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Sus Art Club
MF Creative
53 episodes
5 days ago
This podcast honors the power of the creative human spirit. These are real conversations with artists, writers, parents, organizers, entrepreneurs — anyone who met the muse and decided to keep showing up. We talk about staying devoted to creativity through life’s chaos, systems, seasons, and shifts. It’s not about being famous or having it all figured out. It’s about staying in the room with your art — whatever form it takes. Hosted by Steph Frx @rabidlegion— artist, ritualist, and faithful creative instigator. susart.club | @susartclub
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This podcast honors the power of the creative human spirit. These are real conversations with artists, writers, parents, organizers, entrepreneurs — anyone who met the muse and decided to keep showing up. We talk about staying devoted to creativity through life’s chaos, systems, seasons, and shifts. It’s not about being famous or having it all figured out. It’s about staying in the room with your art — whatever form it takes. Hosted by Steph Frx @rabidlegion— artist, ritualist, and faithful creative instigator. susart.club | @susartclub
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Sus Art Club
EP77 — Ty Davis: Art, Hustle & Divine Order

This convo with Ty Davis was recorded a while back at Studio5, before the “In Loving Memory” show closed it all out. Since then, life’s done what life does — shifted, burned, healed a little, kept moving.

This one’s special. Ty’s a painter, curator, community-builder, and the founder of Tigre Contemporary. We talk about burnout and balance, money and meaning, manifestation and creative faith — and what it really takes to build a sustainable relationship with art without losing your mind (or your soul).

💬 We get into:

  • Life after festivals + Awards

  • Balancing art, work, and family (and learning to say no)

  • The metaphysics of making — Abraham Hicks & divine order

  • Lessons from the Studio 5 experiment — what stuck, what didn’t

  • The art of letting go, trading work, and circular economies


Recorded live inside Studio 5 @ Redux, featuring Ty Davis (@tigrecontemporary) & host Steph FRX (@rabidlegion ).

💭 This episode marks the end of a chapter — Studio 5 has officially closed, and I took a pause to grieve the loss of my two dogs.

If you’ve been waiting to record or hear your episode: thank you for your patience. We are still here, walking it out, honoring every breath, and slowly finding our way back to the werk.

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5 days ago
1 hour 11 minutes 41 seconds

Sus Art Club
Ep 77: Prequel – Artist Talks from Studio 5

This week we’re bringing you a special field recording straight from Studio 5 at Redux Contemporary Art Center. “Prequel” was curated by artist Aaron Drummond as both a look back and a preview of what’s next — showcasing artists whose work bridges memory, culture, and experimentation.

In this episode, you’ll hear the artists themselves sharing the stories behind their pieces, the struggles they carry, and the truths they paint into being:

@solraccreations @annachen.art @skigh.drip @susantrottstudio @timbanks @jdc_artwrx @tyquanmorton @that_art_nerd @arundrummondstudio

The conversation dives into nostalgia, cultural memory, armor, freedom, joy, and resistance — and why art is always both personal and political.

📍 Recorded live at Studio 5 inside Redux Contemporary Art Center
🖼️ Exhibition: Prequel | Curated by Aaron Drummond | September 2025
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
💌 Join the club → susart.club
Instagram → @susartclub

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1 month ago
1 hour 23 minutes 45 seconds

Sus Art Club
Ep 76: Julia Deckman on Color, Courage & Choosing the Artist’s Life

This week, we sit down with Charleston-based painter Julia Deckman (@juliadeckmanstudio) — 2019 Lowcountry Artist of the Year, color-obsessed maker, and community-builder whose path has taken her from anthropology to art studios, retail experiments, and back into the heart of painting.

We get into:
🎨 Growing up with paint + rediscovering art as an adult
📚 From anthropology to Indiana Jones obsessions to creative practice
🐾 A lifelong love of animals, rescue work, and raccoon dreams
🌀 Processing divorce, burnout, and depression through art
🎭 Impostor syndrome + what art school doesn’t teach you
🌈 Why color is her true medium (and how she “feels” hues)
🏛 Lessons learned from running a retail space + working with galleries
🤝 Community, collaboration, and building sustainability as an artist in Charleston

Whether you’re deep in your studio practice, wrestling with self-doubt, or just love hearing real talk about art + survival — this one’s full of color and clarity.

