Robin Slonina

This episode discusses Robin Slonina's start in her art career as a graduate of the School of Art Institute in Chicago. Hear how her travels around the world brought her to Las Vegas, where she eventually made it her home. Robin is the Founder of Skin City Body Painting and has been featured as a producer and judge on the television show Skin Wars.  Robin always looks for opportunities to get her art noticed in the local art community and has recently started online classes for adults and children.

Fine art and reality TV are typically rated our highest and lowest forms of entertainment, yet creative competition shows combine them. Robin Slonina, who was a judge on the body painting show Skin Wars, helps Mark, Erica, and Brian figure out the degree to which that format lets the art shine through. We also touch on Work of Art-The Next Great Artist, Face Off, American Idol, Project Runway, cooking shows, art as commodity, public art like the BLM D.C. street mural, paint-offs and other game-show gimmicks, and the RuPaul ethic. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop.

Fine art and reality TV are typically rated our highest and lowest forms of entertainment, yet creative competition shows combine them. Robin Slonina, who was a judge on the body painting show Skin Wars, helps Mark, Erica, and Brian figure out the degree to which that format lets the art shine through. We also touch on Work of Art-The Next Great Artist, Face Off, American Idol, Project Runway, cooking shows, art as commodity, public art like the BLM D.C. street mural, paint-offs and other game-show gimmicks, and the RuPaul ethic. For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop.

Subscribe: iTunes | RSS | Stitcher | Audioboom On this week’s episode, Josh and Lyndsay spoke with the extraordinarily talented Robin Slonina. Many people will know Robin by her appearance as a judge on Skin Wars on GSN, and also from her Las Vegas based body painting and event planning business Skin City. In addition to her marriage to clown, Jimmy Slonina, Robin has some surprising ties to the circus world. If you enjoy episode, please rate the show on iTunes and share the podcast with your friends. Have a great week!    •    [08:39] Robin’s start as a mural painter in Chicago    •    [15:29] A multi-state dress interactive art project    •    [17:34] Learning to paint bodies    •    [22:30] Challenges of body painting    •    [25:30] Robin’s genetic circus obsession    •    [30:41] The arrest community in Las VegasPeople Mentioned:Circus Fans of AmericaSkin City Body PaintingRecommendations:Drawing on the Right Side of the BrainMystereAbsinthe