us that resilience does not always look triumphant. Sometimes it looks like returning to rhythm and choosing to create again.
Pat Gagic
Erica Mills
Toronto: Erica Mills
Life as Creative Continuum
Filming Erica Mills meant filming life itself—art, motherhood, joy woven seamlessly together.
Our conversation flowed because nothing was compartmentalized. Creativity here was not separate from life. It was embedded within it.
Some of these films are already available on Vivid Arts Television. Others are unfolding now and will be released very soon. Each production is an invitation—not just to watch, but to enter these environments and conversations.
This is why we created Vivid Arts TV.
To bring you closer. To guide stories with care and curiosity. To honor artists as human beings—not content. To allow the camera to witness rather than extract.
We travel to connect. We film to listen. We direct to honor.
And it is that shared presence—between artist, filmmaker, and viewer—that we now invite you into.
Stay inspired.
Viviana Puello
Editor-in-Chief
Watch the journey unfold at www.vividarts.tv. Discover ArtistOnTheGo and Art Titans—with films streaming now and new stories arriving throughout 2026.