📍 Recorded at Studio 5 inside Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston SC
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
💌 Join the club → susart.club
📲 Instagram → @susartclub

👇 Follow Julia:
Instagram → @juliadeckmanstudio
Website → juliadeckmanstudio.com

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2 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 53 seconds

Sus Art Club
EP 75- Field Works : Artists Talk - In the Field: The Work Behind the Work

Welcome back to Sus Art Club — where we make creativity sustainable again.
This week, we’re inside Studio 5 at Redux for a special Field Works artist talk, part of the August wall exhibition curated by Ty Davis and Tiguere Contemporary.

Instead of just focusing on finished pieces, this show digs into the process — what it really means to be “in the field,” putting in daily work as an artist. We hear directly from the exhibiting crew about their journeys, struggles, inspirations, and how they keep showing up for the craft:

🎨 Shannon Hopkins — teaching, ancestry, ash + paper trees
⚡ Concept Rich (Richard Drayton) — punk, improvisation, collaging culture
🌊 Samira M. Owens — genealogy, Gulluh Geechee heritage, indigo + blue ink
🧥 Christina Bailey — wearable art, grief, haikus + condors
🚀 Jakeem the Dream ( Dominique Hodge) — Afrofuturism, teaching, positive Black imagery
☁️ Diva - Daniel Velasco — ceramics, fashion illustration, grief + transformation
📸 Kyle Morrissey — photography, play, irreverence, emotion over representation
🔥 Demetrius Bing — painting through trauma, visibility, duality

We close out with reflection on ancestry, community, and why artists are out here creating culture every day — whether through clay, camera, canvas, or pure lived experience.

📍Recorded live at Studio 5 inside Redux Contemporary Art Center, August 16, 2025
🖼️ Exhibition: Field Works | Curated by Ty Davis + Tiguere Contemporary | August 2–29

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
💌 Join the club → susart.club
Instagram → @susartclub

#susartclub #fieldworks #studio5 #redux #artisttalk #charlestonartists #gullahgeechee #afrofuturism #contemporaryart #susaf

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2 months ago
37 minutes 41 seconds

Sus Art Club
Ep 73: Studio 5 Artist Talk — On Messy Art, Cultural Memory & Building Creative Futures( the Tiny MIC Version)

This week, we crack open a raw, funny, honest convo with four featured Studio 5 wall artists: Arun Drummond, Anna Rob, Kim Thomas, and Jakeem “The Dream” Hodge — hosted by Steph Frx.

We hit record during a live in-studio hangout with the Blue Yeti mic turned all the way up (tiny mic version drops in a few days 👀). What followed was a roundtable of real talk on fear, freedom, identity, and what it means to make art that actually matters.

We get into:• Why “ugly art” might be the realest art• Multidisciplinary practice as survival + joy• Cultural erasure, identity, and creative autonomy• Zines, trash sculptures, and DIY everything• Teaching the next generation of artists• What it means to build tables, not just ask for seats

Whether you're just starting or reimagining your practice, this one's for the artists who know perfection is a trap — and messy, meaningful work is the goal.

🎨 Featured Artists:

  • Arun Drummond | @⁠arundrummondstudio⁠

  • Anna Rob | @⁠anna.rob.is.a.star⁠

  • Kim Thomas | @⁠iamkimthomas⁠

  • Jakeem the Dream | @⁠jakeemdadream⁠

  • Host: Steph Frx | @⁠rabidlegion⁠

📍Recorded in Studio 5, inside Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC🎧 Listen wherever you get your pods💌 Join the club: ⁠susart.club

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2 months ago
56 minutes 31 seconds

Sus Art Club
Ep-72 Drawings, Boundaries, and the Space Between ft- Cara Fischer / @house.of.cara

Welcome back to Sus Art Club — where we make creativity sustainable again.
This week, we sit down with Charleston-based illustrator and teaching artist Cara Fischer (@house.of.cara), whose hand-drawn world of bold black-and-white linework is rooted in imagination, play, and presence.

We get into:
✏️ How black and white boundaries brought her back to art
🧠 Leaving burnout behind and finding joy in the basics
🏄🏽 Surf, skating, drawing strangers & studio dogs
🪄 Why play is essential for processing reality
🖼️ Drawing as meditation—and making room for everyday creativity
👶 From teaching preschool to building her own artistic rhythm

We also talk karaoke, Catholic guilt, True Blood, and how saying no (even to kids) is a vital part of self-trust.

