#76: Nico LeBarge | Bissell Brothers

We enjoy the fortune of talking to one of our very own this week
with Nico LeBarge!
In addition to her role in the BBB Portland taproom (or
drive-thru at time of recording), Nico - an accomplished artist
in her own time with a BFA and multiple residencies to her name -
is responsible for a sizable (and rapidly growing) chunk of
 BBB3R bottle artwork. We get into Nico's earliest memories
of being grabbed by art, the long road toward finding your own
voice as a creator, how being a D-1 swimmer during undergrad at
UMass continues to drive her as artist, and what her artistic
process looks like in at the seed of any project. Nico also tells
us about when she realized that beer will always beat the hell
out of fancy cocktails, what her experience working at the
 perpetually-mysterious Ebeneezer's Pub was like, and why
she believes the impact of reps trumps all else in both art and
life. It was an amazing change of pace to hear about a world
almost entirely  unknown to the guys, particularly with such
a hugely talented lightning bolt of a lady. Prett-ty, prett-tyy,
pr-et-tttttty good, in fact. ...........    
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..............................Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake
Hill