Jul 17, 2025
“The Artist is Present” is a special series
which is being hosted under the
Catalyst: A Creative Industries Podcast of the Center
for Creative and Cultural Industries at Chapman University.
“The Artis is Present” was developed under the direction of the
Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art’s Director,
Fiona Shen, and
Collections Manager, Jessica Bocinski, so that a wider
audience would have the opportunity to hear directly from the
artists in the Escalette Collection at the University.
In this episode of
The Artists is
Present, host Helene Vlok interviews artist Virginia Katz - an
artist whose muse and medium is nature. Fueled by curiosity and
endurance, Virginia has applied the lessons she learned from her
experience as a marathon runner to her art. Virginia explains how
her childhood spent in upstate New York significantly influenced
her creative process - which is often experienced in nature, her
commitment to networking within the art industry, and her goal of
inspiring young artists. Much like our previous guest, artist
Lorena Ochoa, Virginia uses some unconventional methods to create
her art. Listen along as Virginia explains why she considers
herself a “collaborator with nature” and how both the WIND and
OCEAN series were created.