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in person studio visits now available! for rotterdam, NL

these are IN PERSON , not over zoom.

please only sign up if you're 100% capable of attending!

sign up sheet below:

https://calendly.com/bradtroemel/in-person-rotterdam-studio-visits?month=2021-11&date=2021-11-13

in person studio visits available to all tiers! in paris, france

Doing visits IRL on monday november 8 in paris! 

a rare euro visit

Will be headed to Geneva and Rotterdam later that week.. anyone want to do a visit there? 

ONLY SIGN UP IF YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON, IN PARIS:

https://calendly.com/bradtroemel/in-person-studio-visits-in-paris-monday-november-8?mont...

newly updated links list! check em out

Click below to conveniently access ALL of the reports in one place:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/premium-content-48021134 

coming next month to Patreon!!

currently writing THE FUNKO REPORT! iiiiiiiiits gonna be epic :-)

tonight! studio visits available

link to sign up:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/tonight-studio-57845392

THE CIA AB-EX PSYOP REPORT - audio fixed ;)

For this report I tried to do something a little different by combining different sources to create a brief history of US government involvement in art from ~1935-1960.  The end of the report features my own takeaways from the subject. Here are some of my favorites I came across while researching:

1.  Frances Stonor Saunders - The Cultural Cold War 

this is a great book I drew on...

NEW REPORT FOR OCTOBER INCOMING

For October I decided to do something a little different and dig my grubby little paws into art history for a change! The PSYOP report is about the history of the CIA propagandizing Abstract Expressionism to promote free enterprise capitalism during the Cold War. It's a story about the Rockefeller family, CIA money fronts, angry congressman, and drunken artists. It's honestly one of the most fascinating and consequential chapters in American art history. The report concludes with my thoughts ...

PASTEL HELL: the definitive guide to millennial aesthetics

new report hope u enjoy :-)

i'll probably be doing a live screening of this on Discord a little later in the month

as promised, here are some of the writings that were my favorites from research:

1.) Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against The Professional Managerial Class by Catherine Liu

2.) 2021-09-12 19:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post

September's report coming VERY soon :-)

New report about the past decade of popular millennial aesthetics on social media.  about 70% done, should be ready in the next couple weeks hehehahahoohoohehe

Replacement Theory: How memes rendered commercial art obsolete

new full length report!!!!!!!!!!!!!! watch it!!!!!! 

update!! on the newest report!!!

Hey gang just wanted to update you all– I've been writing, re-writing, and re-re-writing my most recent report (Replacement Theory: how memes rendered commercial art obsolete) every day for the past couple of months. Ideally I'd like to put a new report out every ~month or so buuuuut sometimes that's not possible. (pls keep in mind that unlike some of your other favorite podcasts on Patreon my writing team just consists of just lil ol me– not 4 people collaborating on a Google Doc)

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Williamsburg in-person studio visits Thursday July 22

PLEASE READ:

-sign ups open to hehe :-) tier, but if you're Guaranteed tier I will find a way to make time for you(just DM me if the times are all booked)

-only sign up if you're absolutely certain you can make it to the time/location

-we can talk about whatever you want but if you have a specific project in mind please bring a way to view/read that project. This means printing it out or bringing a laptop 2021-07-21 17:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post

monday studio visits

if the first two times are taken please do NOT take the latter two times, those are for the guaranteed tier :-)

you can also bump up to the guaranteed tier for a month if you really want to do the visit

[ed note: first two visits have been booked, removed the link to avoid scheduling confusion.. will post link for the latter two times to guaranteed tier]

limited studio visits available for all

PLEASE READ

If you are a $5 patron who hasn't done a visit before feel free to sign up for the first 3 time slots.

If you are a $50 patron please sign up for the last 3 time slots (which are longer.)

If you are a $5 patron and the first 3 slots have been taken then you can either

a.) wait til next time

b.) sign up at the guaranteed visit tier

If you are a $50 patron and the last 3 slots have been taken just let me know and I'll make additional time for you....

in person studio visits are back! in brooklyn! this saturday!

this saturday i'll be doing 5 visits at a bar in brooklyn.

come discuss your art or any other thoughts you may have

i may even have the christmas spirit and be handing out some holly jolly gifts! 

here's the sign up link:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/52304571

Studio visits available for monday

Here's the sign up link:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/51807226

New project alert! @maincharactersandevents

Hey Anons, just wanted to make sure everyone on here was following my new project @maincharactersandevents on Instagram.

It's a never-ending story told entirely through screenshots of social media posts, memes, news articles, products, art exhibitions, and much more. There's a lot more to be said about the project but it's probably better if you just 2021-05-28 00:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post

The NFT Report

It's finally here!!!!!!!!! My most thorough report yet, hope you enjoy!!!!!!! :-)

P.S. here are some links to my favorite educational materials about NFTs I found while researching for the report-

1. NFTs for n00bs with Dan Keller and Matt Dryhurst (link)

2. Most artists are not making money off NFTs and here are s...