Whether you’re making work, making space, or making peace with your inner weirdo—this one’s for you.

📍Recorded at Studio 5 inside Redux Contemporary Art Center

👇 Follow Cara:
Instagram → @house.of.cara
Website → carafischer.com

🎧 Listen to all episodes of Sus Art Club wherever you get your podcasts
💌 Join the club → susart.club
Instagram → @susartclub

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2 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes 35 seconds

Sus Art Club
Ep 71: Studio 5 Artist Talk — On Messy Art, Cultural Memory & Building Creative Futures( the Blue Yeti Version)

This week, we crack open a raw, funny, honest convo with four featured Studio 5 wall artists: Arun Drummond, Anna Rob, Kim Thomas, and Jakeem “The Dream” Hodge — hosted by Steph Frx.

We hit record during a live in-studio hangout with the Blue Yeti mic turned all the way up (tiny mic version drops in a few days 👀). What followed was a roundtable of real talk on fear, freedom, identity, and what it means to make art that actually matters.

We get into:
• Why “ugly art” might be the realest art
• Multidisciplinary practice as survival + joy
• Cultural erasure, identity, and creative autonomy
• Zines, trash sculptures, and DIY everything
• Teaching the next generation of artists
• What it means to build tables, not just ask for seats

Whether you're just starting or reimagining your practice, this one's for the artists who know perfection is a trap — and messy, meaningful work is the goal.

🎨 Featured Artists:

  • Arun Drummond | @arundrummondstudio

  • Anna Rob | @anna.rob.is.a.star

  • Kim Thomas | @iamkimthomas

  • Jakeem the Dream | @jakeemdadream

  • Host: Steph Frx | @rabidlegion

📍Recorded in Studio 5, inside Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
🎧 Listen wherever you get your pods
💌 Join the club: susart.club

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3 months ago
53 minutes 28 seconds

Sus Art Club
Ep. 70-Marcus Amaker - Flow, Fear & the Future We Create

In this episode, we sit down with Marcus Amaker — Charleston’s first Poet Laureate, spoken word artist, librettist, musician, minimalist, husband and dad — to talk about the radical magic of art, staying in the flow, and honoring the muse through every life season.

We cover:

  • The first time Marcus met creativity and how Prince cracked his brain open

  • Tapes, poems, and why he still sees art as new every time

  • Art as a tool for grief, presence, and collective healing

  • Minimalism, naps, and digital detoxing to protect the flow

  • What being a Poet Laureate actually means

  • Creative parenting, community mentorship, and staying weird

Marcus also shares about his upcoming climate change opera premiering in 2027, his 11th book We Deserve a World Without War, and his 44th (!) music album Dust Kick and Snare.

If you’ve ever felt the tension between art and capitalism, or wondered how to keep your creative power in a world that profits off your distraction — this one is for you.

🧠 Learn more about Marcus:
Website: charlestonpoet.com
Instagram: @charlestonpoet


💌 Join the club: susart.club
📲 @susartclub

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3 months ago
55 minutes 9 seconds

Sus Art Club
Episode 69 – Anonymous Book Club: The Artist’s Way (Week 1)

Welcome back to Sus Art Club —

This week, Steph is solo (and on video!) bringing back a lowkey favorite: Anonymous Book Club, featuring The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.

We’re diving into Week 1: blocking, resistance, creative recovery, and how it all hits different depending on where you’re at in life.


We talk about:


  • How the pod actually started during the pandemic

  • Why The Artist’s Way keeps showing up again and again

  • What Morning Pages and Artist Dates do to your nervous system

  • Shame, myths, and the junk that clogs the creative channel

  • Rebuilding your own rhythm — not someone else’s idea of “productive”


Plus: updates on Studio 5, the August group show, and how to get involved.

Follow along: @susartclub



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3 months ago
19 minutes 2 seconds

Sus Art Club
Episode 68: Cristina Victor on Identity, Impermanence & Growing Creative Roots

Welcome back to Sus Art Club — where creativity gets to grow slow, weird, and real. This week we sit down with Cristina Victor, a Cuban-American multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans ceramics, performance, writing, community building, and radical caretaking.

We talk art school, studio scraps, dog love, and how mentorship, migration, and Miami shaped her creative voice. Cristina shares how slowing down, nurturing home, and tending plants all connect to her artistic evolution — and why being a creative sometimes means walking away from the work that no longer serves you.

