GUEST PODCASTS & VIDEOS

In June 2022 Rick and Maria introduced their foray into being guests on podcasts and YouTube channels:

“Maria and I have been working on Zentangle for 19 years now. Our passion has never waned. Most of you reading this have experienced some of the benefits of the Zentangle Method™. As caretakers of the Zentangle Method, we are searching for new ways to spread the word to people who can benefit from it, particularly now with all that is going on.“

On this page I plan to provide an index to the external podcasts and videos as they’re released so we have a central place of reference to locate them.

GUEST PODCASTS

1. May 2022: Zentangle and Mental Health – The first podcast venture was hosted by the National Art Education Association, a national organization of art teachers. Here is Rick and Maria’s first podcast with NAEA and K12ArtChat hosts Laura and Matt: (1 hour 21 minutes). “They share their story about Zentangle’s creation, the experiences they’ve had with students in the classroom, and the work they are doing with Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researching the benefits of art on mental health. ”

2. August 2022: Zentangle, Public Relations and Mental Health: A Love Story with Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas – “Our conversation partners were Kathie Taylor and Deb Page of In Plain Sight Marketing who, along with being PR practioners [sic], are Certified Zentangle Teachers (CZTs). This is a great example of the cross-discipline application of the Zentangle Method.” ~ Zentangle Blog

3. February 28, 2023: (52:17) Seattle CZTs Juliette Fiessinger and Kellie Fellinge – hosts of TanglePod podcasts – interview Rick and Maria, “to talk about creative inspiration and how Zentangle has impacted their lives. Hear inspirational stories of how students have reacted to learning the Zentangle Method, and some of the history behind this amazing, accessible artform.” Find the podcast here and the Zentangle post about it here.

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GUEST VIDEO CONVERSATIONS

1. June 6, 2022 (recorded May 25, 2022): Rick and Maria’s YouTube video conversation hosted by Michael Wann of Susquehanna Alchemy is posted here on TanglePatterns with my brief summary of the dialogue (1 hour 36 minutes).

2. January 3, 2023: Rick and Maria are interviewed by UMass interns Brenna and Tarynn who ask them basic questions about Zentangle, how it got started, about its global reach and briefly about how they will be working with UMass. (58 minutes). Posted by UMass MIND here on YouTube.

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Related Links

1. Looking for tangles by Artist or Type? For details visit the ABOUT > HOW TO FIND TANGLES BY ARTIST OR TYPE page on the top menu bar of any page on the site.
2. What is a Zentangle? — if you are new to the Zentangle Method, start here for the fundamentals.
3. Zentangle terminology — a glossary of terms used in this art form.
4. How to use the site — an excellent free video tutorial showing how to use the site as well as pointing out lots of useful features you might have missed.
5. Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.
6. "A Zentangle has no up or down and is not a picture of something, so you have no worries about whether you can draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a Zentangle." Thus patterns that are drawings of a recognizable naturalistic or actual object, figure, or scene, are not tangles. A pattern is not always a tangle — here's what makes a tangle. TIP: tangles never start with pencil planning.
   • Un motif n’est pas toujours un tangle — Qu’est-ce qu’un tangle ?
   • Un diseño no es siempre un tangle — ¿Qué es un tangle?
7. How to submit your pattern deconstruction to TanglePatterns
8. For lots of great FREE tutorials on TanglePatterns, click on the TUTORIALS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page.
9. Strings! Have we got STRINGS! Click on the STRINGS link in the pink alphabetic menu bar below the tangle images at the top of any page for 250 different (free) Zentangle-starters. More than enough for any lifetime!
10. Never miss a tangle! FREE eMAIL NEWSLETTER - visit the SUBSCRIBE page on the top menu bar of any page on the site and sign up to get notices delivered free to your inbox.

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