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The future of ArtisanWorks

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Julie Williams
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WXXI News
(foreground) Jim Benjamin, (background) Kimberly Trenholm and Jessica Pawlukewicz with guest host Patrick Hosken on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, September 6, 2024
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Julie Williams
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WXXI News
Patrick Hosken guest hosting "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, August 5, 2024

Inside a 40,000 square-foot stretch of warehouse on Blossom Road resides the whimsical, unclassifiable ArtisanWorks.

It’s an unconventional gallery blending fine art with kitsch and collectibles; an event space with rooms themed around “Casablanca” and a 1960s firehouse; and above all else, a vision of its founder, Louis Perticone, who died in July.

Virtually everything about the way ArtisanWorks is presented (apart from the art itself) came from Perticone. So, what happens now as ArtisanWorks moves on without him? What does its future look like?

Guest host Patrick Hosken speaks with CEO and co-founder Kimberly Trenholm, executive director Jessica Pawlukewicz, and board member Jim Benjamin about that future, as well as Perticone’s legacy.

In studio:

Patrick Hosken
<i>Patrick Hosken is an arts writer at CITY.</i>
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.