Angel O – is there life after art school?

By libby and roberta

January 10, 2011   ·   7 Comments

Philadelphia’s job market was no friend to Angel O when she graduated from Moore College almost two years ago. We tracked her down living with her family in Harrisburg, working at a nut store, and writing screen plays. O has a great sense of humor–about Harrisburg’s art scene, her so-called life as an artist and her job hunt. Below is a brief sample from the interview and following that, the full 10-minute interview.

Angel O brought nuts to us all the way from Harrisburg, where she works at The Virginia Nut Shop. Yum. Find them on Yelp, http://www.yelp.com/biz/virginia-nut-shop-new-cumberland

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This episode is edited by Peter Crimmins. The music is by Eric Biondo. Thanks to the Knight Foundation and our series sponsor, Fleisher Art Memorial, for their support of this project. . You can subscribe to artblog radio on iTunes. And thanks to our partner WHYY, which shares artblog radio episodes on their community news site NewsWorks.org.

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7 Responses to “Angel O – is there life after art school?”

1. Blair Stover says:

   January 11, 2011 at 11:34 am

   Glad to see she has a great outlook on life. I hope she finds a job in her field – I’m sure she’ll excel! Good luck!
2. Michael Kalmbach says:

   January 11, 2011 at 2:24 pm

   Angel,

   Shoot me an email and I’ll tell you all about how I started New Wilmington Art Association. Fractured Atlas is a great organization to look into as well. Do you know any Pennsylvania State Representatives? I think there’s 3 Democrats still working in the capital building you may want to help you start a cool economic development art space.
3. libby says:

   January 11, 2011 at 5:33 pm

   Hi, Michael, I will forward your nice offer to Angel! L.
4. angel o says:

   January 11, 2011 at 7:49 pm

   thanks, blair. i hope so too. haha

   michael – i sent you an email. thanks for writing.
5. Andrew Brehm says:

   January 12, 2011 at 9:37 am

   Hey Angel O,
   I used to live near the virginia nut shop too! Please put me on an events list if you get things going in Harrisburg, I go there frequently from Philadelphia. And also let me know when the red pistachios go on sale.
6. angel o says:

   January 12, 2011 at 7:26 pm

   hey andrew,

   sure, i’ll do that when things work out. i’d let you know but the nuts never go on sale. haha sorry.
7. Lee says:

   January 25, 2011 at 5:17 am

   Angel O has such a great outlook on life. Most people don´t understand that choosing the path marked “ARTIST” in life is one of the hardest choices to make (except you don´t realize this until 10 or 20 or 30 years along the road). Bravo