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What Does It Cost To Be On A Board?: Tom Loeser

In the 62nd episode of Perceived Value host Sarah Rachel Brown sits down with American Craft Council board trustee Tom Loeser. Sarah and Tom’s paths crossed at an event and their conversation quickly turned to discussing Tom’s experience serving on a nonprofit board. Having recently took interest in working on a board, Sarah did not hesitate to ask for an interview.

A Pivot Towards Financial Autonomy: Helen Maurene Cooper of Vanity Tintype

Season 05 of Perceived Value is all about transitions and begins with host Sarah Rachel Brown in conversation with artist and photographer Helen Maurene Cooper. Sarah and Cooper connected at a time when both women were (and still are) navigating transitions in their professional lives and working towards financial autonomy.

Exemplifying Synchronicity: Christina Grace of TIN HAUS Jewelry

In the 54th episode of Perceived Value host Sarah Rachel Brown sits down with the 2020 Halstead Grant Winner, Christina Grace of TIN HAUSE Jewelry. Having been the guest judge for the 2020 grant, Sarah was eager to speak with the woman whom she had come to know so much about through her application.

The two women connected from across the country to discuss Christina’s diverse experiences which included competing in pageants, modeling, being a working actress in L.A., practicing meditation, and how jewelry making as her Hollywood side hustle eventually led to her next career.

A (the) Curator of Jewelry: Emily Stoehrer, PhD

Welcome to Season 4 of Perceived Value!

In the 51st episode of Perceived Value, host Sarah Rachel Brown is in Boston, MA as a visiting artist at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Sarah has been invited to speak to the metals/jewelry students about her diverse studio practice and record a podcast episode while on campus. Boston is home to the only curator dedicated solely to jewelry in the United States and so asking Dr.Emily Stoehrer to be the guest for this special recording was a no-brainer.

Sarah and Emily were already acquaintances having met while both were presenting at the ECU Symposium in 2018. In the SMFA library while students and faculty looked on, the two women sat down to discuss Emily’s transition from working at the District Attorney’s office to student at FIT, the stress of fronting business expenses, Boston traffic, and what exactly does the day-to-day life as a curator involve.

I Say Yes, That's What You Do: Kathleen Kennedy

n the 45th episode of Perceived Value host Sarah Rachel Brown is in Richmond, VA and sits down with the co-director of Radical Jewelry Makeover, Kathleen Kennedy. Having already spoken with Susie Ganch who developed RJM and continues to co-direct, Sarah wanted to get insight as to who was helping Ganch continue this important project.

Moments after turning on the mics, the two women discover they have much in common and discuss their similar ages, experiences moving to Seattle, and their undying love of show choir. Of course they talked shop and Kathleen shared about her experiences adjuncting, why she went grad school, and how she went from being one of the first student participants of Radical Jewelry Makeover to a current co-director.