James (the writer) and Steph (the artist) finally stamp out the gremlins that have plagued the podcast over recent weeks, and have a good old catch-up about their current projects.

They compare notes about Earth Requiem and A Place Unknown at Arts Centre Washington. Then Steph chats about her experiences with Creative Age and powering through the latest iterations of her Skin Maps. James shares some of the work he's been doing with Northern Stage and floats an exciting idea he's had for a second podcast.

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship. Music by Sam Whitman.

James (the writer) catches up with Steph (the artist) about the massive piece she's exhibiting as part of Earth Requiem at Arts Centre Washington.

Steph explains what the exhibition is all about, and how the figurative consumption in her work turned into the literal consumption of all her time and headspace for the duration of the project!

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship. Music by Sam Whitman.

James (the writer) and Steph (the artist) chat about the progress they've made with their various arty farty projects.

Steph has had a fun month, working with other creatives and continuing her work with Creative Age, but this hasn't left her much time for skin mapping. Meanwhile, James has found the fun in his writing, is cracking on with his Northern Stage residency, and is coming to the end of his Creative Development Fellowship with Sunderland Culture.

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship. Music by Sam Whitman.

Steph (the artist) chats with James (the writer) about his favourite thing in the whole wide world: his Bullet Journal!

James talks Steph through the principles behind Bullet Journals, the key practices, and some common pitfalls. Will Steph go back to her Bullet Journal, or will she stick with her wall of sticky notes and what-not? 

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship. Music by Sam Whitman.

Steph (the artist) and James (the writer) each chat about how their works in progress are going.

James explores the darkest depths of his procrastination pit, while Steph is grateful to Steph of Creative Catch-up Past for helping her get back on track after a challenging couple of weeks.

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship. Music by Sam Whitman.

James (the writer) and Steph (the artist) each chat about one of their major influences.

Steph nerds out over Maggie Hambling's intimate portraits and fluid mark-making style. James goes into Chuck Palahniuk's 'dangerous writing' style, and the ways he gathers and works on the messed up stories he tells. 

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship. Music by Sam Whitman.

James (the writer) and Steph (the artist) have both had busy months, starting new projects and making progress with others.

Steph chats about the participatory work she's doing with Creative Age, a new system for keeping herself on task, and progress she's made with A Lady at her Toilet. Then James gets into the community arts residency he's doing with Northern Stage, some podcast craic, and how his writing is going. 

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship.

James (the writer) is blocked, so Steph (the artist) shares some exercises with him from The Artist's Way (by Julia Cameron).

Steph shares a breakthrough she had about why she stopped arting for fifteen years, and James explores some of his own negative self-talk.

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship.

James (the writer) and Steph (the artist) chat about their 2021, exploring the highs, the lows, and what's next.

Steph has a couple of cracking new opportunities to get good and giddy about, while James can't wait to start an exciting year-long community arts residency.

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship.

James (the writer) and Steph (the artist) chat about their New Year Resolutions, using the book Atomic Habits by James Clear.

Steph comes up with an idea to help her stay focused, while James tries to tackle his apparent reluctance to write unless absolutely necessary.

Season 1 of Creative Catch-up was produced as part of a Sunderland Culture Creative Development Fellowship.