Ashley Rodriguez Reed is an artist, designer, and educator with over 15 years of experience. Her creative path started in a childhood full of imagination and messes. Today, she works from her home studio in Japan, raising three kids and making art along the way. She is inspired by the natural world, travel, and moments of reflection. Ashley’s art and teaching inspire imagination and help others build a more vibrant, creative life.
https://www.ashleyrodriguezreed.com
From interior design and styling workshops to pop-up events and gallery scenogrophies, Thara Ladrech creates environments that inspire and connect. In her impressive and storied career, Thara has reimagined IKEA stores, developed concept stores, and staged floral intallations in the Ikebana tradition, each time blending innovation with timeless aesthetics. As a curator of artists, Thara brings together unique voices to craft new dialogues between spaces and creativity. From Paris to Seoul and onward to Tokyo where she lives and works today, Thara shapes interior playgrounds where design and fashion come alive.
https://www.instagram.com/maison_little_tribu
Website
https://tharaladrech.wixsite.com/maison-little-tribu
Using Instagram as her medium, Ronide Comeau creates videos and digital comics that strive to bring out the whimsical in black girls and women who have felt like they weren't a part of the stereotype of what a black girl can be. With humour, playfulness, and delightful curiosity, Ronide invites the viewer to upend expectations and embrace the fullness of themselves.
www.instagram.com/anxiousblackgirlcomics
https://www.facebook.com/anxiousblackgirlcomics
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/anxious-black-girl-comics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Anxiousblackgirl
Dana Batho is an artist, teacher, and veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. After a training injury ended her career as a RCAF Intelligence Officer, she returned to her artistic roots as a way to heal and help inspire others to be creative. Having recently returned to oil painting after a 15 year hiatus in addition to having to adapt her practice around her injury, Dana finds joy in creating objects of beauty that enliven others. She also specializes in vintage-inspired botanical illustrations and surface pattern designs, and spent many years designing sassy cross stitch patterns. Having exhibited her art in Canada, Japan, and also at the prestigious New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Dana now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where the beauty surrounding her inspires her every day.
https://www.instagram.com/peacockandfig
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgmJnzKypmELKswQt2R2U5A
The hosts:
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist
In this episode, Paige interviews Jordana to discover what she has been working on behind the scenes and how her creative journey has evolved over the last few years.
Additionally, discover all the details about Jordana's upcoming exhibition in Tokyo.
Find out more about Jordana:
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist
Exhibition: June 13th - 15th, Match Gallery, Yutenji, Meguro.
Please see my Instagram for details.
Find out more about Paige:
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
Ruth Lever is the creative force behind Rule Design, helping entrepreneurs turn their brands and websites into customer magnets. With brand strategy and SEO-friendly web design, she builds brands that fuel business growth and looks epic doing it.
Ruth offered some good advice and insights on how to show up for your brand and how she can help your personality shine through your online presence.
https://www.instagram.com/ruledesign.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/ruledesign.co.nz/
Mentioned in this episode:
Season 3 interview with Lisa Knight, Photographer.
https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-creativity-cafe/id1639880718?l=en-US&i=1000636633241
Learn more about the hosts:
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
Jordana Matsuda
Henna Bakhshi is a self-taught artist creating art for change and healing. Through her work, she strives to tell under-represented stories and start conversations that lead to connections, community, and liberation.
Henna believes art has the power to change hearts and minds and hopes her art helps you see we are never alone, there is always hope, and that together, we can make change happen.
Learn more about Henna:
https://www.instagram.com/browngirlart
https://www.browngirlart.co.uk
Learn more about the hosts:
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
Jordana Matsuda
Filiz Soyak is an interdisciplinary artist creating through intuitive mark-making in painting, fiber, clay, and installation, whose work has been exhibited and collected internationally for over two decades.
Her work explores territories of intuition, subconsciousness, and is about creating and invoking peace, healing, and an appreciation for our natural environments, humanity, and the present moment.
After becoming a mother in 2016, mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork became integral to her creative process and subject matter.
Filiz is truly a global citizen and creating art has been the unifying language that helped her to process and adapt to so many diverse experiences. She was born to a Turkish father and Swedish mother, raised in Belgium, grew up in Japan and the United States, and after spending some time in Jordan, Barbados and New York City, is now settled in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, with her husband and two young children.
Find out more about Filiz and her art.
https://www.filizsoyak.com
https://www.instagram.com/filizsoyak
https://www.instagram.com/breathflags
Learn more about the hosts.
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda.artist
We are back with episode 1 of season 6, and we are so excited to be introducing you to some very special people from all over the world.
Today, though, I am speaking to my co-host Paige about the work she does to help creative people bring their dreams to fruition.
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
Originally from Adelaide, Australia, songwriter, musician, poet, and podcaster, Sorcha Chisholm has been living in Tokyo since 2004. With a voice and demeanour that both soothe and intrigue, Sorcha's work invites us into a world that asks us to go deep and get real. Her monthly podcast, The Witch Way Spellcast, gives us the opportunity to explore the power of the witch, including alternative modes of thinking, challenging the status quo, and using art and magic as weapons of choice against depression, helplessness, and despair.