We get into:
🌿 Drawing as a portal & doodling as resistance
🧠 When performance stopped performing & she needed to pause
📚 Books that stay with us — and making art in response
🎓 The art school paradox: pressure + permission
🏡 Studio spaces, studio dogs & building creative homes
🪴 Plants, family, land, and the echo of ancestors in everything
💬 Why we need more support, more visibility, and way less shame

If you’re deep in the process of becoming — or re-becoming — this one is for you.

🖼️ Cristina’s ceramics: Sabia Ceramics
🌐 Website: cristinavictor.com
📸 Instagram: @sabiaceramics

📍Recorded in Studio 5- inside Redux Contemporary Art Center, SC
🛋️ Studio dog guest appearance: Indy 🐾

🎧 Listen to all episodes wherever you get your podcasts
💌 Join the club: susart.club
📲 @susartclub

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3 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds

Sus Art Club
EP 67- Abby Duran @veranationgirl- Planting Words That Heal.

This week on Sus Art Club, we sit down with Abby Duran — award-winning spoken word artist, storyteller, and founder of VeraNation Writing. Known for her rich, rhythmic language and rooted presence, Abby’s work explores identity, advocacy, and what it means to speak your truth out loud.

From page to performance, from prayer to poetry — Abby walks us through her creative journey and the way words can build bridges, create belonging, and change the narrative.

We get into it:
🎤 The layers of spoken word, rhythm, and finding your voice
📚 The making of her books Between Words and A Soul’s Tree Speaks
🌱 What community means in Charleston’s creative scene
🌀 Mentorship, lineage & creating space for others to be heard
🔥 Why poetry is a spiritual technology for healing, power, and joy

This episode is for the writers, the feelers, the bridge-builders — and anyone learning to trust the sound of their own voice.


🎧 Hosted by @susartclub | susart.club
🎤 Follow Abby: @veranationgirl / @veranationwriting
📖 Books: Between Words (2023) + A Soul’s Tree Speaks (2025)


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4 months ago
42 minutes 1 second

Sus Art Club
66: Will Davis @tetheredwrdspoetry- on Graffiti, Poetry & Giving Yourself Permission

This week, we sit down with Will Davis — a poet, educator, and bilingual parent advocate whose journey stretches from graffiti-tagged notebooks in Brooklyn to open mic stages and international humanitarian work. His story is one of layering — art, advocacy, faith, family, and the hard-won courage to say: “Yes, I am a poet.”

We get into it:
🧠 The power of doodling & where creativity begins
✍🏽 How graffiti shaped Will’s poetic voice
📚 Education as a form of healing and liberation
🗣 Why advocacy, community & storytelling go hand in hand
📖 Self-publishing two poetry books from lived experience
🌎 Processing global humanitarian work through the lens of poetry
🌬 The truth about permission, identity & showing up with heart

Whether you’re a writer, teacher, dreamer, or community builder — this one’s for anyone holding creative tension and wondering if it’s time to take the risk.

📍 Recorded live at Odd Duck Coffee in Charleston, SC
🎧 Hosted by @susartclub | @rabidlegion
🪶 Follow Will: @tetheredwrdspoetry
🌐 Website: tetheredwrds.com

🛒 Books by Will:
📘 Threads of Resilience
📗 Upon the Jet Stream: Hope and How Beauty Heals
(Both available via  tetheredwrds.com)

Chapters & Highlights

  • Doodles, Desks & the Birth of Creativity – 00:00:20

  • Graffiti, Layers & the Language of Visual Art – 00:03:15

  • Poetry as a Spiritual & Emotional Practice – 00:10:40

  • Education, Language & Belonging in Immigrant Communities – 00:18:05

  • Community as Healing: How Art Holds Space – 00:26:30

  • Publishing Threads of Resilience & Immigration Work – 00:36:40

  • Launching the Second Book: Upon the Jet Stream – 00:45:00

  • Advice to Creatives: Take the Risk – 00:52:10

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your pods
💌 Join the club: susart.club
@SUSARTCLUB

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4 months ago
48 minutes 45 seconds

Sus Art Club
65: Wes of Eyeland Graphics on Skate Culture, Side Quests & Creative Grit.

This week on Sus Art Club, we sit down with Wes Pickell — DJ, designer, screenprinter, and founder of Eyeland Graphics, a Charleston-based print studio with deep roots in skate culture and DIY ethos.

