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The holy trinity — gaslighting, gatekeeping, & girlbossing — is wildly prevalent in the creative industry. We’ll talk about our experiences with each term and give tips on dealing with all of it. Siobhán Gallagher joins us to discuss widespread gender discrimination in the workplace, feeling “gatekept," and her road from working in-house at a publishing company to becoming a freelance artist who writes & illustrates her own books.

In this episode, we talk about dumb stuff and why it is good!!! (*We define “dumb stuff” as an inherently anti-capitalist way of living & working that is, at its core, A. existing how you want to, B. doing things that align with your own values that are usually C. in opposition to more widely-held societal ideals.) Hiller Goodspeed joins us to discuss picking through the garbage, to defend intentional slowness, and to rejoice over our shared love of doing dumb stuff all the time.

This episode is centered around “success.” We talk about how to find success (hint: persistence) through the lens of the Mets! Later, Julian Glander tells us about his “art world” origin story (which, spoiler, starts on Threadless), about still having professional fears even after becoming a  “household illustration name,” and why he would prefer to be Ash than a Pokemon.

HOW can you make enough money to live as an artist????? Brooklyn-based illustrator and musician, Jaime “Sloth” Knoth, joins us to talk about doing what ya gotta do (weird jobs) to pay rent, and the importance of allowing your “path” to ebb and flow freely. We will also affirm your choice to follow a non-art school approved career arc, and we’ll talk about why it’s OKAY (& even cool) to pursue a lot of interests.

We've all dealt with rejection in one way or another, but is it possible to deal with it better? Does it ever get easier to be rejected?? Does the rejection ever end??? We talk about some personal rejections, ways we cope with them, and find that it does get easier in time!

Art directors: If you work in a creative career chances are you've worked with them. We all know what their jobs is, but what do they really do? We talk about our experiences working with art directors of all kinds, discover we may all be art directors ourselves, and talk with Illustrator and art director, Vinnie Neuberg, about you guessed it- art direction- and his work. And by the end of this episode he… interviews us???

Part 2 of our art book/riso series! This week we ask the question: what exactly is a zine? We discuss the creation, evolution, and distribution of zines and their effects on the ever-changing art community. We also talk with award-winning illustrator, Greg Kletsel, about making zines, keeping sketchbooks, living in the world of art book fairs, and conceptual bar mitzvah videos.

Welcome to part one of our two-part art book/risograph series! This week we talk with illustrator and animator, Alexander Laird, about risograph printing, art book fairs, rejection from said art book fairs, making comics, and building community in the ever-growing zine and comics scene.

What did happen at the American Illustration Party? We chat with award-winning illustrator and art director Alex Citrin about open bars, business cards, the ins and outs of art & design competitions, and learning where business ends and the party begins! 

We discuss clout clients, how to navigate the instagram humblebrag, NYT ADs, and have a chat with Illustrator Maddy Price!