Creating Art by Northwest

I had the pleasure of helping develop a new series at Cascade PBS, Art by Northwest, hosted by our arts & culture editor at large Brangien Davis and produced by Brianna Dorn.

Like all our shows now, ARTxNW is host-driven and incorporates sections of voice over in addition to on-the-fly interviews so it was important that we establish some unique elements to differentiate it from our other series.

The first thing we had going for us were the featured artists themselves. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the PNW’s art scene, Brangien has a unique ability to find creators whose art is not only beautiful but also reflects the places where they make it. As editor of episodes 1 and 3 (David Wulzen edited 2 and 4), I was taken first with the art itself as well as the artists.

Another original detail we included in each episode is a “montage moment” where the interview and voice over fade away and we observe the artists creating in their studios or maybe it’s just a series of the art itself. My hope is that viewers have a moment to breathe and drink in the artwork.

Finally, we were fortunate to have Amanda Snyder as our videographer. In addition to getting great coverage in the artist studios, Amanda is an ace drone operator and took full advantage of our new in-house drone and the beautiful locations. For my episodes we get to explore the beauty of Anacortes (Ep.1) and Fidalgo Island (Ep.3).

Enjoy these two episodes I edited! I’m really proud of the team effort and the final results!