From suburban skate spots to art shows in Philly, and a garage-press turned full-blown print studio — Wes has done it all. We dive into what it takes to build a life in art, the curveballs along the way (hello, unexpected twins + 2008 recession), and why staying connected to community is the heart of it all.

We get into it:
🛹 How skateboarding, mixtapes & graffiti shaped his creative voice
🎧 Wes's roots in hip-hop, DJing under the name Mosaic, and throwing parties in Richmond
💸 The rise and fall of his first print biz (RIP $50K client invoice)
👶🏽 Twins, bankruptcy, and starting over during the recession
📦 From working with Beyoncé merch to going full-time local in Charleston
🎨 Building Eyeland Graphics into a hub for artists, brands & community
🌱 The next chapter: fine art printing, in-house shows, and recorded live performances

Whether you’re slinging band tees, dreaming of quitting your day job, or just love a good creative comeback story — this one’s for you.

📍 Recorded in Charleston, SC
🛠 Wes runs @eyelandgraphics & @eyelandvibes — a full-service print studio rooted in love for art, music, and DIY culture
🎧 Web: eyelandgraphics.com
📨 Contact: wes@eyelandgraphics.com

Chapters & Highlights

  • Skateboarding as Creative Foundation – 00:00:20

  • Pre-Internet Hustle: Mixtapes & Zines – 00:01:24

  • Money Skateboards, Desktop Publishing & DJ Mosaic – 00:04:45

  • Starting 10th Floor Productions & Art School in Philly – 00:20:00

  • Recession Hit: Bankruptcy, Twins, and Starting Over – 00:37:11

  • Moving to Charleston & Rebuilding Eyeland Graphics – 00:43:59

  • Looking Ahead: Fine Art Printing & New Creative Space – 00:49:19

Action Moves:

  • Hosting events & art shows in the Eyeland warehouse – 00:51:32

  • Live printing at Melt Festival, North Charleston – 00:52:02

  • Expanding into museum-quality fine art prints – 00:49:19

  • Teaming up with local framers for full-service offerings – 00:50:03


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5 months ago
1 hour 1 minute 12 seconds

Sus Art Club
64: Savannah Strickroth on Clay, Chaos & Carving a Creative Life

Welcome back to Sus Art Club — where we make creativity sustainable again. This week we sit down with Savannah Strickroth (@savannah.strickroth / @shop.studiojane), the ceramic artist and painter behind Studio Jane. From sewing puppets in kindergarten to launching her full-time art practice inside Studio Union, Savannah takes us through the winding path of creativity, motherhood, grief, and gut-trusting.

We get into it:
🧶 Growing up creative
✂️ Leaving the hair industry to return to art full-time
🥣 Discovering clay as a healing, grounding medium
👩‍👧‍👦 Balancing life as a working artist & mother
🔥 What to do when the kiln gods say “nah”
🤬 Why the myth of the full-time artist is lowkey BS
🤝 Building community while still needing solitude

We also talk ADHD, storytelling, burnout, creative identity, and finding your voice (with or without a broken front tooth).

📍Recorded at Studio Union in North Charleston, SC.
🛋️ Special thanks to Chris & Natalie for the cozy set-up.

👀 Follow Savannah:
Instagram: @savannah.strickroth / @shop.studiojane
Website: shop-jane.com

🎧 Listen to all episodes of Sus Art Club wherever you get your podcasts.
💌 Join the club: www.susart.club | @susartclub

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5 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes 22 seconds

Sus Art Club
63: Morgan S. East on Art Walks, Burnout & Building Creative Systems

Welcome back to Sus Art Club — where we make creativity sustainable again. This week, we sit down with painter, organizer, and low-key logistics wizard Morgan S. East, who’s been quietly shaping Charleston’s creative scene through both her art and her action.

We get into it:
✏️ Drawing unicorns, eyeballs, and rebellion in calculus class
🧠 Balancing a math/science brain with deep creative impulse
📦 What 13 years at Amazon taught her about building a creative business
🗺️ Why she started the Park Circle Art Walk — and how it almost ended
⚡ Leaving corporate life and learning to trust her inner compass
⏰ Time-blocking, burnout, and getting Morgorganized™

We also talk about being an introvert with a mission, making your own lane when the gatekeepers aren’t vibing, and how to make space for your art even when your to-do list is stacked.

Whether you're sketching at 2am or trying to carve out space between your day job and your dream life, this one’s for the artists who build while they bloom.