Find our more about Sorcha
https://www.instagram.com/flyingsorcha
https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-witch-way-spellcast/id1608496780
Contact us here:
https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda
Originally from London, Raj Kaur has spent the last six years living in Bavaria, in the south of Germany. Combining her professional work as a freelance Design Director for Brands with her art and illustration practice, Raj's work covers a vast array of explorations. She strives to find the balance between ‘play’ and ‘project creation’ in the quest to build a body of personal work, which celebrates joyful creativity. Subjects vary from animals, portraits and life drawing - subjects which exude life and character. Raj strives to create work that is expressive and energetic, enjoying the freedom of bold mark making and colour.
Find out more:
https://www.instagram.com/rajkaurartist
https://rajkaur.substack.com
Contact us here:
https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda
Miho Murakami is a Filipino-Japanese fashion designer and self-taught muralist and painter based in Tokyo. She draws inspiration from the vibrant interplay of colors in nature, infusing her art with a deep appreciation for cultural diversity and feminine beauty. Her work is characterized by a seamless blend of art and fashion and with each creation, she tells a story that celebrates the harmony between the natural world and human creativity, offering a unique perspective that captivates and inspires.
Find out more about Miho:
https://www.instagram.com/miudelirium
Contact us here:
https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
Jordana Matsuda
Jean Shields Fleming is an American novelist and both the founder and editor in chief of Certain Age, a magazine dedicated to unleashing women's power, one story at a time. Chock full of poems, reflections, and other features, Certain Age shares wisdom, perspective, truth-telling, and opinion with all the discernment that comes from having lived. Jean now lives, writes, and edits in a small village in Greece, where she's joined by her husband, five feral cats, and one fox.
Find out more
https://www.certainagemag.com
https://www.jeanshieldsfleming.com
Contact us:
thecreativitycafe@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda
Caroline Jariwala is an ethical mosaic artist based in the West Midlands in the UK. Caroline creates vibrant, lively mosaics with varied themes using chipped, rejected, thrown away and second hand crockery and cheap tiles that would ordinarily be destined for landfill. By using these materials, she gives them a new lease of life and creates objects of beauty that spark both conversation and joy.
https://mangomosaics.co.uk
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdjKJ6nU819GNAnVSR6KCfg
https://www.facebook.com/mango.mosaics
https://www.instagram.com/mangomosaics
Contact us
thecreativitycafe21@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
Ema Shin is a Melbourne-based artist who was born and raised in Niigata, Japan. After studying printmaking at Tama Art University in Tokyo, Ema completed a Master of Fine Art Degree at Aichi University of the Arts in Aichi, Japan. Her recent solo exhibition, Hearts of Absent Women, is a celebration of the lives and energy of anonymous women refracted through personal experiences with her own culture as well as Australian society. Her inter-disciplinary practice, application of historical techniques, and use of tactile materials result in contemporary artworks that express femininity and sexuality through embroidery, three-dimensional fabric sculptures, tapestry, and printmaking. Over the span of her career, Ema has exhibited prolifically in Australia and in various other countries around the world.
https://www.instagram.com/ema.shin
Cover photo credit: Oleksandr Pogorily
Contact us:
thecreativitycafe21@gmail.com
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.instagram.com/wholeselfcreative
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
https://www.instagram.com/jordana.matsuda
We are so excited to be back with you all and today to kick off season 5 we are catching up on how we are both feeling and what we have been up to since the end of season 4.
As always, if you have a question for us for our regular Ask Us Anything segment, please get in touch with us by email or via Instagram.
thecreativitycafe21@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/thecreativitycafepodcast
We have a special episode for you today!
Paige and Mioko Mochizuki (Season 1 guest), sit down with Jordana, Haneka Azuma and Laura Pearson to discuss a deeply meaningful project Paige and Mioko started over a year ago, The Motherhood Project.
The Motherhood Project was born when Art Educator Mioko Mochizuki and Creativity Coach Paige Baldwin Ando began discussing themes related to motherhood, and how they might be explored through art. Together, Mioko and Paige designed unique art-making experiences that combine profound questions with an image-making process that takes the artist into her subconscious mind.
Take a listen to find out more about how these 5 creative mothers came together to make some deeply personal and beautiful pieces of art.
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com/
Mioko Mochizuki
https://www.eduart.jp
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
Laura Pearson
https://oceanridgekiln.com
Hanaka Azuma
We have a special episode for you today!
Paige and Mioko Mochizuki (season 1 guest), sit down with Jordana, Haneka Azuma and Laura Pearson to discuss a deeply meaningful project Paige and Mioko started over a year ago, The Motherhood Project.
The Motherhood Project was born when Art Educator Mioko Mochizuki and Creativity Coach Paige Baldwin Ando began discussing themes related to motherhood, and how they might be explored through art. Together, Mioko and Paige designed unique art-making experiences that combine profound questions with an image-making process that takes the artist into her subconscious mind.
Take a listen to find out more about how these 5 creative mothers came together to make some deeply personal and beautiful pieces of art.
Paige Baldwin Ando
https://www.wholeselfcreative.com
Mioko Mochizuki
https://www.eduart.jp
Jordana Matsuda
https://www.jordana-matsuda.com
Laura Pearson
https://oceanridgekiln.com
Hanaka Azuma