Listen in to a great conversation about art/life balance and how you know you're on the right path.

Diana Brier of Vault 730 in Del Norte joined the Creative Citizen: Unexpected Artist in The Closet on Friday October 10.

Ryan Scavo and Amy Engle join the Creative Citizen: Unexpected Artist in The Closet Recording Studio at The Church Project. They share about a new project that is taking shape called Resilience Rising which aims to address the region’s mental health challenges through creativity, storytelling, and community connection.

The Creative Citizen welcomes Adams State University Painting and Drawing Professor Mary Wilhelm into the Closet at The Church Project to share the re-launching of the ASU RARE AiR (Artist in Residence) program that shut-down during COVID-19.

Thanks to LOR Foundation, The Church Project was able to work with two highschool ambassadors throughout June and July 2025 to amplify their storytelling skills and learn more about community building in Monte Vista's community art center. Tune in to Episode 42 of the Creative Citizen: Unexpected Artist to meet Celestina Martinez and Reagan Curtis, the very first Summer Ambassadors for The Church Project.

In this episode we hear from the Church Project Founder, Co-director of Warm Cookies of the Revolution and Future Town Tour Adrian, and Audio Visual Artist Stevie about origin stories, connection, and inspirations.

In this episode of Creative Citizen, we hear from Yael Defaye and Keith Hershey about the origin story of SLV RPG as a whole and their individual passions and how it has been a platform to build community and foster creativity.

Listen in to the 2025 BFA and BA takeover of the Cloyde Snook Gallery and Hatfield Gallery on campus at Adams State University. Gabriel West (BFA), Isaiah Avila (BFA), Shanade Gorney (BFA) and Joe Enoxin (BA) and their exhibition titled Getting Carried Away will host its closing reception on May 17 from 5-7 p.m. Tune in to the lead up of the show, individual practices, learned experiences, never ending growth, and the entrepreneurial spirit on this episode of The Creative Citizen.

Mountainfilm Festival’s tour director and tour manager Hope Logan and Bella Hines join the Creative Citizen from Telluride. Wanting to inspire change and art through films, Logan and Hines celebrate films and filmmakers by sending the films on tour to over 100 places across the U.S. and to a few places abroad like Brazil and Australia. Logan, Hines, and Creative Citizen host Maddy Ahlborn discuss how films can inspire radical change and radical art and the importance of film as an art form and what that means for the local community.

Author Patricia Eagle has moved over 40 times in her life. She came to the Valley for the beauty and stayed for the people, making it her home for the last 13 years. Eagle talks about her second memoir 'Dog Love Stories, The Canines Who Changed Me' on this episode of the Creative Citizen: Unexpected Artist. Host Madeleine Ahlborn and Patricia Eagle explore what dogs can teach us: how to listen better, how to trust and be trusted, and what it means to be responsible for another life. Listen to learn more about Eagle and the pups that impacted her life so deeply.