Toonymania: A Creative Life with Pablo Azar and Ana Carolina Grajales Artwork

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On Side Crafts, Jocelyn Hallman talks to actors, musicians, and other performers about the crafting, building, and artmaking they do on the side. We explore what they make, why they make it, and how their creative practice has impacted their lives. Topics include handcrafts, visual and digital arts, music, baking, and all kinds of DIY.

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Toonymania: A Creative Life with Pablo Azar and Ana Carolina Grajales

February 10, 2023 • Jocelyn Hallman • Season 1 • Episode 9

In this episode, Jocelyn Hallman talks to actors Pablo Azar and Ana Carolina Grajales, both of whom have appeared in many television series and films, including over 600 episodes between them of Spanish-language telenovelas. Pablo and Ana are engaged in a range of artistic projects that include paintings, murals, art classes, comedy videos, and NFT collections.

We discuss how the arts showed up in their childhoods, how Toonymania (the painting style and then the business) came to be, their approach to creating large scale public art and to teaching art classes, the role of their comedy videos as part of their artistic practice, their venture into the world of digital art and NFTs, and the impacts of social media, online communities, and going viral.

After the show, go to @sidecraftspodcast on Instagram to see pictures of some of their art!

Follow Pablo and Ana online:

Instagram

@toonymaniacs

@anacarolinasway

@azarpablo

TikTok

@toonymaniacs

@azarpablo

You can also find them on Facebook and at http://www.toonymania.com.

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