Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:05:33 -0400 https://ruskintoday.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Ruskin Today yes 7481b047-f976-5512-bc05-c7e5a8d15209 Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles episodic false "Ruskin Today" is a podcast sponsored by the Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles. We explore British art and social critic John Ruskin's insights as they impact 21st-century challenges in art, the sciences, ecology, and social reform.

For more information, check out the Ruskin Art Club website:
https://ruskinartclub.org/]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles https://storage.buzzsprout.com/qmju8i9o64mtop0xsg3om7ctu0uv?.jpg https://ruskintoday.buzzsprout.com Episode #15: Tyson Gaskill Muses on Art, Libraries, and Ruskin Ruskin Art Club President Tyson Gaskill ranges widely over his own long career in the arts and in communications, touching on the historic association of the Ruskin Art Club and the University of Southern California as well as his own evolving appreciation of John Ruskin's vision. Gabriel Meyer interviews.

]]> Ruskin Art Club President Tyson Gaskill ranges widely over his own long career in the arts and in communications, touching on the historic association of the Ruskin Art Club and the University of Southern California as well as his own evolving appreciation of John Ruskin's vision. Gabriel Meyer interviews.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-19411134 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:00:00 -0400 4465 full false Episode #14: Ruskin Art Club Executive Director Gabriel Meyer discusses life, reinventing an historic association, and Ruskin David Judson, Ruskin Art Club board member and president of historic Judson Studios in Pasadena, interviews the club's longtime Executive Director, Gabriel Meyer, on his multi-faceted life and on his decades of involvement with the historic association and with the thought of John Ruskin.

]]> David Judson, Ruskin Art Club board member and president of historic Judson Studios in Pasadena, interviews the club's longtime Executive Director, Gabriel Meyer, on his multi-faceted life and on his decades of involvement with the historic association and with the thought of John Ruskin.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-19297746 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0400 4212 full false Episode #13: Entrevista com Professor Sérgio Ferro conduzida por Claudio Silveira Amaral (em português) Episódio especial pelo Ruskin Today Podcast conduzido em português, o Professor Sérgio Ferro fala sobre arquitetura, arte e "trabalho livre" no Brasil e no exterior, informado pela sua admiração do John Ruskin e do discípulo dele, William Morris. A entrevista é conduzida pelo colega crítico de arquitetura Claudio Silveira Amaral. 

]]> Episódio especial pelo Ruskin Today Podcast conduzido em português, o Professor Sérgio Ferro fala sobre arquitetura, arte e "trabalho livre" no Brasil e no exterior, informado pela sua admiração do John Ruskin e do discípulo dele, William Morris. A entrevista é conduzida pelo colega crítico de arquitetura Claudio Silveira Amaral. 

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-18477388 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:00:00 -0500 5047 full false Episode #12: "The Illuminated Window" with Virginia Raguin Leading architectural glass historian Virginia Chieffo Raguin takes listeners on a fascinating journey through the narrative riches of medieval, Renaissance, and modern stained glass from Chartres Cathedral to Kiki Smith -- with an appreciation of Ruskin's insights into the nature and potential of this illuminative art.

]]> Leading architectural glass historian Virginia Chieffo Raguin takes listeners on a fascinating journey through the narrative riches of medieval, Renaissance, and modern stained glass from Chartres Cathedral to Kiki Smith -- with an appreciation of Ruskin's insights into the nature and potential of this illuminative art.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-17838047 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:00:00 -0400 5280 full false Episode #11: The Journey of the Historic California Art Club with Peter and Elaine Adams Painter Peter Adams and California Art Cub Executive Director Elaine Adams trace the 115-year journey of the Ruskin Art Club's sister organization, the California Art Club, from its inception during the heyday of California Impressionism to its contemporary revival as a premier champion of traditional aesthetic values and emerging artists.

]]> Painter Peter Adams and California Art Cub Executive Director Elaine Adams trace the 115-year journey of the Ruskin Art Club's sister organization, the California Art Club, from its inception during the heyday of California Impressionism to its contemporary revival as a premier champion of traditional aesthetic values and emerging artists.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-16236812 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 07:00:00 -0500 3862 full false Episode #10: The Denenbergs Discuss Ruskin, Art, and Heritage Los Angeles gallery owners Stuart and Beverly Denenberg share life-journeys through the worlds of art and historic preservation and, along the way, the discovery of Ruskin.

]]> Los Angeles gallery owners Stuart and Beverly Denenberg share life-journeys through the worlds of art and historic preservation and, along the way, the discovery of Ruskin.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-16198838 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:00:00 -0500 3502 full false Episode #9: Roundtable on the Pre-Raphaelites with Karl Merrick, Sara Atwood, and Gabriel Meyer John Ruskin was an early champion and mentor to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's poets and painters. The Ruskin Art Club's Sara Atwood and Gabriel Meyer lead a lively, wide-ranging discussion of the influential movement's intersections with Ruskinian thought with Karl Merrick, trustee and podcast editor of the Pre-Raphaelite Society of the UK.

For Karl's corresponding podcast interview with Sara and Gabriel, visit the Pre-Raphaelite Society website: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org.