📍Recorded at Odd duck Market in North Charleston, SC

🧠 About the Guest:

Morgan S. East is a painter based in North Charleston, SC, and the founder of the Park Circle Art Walk, an event born in the early days of the pandemic to reconnect artists and neighbors through creativity and community. Her work explores figures, landscapes, and conceptual moments blending the human form and nature.

Morgan’s art has been featured in Charleston Magazine, Charleston Style & Design, and Art on the Beach. Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Metamorphosis Gallery in Australia. In 2025, her painting Inhale won “Best in Show” at the Beyond the Surface group exhibition at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Greenville, SC.

She holds a BS in Graphic Communications with a minor in Advertising from Clemson, and studied illustration through the Visual Arts Passage and the Illustration Academy. She brings that same thoughtful mix of logic, emotion, and intuition into every brushstroke.

IG: @morgan_s_east

  • Park Circle Art Walk

  • And of course, shoutout to neighbors, unicorns, and organized chaos.

Host: Steph Frx (@rabidlegion)
Club: Sus Art Club | @susartclub
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🔗 Links + Mentions:💌 Stay Connected:

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5 months ago
48 minutes 53 seconds

Sus Art Club
62: Riivo Kruuk on Murals, Myth & Not Waiting for Permission

This week, we sit down with Estonian-American painter and muralist Riivo Kruuk, whose work fuses folklore, graffiti, street culture, and personal heritage into one bold visual language.

We get into:
🌀 How Riivo went from soccer to street art
🎭 The pressure (and freedom) of finding your “style”
🛠 Building creative systems that actually support the grind
🌲 Estonian gnomes, family traditions & why he paints what he paints
🚧 Why waiting for “the right time” is a trap
👊 And what it really means to do this art life your own damn way

We also talk burnout, commissions, neurodivergence, creative community—and how staying true to yourself takes a whole lot of unlearning.

Whether you're painting walls, writing poems, or just trying to live with more intention—this one’s for the artists who know the work goes way deeper than the canvas.

📍Recorded at Studio Union in North Charleston, SC
🛋️ Special thanks to Kris Hanson [@kriswhanson] & Natalie Hanson [@nataliehansonart] for the cozy setup

👇 Follow Riivo:
Instagram → @riivosuave
Website → riivokruuk.com
YouTube → @riivosuave

🎧 Listen to all episodes of Sus Art Club wherever you get your podcasts
💌 Join the club → www.susart.club
Instagram → @susartclub

#susartclub #riivokruuk #murals #artistinterview #folklore #creativeprocess #streetart #creativity #neurodivergentartists #muralist

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6 months ago
55 minutes 8 seconds

Sus Art Club
Art, Consumption & Carving the Damn Path with Kim Thomas

In this episode, I sit down with Kim Thomas, a powerful multimedia artist whose work bridges climate change, nature, and consumer culture—literally turning single-use plastics into thought-provoking sculptures, installations, and prints. Kim shares her journey from biochemistry major to artist, her creative practice rooted in reclaiming materials, and how art becomes a tool for sustainability, healing, and empowerment.

We explore what it means to carve your own damn path—especially as a working artist, parent, and teacher—and how setting boundaries, embracing flexibility, and honoring your creative voice is essential. Kim’s work challenges us to rethink what we consume, how we live, and how we care for ourselves and the planet.

Links & Resources

🔗 Follow Kim: [Insert Kim’s social link]
📍 Current Shows:
• Beyond the Surface – Tigerstikes Asteroid, Greenville, SC (with Clemson)
• Pink Silo – Wavelength Art Space, Chattanooga, TN (also on Artsy)
📅 Upcoming:
• May–June: Two-person show in Rock Hill/Charlotte area – “The Courtyard”

📚 Book Mentioned: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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7 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes 5 seconds

Sus Art Club
Reflection & Function with Kela @keladreams

🎙 Guest: Kela @keladreams

In this episode, I sit down with Kela, a fine art, nature-based multimedia artist whose work integrates analogue photography, woodworking, and functional art. Inspired by the natural world, Kela creates custom, one-of-a-kind pieces—framed photography, picture frames, shadow boxes, and furniture-style works—designed to be experienced in person and engage multiple senses.

