Art Horse

Jack is funny and he makes comics and music and whatever his heart says when he gets quiet and listens. You can find him on Instagram at @sjogrenjack

• What's the next right step? (Spoiler: it's enjoying the process)
• You get one (1) unit of satisfaction when you focus on the big picture (the album, the show), but what if you focused on getting satisfaction from every brush stroke along the way?
• You're never actually stagnant (because life and time is always moving), and if you feel stagnant it might be because you're going in the opposite direction of your heart
• How can I trace the cord back to the wall and see where this whole thing is plugged in? And how can I honour this most basic goal?
• If I'm not letting myself be seen... what is there?

Listen to JJ and the Mood's absolute bop here: https://youtu.be/N9LwpG-P-HE
Find Jack's work for Hyperallergic here: https://hyperallergic.com/author/jack-sjogren/

• Specifically, https://hyperallergic.com/497057/bouncing-back-from-the-dream-crushers-in-your-life/ and 
• https://hyperallergic.com/298303/dont-let-the-grumps-get-you-down/ 

PS: The deadline to submit your art for the zine is Sunday, April 30, 2022! Submit to https://arthorsepod.com/zine/submit, or by email to [email protected].

Want some art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

This is an episode about big changes, starting over, and doing what lights you up. There's lots of laughs, you'll love it.

Rikka is a sewist, writer, Asian ball-jointed doll enthusiast, wife to Heather, and regular-job-haver somewhere in Pennsylvania. Find her on Instagram at @crimsonchimera

• People who are changing love seeing those changes in others
• The joy of making art shouldn't be encumbered by the process of showing someone else
• You gotta do the things that light you up because what else is there?
• If I can lean into this new gender identity then what else might be possible for me???

Want some art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

Upcoming Zine!

• The themes are food/drink AND mythical creatures!
• Deadline April 30
• Submit online (but not yet)
• If you've never seen it, email me and I can send you the digital zines!

PO Box!
Send letters, scribbles, an anonymous postcard with your big juicy creative dream written on it, old photographs of people you don’t know, a nice pencil, a piece of glittery fluff, anything you want, to:

Art Horse
PO Box 2161
100 Mile House, BC
V0K 2E0
Canada

Thursdays!
Episodes gonna come out on Thursdays now! YAY!!!

As always...
Ask me anything at [email protected], find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod, and join the Patreon at patreon.com/arthorsepod to listen to an extra episode with Andrea (and many more!)

The literal one and only Emily Schanowski (@emthejackalope) is an ink and watercolour artist in Wasau, WI. She makes colourful creatures, food n bevs, and body stuff like artful hearts and hands!

In this episode:

• It's cool to have a job you like and let that feed your creativity (and also feed you)
• You don't have to do everything on Hard Mode
• Is it less creative if it doesn't mean anything, or if I can't sell it? (no)
• Is it less creative if it's part of a series? (no)
• Is it less creative if I only draw on one size of paper? (no)
• Wait.... did I forget drawing is FUN?

Find Emily's stickers and prints here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmTheJackalope

Want some art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

Andrea is a Muralist, Fairy Art Mother, and Bird Lady in McKinney, Texas. You can find her on Instagram @aholmesartstudio, on her website aholmesartstudio.com, by email at [email protected], or eavesdropping near one of her many downtown murals.

• What is that itch? Is it art inside me trying to get out? Or is it something inside me that needs to get out with art?
• Kickstart your portfolio by giving yourself your own projects
• Not even murals are permanent #youremybutthole

Want some art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

We mention:

• Pandr: https://www.pandrdesignco.com/
• Lauren Hom: https://www.homsweethom.com/
• You're my Butt Hole: https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/arts-culture/visual-arts/article/butter-half-mural-austin-vandalized-16755149.php

Andrea is a Muralist, Fairy Art Mother, and Bird Lady in McKinney, Texas. You can find her on Instagram @aholmesartstudio, on her website aholmesartstudio.com, by email at [email protected], or eavesdropping near one of her many downtown murals.

How to grow your career as an artist:

• Follow jealous feelins and connect with artists on the path you want to walk
• Show up to the easel, to the festivals, to the internet, to the places people are looking for art
• Find the next stepping stone and leap to it, over and over
• Don't be afraid to lean on someone (roommate, partner, parents) or get a non-art job if it means that you get to be an artist and make art

Also: brightening someone's day is important work. And if you want to paint murals? Find a wall and get the paint!

Want some art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

We mention:

• Andrea's murals (scroll down to see the 100 foot long 'Texas Sol'): https://www.aholmesartstudio.com/murals
• Andrea's episode of The Spiritual Artist with Chris Miller: https://thespiritualartistpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1003012/9304299
• Guido Van Helten, HUGE MURALS: https://www.guidovanhelten.com/
• Julia Cameron
• Lisa Congdon

Another chill episode with Greg. How do you know which is the next right thing? And what do you do when your worst art fear comes true?

