Creative Guts

We’re excited to share a trailer for A Long Walk, a new sci-fi\neo-noir drama podcast about a space pilot who must solve a mystery while marooned on a desolate planet. A Long Walk is written, directed, and edited by Ben Cardoza. Voice actors include Chris Sumner, Mark Michael Adams, and Creative Guts own Laura Harper Lake and Becky Barsi.

In this episode, Laura shares the trailer, her experience working on the project, and why folks should give it a listen.

You can listen to A Long Walk on Spotify and Soundcloud, and follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook. Find all those links here: https://linktr.ee/alongwalkpodcast. 

Special shoutout to cover artist Paul Justin Hollingsworth. Learn more about him and his art at www.instagram.com/pjustinhollingsworth. 

As always, hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and visit our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Creative Guts is a small nonprofit, but our work is far bigger than this podcast. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

Introducing the 100th full-length interview on Creative Guts! Thank you to our listeners for being with us over the years!

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Randall Nielsen, the artist behind From Strange Pieces and the founder of Queerlective! Randall is an artist, engineer, and community organizer living in Manchester. His personal mission is to spread color and light throughout the universe through queer shiny art! In this episode we talk about Randall’s personal journey over the past couple of years, how and why he founded Queerlective, and more! 

If you’re not familiar, Queerlective is a community organization, based in New Hampshire, that seeks to create and promote inclusive environments for the queer, BIPOC, and underserved communities with a focus on utilizing art for personal and community growth. Queerlective is relatively new, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at them!

Check out Queerlective on the web at www.Queerlective.com and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/queer_lective on From Strange Pieces on the web at www.StrangePieces.com and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/fromstrangepieces. 

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show.

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at 

www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

Creative Guts is pleased to share this episode of Off the Wall with Matt and Amy from the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in Rochester, New Hampshire.

Off The Wall is a semi-regular series where Matt and Amy chat with a wide variety of visual artists, digging into the nuts and bolts of their creative process to reveal more about the layers of meaning, emotion, and intent behind their work.

This episode features artist Hannah Hirsch, who is currently exhibiting a series of original works in the Carnegie Gallery at the Rochester Public Library until February 2, 2024.

Visit www.rochestermfa.org to learn more about the RMFA, and visit www.hannahhirsch.com to learn more about this artist!

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman interview musicians Lindsay Garfield and Jon Nolan in front of a live audience at Exeter High School. 

Lindsay Garfield is a singer, songwriter, and musical educator and founding member of the San Francisco-based country-rock band Or, the Whale. Lindsay spent the last decade performing under the name Paige & The Thousand. She currently writes and performs in the band Tiny Dog Fight, and sings background vocals in Todd Hearon’s Americana outfit.  

Jon Nolan is the longtime frontman of New England alt-country pioneers Say ZuZu. Jon explores the dreamier, pop-infused parts of his Americana sensibility in his solo material. 

Lindsay and Jon jam together during Slow Cooker sessions at The Stone Church in Newmarket!

In this episode, we’ll talk about their creative childhoods, how they are looking at success, and the themes that appear in their music. In the second half of today’s episode, you’ll hear a sample of Lindsay and Jon’s music. The students at Exeter High School submitted prompts ahead of time and both Lindsay and Jon will explain the process of writing a song about pencils versus pens. 

Find Lindsay online at www.LindsayGarfieldMusic.com and Instagram at www.Instagram.com/linzred. Find Jon online at www.JonNolan.net and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jonnolannh.

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Exeter High School with support from the NH State Council on the Arts. Special thank you to our friends at Exeter High School!

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things and folks they think you ought to know about. This week’s episode is being hosted by Laura, one of the co-founders and hosts of Creative Guts and the artist behind Artful Harper Studios.  

Featured in this episode:

Daniel Freaker | www.freakerstudio.com

The Future by Naomi Alderman | www.naomialderman.com

The Amazing Devil | www.theamazingdevil.com

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

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In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with Liz Pieroni, artist and founder of Mosaic Art Collective! Liz’s passion for art was deeply cultivated by family and community, and she’s used that passion to create much-needed community in Manchester. Liz’s professional training was in ceramics, but today she mostly plays with various thicknesses of acrylic paint and charcoal. Liz — and the entire Board at Mosaic — is a boon to the Manchester community. 