We talk about:

  • Slowing down as an art form and how intentional time in nature helps us reset.
  • Trusting intuition in creative practice and making work that’s deeply personal.
  • Artist residencies & grants, and how they provide space to explore, build confidence, and sustain creative work.
  • Vulnerability & confidence in artistry, embracing audacity, and learning to accept compliments without deflection.
  • The power of community & storytelling, and how conversations lead to unexpected inspiration.
  • How Kela’s background in analogue photography & woodworking evolved into her signature style.

This is a deep and thoughtful conversation on trusting your creative path, honoring your process, and building a practice that feels true to you.


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The Warm Juice – Kela’s creative community initiative
📖 Book Mentioned: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
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8 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes 36 seconds

Sus Art Club
Exploring Creativity and Community with Shayn Green

In this episode, I sit down with Shayn Green, a Charleston-based illustrator, multimedia artist, and North Charleston’s first artist-in-residence. Shayn opens up about her creative process, the importance of seasonal energy in her art, and how her Geechee heritage and personal experiences shape her work. We also explore her recent move to Baltimore, the value of community in art, and her exciting plans for 2025.

Tune in to discover:

How Shayn embraces slower seasons as part of her creative rhythm. Insights into her Big Nose Baddies series and the cultural inspiration behind it. What it’s like being an artist-in-residence and the impact of residencies on her work. The joys and challenges of transitioning from traditional jobs to full-time creative entrepreneurship. Shayn’s plans for a spring collection inspired by botanical elements and Baltimore’s vibrant art scene.

Key Moments to Listen For:

[00:02:15] – Reflecting on seasonal energy and why New Year’s resolutions start in spring for Shayn. [00:04:31] – Shayn’s approach to balancing rest, creativity, and productivity. [00:10:15] – The evolution of Shayn’s distinct style and her Big Nose Baddies series. [00:20:01] – What it’s like being an artist-in-residence and how the experience shaped her creative path. [00:27:02] – Why connecting face-to-face with people through art is so meaningful. [00:29:04] – Shayn’s upcoming spring collection and how Baltimore is inspiring her next steps.


Fave Episode Quote:
"Art comes from experiencing life. If I’m not living and reflecting, I won’t have anything to create." – Shayn Green

Connect with Shayn:

Portfolio Website:  artbyshayn.carrd.co

Instagram & TikTok: @artbyshayn

Links & Resources Mentioned:

The artist's way by Julia Cameron

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9 months ago
37 minutes 7 seconds

Sus Art Club
Threads of Creation: Thomas Hicks on Remixing Art and Breaking Boundaries

In this episode, we delve into the creative world of Thomas Hicks, a rising multidisciplinary artist who seamlessly blends photography, mixed media, and sculpture. Through his work, Thomas demonstrates that art is an ever-evolving conversation—one where reuse, remixing, and reimagining old ideas lead to new stories.

Building on themes introduced by our first guest, Ty Davis, we see how generational shifts have reshaped how artists approach their craft. Where Ty once felt a tinge of shame for painting over an old piece, Thomas boldly reuses and reinterprets materials without hesitation—reflecting how younger generations embrace art as a fluid, living process.

We explore:

  • How Gothic art, vintage photography, and found materials inspire Thomas’s creations.
  • The power of reworking and remixing, challenging traditional notions of "finished" art.
  • His evolving creative process and its intersection with themes of preservation and decay.
  • Why art history is both a guide and a starting point for innovation.

Thomas’s perspective invites us to let go of old stigmas and embrace the infinite possibilities that come from reworking what we already have.


Thomas Hicks is a multidisciplinary artist from Greenville, South Carolina, currently completing his senior year at the College of Charleston. His work draws on themes of connection, spirituality, and transformation, using materials like vintage photography, textiles, and pastels. Thomas has exhibited at Redux Contemporary Art Center, the Halsey Institute's Young Contemporaries, and beyond, crafting art that reimagines the past for the future.

Follow Thomas:

  • Instagram: @th.hicks


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10 months ago
43 minutes 47 seconds

Sus Art Club
This podcast honors the power of the creative human spirit. These are real conversations with artists, writers, parents, organizers, entrepreneurs — anyone who met the muse and decided to keep showing up. We talk about staying devoted to creativity through life’s chaos, systems, seasons, and shifts. It’s not about being famous or having it all figured out. It’s about staying in the room with your art — whatever form it takes. Hosted by Steph Frx @rabidlegion— artist, ritualist, and faithful creative instigator. susart.club | @susartclub