Episode 004: Art Dolls and the Art of Drag {Vinsantos DeFonte}
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If you've listened to Episode 001, you've already heard me talk about today's guest, Vinsantos DeFonte.
We met while selling our handmade artwork at Frenchmen Art Market in New Orleans. In 2014, I enrolled in Cycle 2 of the New Orleans Drag Workshop, where Vinsantos teaches people from all walks of life the art of drag performance.
This episode was recorded in Vinsantos’ studio and gallery, Tresor Gallery, at 811 Royal Street in the French Quarter.
Find Vinsantos online:
@vinsantosdefonte on Instagram
Facebook - follow Vinsantos' personal profile
Vinstantos - Facebook artist page
Other artists and resources mentioned in this episode:
Austin Young - photographer for the drag portrait pictured above
Trannyshack - the San Francisco drag club where Vinsantos got started. The club was rebranded in 2014/2015, and now takes place at Oasis as Mother.
Peaches Christ - legendary San Francisco drag queen who was featured on an episode of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
Morose & Macabre's Atrocity Exhibition - dark cabaret variety show in Pittsburgh
4AD - a British independent record label that was started in 1980, featuring artists such as such as Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Modern English, Dead Can Dance, Clan of Xymox, Pixies, Throwing Muses and This Mortal Coil.
Special thanks to:
Eric Laws + Morella & The Wheels Of If for composing the show's theme music
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