Kim talks about artworks that made an impression on her during a visit to The Art Institute of Chicago. We would like to hear your experiences with artworks. Record them on your phone and send them to us. Email at the end of the podcast, or via private message on Instagram.

Sean Southerland, a.k.a. Uncle Frogface, is creative across a wide variety of art forms. Sean chats about the difference between creativity and productivity, and how art helped him overcome a debilitating illness.

Find Sean everywhere online under his moniker Uncle Frogface.

Jessica Tivendale creates handmade chocolate bars and uses the different flavours to inspire her visual art work. For example, chocolate flavour notes inspire colour palettes.

Gina Marie Cincinnati returns to chat about her experiences being selected to exhibit her art at the XIV Florence Biennale, and what's involved in shipping artworks internationally. To understand why "carnets" exist in the art world, check out the short podcast series "The Professor".

https://brazen.fm/the-professor/

https://ginamariecincinnati.com

Brooke Shaden creates surprising and dark images that feel like paintings, but are manipulated photos featuring herself playing different characters.

https://brookeshaden.com

Kristy Rice chats about focussing on the joy of creating art.

http://kristyrice.com/

Elishia Jackson creates fibre art using basket weaving techniques.

Find Elishia on Instagram at @elishia.jacksonart

https://www.instagram.com/elishia.jacksonart/

Mixed media artist Kylie O Grady chats about not having a fixed process and letting yourself be guided by constraints and "happy accidents", as Bob Ross would say.

https://www.instagram.com/kylieogradyart

Note: this episode contains adult language.

Kim Mak returns for a chat about creative endeavours over the past year of 2023 and ideas for 2024.

https://bettymaewrote.com

Special guest appearance by one very chatty bird. Probably a channel billed cuckoo or Asian koe.

Josh Dykgraaf creates elaborate photo manipulations of endangered animal species using natural objects, such as leaves to represent bird feathers.

https://www.joshdykgraaf.com