Episode 01 - April Popko - American artist in Prague

Published: March 19, 2021, 8 a.m.

Items, places, and people discussed during the interview. Please click on the links for clarification and context.  The very charismatic American artist, April Popko, has lived and worked from her Prague art studio since 2003. She discusses how after having spent time in Australia and the Netherlands, she was done with expat life. That’s until she met her Czech husband. April left her native Provincetown, MA to live in Prague and through a series of circumstances, she became well known in the Czech art scene. She discusses how her life as an expat and family have influenced her paintings, and how even in difficult situations -such as the ongoing pandemic, her art work attempts to offer positivity to those experiencing it. This is one of the two initial episodes of this podcast, and I hope you enjoy it.  http://www.popkoproductions.com/ (http://www.popkoproductions.com) https://www.facebook.com/APRILPOPKOART (https://www.facebook.com/APRILPOPKOART) http://instagram.com/aprilpopko (http://instagram.com/aprilpopko) https://www.visit-massachusetts.com/state/ (Massachusetts)  http://capecodonline.com/ (Cape Cod) https://ptowntourism.com/ (Provincetown) https://www.prague.eu/en (Prague) https://www.getty.edu/museum/ (Getty Center Los Angeles) https://museum-essays.getty.edu/paintings/sallan-monet-sunrise/ (Sunrise (Marine) - Claude Monet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art (Abstract Art) https://www.zofin.cz/en/ (Žofín Palace) https://www.eatingeurope.com/blog/czech-easter/ (Czech Easter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer (Norman Mailer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Blum_(writer,_born_1967) (Jonathan Blum) https://www.in-n-out.com/ (In-n-Out Burger) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi (Polish Pierogi) https://becherovka.com/en (Becherovka) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz (Slivovice)