Episode 47: 047 // Interview with Peter Breen: Jugglers Art Space, the beginnings of Brisbane Street Art and balancing creative with commercial work

Art + Business + Murals

Today I am speaking with Peter Breen. One of the founders of Jugglers Art Space – the birthplace of a lot of prolific Brisbane artists. He has had two career pathways: as a radiographer in Melbourne, Queensland and Cambodia and as an ordained minister of religion. He is a self-taught artist and is influenced by his exposure to artists at Jugglers and short courses at Queensland College of Art and Brisbane Institute of Art. Peter is also passionate about social justice which is one of the key values that influenced him and two of his sons – Randal Breen and Harley Breen with his friend Phil Lock to begin Jugglers Art Space Inc in 1998. In this interview we talk about some of the artists who belong to Jugglers Alumni, traits that successful artists have and finding a balance between truly creative work and commercial work. Mentioned in the episode:Jugglers Art Space: http://www.jugglersartspace.com.au Another project that Peter has worked on that we didn’t have time to talk about in the episode but everyone should know about is The Stairwell Project. Check it out here: www.stairwellproject.org.au If you’d like to check out Peter’s work:Website // https://peteskibreen.comInstagram // https://www.instagram.com/peteskijugs/Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/peter.breen.3762/ ——— Thank you so much for tuning into the Art + Business + Murals PodcastIf you’d like to say ‘hi’ to me, or if you have any podcast topic ideas or artists you’d like me to interview, please email: [e-mail] Please follow along:Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/sculleydesign/Facebook // https://www.facebook.com/sculleydesignYou Tube // https://www.youtube.com/@SarahSculley/videosWebsite // https://www.sculleydesign.comFeel free to give this podcast a star rating and ‘follow’ so you are notified when new episodes come out each Monday. Please share it with any creatives in your life.