]]> John Ruskin was an early champion and mentor to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's poets and painters. The Ruskin Art Club's Sara Atwood and Gabriel Meyer lead a lively, wide-ranging discussion of the influential movement's intersections with Ruskinian thought with Karl Merrick, trustee and podcast editor of the Pre-Raphaelite Society of the UK.

For Karl's corresponding podcast interview with Sara and Gabriel, visit the Pre-Raphaelite Society website: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-15792586 Sat, 21 Sep 2024 19:00:00 -0400 3744 full false Episode #8: Ruskin and Brazil with Prof. Claudio Silveira Amaral Professor Claudio Silveira Amaral, with his background in architecture and urbanism, discusses John Ruskin's influence, through figures such as polymath Rui Barbosa and architect Sérgio Ferro, on Brazilian education, architecture, and culture. Moderated by Ruskin Art Club's Executive Director Gabriel Meyer and joined by Joseph Rodrigues.

]]> Professor Claudio Silveira Amaral, with his background in architecture and urbanism, discusses John Ruskin's influence, through figures such as polymath Rui Barbosa and architect Sérgio Ferro, on Brazilian education, architecture, and culture. Moderated by Ruskin Art Club's Executive Director Gabriel Meyer and joined by Joseph Rodrigues.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-15685927 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 01:00:00 -0400 3544 full false Episode #7: Ruskin on Education and Language with Sara Atwood Prof. Sara Atwood teaches literature and writing at Portland State University and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her academic work on Ruskin and Victorian literature has been widely published. She is a Companion of the Guild of St. George in the UK and a board member of the Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles.

]]> Prof. Sara Atwood teaches literature and writing at Portland State University and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her academic work on Ruskin and Victorian literature has been widely published. She is a Companion of the Guild of St. George in the UK and a board member of the Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-15620800 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:00:00 -0400 3828 full false Episode #6: Ruskin and Stained Glass with David Judson David Judson, president of Judson Studios and Ruskin Art Club board member, charts his family's historic engagement in architectural glass with insights drawn from Ruskin. 

For more information of Judson Studios, visit https://www.judsonstudios.com/

To purchase David Judson's 2020 book "JUDSON: Innovation in Stained Glass," visit https://www.judsonstudios.com/product/judson-innovation-in-stained-glass/

]]> David Judson, president of Judson Studios and Ruskin Art Club board member, charts his family's historic engagement in architectural glass with insights drawn from Ruskin. 

For more information of Judson Studios, visit https://www.judsonstudios.com/

To purchase David Judson's 2020 book "JUDSON: Innovation in Stained Glass," visit https://www.judsonstudios.com/product/judson-innovation-in-stained-glass/

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-15483416 Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 3574 full false Episode #5: "Ruskin & Women" with Prof. Dinah Birch Dinah Birch is a distinguished English literary critic and leading Ruskin scholar. Acclaimed for her ground-breaking work on the topic of Ruskin and gender, Prof. Birch delivered the Ruskin Art Club's 2023 "Ruskin" Lecture at USC, available on our YouTube channel:  www. youtube.com/@ruskinartclub. She speaks with Ruskin Today's Gabriel Meyer.

]]> Dinah Birch is a distinguished English literary critic and leading Ruskin scholar. Acclaimed for her ground-breaking work on the topic of Ruskin and gender, Prof. Birch delivered the Ruskin Art Club's 2023 "Ruskin" Lecture at USC, available on our YouTube channel:  www. youtube.com/@ruskinartclub. She speaks with Ruskin Today's Gabriel Meyer.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-15071959 Wed, 15 May 2024 02:00:00 -0400 4254 full false Episode #4: The Poet and the City with Lynne Thompson Ruskin Today interviews LA City's Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson on the nexus of art and civic life. Interviewed by Ruskin Art Club Literary Programs Director, poet Elena Karina Byrne.

]]> Ruskin Today interviews LA City's Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson on the nexus of art and civic life. Interviewed by Ruskin Art Club Literary Programs Director, poet Elena Karina Byrne.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-15026545 Tue, 07 May 2024 13:00:00 -0400 2045 full false Episode #3: Jim Spates: A Life in Ruskin Veteran US Ruskin scholar Jim Spates discusses a lifelong fascination with the thought of John Ruskin -- "the sociologist I had been waiting for all my life."  With Gabriel Meyer and Zach Bullock.

]]> Veteran US Ruskin scholar Jim Spates discusses a lifelong fascination with the thought of John Ruskin -- "the sociologist I had been waiting for all my life."  With Gabriel Meyer and Zach Bullock.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-14873603 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:00:00 -0400 3232 full false Episode #2: Robert Hewison on today's Ruskin revival Dean of Ruskin scholars and cultural historian Robert Hewison speaks to Ruskin Today's Gabriel Meyer on his life in Ruskin studies and on the modern revival of interest in the great Victorian polymath.

]]> Dean of Ruskin scholars and cultural historian Robert Hewison speaks to Ruskin Today's Gabriel Meyer on his life in Ruskin studies and on the modern revival of interest in the great Victorian polymath.

]]> Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles Buzzsprout-14718177 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0400 4210 full false Episode #1: Getting Started Welcome to the Ruskin Today podcast. 

]]> Welcome to the Ruskin Today podcast. 

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