• When your priorities are unclear, your life is full of awful surprises
• If you need to do it often and you’re bad at it…. maybe take a course??
• How much would you pay for a lesson at the lesson store?
• Just because it's not what you wanted doesn't mean it's automatically bad? (Thanks Gabrielle!)

Missing art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

Also, Art Horse has a PO Box! Send letters, scribbles, an anonymous postcard with your big juicy creative dream written on it, old photographs of people you don’t know, a nice pencil, a piece of glittery fluff, anything you want me to have, to:

Art Horse
Box 2161
100 Mile House, BC
V0K 2E0

We mention:

• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Jess Franks Art return policy (scroll down): https://www.jessfranksart.com/place-and-time/the-sun-comes-up-24x30-ftpb2-xepgd-dmma9-ew3f2-p9asr-k6zf3-9ycsz-g2r3z-wcdk3-dab6w-mztgx-2cnml-b2lrs-p2rrp-f8plt-3mnlf-cyw7j
• BOW Life Drawing, the 8 week video course: https://www.bowlifedrawing.com/
• Gesture Drawing on Skillshare with Brent Eviston: https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Gesture-An-Introduction-to-the-Art-of-Figure-Drawing/151296615
• Podcast course with The Podcast Host: https://www.thepodcasthost.com/academy/course-library/
• The infinitely hackable Didi Pullover by Fibremood: https://www.fibremood.com/en/patterns/707-didi-pullover
• Vegan cookies: https://holycowvegan.net/vegan-sugar-cookies/
• Vegan icing: https://www.hanielas.com/vegan-eggless-royal-icing/

Erin is a writer, crafter, zinester, button-maker, decorator, and creativity recoverer. You can find her on Instagram @sullensquirrel, and see some of her art from this episode on our Instagram @arthorsepod.

In this episode:

• What if you just hibernated when you felt like it (instead of fighting it)?
• Art kits are the best for when you don’t want to think too hard.
• Would you make art if you lived in a cave by yourself and no one else would see it? (TOO REAL)
• We’re constantly changing. What do you do if you get sick of/stuck in your story?

Find more of Erin's art here: https://flickr.com/photos/scissorkix

Missing art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse (and see some of Erin's art) on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

We mention

• “The time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time” - John Lennon
• Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
• Ruth Ozeki: http://www.ruthozeki.com
• Kat's Food Blog! : https://novelnostalgia.com/cream-tea-cookies/
• Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman (again, I know)
• Doug the Pug: https://www.instagram.com/itsdougthepug/
• Minnie and the Pip: https://www.instagram.com/minnieandthepip/ 

Kat is a sketchbook-filling digital artist and marine biologist/science communicator/part time largemouth bass in Ontario, Canada.

• What do you do if you’re sad but you’re not the kind of person who thrives on sadness in their art?
• If art is a big part of who you are then making art will (THEORETICALLY) make you feel more like yourself, right?
• Okay but what if you turn to art for relief and it feels BAD?
• How does one refill the creative well in times like these?

Missing art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse (and see some of Kat's art) on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

We mention:

• Taika Waititi "90% of all ideas are shit": https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaQZ6wgqI6D 
• FISHBUTT: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaGKLzvOUE7/
• Florence and the Machine's new song: https://youtu.be/L62LtChAwww
• Andy the Illustrator: https://www.andytheillustrator.co.uk/
• Steph Fizer Coleman: https://www.learnwithsfc.com/
• Kaho Yoshida Animation: http://www.kahoyoshida.com/
• Leigh Ellexson's immaculate sketchbooks: https://www.instagram.com/leighellexson/
• Laurie Anne's lovely pastel-coloured paintings: https://www.instagram.com/laurieanneart/

Greg is a software developer based in our house. Find him on the internet on his website at https://schier.co/.

• Are all creative problem solvers ArTiStEs? 
• Mo desk mo problems
• How do you decide what to let into your life? (Are you default no? Or default YES HERE HAVE MY SCARF TAKE IT IT'S YOURS)
• We need all different kinds of people who solve problems in different ways
• COULD ONE THING POSSIBLY SUSTAIN A DABBLER SUCH AS MYSELF?

Missing art community? Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod, where we're cheering for you and your big juicy creative dreams. Find Art Horse on Instagram @arthorsepod. Ask Jess ANYTHING at [email protected].

We mention

• You Are An Artist by Sarah Urist Green (Thanks Chips for the recommendation!!) 
• Scramble Scrabble Dinner: http://www.theartassignment.com/assignments//scramble-scrabble-dinner 
• I can't find the Alan Watts song, it has vanished.
• Discovery Fabrics (Campbell River, BC): PANK
• The Sweater: https://shop.fibremood.com/en/product/640-didi-pullover-pdf 
• THE SWEATER: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZqrwh8Ahjo/
• The (unisex) pants: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/857728873/rainhaven-pants-adult-unisex-pdf-pattern
• Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
• Keep Going by Austin Kleon