Liz and the hosts talk about everything from Mosaic’s first year and how we can better support local artists to family and Liz’s personal journey. Find out more about Mosaic Art Collective at www.mosaicartcollective.com and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/mosaicartcollective/ and Facebook at www.facebook.com/MosaicArtCollective. Check out Liz’s work at www.EPSarts.com and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/epsarts1/ and Facebook at www.facebook.com/EPSArts1.

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

A special thank you to Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter for providing a space where Creative Guts can record! This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show.

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman sit down with artist Brendan McCormick!

Brendan is a digital artist who lives, works, and creates in New Hampshire. A product of the 90’s and early 2000’s, Brendan draws inspiration from his childhood playing video games, reading comics, making movies, and skateboarding. 

After graduating college in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in Film Production from Keene State College, Brendan worked in television. A few years ago, he rediscovered his love for creating artwork and since then has been selling his work to people all over the country and in stores around New England as a full-time artist.

Brendan’s work and style can be described as colorfully dark with a sense of humor and sarcasm. He strives to make that one odd piece in your home that warrants a double-take or a chuckle.

Check out Brendan’s work at www.bmccormick.com and on Instagram www.instagram.com/bmccormick86. 

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast. 

A special thank you to Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter for providing a space where Creative Guts can record! This episode is sponsored in part by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Thank you to our friends in Rochester for their support of the show.

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

The Creative Guts’ team is back with another installment of Creative Catalogues! In these mini episodes, someone from the Creative Guts’ team will share a glimpse at the inspiring, creative things giving them life lately. This week’s episode is hosted by Becky Barsi, artist, photographer, teacher, star of Creative Guts’ episode 25, and explorer of all things creative!

In this episode, Becky talks about two visual artists and a local exhibit!
 

• Artist Ed Fairburn: www.instagram.com/edfairburn and https://edfairburn.com/
• Artist Christian Scott: www.instagram.com/blackbean_CMS
• Engrained, featuring the work of Daniela Wenzel and Trevor Toney, at The Lyceum Gallery at the Derryfield School: www.facebook.com/DSLyceumGallery/

RSVP on Facebook to the closing reception of Engrained at www.facebook.com/events/907014283630600/. 

Learn more about Becky Barsi, aka Artsy Barsi, on Instagram @artsybarsi and at www.beckybarsi.com.

Hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and learn more online at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

Special thank you to Bug for the tunes! Hang out with Bug on Instagram at @TypicalBug and listen online at www.soundcloud.com/musicforbugs. 

If you love listening, consider showing Creative Guts your support! You can leave a review, make a tax deductible donation, or interact with our content on social media. Learn more about us at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.

In this episode of Creative Guts, co-hosts Laura Harper Lake and Sarah Wrightsman chat with Kimball Jenkins’ director of programming Yasamin Safarzadeh and Waypoint’s program manager Sarah Jones live at the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Arts Partnership, Fall 2023 conference Woven: Gathering at the Intersections at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH.

In this interview, Yazamin and Sarah talk about the creation of a mural at Waypoint’s Drop In Center in Manchester, working with unhoused youth and young adults who are clients at Waypoint's Homeless Youth Services. We learn about the program’s process and challenges, the skills youth participants will develop while participating in the mural project, how program organizers build trust and create a safe for homeless youth, and much more. 

If you’re interested in learning more or supporting the Waypoint mural project, please visit www.WayPointNH.org and www.KimballJenkins.com.

We’d also like to thank the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts for inviting us to be part of their conference. Learn more about what they do at www.nh.gov/nharts. 

Listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or on our website 

www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. Be friends with us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CreativeGutsPodcast and Instagram at  www.Instagram.com/CreativeGutsPodcast.

Remember our friend Isabel (Izze) Ardito Lebo of Cheeky Neighborhood from last week’s episode? Creative Guts is thrilled to partner with Izze and Cheeky Neighborhood to host a Rug Hooking Workshop in December!

Join us on Tuesday, December 5th from 6 pm until 8 pm at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH, to learn the wonders of rug hooking! All materials will be provided — all you need to bring is your guts!

Tickets are $45 each. Space is limited, so register soon and bring a friend! Get all the details and find the link to register at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com/events. 

As always, hang out with Creative Guts on Facebook and Instagram where our handle is @CreativeGutsPodcast and visit our website www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com. 

If you love listening, consider making a donation to Creative Guts! Our budget is tiny, so donations of any size make a big difference. Creative Guts is a small nonprofit, but our work is far bigger than this podcast. Learn more about us and make a tax deductible donation at www.CreativeGutsPodcast.com.