Inspiring stories and practical tips from artists, curators, photographers, and writers in hot pursuit of their lives. Guests reveal their creative obsessions, fears, joys, uncertainty, and the impact they hope to have, leaving you feeling less alone as you proceed down your own creative path. Acknowledge the mess and keep going!
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Inspiring stories and practical tips from artists, curators, photographers, and writers in hot pursuit of their lives. Guests reveal their creative obsessions, fears, joys, uncertainty, and the impact they hope to have, leaving you feeling less alone as you proceed down your own creative path. Acknowledge the mess and keep going!
Molly talks to Risa about creating for the experience instead of the object, drilling down big feelings to the essence of their meaning, and and how the work you make often doesn’t make sense when you’re going through grief.
Molly Meng and Maura Ambrose chat about priorities, patriotic quilts, studio space evolution, procrastination, and playing with the tension and finding the edge.
Glue & adhesives, rules & parameters, loving the outcome without loving the process (this is where discipline comes in!), purposefully making things that others might not want, and knots all come up in today’s episode with Lisa Solomon.
Digital art, the magic of Iceland, the collaborative nature of printmaking and revelations about rulers and paper cutters all in today’s episode with multidisciplinary printmaker and illustrator Melissa Guido.
Wayfinding, placemaking and mapping; serendipity and generosity; and Amsterdam’s physical infrastructure layers are part of today's episode with artist, educator, and entrepreneur Sarah Pedlow.
Embracing chaos, being uncomfortable with compliments, middle-age anonymity and invisibility, and the crippling nature of looking backwards all come up during my chat with Krista V Allenstein.
Fighting for the underdog, discernment, editing, celebrating differences, and relinquishing control through your tools in today's episode with Debbie Taylor-Kerman.
Flow, the importance of play, and demystifying the creative process, including how people make creative decisions in their life and how and where people can affect dynamic change for themselves through creative actions are integral parts of our chat.
Glimpses and layers of time, what will remain, walking, beauty, palimpsest, AI art, and clothespins are all on the mind of London-based photographer and writer Duncan Petrie.
Idea generation, your brain on cartoons, incongruency & divergent thinking, and how to encourage your creativity are all on the mind of cartoonist, writer and artist Paul Noth.
Rocker chick Paula Hare talks about no longer giving a rip what other people think, New York City, and Wisconsin’s most iconic dessert – the cream puff.
Diving deep into your own life to find your voice, the selfish nature of being an artist, the power of observation, and reacting to marks and layers are all considered during my conversation with Victoria McDonnell.
Inspiring stories and practical tips from artists, curators, photographers, and writers in hot pursuit of their lives. Guests reveal their creative obsessions, fears, joys, uncertainty, and the impact they hope to have, leaving you feeling less alone as you proceed down your own creative path. Acknowledge the mess and keep going!
