S1 Ep1: Navigating A Career In Art

Written By Sophia Ma

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Welcome to the Heritage Meets Modernity Podcast where we explore how history, art, literature, and craft intersect with culture and contemporary life. 

In this episode we get to know more about Sophia, and how she is navigating a career shift together with the challenges she has faced along this journey. We talk about how she got into the world of urushi and maki-e, and why she made the decision to leave an academic career in science to pursue art. We also discuss the reality of commission work and the difficulties faced when working as an independent artist.

This Episode’s Shownotes:

Kyuseido’s Library of Knowledge : https://www.kyuseidotokyo.com/libraryofknowledge

Urushi Notes : https://www.urushinotes.com/

Maki-e School Ginza: https://www.makieshi.com/

Opening and Closing Music:

Song: Dawn
Composer: Sappheiros
Website: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ZVHXQZAIn9WJXvy6qn9K0
License: Creative Commons (BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com

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Sophia Ma